the industry seems to have changed a lot
like, back in the day i think it was pretty simple , the highest weekly sales dictated the charts
but nowdays im not sure where to even look to see the charts for any given week, or how exactly they are calculated.
for example, i play a lot of spanish music, but depending on where i look i can get very different idea what the top 20 tunes actually are on a given week, i presume this is now also the case for any country.
for example a girl approached me while i was DJing last night to see if i had a particular song, and she pulled up some 'top charts' list on her phone, i noticed the charts were different to what i had checked earlier that day online, her one had some new songs but also were missing some of the new ones .
then there are itunes top 40, spotify top 40, shazam top 40 and on and on.....
one thing i have noticed too is that some websites seem to show quite old songs still at a very high position, perhaps this is due to a different way of calculating, for example, if youtube views were a factor, then people might still be listening a lot to a song which was released a year or 2 ago, therefore it would still have a high position in the charts, this would mark an interesting change i think , maybe even for the better because it is less about that quick sale and more about longevity
any thoughts?
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