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How Music Charts

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Welcome to How Music Charts, a music business podcast by Chartmetric. Join the music industry's brightest minds as they bridge data, culture, and creativity in real time. Looking for more? Sign up for a free account at chartmetric.com, subscribe to Beats & Bytes at blog.chartmetric.com, and reach out on our socials.
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Episodes

Predicting the Future of the Music Business With Cherie Hu, Part 1

Over the past few years, Cherie has been a regular contributor to multiple major music business publications, including Forbes, Billboard, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, and many more. While she still has her own column on music and tech for Music Business Worldwide, in early 2019, Cherie also started Water & Music, her own membership community where she uses Patreon, Discord and a weekly newsletter to keep her 8K+ subscribers and 700+ Patrons up to date on the latest innovations in the music ind...

Oct 15, 202055 minSeason 2Ep. 23

BTS, Fortnite, and the Future of Concerts With Sophie Chivanova

Sophie Chivanova is a consultant for Korean concert promotion company MyMusicTaste, where she was formerly the Head of Europe & the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, i.e., nine Eurasian countries with Russian as their official language). Founded in 2013 with offices in Korea, Los Angeles, and Moscow, MyMusicTaste has organized concerts for GOT7, MONSTA X, Kehlani, The xx, and many more in 30+ different countries around the world — all based on fan requests. Having graduated from the N...

Oct 12, 202041 minSeason 2Ep. 22

The Russian Music Industry and Concert Promotion in Asia & Europe With Sophie Chivanova

Sophie Chivanova is a consultant for Korean concert promotion company MyMusicTaste, where she was formerly the Head of Europe & the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, i.e., nine Eurasian countries with Russian as their official language). Founded in 2013 with offices in Korea, Los Angeles, and Moscow, MyMusicTaste has organized concerts for GOT7, MONSTA X, Kehlani, The xx, and many more in 30+ different countries around the world — all based on fan requests. Having graduated from the N...

Oct 07, 202041 minSeason 2Ep. 21

Secrets of K-Pop and the Korean Music Industry With Bernie Cho, Part 2

Bernie Cho is a music executive with more than 21 years of culture creation in the Asian music, television, and pop culture industries. As President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based independent artist and label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, ...

Sep 23, 202046 minSeason 2Ep. 20

Secrets of K-Pop and the Korean Music Industry With Bernie Cho, Part 1

Bernie Cho is a music executive with more than 21 years of culture creation in the Asian music, television, and pop culture industries. As President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based independent artist & label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009...

Sep 17, 202044 minSeason 2Ep. 19

Country, Metal, and TikTok: Digital Trends in the Music Industry With Former Sony Music Nashville VP Ed Rivadavia

On this episode, we chat with former Sony Music Nashville VP of Digital Strategy Ed Rivadavia. Ed is originally from São Paulo, Brazil, but he spent much of his early years in Europe and the United States, learning three languages, other than Portuguese, along the way. Most recently a VP of Digital Strategy at Sony Music Nashville, where he worked with some of the biggest names in Country, Ed has always been — and still is — a metalhead at heart. What’s particularly interesting about Ed’s career...

Aug 13, 202051 minSeason 2Ep. 18

Activating Local Music Fans for the 2020 Presidential Election With #iVoted's Emily White

On this episode, we chat with Emily White, a music industry veteran who started her career as a world class tour manager before retiring at 23 to pursue artist management, entrepreneurial endeavors, and academia. Emily has worked with everyone from Dinosaur Jr. to Zac Brown Band, she’s founded and run multiple entertainment companies, released a number of books, and now, when she’s not teaching at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Emily is using music data analytics to help activate voters for the...

Jul 22, 202043 minSeason 2Ep. 17

Digital Disruption and Music Economics With Former Spotify Chief Economist Will Page

Will Page is an economist, a DJ, and most importantly, the biggest supporter of Tynecastle Park’s Heart of Midlothian Football Club #boysinmaroon. A graduate of Scotland’s University of Strathclyde and University of Edinburgh, he began his career as an economist with the Government of Scotland while moonlighting as a music journalist for the Straight No Chaser Magazine. Soon thereafter, Page became the Chief Economist for the United Kingdom’s largest collection society, PRS for Music. After that...

Jul 06, 202056 minSeason 2Ep. 16

Career Strategies and the Future of Live Music With Paradigm Talent Agency's Diana Gremore

Originally from the sunny sprawling suburbs of San Diego, California, after graduating from the University of California, San Diego, Diana Gremore packed up all of her things and moved to New York City, sleeping on a friend’s couch and giving herself just two months to make it in the Big Apple. And she did. For the past three and a half years, Diana has worked at Paradigm (not including the year and a half she was a part of AM Only, which was acquired by Paradigm in 2017), one of the entertainme...

