Posted January 27, 201411 yr If there were separate ones for different age groups...? :) Say : Under 20, 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50 & over.
January 27, 201411 yr If there were separate ones for different age groups...? :) Say : Under 20, 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50 & over. They'd be very different for sure. Some songs like Blurred Lines, Royals and Get Lucky would have done well across all the age ranges. Other songs like the recent Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams hits would probably chart high with the older audiences, whilst songs like Feelin' Myself would chart very low. They already kind of do this in the US. They split the airplay charts by formats, which target different demographics. The one that gets the youngest audience is the rhythmic format, which has a top 5 of: 1. Kid Ink - Show Me 2. Eminem - The Monster 3. Beyonce - Drunk in Love 4. Pitbull - Timber 5. Drake - Hold On We're Going Home The one that gets the oldest audience is the AC (Adult Contemporary) chart, which has a top 5 of: 1. Katy Perry - Roar 2. Sara Bareilles - Brave 3. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody 4. Lorde - Royals 5. Phillip Phillips - Gone, Gone, Gone It's fact that songs can be extremely popular with one demographic, and practically non-existent to another. I think in the future when charts are streaming dominated they could easily do this. All the streaming services have to do is have you put your date of birth when you sign up, then they can make charts by age. Some sites like Youtube already do this (although they don't make it compulsory). Do you mean people buying the songs or people releasing them? If you do it by people releasing them, you could just get this week's chart and separate them all according to the age of the artists. Edited January 27, 201411 yr by Eric_Blob
January 27, 201411 yr Author Do you mean people buying the songs or people releasing them? Buyers. They already kind of do this in the US. They split the airplay charts by formats, which target different demographics. The one that gets the youngest audience is the rhythmic format, which has a top 5 of: 1. Kid Ink - Show Me 2. Eminem - The Monster 3. Beyonce - Drunk in Love 4. Pitbull - Timber 5. Drake - Hold On We're Going Home The one that gets the oldest audience is the AC (Adult Contemporary) chart, which has a top 5 of: 1. Katy Perry - Roar 2. Sara Bareilles - Brave 3. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody 4. Lorde - Royals 5. Phillip Phillips - Gone, Gone, Gone It's fact that songs can be extremely popular with one demographic, and practically non-existent to another. Very true - from the above, all urban for the youngsters, and urban-free for the 'oldies' like me. ;)
January 30, 201411 yr The biggest sellers are usually the ones that reach the most different demographics, i.e Adele, Gotye etc. Sometimes you can tell with sales, take for example boybands, alot of boybands average sale per single might be 250-350,000, then they'll have one single which will sell 800-900,000, signalling that it has reached a wider demographic than just teenagers. East 17 were a good example of this with Stay Another Day.
January 30, 201411 yr Author The biggest sellers are usually the ones that reach the most different demographics, i.e Adele, Gotye etc. Sometimes you can tell with sales, take for example boybands, alot of boybands average sale per single might be 250-350,000, then they'll have one single which will sell 800-900,000, signalling that it has reached a wider demographic than just teenagers. East 17 were a good example of this with Stay Another Day. Although, being an Xmas-boosted song, it's probably not the best example...
January 31, 201411 yr Maybe One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful' can be a better example of that?
February 2, 201411 yr Well if there was such a thing, Cher's album would have gone like this: 3, 2, 1!
February 2, 201411 yr Well it would work for LPs, but Singles? I think not. Apparently the over 40s don't buy singles unless it's an irish related group or an Ex-lax single. Which is why the singles chart is pointless, as it's just a reflection of a minor agegroup. As in, the top 40 will NOT be moving to Radio 2 in the future.
February 3, 201411 yr Author Well it would work for LPs, but Singles? I think not. Apparently the over 40s don't buy singles unless it's an irish related group or an Ex-lax single. They make laxatives in singles form now? :lol:
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