July 23, 201412 yr Why is 'My Head Is A Jungle' only being playlisted now? I swear it has been out for like a year? Unless I'm talking about the original... The MK remix has been on YouTube for a year now but the video for it only for 2 weeks so I guess they're finally getting round to pushing it. The original was uploaded to YouTube in March 2013 so it is slightly older than the MK version.
July 23, 201412 yr Don't is absolutely the right second single choice for Ed, his team know what they're doing more than most when it comes to handling releases. This will be a decent sized hit, continue to sell the album and then Thinking Out Loud will make a perfect winter ballad third single release in X Factor finals season when he can perform it on there and keep the album riding high in the chart right through all the massive Xmas sales weeks. I can see it being a big single anyway when it's eventually released but it has album seller written all over it and it makes sense to unleash a big album seller when the market is at its peak.
July 24, 201412 yr Eric Prydz back on the R1 playlist :D INMWT list though :drama: Good to see the Duke there too. I just hope they playlist Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz soon. Hopefully they'll add Prayer In C next week! Great to see Duke on there and Lana. Some great additions this week
July 24, 201412 yr Not surprised that Radio 1 are continuing to support The 1975, more pleased that they're finally releasing their best song as a single. Need to hear new Royal Blood as well.
July 24, 201412 yr Can't believe no one's mentioned The Saturdays, since this was pretty much the last week they could have added them! That Saint Motel song is brilliant, I hope it turns out to be the big summer smash it sounds like! Hopefully it will be made Track of the Day in the next few days. EDIT: Oops, it already was yesterday! Also how is Eric Prydz considered "new music" when he's been around for years? I wonder what the criteria is for a song being added to the INMWT list? Edited July 24, 201412 yr by Mango
July 24, 201412 yr Not surprised that Radio 1 are continuing to support The 1975, more pleased that they're finally releasing their best song as a single. Need to hear new Royal Blood as well. Agreed. Heart Out should of been out instead of 'Settle Down' imo. Hope it can go at least Top 100. Eric Prydz on the INMWT list is strange, but then again both Fatboy Slim and Busta Rhymes have been on that list in the past year and both have been around for longer than Prydz. I wonder if they use that list for acts they still feel are 'relevant' to the Radio 1 target audience, but haven't had a hit for quite a few years, so plonk them on there for a week or two to re-introduce the artist to the listeners? Edited July 24, 201412 yr by gavindeejay
July 24, 201412 yr Agreed. Heart Out should of been out instead of 'Settle Down' imo. Hope it can go at least Top 100. Eric Prydz on the INMWT list is strange, but then again both Fatboy Slim and Busta Rhymes have been on that list in the past year and both have been around for longer than Prydz. I wonder if they use that list for acts they still feel are 'relevant' to the Radio 1 target audience, but haven't had a hit for quite a few years, so plonk them on there for a week or two to re-introduce the artist to the listeners? Maybe, but Eric Prydz, Fatboy Slim and Busta Rhymes are hardly artists that would need re-introducing to anybody. They're hugely successful, it's not like people forgot about them.
July 24, 201412 yr Superb additions for duke dumont :yahoo:, indiana, wankelmut :wub: + eric prydz :heart: this week~
July 24, 201412 yr It's new *music*, not new artists. But going by that, all previously unreleased music would be "new" music. So a lead Katy Perry single would qualify for the INMWT list? (which it clearly never would)
July 24, 201412 yr But going by that, all previously unreleased music would be "new" music. So a lead Katy Perry single would qualify for the INMWT list? (which it clearly never would) If Eric Pryds, Busta Rhymes and Fatboy Slim can qualify for INMWT then Katy Perry could as well. The artists on INMWT are usually brand new artists but not all the time. The big artists that get added there always get moved up onto the main playlist anyway.