Jun 24, 202039 minSeason 2Ep. 15

From Business School to the Billboard Charts With Rapper Call Me Ace

Connect with Call Me Ace: https://www.instagram.com/callmeacelegit/ https://enroll.callmeace.com/ Connect With Us: http://podcast.chartmetric.com/ http://chartmetric.com/ https://blog.chartmetric.com https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social...

Jun 03, 202058 minSeason 2Ep. 14

From Verzuz to Quarantine Radio: Live Streams and Fan Growth During COVID-19

We’ll still be bringing you our conversations with music industry professionals every month, but between those conversations, we’re sprinkling in important music data stories from our blog that you might have missed or haven’t had the time to sit down and read. This week, we're diving into our new analysis of how artist live streaming is affecting audience engagement during COVID-19: https://blog.chartmetric.com/covid-19-effect-on-the-global-music-business-part-3-live-streaming-artists/ Follow a...

May 28, 202028 minSeason 2Ep. 13

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Affects YouTube Video Views Worldwide

This week, we're reading our recent analysis of YouTube viewership changes across six different countries (South Korea, India, United States, South Africa, Brazil and Italy) and compared them to World Health Organization coronavirus data: https://blog.chartmetric.com/covid-19-effect-on-the-global-music-business-part-2-geography/ Follow along with the article , which is full of pretty charts and graphs, and subscribe to our blog for more . How Music Charts is a podcast by Chartmetric that explore...

May 20, 202022 minSeason 2Ep. 12

YouTube's Impact on Today's Hip-Hop With Ben Sauberman

Connect With Ben Sauberman: https://www.instagram.com/ben.sauberman/ ben@sparky.wtf Sample of YouTube channel list (contact Ben for more): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bj-wzvUJiEusikzzJ_iI-u35J0eWbe0_hQ4dgiEd7QI/edit?usp=sharing Connect With Us: http://podcast.chartmetric.com/ http://chartmetric.com/ https://blog.chartmetric.com https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social...

May 15, 202054 minSeason 2Ep. 11

COVID-19's Effect on Spotify Monthly Listeners by Genre

We're launching something new: stories from our blog … in audio format. We’ll still be bringing you our conversations with music industry professionals every month, but between those conversations, we’ll be sprinkling in important music data stories from our blog that you might have missed or haven’t had the time to sit down and read. This week, we're diving into our recent analysis of Spotify listenership changes across nine different genres during COVID-19: https://blog.chartmetric.com/covid-1...

Apr 29, 202030 minSeason 2Ep. 10

Data and Digital Strategy at Republic Records With Elliott Althoff

Connect With Elliott Althoff: https://www.elliottalthoff.com https://www.instagram.com/elliottalthoff/ https://www.instagram.com/brothermoses/ Find Out More About Republic Records: http://www.republicrecords.com Connect With Us: http://podcast.chartmetric.com/ http://chartmetric.com/ https://blog.chartmetric.com https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social...

Apr 22, 202043 minSeason 2Ep. 9

How Music Collaborations Evolved in the Digital Era: A Decade in Review

Title: How Music Collaborations Evolved in the Digital Era: A Decade in Review (Jan 2020) Article by Dr. Nuttiiya Seekhao: https://blog.chartmetric.com/the-evolving-role-of-music-artist-collaborations/ Special thanks to Dr. Nuttiiya for such a rigorous look at one of the latest trends in our music industry!

Apr 06, 202014 minSeason 2Ep. 8

How Record Labels Fared on Music Charts Around the World

We're launching something new: stories from our blog … in audio format. We’ll still be bringing you our conversations with music industry professionals every month, but between those conversations, we’ll be sprinkling in important music data stories from our blog that you might have missed or haven’t had the time to sit down and read. This week, we're diving into Data Scientist Josh Hayes’ comparative analysis of major label vs. non-major label chart performance around the world: https://blog.ch...

