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1. Lady Gaga, "Born This Way." The song logs its fifth straight week at #1. Digital sales rank: #3 (176K). 2. Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)." The song holds at #2 for the fourth straight week in its 29th week on the chart. This is its sixth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #6 (157K). 3. Katy Perry featuring Kanye West, "E.T." The song jumps from #8 to #3 in its fifth week on the chart. This is its third week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #1 (216K). 4. Rihanna, "S&M." The song dips from #3 to #4 in its ninth week on the chart. This is its fifth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #4 (168K). 5. Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull, "On The Floor." The song holds at #5 for the second week in its third week on the chart. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Digital sales rank: #2 (215K). ----------------------- Sales advantage of ET over Born This way: 40,000 Sales advantage of On The Floor over Born this Way: 39,000 ET ends up at #3 and On the Floor #5. Why? Both has low airplay. On The Floor MV VEVO view: 85 millions Born this Way MV VEVO view: 33 millions p.s. High AIRPLAY has a double "benefit" effect. 1) High airplay points toward the total Hot 100 tally 2) more people listen to it (more listens = more likely to buy).

http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...aon?nationGbn=T Google translation so not very accurate. MARCH 27 to APRIL 2 http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/5402562/img/5402562.jpg WEEK OF MARCH 27 to APRIL 2 *1 636891 Kim Bum Soo (I AM A SINGER!!!) *2 393912 CNBLUE 직감 *3 365548 Baek Ji Young (I AM A SINGER!!!) *4 349183 Kim Keon Moo (I AM A SINGER!!!) *5 344815 Yangpa 아파 아이야 *6 337486 Yoon Do Hyun (I AM A SINGER!!!) *7 319509 Park Jung Hyun (I AM A SINGER!!!) *8 288633 Kim Tae Woo Dash *9 287330 4minute Heart To Heart 10 275902 Jung Yeop (I AM A SINGER!!!) 11 256641 Lee Sora (I AM A SINGER!!!) 12 244586 Girls Day 13 239742 Yoon Do Hyun 나 항상 그대를 (I AM A SINGER!!!) 14 235843 Wheesung 15 217253 K.Will 가슴이 뛴다 16 205715 Jung Yeop 아무일도 없었다 17 204005 Kim Tae Woo Brothers & Me 18 202316 Orange Caramel 19 201664 UV 20 170245 Lee Sora 너에게로 또 다시 (I AM A SINGER!!!) 21 163725 Song Ji Eun 22 158996 Park Jung Hyun 비오는 날의 수채화 (I AM A SINGER!!!) 23 158643 Kim Bum Soo 그대 모습은 장미 (I AM A SINGER!!!) 24 157361 Baek Ji Young 무시로 (I AM A SINGER!!!) 25 156656 Boohwal 그때가 지금이라면 26 156184 Seo In Gook 27 154180 Jung Yeop 짝사랑 (I AM A SINGER!!!) 28 153940 CNBLUE LOVE GIRL 29 137760 BIGBANG Tonight 30 120829 8eight 31 118031 CNBLUE Imagine 32 116214 Infinite 33 113094 Lee Sora 바람이 분다 34 110256 Yangpa 너라면 좋겠어 35 109910 J Lim 시간을 되돌린다면 36 106361 Hwayobi 37 95530 2AM 38 89624 IU 나만 몰랐던 이야기 39 89443 Ha Dong Goon 40 85099 Hyun Bin 41 84032 Kan Mi Yeon 42 83812 CNBLUE 사랑은 비를 타고 43 83613 Kim Gunmo (I AM A SINGER!!!) 44 83127 Davichi 45 81856 BIGBANG Cafe 46 78069 U-Kiss 47 77055 G.NA 48 75207 DJ DOC 49 74171 Jang Jae In 50 74142 Monday Kiz & Gavy NJ 51 73479 Tony An 52 72772 Younha 53 72231 BIGBANG What Is Right 54 68344 DBSK 55 68239 Park Jung Hyun 꿈에 56 67304 Jaurim Something Good 57 66467 M To M 58 66228 SG Wannabe 59 65764 Han Kyung Il 60 65039 Mighty Mouth 61 64774 Huh Gong & Hoony Hoon 62 62810 5dolls 63 61695 Lee Eun Mi 64 61435 Kim Tae Woo 년전 오늘 65 59685 CNBLUE I Don't Know Why 66 59447 Britney Spears 67 59200 Navi 잘 된 일이야 68 58295 Yangpa 그 때 그 사람 69 56619 Gummy 70 55058 Mino, Deffcon, Soulman 71 54899 Clover 72 53703 KCM 73 53557 Kim Bo Kyung 봄처럼 74 53198 Kim Yoona 75 52646 MIJI & SG Wannabe 76 51198 IU 77 51684 Lee Sora 78 51480 Yangpa Bon Appetit 79 50976 Boohwal 비밀 80 50828 Yoon Jong Shin 81 50385 Ji Young Seon 82 50118 Kim So Hyun Dreaming 83 49217 Jung Yeop You Are My Lady 84 49217 K.Will 입이 떨어지지 않아서 85 49125 Lee Sora 제발 86 48633 4minute You Know 87 47070 ZE:A 88 46956 CNBLUE Lie 89 46853 Yangpa 친구야 90 45815 Seo Young Eun 91 45118 Navi 친구야 92 44644 Sori 93 44452 H-Yoojin & J Junior 94 44484 BIGBANG Somebody To Love 95 42663 Maya 96 41861 Secret 97 41597 Brian 98 40882 J-Cera 99 40189 Kim Bo Kyung 하루하루 100 38637 IU 잔혹동화

