The History Of Auto Tune, Genius News

Since its development in 1997, AutoTune has made its way into almost every genre of music. While the talkbox and vocoder give songs a retro feel, AutoTune was originally used on futuristic pop hits. In 1998, Chers Believe was one of the first commercial recordings to use the effect. In 1999 Jennifer Lopez released her No. 1 hit If You Had My Love. Inspired by J. Lo, TPain took AutoTune to the next level. On his 2005 debut, TPain used it to distort his vocals, rather than just pitchcorrect them.