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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Im not in the music industry, but I think it has to do with how much they want to invest in recording their songs, and how much time a producer is willing to spend on them. Example, if an unknown artist gets a deal with a producer to use a studio, it is probably better for the artist to spend a week recording one song and go back to street gigs rather than spend two months recording a full album if that album only gets a few thousand listens. The producer knows this, and wants lotsa money. So the producer can convince an artist to make a single just to get their name out, and come back later when they have more fans.
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