Tag: Record chart

Billboard Adjusts Chart Calculations To Favor Paid Streaming Over Ad-Supported Streams, YouTube

As how people consume music shifts, Billboard has adjusted how it calculates the charts. Bowing to pressure from the recorded music industry, the latest set of changes give more weight. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/20/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Aled Jones, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Official Charts Company, Record chart, United Kingdom, United States

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Emoticast Raises $5 Million As Sean Parker, will.i.am, David Guetta Back Mobile Music Messenger

Emoticast believes it has found the best way make sure that music and music marketing take advantage of the current explosion in mobile messaging. Today, a group of all-star investors. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Antisemitism, Chat room, David A. Marcus, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, List of YouTubers, Maker Studios, Mobile app, PewDiePie, Record chart, Snapchat, TechCrunch, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Music Group, Vietnam, Warner Music Group, WhatsApp, YouTube

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Move Over Sheeran, Drake Is Breaking Spotify Records Too

Ed Sheeran has broken multiple records on Spotify in recent days, but he's not the only one. Drake too continues to smash Spotify records, including his own. He's now the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: "Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran, Instagram, iTunes, Justin Bieber, Record chart, Shape of You (Reshaped), Singer-songwriter, Spotify, Top 40

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AM BRIEF: Sheeran, Chance Reveal Chart Flaws • Sony vs McCartney • New Spotify Podcast, Ad Partners • More

Tuesday 3.14.17 Music Business News From Around The Web How could music chart keepers have been so unprepared for streaming? Updated under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 03/14/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Cure for Wellness, album, Anderson Paak, Apple Music, Atlantic Records UK, Davido, Ed Sheeran, HMV, Record chart, Tekno Miles

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Billboard, Nielsen Finally Add Streaming To 19 Genre Album Charts

Nielsen Entertainment and Billboard announced they will be shifting 19 genre album charts from sales-based to consumption-based charts that blend album sales, track equivalent sales and streaming equivalent plays. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/19/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard Magazine, Billboard Women in Music, Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, Madonna (entertainer), New York City, Record chart, Record Store Day, release music, Soundcloud, Woman of the Year

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3 Must-Know Facts About Nielsen’s Billboard Charts

Billboard and Nielsen surveys inform a great deal of what we know about the music business when it comes to numbers, but how these companies work can be something of a mystery. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/17/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Adult Top 40, Airplay, Billboard charts, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Mainstream Top 40, Record chart, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tempo

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How Production Costs Are Affecting Songwriters

Making a career out of songwriting isn't easy, and even if you do end up writing the next chart topping hit, there's no guarantee that you'll see much of a. Continue reading

admin on 10/13/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: "Awesome", 20th Century Fox Records, country music, Nashville, Nigeria, Record chart, Riki, songwriter, Tennessee, The New York Times, United States Department of Justice

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Pandora Adds Charts Powered By Next Big Sound

Beyond the useful musings of Next Big Sound data journalist Liv Buli, I've wondered exactly what Next Big Sound has been up to since being acquired by Pandora. I assumed. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Afro-Caribbean music, BET Awards, Billboard Magazine, Daylight saving time, Depth chart, Electronic dance music, Hypebot, Indianapolis Colts, Music of Black Origin Awards, Record chart

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Father John Misty Tell Fans He Declined $250,000 To Do Chipolte Ad, Restaurant Chain Responds With Special Themed Menu

During his intro to “Bored in the USA”, J. Tillman aka Father John Misty told the crowd that he had been offered a quarter of a million dollars to cover. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/27/2016 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Backstreet Boys, Brian Littrell, Everybody (Backstreet's Back), Florida Georgia Line, folk music, I Want It, music industry, Nick Carter (musician), Record chart, The Four Seasons (band)

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7 Habits Of Highly Ineffective Artists

While we spend a lot time trying to figure out what it is that successful artists do in order to be so, it is perhaps equally important to consider what unsuccessful. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/11/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Artist, Compact disc, Gaon Chart, Gold medal, London, music industry, Music of Korea, Record chart, Record producer, United Kingdom

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