Intersection of Music and Data with Chris Dalla Riva

Today we’re heading to Hoboken, New Jersey, to speak with Chris Dalla Riva, who works at the fascinating intersection of music and data. He’s a Senior Product Manager at the streaming service Audiomack, and the writer behind the popular newsletter Can’t Get Much Higher. His work has been featured by The Economist and NPR, and you might know him as the guy who set off an internet-wide debate about the decline of key changes in popular music.

In our conversation today, we get into some incredible territory. We’ll discuss his research into the Billboard charts that reveals the surprising moment Black artists began to dominate popular music. We’ll also find out how his company, Audiomack, is beating giants like Spotify across Africa with one simple, but crucial, feature. And we'll hear about the book that came from his personal quest to analyze every single Billboard number one hit since 1958.

Show notes

• Connect with Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-dalla-riva-114ab078/ 
• Website: https://www.chrisdallariva.com/uncharted
• The free and open spreadsheet with all Billboard Top 100 from 1958: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j1AUgtMnjpFTz54UdXgCKZ1i4bNxFjf01ImJ-BqBEt0/edit?gid=1077686609#gid=1077686609

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