The facts

Yep. The daily picks are free forever, no signup. Personalizing for your voice is also free — no email required.

Every morning at 8 AM PT. The list moves as charts move — sometimes the #1 stays for a few days, sometimes it changes overnight. When it does change, you'll see a 'New #1 today' callout at the top of the picks.

Billboard Hot 100 (top 50) plus Apple Music's most-played chart. Refreshed every morning at 8 AM PT.

Two parts. (1) Cover quality — how performable the song is for any singer, scored on three axes: vocal accessibility (narrow range, transposable), arrangement adaptability (works stripped to guitar/piano), and hook strength (memorable singalong hook). (2) Trendiness — chart position weighted by velocity: fast climbers and new entries get a bonus, songs parked at the top for 7+ weeks get a saturation penalty so the list doesn't go stale. Public homepage uses 35% cover quality + 65% trendiness; personalized results add your vocal fit at 40% with cover quality and trendiness at 20% / 40%.

The default picks use a generic mid-range cover-artist profile. Take the voice test (60 seconds, audio stays in your browser) — we'll find your range, sort you into one of six Singer Houses, and re-rank today's picks for your voice.

Spotify locked their API for editorial playlists in late 2024 (no more pulling Today's Top Hits, Viral 50, etc.). Apple Music's chart feed is open and free, so we use that alongside Billboard.

No — it's a piano track your browser generates from the song's chord progression, transposed into the key that fits your voice. We don't sample, fetch, or modify the original recording. Chord names and keys are factual data (you can't copyright "C, G, Am, F"), so the file is something we synthesize for you, not a clip of someone else's master. Right now it's block chords at the song's BPM — useful for practice, not a polished karaoke track. Adding rhythmic feel is on the roadmap.

Yes — that's exactly what it's for. When you publish a cover, though, you're performing someone else's composition, which is a separate legal step. Most platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok) handle the licensing for you via their existing publisher deals. For paid releases on Spotify or Apple Music, your distributor (DistroKid, CD Baby, etc.) usually offers a cover-song option that handles the mechanical license. CoverIQ doesn't represent that any specific song is yours to cover — that's on you. Full details on the Terms page.