Navigating the Sea of New Music Releases

by Jon HerseyArt & CultureJan 15, 2025

When I was a kid in the 90s, the number of new albums released per year was between 5,000 and 7,000. Nowadays, that amount is released every week. And mind you, the “album era”—as it’s now being called—is over. In our streaming-centric, “influencer”-driven world of bite-sized attention spans, the single has replaced the album in importance. And about 120,000 individual tracks are uploaded to music streaming services every day. Is it any wonder then that, despite the number tools at our disposal for finding good new music, it can still be difficult to sift through the sea of recent releases?

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