For our data, we gathered various 10 second samples of songs from 8 different artists. For 4 of those artists, we decided to gather an additional 10 samples to total up to 20, in hopes of improving our classification model. For some we were able to acquire samples from 20 different songs, and for other artists we reused songs, just sampled at a different time. The songs and artists used are given below. All of our samples are .wav files.

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Beyonce (10 songs, 10 samples): 7:11​, Best Thing I Never Had, Countdown​, Formation, Halo​, If I Were A Boy, Love On Top​, Pretty Hurts, Single Ladies​, Sorry

Drake (15 songs, 20 samples): ​Best I Ever Had, God’s Plan​, Hotline Bling, Money in the Grave​, Nice for What, Passionfruit, Search & Rescue​, Trust Issues, Wants and Needs​, Rich Flex, Jumpman​, Both, Hold On We’re Going Home​, The Motto, One Dance

Katy Perry (10 songs, 10 samples): Dark Horse, Firework, Friday Night, Hot N Cold, One That Got Away, Part of Me, Roar, This How We Do It, Unconditionally, Wide Awake

Lana Del Rey (9 songs, 20 samples): Bel Air, Blue Jeans, Born To Die, National Anthem, Radio, Shades of Cool, Summertime Sadness, West Coast, Young and Beautiful

Pitbull (13 songs, 20 samples): Don’t Stop the Party, Feel This Moment, Fireball, Give Me Everything, Hey Baby, Hotel Room Service, I Like It Lyrics, International Love, On The Floor, Shake Senora, Timber, Time of Our Lives, DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again

Taylor Swift (13 songs, 20 samples): All Too Well, Anti-Hero, Bad Blood, Bejeweled, Blank Space, Cruel Summer, Lavender Haze, Love Story, Out of the Woods, Shake It Off, Style, Wildest Dreams, You Belong With Me

The Weeknd (10 songs, 10 samples): Blinding Lights, Call Out My Name, Can’t Feel My Face, False Alarm, Often, Reminder, Save Your Tears, Secrets, The Hills, Wicked Games

Travis Scott (10 songs, 10 samples): Antidote, Astrothunder, Butterfly Effect, Can’t Say, Escape Plan, Highest In The Room, Houstonfornication, Stop Trying to be God, Wake Up, Yosemite