And that's the rub. Great strides in determining actual hits have been made in recent years, most notably by the Ultimate Chart. But the system in the past was extremely flawed. In order for ...

TikTok is built for people to create and share their own content, so dance music and indie artists fill the platform's Top 100. On Spotify, love songs and music from major record labels dominate its ...

What makes a song become a hit today? While listeners certainly play a role, new research suggests that streaming platforms and their algorithms also have a powerful influence on which songs rise to ...