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BuzzJack Music Forum _ UK Charts _ How Spotify has impacted/influenced consumer behaviour in UK

Posted by: Guiller1994 23rd January 2018, 08:49 PM

Hello,

I am currently in my fourth year at university and for my dissertation I have chosen the impact/influence Spotify has had on consumer behaviour within the UK.

I was wondering if anyone could assist me with any good material or suggestions ?

Completely understandable if the post is not acceptable and if mods would like to delete!

Thanks

Posted by: Evil Houdini 23rd January 2018, 09:00 PM

It's made the Official chart boring, that is for sure!

Posted by: Rooney 23rd January 2018, 09:04 PM

I think you will struggle for literature, but there may be some good articles online - but maybe not 'reference-able'.

Personally for me the I don't necessarily think there has been that much of a shift. People have always been drawn to what is popular (and still are). Take the NOW series for example, I am pretty sure the CD tracklist will look very similar to Hot Hits UK. I find the more interesting concept is how record labels can have influence to make songs popular through playlist management. I think the same behaviours shown on Spotify are exactly the same as those shown on iTunes before.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 23rd January 2018, 10:02 PM

Some good articles that may help:

https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9686-up-next-how-playlists-are-curating-the-future-of-music/

https://pitchfork.com/features/article/uncovering-how-streaming-is-changing-the-sound-of-pop/

and https://pudding.cool/2017/03/timeless/index.html which isn't an article on your topic but may be of interest - it measures how 'timeless' a song is by looking at its number of plays on Spotify.

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