Mar 20, 202019 minSeason 2Ep. 6

Uncovering Breakthrough Artists with Data: Chartmetric's 6MO Report (H2 2019)

In this special webinar replay, 6MO editors Jason Joven (Manager, Content & Insights) and Rutger Ansley Rosenborg (Digital Strategy Lead) break down their new Chartmetric Breakthrough Artists report. Follow along with the interactive PDF here: https://www.chartmetric.com/6mo Follow along with the webinar video here: https://vimeo.com/397073249

Mar 12, 202051 minSeason 2Ep. 5

Indie Artist Management and Design With Ross Nicol

Guest - Ross Nicol: https://www.offseasoncreative.com/ https://www.instagram.com/offseasoncreative/ https://www.instagram.com/ross__nicol/ Podcast: http://podcast.chartmetric.com/ http://chartmetric.com/

Feb 26, 202048 minSeason 2Ep. 4

Getting SiriusXM and Into Data Science With Jackson Bull

Guest - Jackson Bull: https://twitter.com/jacksonabull https://www.instagram.com/jacksonbull/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksonbull/ Podcast: http://podcast.chartmetric.com/ http://chartmetric.com/

Jan 21, 202048 minSeason 2Ep. 3

Global Music Marketing With Christine Osazuwa

Guest - Christine Osazuwa: https://twitter.com/c_osazuwa https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineosazuwa/ http://christineosazuwa.com/ https://musically.com/2019/10/31/what-trigger-cities-really-mean-for-music-marketing/ https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/lessons-100-first-dates/1099230 Podcast: http://podcast.chartmetric.com/ http://chartmetric.com/...

Dec 20, 201946 minSeason 2Ep. 2

Get to Know the Hosts (Jason Joven, Rutger Ansley Rosenborg)

How Music Charts Season 2, Episode 1 - Get to Know the Hosts (Jason Joven, Rutger Ansley Rosenborg) Guests: Jason Joven - Manager, Content and Insights Rutger Ansley Rosenborg - Digital Marketing Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro to Season 2's format 1:15 - S2E1 intro 1:56 - Jason's background 4:25 - Rutger's background 6:25 - Data vs. Gut 9:35 - Where should business data start to mix with the creative process? 11:44 - AI startups changing music itself 13:20 - SPEED ROUND 15:16 - Wrap-Up How Music Chart...

Nov 27, 201916 minSeason 2Ep. 1

My Chemical Romance’s Reunion Shows Scary Good Numbers

Highlights Early 2000s emo princes of darkness My Chemical Romance dropped a special treat for fans on Halloween, revealing some incredible metrics for a band that has been on hiatus for six years. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. We’re on the socials at “chartmetric” — that’s Chartmetric , one word and no “S.” Follow us on Lin...

Nov 01, 20194 minSeason 1Ep. 107

Playlist Track Journeys on Spotify's Today’s Top Hits...Where Do Tracks Go?

Highlights If a song was a traveller making its way through the playlist world, what would its passport look like? What connections could we make through the playlists it went through? Vamos a ver. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. We’re on the socials at “chartmetric” — that’s Chartmetric , one word and no “S.” Follow us on Link...

Oct 30, 20193 minSeason 1Ep. 106

Track List Reveals and Music Videos: Stunts or Bumps?

Highlights This week, two huge artists let the track lists of their upcoming albums slip and a couple of other big names released music videos. Let’s see if they reaped any data rewards. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. We’re on the socials at “chartmetric” — that’s Chartmetric , one word and no “S.” Follow us on LinkedIn, Inst...

Oct 25, 20194 minSeason 1Ep. 105

Making Growth Predictions With Our A&R Prediction Tools

Highlights What does an emerging Atlanta rapper and a British TV series soundtrack have to do with each other? Let our A&R Prediction tool explain. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. The SXSW 2020 schedule was just announced yesterday, and Chartmetric is officially hosting two panels: one on Trigger Cities in the Creating &amp...

Oct 23, 20194 minSeason 1Ep. 104

The Young Female Artists Capitalizing on Their TikTok Virality

Highlights Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I and North Carolina-born/Eastern Europe-raised rapper Ashnikko are some of the first notable case studies in TikTok virality. How are they capitalizing on it? Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. We’re on the socials at “chartmetric” — that’s Chartmetric , one word and no “S.” Foll...

Oct 18, 20193 minSeason 1Ep. 103

Music + Fitness: Shaping Up Spotify and Deezer’s Top Workout Playlists

Highlights Peloton’s recent IPO has us wondering about the most popular fitness playlists on Spotify and Deezer, so slap on some cross-trainers and fire up those Bluetooth earbuds. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. We’re on the socials at “chartmetric” — that’s Chartmetric , one word and no “S.” Check us out on LinkedIn, Instagra...

Oct 16, 20193 minSeason 1Ep. 102

Take a Psych Trip Through Labrinth’s ‘Euphoria’

Highlights UK singer-songwriter and producer prodigy Labrinth has created a hallucinatory experience with his soundtrack of HBO’s new show Euphoria , and with data as our guide, we’re going to try to navigate the psychedelic experience with you. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. We’re on the socials at “chartmetric” — that’s Cha...

Oct 11, 20193 minSeason 1Ep. 101
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