Apple Music Launches ‘Shazam Discovery Top 50’ Chart to Highlight New Artists
Aug. 21, 2019According to Apple,“The ranked songs are all at different points in their individual lifecycle and the majority of artists represented are emerging and up-and-coming. All are experiencing a level of momentum indicative of future potential of hitting the top of Shazam’s Charts, and show any or all of the following patterns: moving quickly through Shazam’s charts, growing rapidly, steadily and/or geographically”.
While there’s no exact word on how exactly the list is compiled, Apple says that it uses“Shazam’s proprietary algorithms (to offer) a unique predictive view on rising artists and reacting tracks to Apple Music subscribers”.According to Variety, however,the algorithm very likely takes into account the 20 million‘Shazams’per day to compile the chart. Shazams, in case you’re wondering, are the number of times a user pushes the button to identify an audio track.
As things stand now, the top three positions on the chart are occupied by ‘All Roads Lead Home’ by Ohana Bam,‘Next Level’by A$ton Wyld and‘Dance Monkey’by Tones and I. The chart currently only tracks trending artists in the US and 10 other unidentified countries, but will soon start featuring artists from more countries.
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