What makes a #1 hit song? | Did You Know?

The key to landing a chart-topping hit song? Not to copy what came before.

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Spotify playlist of Billboard #1 songs (plus some sneaky extras): https://open.spotify.com/user/1ao4hnc...

“Optimal differentiation” is the secret to a chart-topping song. And now, technology is changing music-making. There are companies developing AI software they say will help you write better songs. And new music producers are getting involved at the other end of the computers-and-music spectrum in a burgeoning genre called algorave.

Could AI help you write a hit song?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-05...

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Study - What Makes a Hit: 60 Years of #1 Songs
https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/article...

Google’s AI Duet
https://experiments.withgoogle.com/ai...

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