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How Can We Tell if a Hit is a Hit?

October 30, 2009

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Scholars who analyze popular music (for example, how it is affected by industry concentration or other social and historical events) have often relied on the Billboard music charts as their data source. The data informing Billboard song rankings include a combination of album sales (both physical and digital) and terrestrial radio airplay. But musical consumption [...]

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