Measure of Music

The sixth annual Measure of Music Conference and Hackathon presented by Chartmetric took place virtually from February 20-22, 2026, celebrating its sixth anniversary by highlighting the influence of data in the music industry. This event aimed to educate current and aspiring music executives about music and data, featuring collaborations with prominent figures and companies in music data democratization. The event included keynote speakers Chissy Nkemere Cherian (Rock, Alternative, Metal, & Indie Artist Partnerships at Spotify) and Sang Cho (Co-Founder & COO at KAI Media and hello82). Our sponsors this year were Chartmetric, The ROSTR Group, The Orchard, Luminate, and Abbey Road REDD. Our location sponsor was Abbey Road Institute in London.

This year, Measure of Music drew nearly 1,300 spectators and involved 74 project participant, 38 speakers, and numerous other contributors across various capacities. The participants, who came from 15 countries, had 48 hours to develop music data projects, culminating in presentations to judges. These projects ranged from artist development plans to innovations in music creation and live music strategies. Notably, the event celebrated diversity with 61% of attendees identifying as people of color or indigenous, and 62% as gender minorities.

The hackathon winners presented incredible projects! The first-place “RemixRadar” developed a platform to identify high-performing bootleg remixes to generate licensing revenue, while the second-place “Commusicly” created a platform to collect artist and build community. The third-place project focused on a community driven plan for artist Oreo Jones.

Hey, I’m Christine Osazuwa.

I’m a first generation Nigerian American living in London working in music marketing, strategy & data.

I started this because I get dozens of messages every week—from people wanting to do the same, people that never knew jobs like that existed and most importantly, people that have never seen someone that looked like themselves doing it.