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| name            = ''Beats Per Minute''
| logo            = One Thirty BPM 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/}}
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| 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>
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| registration    = No
| author          = Evan Kaloudis
| launch_date     = October 5, 2008
| current_status  = Active
| revenue         =
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'''''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{{CN|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>
== Ratings ==
It issues music ratings on a 0–100% point scale. As of May 7, 2022, ''Beats Per Minute'' music scores were described by [[Metacritic]] as typically (59% of the time) higher than most other critic scores. Metacritic reported that out of 1406 music scores given by the website, the site gave positive reviews to 1276 of them and gave negative reviews to only 18 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==
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