WhoSampled

WhoSampled is a website and app database of information about sampled music or sample-based music, cover songs and remixes.

WhoSampled
Type of site
Music website, sampled music
Available inEnglish
OwnerNadav Poraz[1]
URLwhosampled.com
Alexa rank7,143[2] (as of June 2019)
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedOctober 1, 2008 (2008-10-01)[3][4]
Current statusActive

History

Nadav Poraz founded the site in London, England, in 2008, as a way to track musical samples and cover songs. Mobile apps were released in 2012 and 2014 for iPhone and Android, respectively.[5] The website's database is user-generated and reviewed by moderators before the content goes live. As of 2016, the site's most sampled track is the Amen break from The Winstons.[6] In 2015, the site added support for film and television clips.[7] The following year, it partnered with Spotify[8] and introduced a six degrees of separation-inspired game that tracks relationships between artists, producers, and their tracks.[9] In October 2017, WhoSampled partnered with KPM and Ableton and organised the third 'Samplethon' competition at Point Blank Studios in London.[10][11][12]

See also

References
  1. Khan, Basheera (December 1, 2009). "Say it isn't so – WhoSampled reveals the rip-offs in music". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  2. "Whosampled.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  3. "WhoSampled is 8 Years Old!".
  4. "WhoSampled.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. Dredge, Stuart (September 23, 2014). "With 1 million users, WhoSampled brings its music DNA exploration to Android". The Guardian. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  6. Goldenberg, David (September 22, 2016). "It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World's Most Sampled Song". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  7. Solomon, Katie (May 15, 2015). "Get to the chopper! WhoSampled adds movie and TV sample clips". TechRadar. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  8. Sawers, Paul (February 8, 2016). "WhoSampled taps Spotify to show you who covered, remixed, or sampled your favorite songs". VentureBeat. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  9. Pugsley, Adam (July 6, 2016). "WhoSampled's new Six Degrees tool shows you how your favourite artists are connected". Chart Attack. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  10. "WHOSAMPLED PRESENTS 'SAMPLETHON' COMPETITION AT POINT BLANK LONDON WITH KPM & ABLETON". DJMag.com. October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  11. "WhoSampled presents third Samplethon contest hosted by Point Blank Studios". www.solvdmag.com. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  12. "WhoSampled teams up with Sony/ATV for new Samplethon | Complete Music Update". www.completemusicupdate.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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