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Prince, the innovative one-of-a-kind artist whos given us so much great music over the decades, has been found dead. nothing has gone right in the world since prince died. that is my theory, and im sticking to it. [van] people have talked about a miracle. im hearing about a nightmare. [finneas] if theres any reason why it got dark, it was like, you know, turn on any screen. it was like the cultural awareness of everythings not going great. ♪ i only call you when its ♪ half past five ♪ the ...

You have rebecca blacks friday. and gotye releases this lovelorn ballad, somebody that i used to know. ♪ now youre just somebody that i used to know ♪ [chris] you have we are young by the group fun. ♪ tonight ♪ we are young and also, call me maybe , by carly rae jepsen. ♪ hey, i just met you ♪ and this is crazy ♪ but heres my number ♪ so call me maybe [jayson] we werent fully in itunes or cd or into spotify yet, and youtube was still a massive disseminator of culture that was lik...

Today, fans get so much more from an artist. you know, its like they see their whole life. -look at my meal. -[man] what did you get? [laughs] vegan. [benny] with billie, she was showing everyone every part of her. she was the anti-pop star pop star. ♪ im the bad guy ♪ duh with billie eilish, you feel as if shes whispering right in your ear, and that intimacy in the age when social media overtook everything, that tangibility of the voice is kind of part of the point. ♪ you really know how ...

[theme music] at midnight last night, beyoncé dropped a surprise visual album simply titled beyoncé, and nobody saw it coming. so you can call me a hater-- wait a minute! wait, im sorry. i think beyoncé just released an album on itunes. what!? oh my god! theres more than 14 videos! the queen is back. bow down. [hanif] the first time i felt really overwhelmed by an album just appearing was beyoncés beyoncé album. i go to bed, and i wake up, and theres the album. and not only album, but there...

[theme music] when you wanna listen to a song today, you dont have to buy a copy or even download it anymore. increasingly you stream it, and that has led to a profound shift in the industry that is disrupting how music is made, distributed, consumed, and how artists can make a living. [stephen] at the beginning of the decade, the music industry had functionally collapsed. piracy had destroyed it. it was possible to believe that in 10 years, the music industry might not exist at all. they were s...

Is launching in the us. [sean] spotify was the first service i ever saw that competed not with everything that preceded it-- the itunes of the world and the rhapsodys of the world-- but it actually competed with piracy. [stephen] spotifys value proposition to the pirates was, were gonna make this easier for you. its gonna stream out of the cloud, so you wont have to mess around with these files anymore. and youre getting access to the overwhelming majority of music since the beginning of the rec...

♪ even almost got married ♪ and for pete, im so thankful ♪ today, fans get so much more from an artist. you know, its like they see their whole life. -look at my meal. -[man] what did you get? [laughs] vegan. [benny] with billie, she was showing everyone every part of her. she was the anti-pop star pop star. ♪ im the bad guy ♪ duh with billie eilish, you feel as if shes whispering right in your ear, and that intimacy in the age when social media overtook everything, that tangibility of...

That wrecking ball goes back to number one. so miley cyrus picked the right year to be a provocateur and to use video as the means to be that provocateur. [shutters clicking] [reporters shouting "lorde!"] [este] in the 2010s, if you bought a mac, you had garageband. you could start making music that sounded good. and then you put the song on soundcloud or on youtube, and then it gets all this traction. ♪ ive never seen a diamond in the flesh ♪ [puja] when lorde dropped royals on soundcloud, ...

Breaking news about the death of an american music icon. prince, the innovative one-of-a-kind artist whos given us so much great music over the decades, has been found dead. nothing has gone right in the world since prince died. that is my theory, and im sticking to it. [van] people have talked about a miracle. im hearing about a nightmare. [finneas] if theres any reason why it got dark, it was like, you know, turn on any screen. it was like the cultural awareness of everythings not going great....

[benny] before, the label would pound you over the head with a song. now, not only does the label not choose the song, fans pluck songs out of obscurity. ♪ friday, friday [chris] so then you have the one-offs. you have rebecca blacks friday. and gotye releases this lovelorn ballad, somebody that i used to know. ♪ now youre just somebody that i used to know ♪ [chris] you have we are young by the group fun. ♪ tonight ♪ we are young and also, call me maybe , by carly rae jepsen. ♪ hey, ...