Now this is scary! Love your song, but the computer doesn't. Sorry, no contract! Ananova - Juke box jury computer program 'predicts hit songs' Each song is run through a set of signal filters that identify and measure more than a dozen musical patterns, including melody, harmonic variation, beat, tempo, rhythm, pitch, chord progression and fullness of sound.
The program's designers found that in the past five years of Billboard magazine's Top 30 chart listings, hits were concentrated into a number of small clusters sharing similar traits.
The program, called Hit Song Science, correctly forecast the success of jazz songstress Norah Jones months before she topped the US charts and won eight Grammy awards.
The program's designers found that in the past five years of Billboard magazine's Top 30 chart listings, hits were concentrated into a number of small clusters sharing similar traits.
The program, called Hit Song Science, correctly forecast the success of jazz songstress Norah Jones months before she topped the US charts and won eight Grammy awards.
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