Behind hit songs by Britney Spears and Katy Perry, the producer — who recently resolved a defamation lawsuit by the Bellamy Brothers -- provokes discussion about whether he takes his inspiration too ...

Can we quantify different features of music? Apparently yes; folks at Spotify have identified and measured songs’ features like danceability, accoustiness, valence, energy, pitchiness, and more. In ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have analyzed 50 years' worth of hit songs to identify key themes that marketing professionals can use to craft advertisements that will resonate with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about mathematics. Here's how they did it. Stylometry, a technique for analyzing songs - and identifying the Unabomber The ...

A team of researchers from Japan, the U.K. and New Zealand has found that despite language differences, Japanese and English folk songs have similar cross-cultural regularities in their musical ...