June 1, 201213 yr Basically, it seems to favour 'Radio 2' artists over 'Radio 1' ones? Coldplay and Ed Sheeran (and to a lesser extent the other three as well) are Radio 1 favourites :lol:
June 2, 201213 yr Coldplay and Ed Sheeran (and to a lesser extent the other three as well) are Radio 1 favourites :lol: That puzzles me - I would have thought Kylie's pop would be far closer to R1's remit than Coldplay's AOR? Edited June 2, 201213 yr by vidcapper
June 2, 201213 yr Basically, it seems to favour 'Radio 2' artists over 'Radio 1' ones? Those artists are mainly Radio 1 artists aswell though. It does favour "album artists" you could say, because every song you listen to from an album on most streaming sites I think counts individually to the song chart. That puzzles me - I would have thought Kylie's pop would be far closer to R1's remit than Coldplay's AOR? I agree here, but Radio 1 try and even out the genres in their playlist, and there's so many artists doing Kylie-esque music at the moment really, and Radio 1 can't playlist all of them. Since they seem to want to attract a younger audience, they'd rather use artists like Usher and Tulisa for their pop songs than Kylie I guess. Whilst Coldplay are in more of a niche at the moment, so don't have as many established artists to compete with for the playlist spots. Edited June 2, 201213 yr by Eric_Blob
June 2, 201213 yr Those artists are mainly Radio 1 artists aswell though. It does favour "album artists" you could say, because every song you listen to from an album on most streaming sites I think counts individually to the song chart. But would their value on the song chart be the same as listening to a song that was specifically released as a single?
June 2, 201213 yr But would their value on the song chart be the same as listening to a song that was specifically released as a single? I think so. Like on Spotify you just click on an album or EP and it opens then you click on the song you want to play, and that play gets counted. Although songs released as singles still have a slight advantage in that they have EPs, which will probably get them more streams if there's good remixes on there.
August 1, 201212 yr Author a sign of things to come? For some artists, streaming royalties > download royalties and physical CD royalties http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbys...-streaming.html Musicians getting 'more than half of royalty income from online streaming' Many musicians now receive more than half of their royalty income from online services such as Spotify and Deezer, the founder of Adele’s record label has claimed. Martin Mills, chairman of Beggars Group, said that streaming services have changed the way people listen to music, because the “friction-less” experience makes users much more likely to experiment with sampling new artists or delve into musicians’ back catalogues, and that they had given artists with substantial bodies of work a major financial boost as a result. “Some of our catalogue artists earn more from streams than downloads of individual tracks [or] any other format,” he said. January, 2010:------------ 250,000 paid subscribers March 17, 2010:----------- 320,000 July 20, 2010: ---------------- 500,000 December 8, 2010: ------ 750,000 March 8, 2011:--------------- 1,000,000 July 14, 2011: -----------------1,600,000 Sept 21, 2011: ---------------- 2,000,000 Nov 23, 2011: ------------------2,500,000 Jan 26, 2012: -------------------3,000,000 July 31, 2012:--------------------4,000,000 http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/research/spotify_per_stream_tiers.jpg Mobile Stream refers to Spotify Radio (paying rate set by Congress at $0.0012 per song) 46 streams from a Premium User = 1 Itunes $0.99 download.
August 1, 201212 yr a sign of things to come? For some artists, streaming royalties > download royalties and physical CD royalties http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbys...-streaming.html January, 2010:------------ 250,000 paid subscribers March 17, 2010:----------- 320,000 July 20, 2010: ---------------- 500,000 December 8, 2010: ------ 750,000 March 8, 2011:--------------- 1,000,000 July 14, 2011: -----------------1,600,000 Sept 21, 2011: ---------------- 2,000,000 Nov 23, 2011: ------------------2,500,000 Jan 26, 2012: -------------------3,000,000 July 31, 2012:--------------------4,000,000 http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/research/spotify_per_stream_tiers.jpg Mobile Stream refers to Spotify Radio (paying rate set by Congress at $0.0012 per song) 46 streams from a Premium User = 1 Itunes $0.99 download. But what would be the equivalent British figures, I wonder?
August 1, 201212 yr Author But what would be the equivalent British figures, I wonder? probably the same but instead of $ it's £ It's $5 or $10 a month for USA. £5 or £10 a month for the UK. Around 1 million paying subscribers added in 6 months. Good news? Jan 26, 2012: -------------------3,000,000 July 31, 2012:--------------------4,000,000 Edited August 1, 201212 yr by Dust2
August 1, 201212 yr probably the same but instead of $ it's £ It's $5 or $10 a month for USA. £5 or £10 a month for the UK. Around 1 million paying subscribers added in 6 months. Good news? Jan 26, 2012: -------------------3,000,000 July 31, 2012:--------------------4,000,000 I'm surprised there's *that* many, given that only the best-selling singles shift 1/8th of that...
August 1, 201212 yr Author I'm surprised there's *that* many, given that only the best-selling singles shift 1/8th of that... Spotify rise in popularity correlates with the rise in popularity of smartphone. January, 2010:------------ 250,000 paid subscribers December 8, 2010: ------ 750,000 March 8, 2011:--------------- 1,000,000 Sept 21, 2011: ---------------- 2,000,000 Jan 26, 2012: -------------------3,000,000 July 31, 2012:--------------------4,000,000 paying subscribers In Sweden, Spotify generate around 9 times more revenue than Itunes.
August 1, 201212 yr I'm surprised there's *that* many, given that only the best-selling singles shift 1/8th of that... Well not everyone likes or buys the best-selling singles...and it kind of misses the point that people who purchase Spotify are unlikely to be buying music anyway, as well as that those are worldwide figures!
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