Radio airplay was one of the first factors to help determine if a song was a hit. In 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 list was made. The chart took statistics from radio airplay and sales data to compile the list. According to Nielsen Music, the radio continues to be the number one way for people to discover music. A streaming service iHeart Radio that allows people to listen to live radio from all of the United States or create one’s own station by choosing an artist or song created a company called Clear Channel to gather streaming data. Clear Channel started a program On the Verge (Goodman). On the Verge plays a song selected by a group of companies. The song is given to 840 radio stations and the song has to complete a cycle of 150 plays on
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Radio airplay is not limited just to AM or FM radio stations, but includes radio stations created by users on certain radio streaming services.
One of the main factors for determining the song of the summer is sales data. This factor makes up thirty-five to forty-five percent of the song’s ranking (Trust). How many times the song is purchased is a more direct way of determining if a song is liked be people. Although sales of the song is important the sales of digital music has been on a steep decline in the past few years. A reason why people could not but songs at a store or online is because over time purchasing music can become expensive. “This week’s [August 28, 2014] 3.97-million album sales tally is the smallest weekly sum for album sales since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. It's also the first time weekly sales have fallen below four million in that time span. Last week was fairly slow for the top releases. The top album, Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood, debuted with sales of 90,000 units, a figure below the first-week sales of many other top debuts of 2014. Three other albums debuted inside the top 10 but averaged …show more content…
Streaming data was recently added as one of the factors to determine the song of the summer. Streaming does not make up a large percentage of the point system for determining the position of the song on the Billboard chart (Trust). In 1955 Billboard tracked jukebox plays and were factored into the Top 100 chart, but in 1958 Billboard stopped tracking jukeboxes. Streaming actually started being factored in 2007 when Billboard realized that streaming was becoming an important way that people consumed music (Molanphy). When streaming was first added to the point system, only two services data was collected and they only accounted for five percent of the points of the songs ranking (Molanphy). “Streaming only began having a major impact on the chart once Spotify finally reached America in 2011 (Three years after its European debut).” (Molanphy). Every time a song is queued on certain streaming services including Spotify, it is factored into the equation to determine its ranking (Molanphy). In 2013, music video plays from YouTube and Vevo were factored into the entire percentage of streaming (Molanphy). Both of Billboard’s On-Demand chart and Streaming chart go into the Hot 100 chart and the Hot 100 chart uses the same stats as Billboard’s Summer Songs chart (Molanphy). With streaming services, people can buy a subscription and listen to any song whenever he or she chooses.
Radio airplay is not limited just to AM or FM radio stations, but includes radio stations created by users on certain radio streaming services.
One of the main factors for determining the song of the summer is sales data. This factor makes up thirty-five to forty-five percent of the song’s ranking (Trust). How many times the song is purchased is a more direct way of determining if a song is liked be people. Although sales of the song is important the sales of digital music has been on a steep decline in the past few years. A reason why people could not but songs at a store or online is because over time purchasing music can become expensive. “This week’s [August 28, 2014] 3.97-million album sales tally is the smallest weekly sum for album sales since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. It's also the first time weekly sales have fallen below four million in that time span. Last week was fairly slow for the top releases. The top album, Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood, debuted with sales of 90,000 units, a figure below the first-week sales of many other top debuts of 2014. Three other albums debuted inside the top 10 but averaged …show more content…
Streaming data was recently added as one of the factors to determine the song of the summer. Streaming does not make up a large percentage of the point system for determining the position of the song on the Billboard chart (Trust). In 1955 Billboard tracked jukebox plays and were factored into the Top 100 chart, but in 1958 Billboard stopped tracking jukeboxes. Streaming actually started being factored in 2007 when Billboard realized that streaming was becoming an important way that people consumed music (Molanphy). When streaming was first added to the point system, only two services data was collected and they only accounted for five percent of the points of the songs ranking (Molanphy). “Streaming only began having a major impact on the chart once Spotify finally reached America in 2011 (Three years after its European debut).” (Molanphy). Every time a song is queued on certain streaming services including Spotify, it is factored into the equation to determine its ranking (Molanphy). In 2013, music video plays from YouTube and Vevo were factored into the entire percentage of streaming (Molanphy). Both of Billboard’s On-Demand chart and Streaming chart go into the Hot 100 chart and the Hot 100 chart uses the same stats as Billboard’s Summer Songs chart (Molanphy). With streaming services, people can buy a subscription and listen to any song whenever he or she chooses.