Joe Rogan: The hill that Spotify is willing to die on…for now.
(February 8, 2022). A friend of mine recently told me that boycotts rarely work. This was in a discussion we were having about the growing flap over Spotify’s continuing support…
When it comes to actual album sales (excluding streaming), women and vinyl dominate!
(January 7, 2022). It’s likely a surprise to no one that Adele and Taylor Swift are among the top-selling artists of the current millennium in any format, whether it’s streaming,…
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Unequal cancellations: The two most egregious offenders of 2021 had completely different outcomes on the charts; guess which one prevailed.
(December 5, 2021). It’s not uncommon in America for underrepresented groups to engage in a game of “oppression olympics,” where one aggrieved group of people tries to out-do the other…
Well, THIS has never happened before in Billboard year-end chart history!
(December 3, 2021). On Thursday (Dec. 2), Billboard announced its annual recap of the year’s biggest chart hits and posted the rankings on its website. The 2021 lists cover a…
Quick burnout: “Let’s Go Brandon”…the anti-Biden songs have a short fuse, flame-out on the charts.
(November 10, 2021). Just two weeks ago, Bryson Gray’s “Let’s Go Brandon”—one of several new anti-Biden songs bearing that title—was the darling of right-wing conservative media and Donald Trump fans…