The music industry has learned how to use data from apps like Spotify and Shazam to predict new hits. However, just a glimpse at the Billboard charts will tell you that today's pop music is more homogenous that it has been in decades. Why? Because we like to hear the same songs, over and over again. Watch more videos: http://www.youtube.com/theatlantic Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0z0_5uL7mb9IjntOKi5XQ?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAtlanticVID Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAtlantic Google+: https://plus.google.com/+TheAtlantic Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT