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Does someone decide what we listen to? How Spotify’s algorithm works and what we know ...

Music platforms have just released their annual summaries of what each user listens to most. A researcher of their algorithms ...
Mashable

New algorithm generates every possible melody to curb copyright lawsuits

Two musician-programmers have teamed up to create an algorithm to generate every possible music melody in order to stop copyright lawsuits. Credit: Getty Images/EyeEm It’s become a regular occurence ...
Mathrubhumi English

'I poured my soul into it...didn’t even get 30,000 hits': Shruti Haasan on algorithm bias

Shruti Haasan has never shied away from speaking her mind, and when it comes to music, her concerns are growing louder. For an artist who believes deeply in storytelling through sound, today’s ...
New York Post

Streaming music algorithm more likely to play male artists

Is your algorithm feminist enough? Streaming music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and iHeartRadio may be giving male artists more airtime, according to a new study that discovered a “widely ...
Billboard

How YouTube Serves 2B Monthly Music Users Blending Algorithms With Editorial

From June 2020 to June 2021, YouTube paid more than $4 billion to the music industry, the company announced this month -- a much-increased sum from the world's biggest video platform where product… By ...
The New York Times

Music in the Algorithm Age

EPISODE 3 Music in the Algorithm Age Can an algorithm write a hit song? Hosts Corey S. Powell and Kristen Meinzer discuss how artificial intelligence and other new technologies promise to upend the ...