Current BillBoard Hot 100 Singles Chart calculation: 1,000 Sales = 1 point on the BBHot100 1,000,000 Audience Impressions (radio) = 1 point on the BBHot100 Streaming: unknown (said to be only about 5% of total tally) with data from Nielsen. For example, 160,000 in sales = 160 points. 120 million AI = 120 points + streaming (about 15 points) = total.

http://musicandcopyright.wordpress.com/201...pricing-update/ A la carte services dominate Globally, a la carte is the dominant business model for music services. For Japan and Belgium, over 90% of music services are a la carte. The countries with the lowest proportion of a la carte services are Spain, Poland and Hungary. Single tracks cost close to US$0.99 for most services. In several European countries, this is the lowest price that can be paid for a single track. In the UK, where several new entrants are large companies from other industries, some tracks cost only US$0.46. South Korea and Russia are the countries in which single track cost the least: between US$0.11 and US$0.52 in South Korea and between US$0.28 and US$0.79 in Russia. Album prices range between just over US$6 in Russia and more than US$30 in the Netherlands. The most common low price for albums is between US$7 and US$8. There is no single price point for which the majority of albums can be bought for globally. No homogenous price for subscription services Subscription services are the second-most-popular service type in many countries. France has the largest number of subscription services relative to total available services, while the US has the largest number of subscription services overall. In contrast to Japan, where a la carte is the prevalent business model, over half of South Korean online music services are subscription-based. These services offer prices between US$2.18 for 40 songs to just under US$27 for unlimited downloading.

Probably not. The major labels want to increase the price of music. Example: Major Label pressed Itunes to increase from $0.99 to $1.29. Just thought this is interesting. 4.4 mil sold from 310 million USA population = 1.4% of the population bought the #1 song 3.35 mil sold from 49 million South Korean population = 6.8% of the population bought the #1 song. It will be a bigger number in 2011. The music revenue in South Korea is actually growing at a 12% rate a year, which mean more people are subscribing to a music service.

Since they started releasing sale figures, here's the tally for some songs so far http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...nload/list.gaon BigBang "Tonight" Week 1 (#1) sales unknown (let's assume 400,000) Week 2 (#1) 357,126 Week 3 (#3) 271,224 Week 4 (#6) 216,947 Week 5 (#16) 166,634 Total: 1,411,931 Song Ji Eun "Going Crazy" Week 1: 123,337 Week 2: 330,488 Week 3: 270,244 Week 4: 203,706 Total; 927,775 K Will "Heartbeat" Week 1: 190,675 Week 2: 419,671 Week 3: 296,753 Total: 907,099

Could something like this work? A monthly subscription service (£8.99/month in the UK; $11.99 a month in USA) that allow the subscribers to download 50 MP3 each month. Requires: USA: 28 million subscribers @ $11.99 a month = $4.028 billion a year UK: 8.01 million subscribers @ $14.35 (£8.99) a month = $1.38 billion a year I bet millions would sign up if such a service available. 50 MP3 at $12.99 = $0.24 per song. It is a big success in South Korea and it's gaining more subscribers every day. #1 song Week of 3/20 to 3/26 sold over 446,000 copies. http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/5362341/img/5362341.jpg

Can't be much more popular in the years to come. Within a few years, digital > physical. It's already happening in the US UK: Physical: down 19.2% Digital: up 19.6%

