While it becomes increasingly difficult to stay ahead of what new releases are coming out, Beat the Algorithm is committed to ...

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“ Baby Got Back ” spent five weeks at No. 1 during the summer of 1992 and 28 weeks on the Hot 100 total, making it the second best-selling song in the U.S. that year. It samples “Technicolor” by ...

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FOR a long while, I have been introspective about the growing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on sound, specifically ...

TikTok creates hyper-personalized content that keeps people coming back, even as they report more distress from their increased use.

If audiences are primarily discovering new music through streaming algorithms, what role is left for a format designed to be watched?

Alessia Cara recently came across an AI-generated song that was supposed to sound like her. It didn’t — not quite, bless its ...

Music algorithms are quietly influencing what you listen to daily. While they make discovery easy, they may also limit ...

The iPod is undergoing a revival, with secondhand sales surging. Young people in particular are drawn to its retro look and ...

Driven by a multi-disciplinary need to make art and forge community, Chicago trio Lifeguard are thriving by doing things ...