Songs are becoming shorter as artists tailor their tracks to fit the algorithms of TikTok and Spotify, where quick hooks and replay-friendly formats drive plays and chart success. Sabrina Carpenter’s ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Several Afrobeats songs have enjoyed viral TikTok moments that rocketed them to global success. TikTok is particularly popular for being a global music marketplace where over 1 billion users robustly ...

Vinyl records set early limits on song length. A 45-rpm single could hold only about five minutes of music. Exceeding this often meant a dip in sound quality. Radio edits typically shortened songs to ...

WHAT IS the “song of the summer”? For more than a century, music fans and critics have considered which anthems capture the season of barbecues and suntans. In 1910 the New York Tribune wondered ...

TikTok has become the beating heart of modern music discovery, turning 15-second clips into chart-topping anthems. From fueling viral memes like Bad Bunny’s Grammy reaction to launching unknown ...

How do songs go viral in today’s music landscape? And why has making it as an artist never been more strategic? Jesse Coren and Andrew Spelman, co-founders of Chaotic Good, joined Billboard On The ...