June 12, 20214 yr Their identity crisis isn't surprising, considering that most of the FB comments are like "Olivia who? I only know Olivia Newton-John" If they spend even a second analysing that, they are already going to the wrong direction. Why not invest in facts and figures and easily shareable content like this: @1401956057031888897 Edited June 12, 20214 yr by Sour Candy
June 12, 20214 yr thanks for the link. done. agree, billboard is great in presenting the data on social media.
June 12, 20214 yr Official chart need rules old songs clock up chart and sort December mess out with Christmas songs
June 12, 20214 yr Their identity crisis isn't surprising, considering that most of the FB comments are like "Olivia who? I only know Olivia Newton-John" If they spend even a second analysing that, they are already going to the wrong direction. Why not invest in facts and figures and easily shareable content like this: @1401956057031888897 To be fair, their Instagram comments are quite different to the FB ones - for example, here! I think that's more of an indication of who actually uses Facebook...! :kink: They've started posting graphics like that on Instagram as well, and I've definitely noticed them being a stronger Twitter presence than before over the past year, but I agree that Billboard's graphics like that are a great way of garnering the interest particularly of stan Twitter. View this post on Instagram
June 12, 20214 yr Just completed the survey - but I clicked that I wouldn't want to sign in, so I guess that's the reason why I didn't get this question: "What content would encourage you to take out a paid subscription?"... oops! Longer charts e.g. Top 200 charts Artist chart ranking the total sales and streams of an artist against other artists Monthly charts showing biggest sellers across a full month More sales figures/streaming numbers I would certainly appreciate all of this though :heart: Maybe I should take the survey again to make sure I get this question :kink: If they really wanted to make some serious money, then they should open up their database. It could be quite an expensive subscription. Or if not complete access, the ability to select which artists you're most interested in seeing the sales figures of. A pipe dream :(
June 12, 20214 yr The OCC website is a mess. The dates are all messed up and Americanised (mm/dd/yyyy) on some artists pages. Nelly Furtado’s discography is combined with Timbaland and James Morrison! So unprofessional looking
June 12, 20214 yr Just completed the survey - but I clicked that I wouldn't want to sign in, so I guess that's the reason why I didn't get this question: "What content would encourage you to take out a paid subscription?"... oops! I would certainly appreciate all of this though :heart: Maybe I should take the survey again to make sure I get this question :kink: If they really wanted to make some serious money, then they should open up their database. It could be quite an expensive subscription. Or if not complete access, the ability to select which artists you're most interested in seeing the sales figures of. A pipe dream :( That would be ideal. As you say, I can't see them opening up the full database without a serious cost attached. I don't imagine most people would care about the whole thing though and would just look a their fave acts, as they could put a limit on how many songs/discographies can be accessed per month, or when they are doing these top 10/20/40 lists, just provide sales for all items rather than a select few to those that subscribe. I am glad they are looking at shaking things up. Main thing for me is getting these ads in order as they are currently very disruptive to the experience when looking at anything on a mobile device.
June 12, 20214 yr Ideally they would post historical sales data for each weekly chart post 1994, no reason why they couldn’t (aside from commercial ones)
June 18, 20214 yr I mean if they want to charge people they need to open all sales information up. Select which artist you’re interested in and get their full up to date sales information.
June 18, 20214 yr Historical weekly sales data would be a huge bonus. Also a small niggle but when there is more than one credited artist on a single, it links back to a page specifically created for that e.g. there is a Beyonce & Shakira artist page with only Beautiful Liar listed. Could they not format it so clicking each artists name links back to their individual artist page with the rest of their chart history included.
June 20, 20214 yr I can't imagine many people would be willing to pay for a subscription. There is a lack of interest in the charts these days from the general public. Personally speaking I wouldn't be willing to subscribe because I keep my own chart data which I add to each week so I only really use the site to check the current Top 40. If they charged for access to the current Top 40 then more people would lose interest.
June 20, 20214 yr I'm pretty sure paid subscription features would not be aimed at 'the general public' :lol: I don't think they'd ever restrict access to the main charts, at most they might put up a paywall for some of the more niche charts or something (similar to what Billboard does currently).
June 20, 20214 yr I'm pretty sure paid subscription features would not be aimed at 'the general public' :lol: I don't think they'd ever restrict access to the main charts, at most they might put up a paywall for some of the more niche charts or something (similar to what Billboard does currently). I just can't see there being demand for it. I don't know anybody who still follows the charts and some people I know are big music fanatics who would have done once upon a time. I don't know whether Americans have the same attitude towards their chart but it helps that America has a much bigger population than the UK.
June 21, 20214 yr Ha-haa; classic OCC website - just tried entering the link to their survey and it returned a message thanking me for my interest but it's now closed. Yet the Ts and Cs below state that the latest one can enter the competition to win Amazon vouchers (which can presumably only be entered by completing their survey) is 9am Tuesday 29th June, over a week hence! It's this very kind of glitchiness and conflicting messaging that's p*ssing most people off about their site (before we get into the deeper debates about how they present and manage their data, errors and inconsistencies in reportage and so on).
June 21, 20214 yr But the Terms & Conditions also state, 4. Official Charts Company reserves the right to cancel or amend the Competition or these Terms at any time without prior notice. The survey quota has already been reached. Was it set at 500 or 1,000?
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