July 28, 201412 yr Nicole Your Love got played on Greg James' show on radio 1 today, quite strange considering it's not on the playlist! Edited July 28, 201412 yr by steve201
July 28, 201412 yr Nicole Your Love got played on Greg James' show on radio 1 today, quite strange considering it's not on the playlist! Well they don't need to play songs that are on their playlist 100% of the time :P
July 28, 201412 yr Nicole Your Love got played on Greg James' show on radio 1 today, quite strange considering it's not on the playlist! Probably a listener request.....or a random spot play to tie in with a feature or something. Edited July 28, 201412 yr by gavindeejay
July 29, 201412 yr Nicole Your Love got played on Greg James' show on radio 1 today, quite strange considering it's not on the playlist! He played Christina Perri's Human twice in a week and that was never playlisted, I know Greg does it fairly often with pop songs.
July 29, 201412 yr Probably a listener request.....or a random spot play to tie in with a feature or something. Yeh it was part of Your call or something - Nicole was on ringing a listener, so i guess he had too :lol: Was just showing an example of them playing non playlist songs as people yap in this thread every week when their fav pop star isnt added! Edited July 29, 201412 yr by steve201
July 29, 201412 yr I thought this was interesting to post. George Ergatoudis on Radio 1’s Playlist Tuesday 29 July 2014, 13:05 In recent weeks there have been a few articles about Radio 1’s playlist selection process - some well-informed and some hopelessly wide of the mark. So I thought it would be useful to tell you how it actually works. The Radio 1 playlist is one of the most famous and influential radio playlists in the world, respected globally by artists, the music industry and the public. So how are the 45 contemporary songs selected each week? First, it’s worth clearing one thing up; while Radio 1 concentrates on appealing to a young audience, the age of the artist is not an issue. Whether they are 18 or 80 makes no difference to us, as long as their music is relevant to our listeners. And we certainly don’t ever ban artists. (Complete and total lies.) :rolleyes: :rolleyes: But obviously in a competitive environment and with a limited number of playlist songs, we have to make tough decisions. This means we can’t avoid upsetting people sometimes. But just because an artist is famous or previously playlisted does not guarantee them a spot on the list; we judge each song on its merits (Sure you do) and have an obligation to constantly seek out hot new UK acts too. At the heart of the decision making process is a team of passionate and knowledgeable Radio 1 staff. As Head Of Music I have picked a group of people with diverse tastes and opinions. This is important, as Radio 1’s playlist must reflect many different genres – we have a broad and distinctive approach to music that makes the station sound unique. Every Wednesday afternoon the group sits down to discuss the playlist and to listen to new music. The playlist consists of 45 contemporary tracks in any given week: 15 on the A list receiving approximately 25 plays per week; 15 on the B list getting approximately 13 plays; 10 on the C list receiving approximately 8 plays per week and 5 on the ‘In New Music We Trust’ list – supporting acts championed by our evening shows - receiving approximately 5 plays per week. At least 40% of the songs we play are by UK artists and our ambition is to break new music, to help discovery and to make a difference. It’s worth noting that the playlist only runs during our ‘daytime’ programmes: generally from 4am in the morning until 7pm in the evening. After 7pm Radio 1 employs expert presenters like Zane Lowe and Annie Mac who work with their production teams to select the music they play. Our daytime programming also includes new tracks chosen by our presenters, recent hits and Radio 1’s Track Of The Day. We start each week’s meeting by deciding which tracks to take off and then we listen to a host of potential new additions; on average we add 8 new songs every week. It would be fair to say that competition amongst artists has never been fiercer. Changes in technology and the internet have transformed music production and distribution and the end result is hundreds of potential new songs to assess every week. Of course this also means more artists than ever before don’t make it onto the playlist despite being entirely playable. We use objective information to help inform our decisions but the overwhelming factor is always our subjective passion. By the end of the meeting, we have decided on a ‘backbone’ of new tracks for the next week. Not everyone agrees on every song, but I like to think we get it right most of the time – something I hope the millions of people who tune into Radio 1 would agree with. And, in doing so, we are regularly breaking new artists that might otherwise go undiscovered and championing great UK music here and internationally. I hope that gives you a little bit more insight into how Radio 1 chooses the music you hear, and how we are working hard to find the next big thing. George Ergatoudis, Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/pos...dio-1s-Playlist Edited July 29, 201412 yr by Ne Plus Ultra
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