Published "Music Timeline" that allows Google to display music history by category by clicking on it

ByChristophe Verdier

In the Google Store where Google provides digital content,Google Play MusicWe also offer music applications such as music, music files are also being sold. The Google that puts emphasis on such music, visually shows the history and details of music visually by genre, by clicking it "Music Timeline"Is released to the public.

Music Timeline
http://research.google.com/bigpicture/music/


To see the history of music on the timeline, just hover the cursor over the area of ​​the genre you want to see. "Pop" is distinguished in green, history has been continuing almost continuously without any break from the 1950s until recently. On the lower side, representative artists hit by Pop genre such as Michael Jackson, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga etc. are displayed.


"Jazz" which is unprecedentedly popular in 1950-1960 when the album of John Coltrane hit. After 1960, the area will shrink suddenly for some reason, but since 2000 the artists such as Norah Jones and Frank Sinatra have hit.


"Vocal / Easy Listening" has the most momentum around 1950 to 1960, but in recent years it has been tapered like a line.


Bob Dylan and others are representative artists of "Folk" which shows that it has certain popularity from 1950 to 2010 as well.


"Hip-hop / Rap" which has been expanding year by year with emergence in the 1980's. Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Jay Z etc are hit.


"Dance / Electronic" is gradually becoming popular since about 1990. The area that is most widely spread around the year 2010 when Deadmau 5, Daftpunk, David Guetta 's album hit.


"Rock", which is hit by artists such as Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, etc., continues to keep strong popularity, but it seems to gradually get down. If you want to see more details, click on the selected area ......


Among rocks, you can check the proportion of representative artists of different genres such as "Classic Rock", "60's", "Psychedelic" and the age group.


When scrolling to the bottom of the screen, albums classified by genre are displayed. When I click it ......


From the relation of copyright, "Google Play is not supported in Japan" is displayed. Overseas, it seems that you can listen to music while watching various timelines.


Also, when you enter the artist name in the search window on the upper right of the screen ... ...


You can see the artist's release date of the album and how popular it was by age.


Also, you can check the details of each artist at the bottom of the screen.