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Charting the Charts

October 23, 2009

The music charts have traditionally relied on album sales and radio plays to rank songs and albums. So what do the charts mean today when there are so many other ways to listen to music? OTM producer Mark Phillips reports that charts as well as the very notion of popularity are changing.

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Posted by: Van Durrett October 25, 2009 - 05:12PM

I spent ages looking for the link to the website the guest (and host) talk about near the end of the program but couldn't find it in the article summary: www.bandmetrics.com

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Posted by: Craig Bshara October 25, 2009 - 07:54PM
CT

You need an invite code to be able to open an account with Band Metrics, just tried it......no luck without the code!

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Posted by: John G October 25, 2009 - 07:56PM
Texas

I believe the web sight www.bandmetrics.com will be up and running next year according to the broadcast.

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