It’s no secret that the culture of our generation is above all a musical culture. Music media (turntable, radio, tape recorder, CD player, computer) have become universally available, and all innovations in the musical world are spreading across countries and continents with tremendous speed. Parallel to the music spreads theRead More →
The notion of original content has expanded in recent years as companies and brands seek to claim ever newer corners of the content universe. In our latest Bandwagon feature, trend tracking Chris Byrne examines the moves mainstream kids’ brands are making in the original music category and examines whether orRead More →
Andrea Ramolo’s quarantine dreams The singer-songwriter is documenting pandemic life in a new album and tour that kicked off at Hamilton’s Bridgeworks on February 25. -Graham Rockingham Hamilton Spectator The Eurovision Song Contest just banned Russia. It’s a tune all western pop culture should sing Economic sanctions are a goodRead More →
Are you a fan of Glass Animals, Wilbur Soot, Alec Benjamin or even Cardi B? You might be a fan of the Dream SMP musical genre, which has baffled fans after being informed of its existence in Spotify Wrapped 2021. Dream SMP is more than a Minecraft server and bunchRead More →
Some Spotify users weren’t aware the streaming service had a “Stomp and Holler” genre until the Wrapped 2021 summary was released. The streaming platform released the Spotify Wrapped 2021, revealing the most streamed songs, artists and podcasts over the past year. Users flocked to social media to share their listeningRead More →
Image credit: IFPI Extensive global research has revealed the most listened to musical genre in the world. Also – is the 90s a genre? In 2021, we take our easy access to a huge range of different types of music for granted. On streaming apps, you can go from garageRead More →
RWANDAN DJs, producers, singers and dancers embraced creating a merging South African house genre comprised of distinct synths, airy pads, wide basslines and percussion from another local house subgenre called Bacardi. One can notice the increase in popularity of this genre by the way it is performed in cafes, pubs,Read More →
The Hackathon Weekend Edition # 2 – The Last Hacker Standing music genre classification was successfully completed on August 12, 2021. The challenge was to create an evolving music genre classification model that generalizes well to unpublished data. It had almost 300+ participants and over 120+ actively competing in theRead More →
“The government tried to ban me from the dark web. I downloaded the TOR browser and came back. I went to look for a VPN, I just bought another BIN ”, raps Teejayx6, a 19-year-old from east Detroit. Adorned with a black ski mask, the young rapper illustrates in detailRead More →
Photo credit: Joël Muniz A look back at the top songs and artists on YouTube Music reveals that hip hop was the most popular musical genre of 2020. Despite the pandemic, more than two billion viewers have logged in to watch a music video each month. The most popular musicalRead More →
SeaShantyTok continues to improve pic.twitter.com/yWLEHzlPlB – Peter Fries (@Peter_Fries) January 8, 2021 When I woke up last Friday morning, I realized I had multiple messages. All were links to a TikTok video of several guys singing a song, a 19th century seafaring song called “Wellerman,” using TikTok’s duet feature. ItRead More →
Heavy metal has been officially recognized as the fastest growing music genre in the world, according to a new report from music distributors TuneCore. It’s no secret that heavy metal is an incredibly popular musical genre. After all, we’ve not only seen scientific studies confirm that metalheads are “nice people,”Read More →
What is the most popular musical genre? Here’s a closer look at some format data in America. Here’s a breakdown of music genres from Nielsen Music, which compiled all sales of CDs, vinyl, digital downloads, and streaming to calculate which types of music are most popular. It offers an overviewRead More →
Dustin Gaffke, CC BY 2.0 Every generation has a song or band that likes to think it changed popular music. Sixties fans had The Beatles and the British Invasion. The 70s had disco. The 80s had, well, some interesting hairstyles that most of us would love to forget about. I’mRead More →