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Coffee Break: Auto-Tune

Cher
CherEthan Miller/Getty Images for ACMA

by Anna Weggel

March 13, 2020

Today in 1999, Cher started a four-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with the dance-pop hit "Believe".

The song was a pioneer in the pitch-correcting Auto-Tune movement which was originally intended to correct off-key inaccuracies, but since its inception has been used by producers as an effect to creatively distort vocals.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that use Auto-Tune?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Dirty Projectors - Keep Your Name
Polica - Dark Star
Kanye West - Lost In The World feat. Bon Iver
Daft Punk - One More Time
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seak