The reason is that MP3 is very cheap in South Korea. They are #1 in subscription download (for example, $10 a month to download 50 songs). They probably have around 4-5 million subscribers. See this thread: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=126912 If the UK have something like 10 pounds a month for 40 songs monthly subscription service, the number would be off the roof. It's a strategy that is working in South Korea (their music sales is up 11% in 2010). Might work with the rest of the world too with piracy a huge problem.

http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...aon?nationGbn=T Google translated so not very accurate. Week of 3/20-3/26 http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/5362341/img/5362341.jpg

BONUS: TOTAL DIGITAL TRACKS SALES SINCE 2004 (USA MARKET): 1. Taylor Swift, 34.3 2. Black Eyed Peas, 33.8 3. Rihanna, 33.7 4. Eminem, 33.3 5. Lady Gaga, 29.3 6. Kanye West, 25.3 7. Beyoncé, 25.1 8. Nickelback, 23.9 9. Michael Jackson, 23.2 10. Katy Perry, 22.6

UK TOP SELLING ALBUM ARTISTS 2010 Rank - Sales - Artist 01 - 2,292,324 - Take That 02 - 1,729,544 - Michael Buble 03 - 1,323,325 - Rihanna 04 - 1,204,284 - Kings Of Leon 05 - 1,170,862 - Lady GaGa 06 - 1,106,781 - Glee Cast 07 - 978,079 - Eminem 08 - 968,624 - Paolo Nutini 09 - 915,279 - Alicia Keys 10 - 865,306 - Plan B UK TOP SELLING SINGLES ARTISTS 2010 Rank - Sales - Artist 01 - 2,496,982 - Rihanna 02 - 2,022,338 - Glee Cast 03 - 1,907,371 - Eminem 04 - 1,832,358 - Lady GaGa 05 - 1,758,853 - Katy Perry 06 - 1,517,050 - Tinie Tempah 07 - 1,362,146 - Black Eyed Peas 08 - 1,279,514 - Usher 09 - 1,201,662 - Jason Derulo 10 - 1,195,859 - B.o.B. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2011...Industry-Report The year's top-selling artists, in units sold (in millions) ALBUMS: Taylor Swift 4.5 Eminem, 4.3 Lady Antebellum, 3.8 Justin Bieber, 3.7 Glee cast, 3.6 Susan Boyle, 2.7 Lady Gaga, 2.6 Michael Jackson, 2.1 Zac Brown Band, 1.8 The Beatles, 1.7 2010 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS 1 Eminem 15,673,000 2 Ke$ha 13,497,000 3 Lady Gaga 11,891,000 4 Katy Perry 11,837,000 5 Black Eyed Peas 11,337,000 6 Usher 10,717,000 7 Glee Cast 10,654,000 8 Rihanna 10,099,000 9 Taylor Swift 9,912,000 10. B.o.B. 9,118,000 Show up on all 4 Top 10 Chart: Eminem Lady Gaga Glee Cast Show up on 3 of the 4 Top 10 Chart: Rihanna

