Throughout the 20th century, the dominant method of music distribution changed many times over, from live-only performances to records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3 players. But the most drastic change to the industry came on this day in January 2001,

Apple today launched a new Shazam Fast Forward 2025 website that will spotlight 50 music artists who are poised to have a breakthrough year.

Instead of telling you what song was playing just now in the elevator, Apple's Shazam is once more looking into the future at who it calculates will be your next favorite.

It's predicting what you'll play in the future. Shazam's new Fast Forward 2025 promises to reveal the songs you haven't fallen in love with yet "based on Shazam data" – but not yours, because if you haven't heard it then of course you won't have Shazamed it either.