Jay Lawrence
All work

Music intelligence 01

Music Stats

A shared product surface for playlist analysis, discovery, charts, and ISRC lookup.

My role
Product Engineer
With
Chartmetric
Period
Jun 2024 — Dec 2025
Visit live site
Music Stats tools homepage with playlist analysis, similar song search, trending artist discovery and ISRC lookup.Music Stats’ public product preview.
Music Stats’ public product preview.

My contribution

I developed Music Stats as a public product for Chartmetric, shaping focused workflows that turn complex music data into clear questions and useful answers.

Shipped result

The shipped suite showcases key Chartmetric capabilities through four complementary tools and creates a path into the main platform.

01 Context

Powerful music datasets are difficult to approach without specialist knowledge.

Music Stats packages playlist analysis, similar-song discovery, trending artists, and ISRC lookup into a coherent free product.

Working within

  • Large, uneven music datasets
  • Four tools with one coherent mental model
  • Fast first use without onboarding friction

02 Product decisions

  1. A familiar flow across four music tools

    I used a shared flow for playlist analysis, similar-song discovery, trending artists, and ISRC lookup: provide an input, see the processing state, and explore the result. Each tool keeps the inputs and data that fit its task, while the overall interaction stays familiar.

  2. Start with one clear music question

    Each tool starts with a focused task. In Playlist Analyzer, that means entering a Spotify playlist URL or name to explore its moods, genres, and artists. The aim is to make the first step clear before introducing the detail in the data.

  3. Make loading, gaps, and errors clear

    I treated loading, no matches, partial data, and invalid identifiers as distinct parts of the experience. The interface needs to explain whether a request is still processing, has no result, or needs a corrected input, and make gaps in the available data understandable.

Explore Playlist Analyzer
Music Stats Playlist Analyzer with Spotify playlist search and an introduction to mood, genre, and artist analysis.
Playlist Analyzer

Music Stats’ public Playlist Analyzer interface.

03 Reflection

I would validate cross-tool continuation earlier: a useful result should make the next question obvious without turning the product into a maze.