WhoSampled is a website and app database of information about sampled music or sample-based music, interpolations, cover songs and remixes. As of November 2024, the website features 1,114,000 songs and 342,000 artists in its catalog.
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Type of site | Music website, music samples database |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | London, England |
| Owner | Nadav Poraz[1] |
| URL | whosampled |
| Commercial | Yes[2] |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1 October 2008[3][4] |
| Current status | Active |
History
editNadav 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 2024, the site's most sampled track is "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons, which contains the most sampled drum break in music history, having been sampled in more than 6,600 songs.[6][7] In 2015, the site added support for film and television clips.[8] The following year, it partnered with Spotify[9] and introduced 6D, a six degrees of separation-inspired game, that tracks relationships between artists, producers, and their tracks.[10] In October 2017, WhoSampled partnered with KPM and Ableton and organised the third 'Samplethon' competition at Point Blank Studios in London.[11][12][13]
See also
edit- Interpolation (popular music)
- Discogs
- Pandora Radio
- SecondHandSongs, a similar website that is focused on cover songs
References
edit- ^ Khan, Basheera (1 December 2009). "Say it isn't so – WhoSampled reveals the rip-offs in music". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "We speak to whosampled.com". DJ Mag. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "WhoSampled is 8 Years Old!". WhoSampled.
- ^ "WhoSampled.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Dredge, Stuart (23 September 2014). "With 1 million users, WhoSampled brings its music DNA exploration to Android". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Goldenberg, David (22 September 2016). "It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World's Most Sampled Song". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Sampled in More Than 6000 Songs". WhoSampled. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Solomon, Katie (15 May 2015). "Get to the chopper! WhoSampled adds movie and TV sample clips". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019.
- ^ Sawers, Paul (8 February 2016). "WhoSampled taps Spotify to show you who covered, remixed, or sampled your favorite songs". VentureBeat. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Pugsley, Adam (6 July 2016). "WhoSampled's new Six Degrees tool shows you how your favourite artists are connected". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "WHOSAMPLED PRESENTS 'SAMPLETHON' COMPETITION AT POINT BLANK LONDON WITH KPM & ABLETON". DJMag.com. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "WhoSampled presents third Samplethon contest hosted by Point Blank Studios". www.solvdmag.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "WhoSampled teams up with Sony/ATV for new Samplethon | Complete Music Update". www.completemusicupdate.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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