I'm surprised at that too. However, CD is expensive over there. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/gl...005100902.story IFPI 2011 Report: Global Recorded Music Sales Fall 8.4%; Eminem, Lady Gaga Top Int'l Sellers March 30, 2011 By Richard Smirke, London Trade revenue generated by global recorded music sales totaled $15.9 billion in 2010, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) annual report. That represents a year-on-year decline of 8.4% compared to 2009, when global sales amounted to $17.4 billion. IFPI's annual "Recording Industry in Numbers" study also states that physical format sales once again slumped by 14.2% globally, falling from a trade value of $12.2 billion in 2009 to $10.4 billion. The U.S and Japan, the world's two largest music markets respectively, accounted for 57% of the global decline in 2010, compared with 80% in 2009, says IFPI. Recorded music sales in the States were down 10% to $4.17 billion (compared to $4.63 billion in 2009), while Japan's market dropped 8.3% to $3.96 billion (from $4.32 billion in 2009). Global digital revenues did, however, climb by 5.3% to total $4.6 billion, with digital formats accounting for 29% of all recorded music sales in 2010 -- a 4% growth on the previous year. Digital sales now account for 49% of all U.S. music sales in 2010, up from 43% the previous year. The report also said that music subscription services "expanded their audiences significantly in the past year," and estimates that ten million consumers worldwide subscribed to a music service. Performance rights revenues grew by 4.6% in 2010, totaling $851 million and accounting for 5% of global trade revenues. Although Europe continues to be the global market leader in this sector, the U.S. experienced significant growth in performance rights revenue, climbing from $70 million in 2009 to $90 million in 2010. India also saw large growth in performance rights revenue, growing from $26.2 million to $40.1 million. In total, sales of recorded music were up in three major markets: India (+16.5%), South Korea (+11.7%) and Mexico (+0.9%). Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Argentina, Central America and Caribbean, Chile and Peru also experienced varying degrees of growth in their individual markets. The United Kingdom, however, fell to No. 4 in the IFPI's rankings of the world's largest music markets, with Germany overtaking it to steal the No. 3 spot. Recorded music sales in the U.K. in 2010 totaled $1.38 billion, a massive 11% fall from $1.55 billion in 2009. Recorded music sales in Germany, meanwhile, totaled $1.41 billion, representing a more moderate 4.1% decline from 2009. Elsewhere, Spain dropped out of the Top 10 world rankings, reflecting years of falling sales and widespread piracy. Reflecting on the report, IFPI chief executive Frances Moore, called for further support from governments and policy makers to help curb piracy and arrest the global decline in recorded music sales. "The demand for new music seems as insatiable and diverse as ever, and record companies continue to meet it," said Moore in a statement. "But they are operating at only a fraction of their potential because of a difficult environment dominated by piracy. Determined action by governments and intermediaries to tackle this problem could create a framework for increased growth, more investment in artists and greater consumer choice." Also included within the annual "Recording Industry in Numbers" report was a list of 2010's bestselling global albums, which was topped by Eminem's "Recovery" (Universal). Lady Gaga's "The Fame Monster" (Universal) came in second, while Susan's Boyle's "The Gift" (Sony Music) sat at No. 3, followed by Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" (Universal). 1. Eminem - Recovery 2. Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster 3. Susan Boyle - The Gift 4. Taylor Swift - Speak Now 1. USA $4.17 bil 2. Japan $3.96 bil 3. Germany $1.41 bil 4. UK $1.38 bil

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You maybe right especially if this is true: 95% of digital music downloaded in 2008 is from illegal sites. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832396.stm

We are talking about the popularity of a single though. There is the album chart for the popularity of the album, which is measured by sales and only sales.

I disagree. Last week, ET sold over 260,000 songs. Born This way sold 80,000 less. However, Born this way has radio airplay advantage since ET is just starting out. Result: Born this way is #1 even though it is not as popular as ET for that week. In what universe is a song that sold 260,000 is less popular than a song that sold 180,000?

LOL. I knew someone would mention that. It's google translated from the Gaon Download Chart below http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...aon?nationGbn=T Fans translated it into English as: Heart Aching Story and other translates it as: Words that free my heart The song is pretty good even if I don't know a word of Korean. l3W2ezmod1k Though I like his Craig David's Insomnia cover better. If you want to hear how Insomnia sounds in Korean, watch the following. It's really good. VkxVxZX1dKY The cover sold over 2 million digital copies in 2009.

How come digital is not as popular in the UK as it is in the US? US ($2bil) out of $4 bil: 50% UK: $347m out of $1.38bil: 25.1% though digital is gaining fast.

Just thought this info might be of some interest. Global overall: down 8.4% USA overall: down 10% UK overall: down 11% South Korea: up 11.7% South Korean music model is high volume, low price (as low as $0.10 per song with monthly subscription) to combat piracy. There are probably 4-5 million subscribers in South Korea paying $7-10 a month to download anywhere from 50 to 100 songs. Their #1 song last week sold 419,671 copies. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...aon?nationGbn=T http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/5327750/img/5327750.jpg Maybe a rare success in the declining sales of the global music industry. No idea why India is up 16.5%.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/ma...usic-sales-fall Some excerpts: http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?section...1044727&c=1

Rebecca Black "Friday" with over 30 million streams in a week is the reason for the change. Just kidding.

That #11 probably has to do with a PBS special. PBS is American version of BBC (free over the air public television). The week before it was at #93. Now it's #11. Next week, probably back to #93 ish.

The current Billboard Hot 100 calculation = Sales Points + Airplay Points + Streaming Points 1,000 Sales = 1 point on the BBHot100 1,000,000 Audience Impressions (radio) = 1 point on the BBHot100 Streaming: unknown (said to be only about 5% of total tally) with data from Nielsen. Nielsen now expands its streaming tracking Maybe one day it would be 1,000 sales = 1 pt 1,000,000 Radio Audience Impression = 1 pt 1,000,000 Online Stream = 1 pt Heck, it would be best to do away with radio and streaming. The #1 best selling song = #1 on BillBoard Hot 100. Popularity is measured by sales, not airplay on the radio.

Just found this on youtube. Pretty cool WuZ4nsmPIfw