When a musician releases an album, how do they decide what songs are going to be singles? I understand that singles tend to be the songs that they think will be the most popular, but how do they figure this out?
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As artists finish songs on an album they send those songs out to other people in the music industry. They more or less have to do this to avoid something called unintentional copyright infringement.
Unintentional copyright infringement is a fairly common thing where artists will unintentionally insert parts of other songs that they’ve heard in the past into their current song. By sending the song out to other artists, producers, and industry insiders they get a pretty comprehensive look over of the song to make sure that it is 100% original, or if its not to fix it or obtain the proper licensing rights.
Another effect of sending songs out for preview is that they get generalized feedback on the song. If the feedback is overwhelmingly negative the song might be remade or dropped entirely. If the feedback is overwhelming positive they usually release it as a single.
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