Abstract: A piece of recorded music is ranked relative to other pieces of recorded music. The piece of music is received from a user. The piece of music is categorized into at least one genre. A group of reviewers is selected to rate at least one artistic quality of the piece of the piece of music and a survey questionnaire is selected. The piece of music and the survey questionnaire are sent to the group of reviewers to be rated by each reviewer in the group using the survey questionnaire. Two or more completed survey questionnaires are received from the group of reviewers for the piece of music. A quality rating is calculated for the piece of music based on the two or more completed survey questionnaires received. The piece of music is ranked relative to other pieces of music based on the quality rating.