How Music Charts: The Chartmetric Blog & Music Business Podcast

'Make Music Equal' Is Our Data-Driven Initiative to Advance Gender Equity in the Music Industry

On Women's Equality Day, we made our artist pronoun and gender database free for commercial and academic use, because we envision an accessible music industry that values a level playing field and strives to give an equal voice to all people.

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SXSW is Back, and We Have 5 Panels to Vote For

Learn more about our SXSW 2022 panels and vote for all five below.

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Livestream on YouTube Live: Inside Our New 6MO Report

Watch a replay of our 6MO livestream below!

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Championing Gender Equity in the Music Industry With Our New 6MO Report and Artist Pronoun Database

Our new 6MO report and artist pronoun database are our first steps toward creating a platform for gender equity and gender equality in the music industry.

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What Spotify Follower Ratio Tells Us About Artist Growth and Fan Engagement

Components' Andrew Thompson explores the relationship between an artist's Spotify followers and their Spotify monthly listeners to determine how instructive Spotify follower ratio can be for monitoring artist growth and fan engagement.

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How to Promote Your Music in Southeast Asian Trigger Cities

Your audience isn't always in your own backyard. Learn how to promote your music in the Southeast Asian Trigger Cities that have helped launch the music careers of stars.

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The Black and Asian Singers Bridging Genre, Culture, and Audience

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Black Lives Matter, we're highlighting four Black and Asian singers whose artistry speaks to their mixed identities.

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The Under 27 Club: Music and Mental Health in the Streaming Era

Juice WRLD, Lil Peep, and Mac Miller's untimely deaths — and a growing "Under 27 Club" — prove it's high time we pay attention to music and mental health.

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Updating Cross-Platform Performance: Our New Global Digital Artist Ranking

We've updated and expanded Cross-Platform Performance (CPP), our global digital artist ranking, with more platforms, more metrics, and more insight.

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2020 Amplified Editorial Playlists for Three Black Female Jazz Artists

In recognition of Jazz Appreciation Month and Black Lives Matter, we're highlighting legendary Black female Jazz artists and the editorial playlist growth amplifying their voices on streaming services.

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Playlisting and Digital Strategies for Artists With Songular’s Sam Lee

How Music Charts talks with Sam Lee, Founder and Director of London-based firm Songular. We discuss playlisting and digital strategies for growing your streaming audience, why TikTok may not be for every artist, and how music data may be important, but it's always better if #ArtistsBeArtists.

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The Rise of Regional Latin Music, Part 3: Latin Music Genres Evolution

In the final part of our regional Latin music series, we cover Latin music genres like Trap Corrido, which evolved through migration and cross-cultural influence.

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The Social and Streaming Power of Black Female Artists and Fans

To wrap up Women's History Month in the US, we highlight the Black female artists and fans helping to close the gender gap in the music industry with their social and streaming "votes."

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Hip-Hop Business Strategy With Trapital Founder Dan Runcie

On this episode of How Music Charts, Trapital Founder Dan Runcie breaks down the Hip-Hop business.

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El Ascenso Mundial de la Música Latinoamericana, Parte 2: Música Colombiana

Descubra cómo las plataformas globales de streaming están impulsando los géneros musicales colombianos como el Vallenato, Música Popular Colombiana, Cumbia y la Champeta en todo el mundo.

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The Rise of Regional Latin Music, Part 2: Colombian Music Genres

Discover how global music streaming platforms are driving the consumption of Colombian music genres like Vallenato, Colombian Popular Music, Cumbia, and Champeta worldwide.

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The Music of Black History Month: A Data Journey Through Detroit, Memphis, and Baltimore

Chartmetric celebrates Black History Month with the music data of historically Black cities. Discover Detroit music, Memphis music, Baltimore music, and the histories of each.

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Data-Driven Digital Music Distribution and Neighboring Rights With InnerCat's Paris Cabezas

On this episode of How Music Charts, InnerCat Music Group founder Paris Cabezas explains how a tech-oriented, data-driven mindset helps optimize digital music distribution and collect neighboring rights royalties.

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Boomplay, the Biggest Sub-Saharan African Music Platform You've Never Heard Of

As Nigerian artists rise, West African-based music platform Boomplay aims beyond emerging music markets. By tracking your Boomplay streams on Chartmetric, you could be a part of it.

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How to Be a Successful Independent Artist With Cullah

New year, new tier: In honor of our new artist tier, we're talking music analytics strategies for becoming a successful independent artist with genre-bending indie artist Cullah.

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El Ascenso Mundial de la Música Latinoamericana, Parte 1: Música Regional Mexicana

Descubra cómo las plataformas globales de streaming musical como Deezer, YouTube, Pandora y Spotify están impulsando los géneros musicales regionales mexicanos como Mariachi, Banda y Corridos en todo el mundo.

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The Rise of Regional Latin Music, Part 1: Mexican Music Genres

Discover how global music streaming platforms like Deezer, YouTube, Pandora, and Spotify are driving Mexican music genres like Mariachi, Banda, and Corrido worldwide.

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Black Gospel Music: Singing Praise in the Streaming Era

In Chartmetric's December 2020 Black Lives Matter piece, we use music analytics to examine how Black Gospel music’s nearly century-old tradition thrives today.

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Building Music Tech Solutions With The Orchard CTO Jacob Fowler

On this episode of How Music Charts, we talk with Jacob Fowler, Chief Technology Officer at The Orchard, about music tech, mobile apps, and signals that artists and their teams should look out for in their streaming and social media data.

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Becoming a Music Industry Leader in Asian Music Markets With Priya Dewan

Priya Dewan, VP of South Korea & Southeast Asia at The Orchard and CEO of Gig Life Pro, talks Asian music markets and music industry leadership on How Music Charts.