Charts Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Spotify has added something for artists and fans

Spotify has just announced that it’s expanding its chart offering. There’s a new Charts website, which sounds interesting. You can

In the old days, music charts were compiled using two pieces of data: the number records sold and radio airplay.

A strange thing is happening with the iTunes chart Top Songs chart. In the past, it functioned as a barometer

Hear about the Canadian inventor who sued the entire computer industry for US$350 billion? Yeah, he lost. Here’s what we

Music charts are how the industry keeps score, tracking how well artists and songs do when it comes to radio,

In the Olden Days, album charts were easy to understand. The more records you sold, the higher up the chart

YouTube is still the biggest source of music anywhere in the online world. With that kind of clout, it’s important

I once had an astrologer do a chart for me and although I don’t believe in this sort of thing

Have you ever wonder what city has the most influence musically? Using data from Orbitz, you might be surprised. For

Ed Sheeran had a pretty good week. His ÷ (Divide) album pretty much ruled every album and singles chart in the

Nielsen released their North American market update for this week and it shows some interesting things. In Canadian music sales

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver