hit song science
a while ago, i left a footnote (of all things) on here about hit-picking technology, and since then i’ve had a couple questions about it.
here’s one example that will get some of you up to speed: hit song science.
i guess their claim to fame is norah jones – their math said something like 8 of the tracks on her first album could be hits. while it only really takes one, norah managed to sell 8 million+ copies of that disc. that’s only really interesting when you compare how different “don’t know why” was compared to the rest of the noise on the pop charts.
does it work? can you reduce music to math?