{{Short description|American online publication}} {{italic title}} {{Distinguish|BPM (magazine)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox website | name = ''Beats per Minute'' | logo = Beats Per Minute Logo.png | logo_size = 190px | screenshot = Onethirtybpm screencap.png | screenshot_size = 240px | caption = ''One Thirty BPM''{{'}}s main page in January 2011. | url = {{URL|http://beatsperminute.com/}} | commercial = | type = Music webzine<ref>{{cite web|last=Hirschhorn|first=Jason|date=July 26, 2013|url=http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/packers-training-camp-2013/2013/7/26/4560192/packers-mike-mccarthy-press-conference-july-26|title=News and Notes from Mike McCarthy's Friday Presser|work=Acme Packing Company|access-date=March 18, 2016|quote=He is also currently a senior writer for Beats Per Minute, an indie-music webzine.}}</ref> | language = | registration = No | author = Evan Kaloudis | launch_date = October 5, 2008 | current_status = Active | revenue = }}
'''''Beats per Minute''''' (formerly '''''One Thirty BPM''''') is a New York City– and Los Angeles–based online publication providing reviews, news, media, interviews and feature articles about the music world. ''Beats per Minute'' covers a variety of genres and specializes in rock, hip hop, and electronic music.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://therecommender.net/2011/08/28/behind-the-blog-one-thirty-bpm/ |work=The Recommender |title=Behind the Blog – One Thirty BPM |access-date=March 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010083910/http://therecommender.net/2011/08/28/behind-the-blog-one-thirty-bpm/ |archive-date=October 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://beatsperminute.com/about/rating-system/ | work=Beats Per Minute | title=Rating System | access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref>
== History == ''Beats per Minute'' was founded in late 2008 as a five-man operation{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} and named as a reference to the of Montreal song "Suffer for Fashion".<ref name=":0" /> As of 2011, ''Beats per Minute'' had expanded to a staff of about 50 contributors based in the U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and Sweden.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.fordhamobserver.com/from-busboy-to-breakout-music-blogger/ | work=Fordham Observer |first=Faith |last=Heaphy |date=September 21, 2011 | title=From Busboy to Breakout Music Blogger | access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref>
The site changed its name from ''One Thirty BPM'' to ''Beats per Minute'' in January 2012.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=January 8, 2012 |title=RIP One Thirty BPM... |website=Beats Per Minute |url=http://beatsperminute.com/news/rip-one-thirty-bpm/#more-59407 |access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>
''Beats per Minute's'' was cited by Hanif Abdurraqib in his Best of 2025 albums feature.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abdurraqib |first=Hanif |date=2025-12-30 |title=BPM's 'New Thing' track-by-track included in "115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 (This Time, With A Short Essay About Brian Wilson.)" |url=https://nifmuhammad.medium.com/115-favorite-albums-of-2025-this-time-with-a-short-essay-about-brian-wilson-e12b04ee9e45 |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>
== Ratings == It issues music ratings on a 0–100% point scale. As of April 20, 2026, ''Beats per Minute'' music scores were described by Metacritic as 56% of the time higher than most other critic scores. Metacritic reported that out of 1,918 music scores given by the website, the site gave positive reviews to 1,760 of them and gave negative reviews to only 19 of them (1% of the total number of scores given).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.metacritic.com/publication/one-thirty-bpm?filter=albums | work=Metacritic | title=Beats Per Minute Profile | access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beats Per Minute}} Category:Companies based in New York City Category:Music review websites Category:Online music magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 2008 Category:Magazines published in New York City