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Take a look at the chart without the Taylor Factor involved. Isn't the Florida Georgia Line song next in line behind Carrie and it's not even in the top 5 airplay. So to me it's clear that even if you aren't getting POP airplay, if you are a big digital seller and your song is getting at least some country airplay, you are going to be able to get a #1 song. If Taylor doesn't have any songs out, then it really makes it more about the song and if it's selling great rather than airplay or the Artist. This spells trouble for anyone A-list or not that doesn't dominate digital sales.
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Well the industry has changed. More people listen to their Ipods in the car and around the house than radio. As the years go by, radio is going to mean less and less to peoples lives, especially when the baby boomers start to die out. By the time people in their 20s now are in their 50s, radio will be what Black and White Tube TVs are considered to be today. Things change and this is all a part of it. Radio doesn't play the artists I listen to the most anymore and even the ones they do, I'm not going to wait thru car commercials and songs I don't want to hear just to hear the one I do when all I can do is put on my Ipod. So the new chart reflects more of the current generation than the one who isn't the main consumers anymore.
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Like I said radio is on its way out, and other ways of listening to music are in. This new chart lets consumers decide who has the top 10 hits, not radio PDs. The PDs can still have their say on the Airplay chart and the fans can influence the Singles chart. When radio took fans opinions away and started these "Clear channel" and other backroom deals with corporate radio, that killed the airplay format the most with fans having a say on what is played. I have called radio stations about new releases or older 90s songs and been told "I am not allowed to play that record." Well on this new chart, fans determine where the song lands, not what corporations allow. I say more power to the fans, its a great thing, and to hell with Corporations and PDs contriving a playlist to chart the what they want it to. Fans will now have the last word with their wallets. And if Taylor Swift is the one fans are buying the most, so be it! If fans want a Josh Turner song to chart to the top 5 on Country singles, then they better pay up! The music industry began single driven with fans buying old 45 record singles, then it went album driven. Now its digital single driven. Times change, music changes, and the way fans listen to music is changing. Honestly if local commercial radio just went away, a good amount of people wouldn't even care.
Hey maybe will get more singles now from albums instead of taking 6 months to a year per song in many cases. That'd be a GREAT thing!
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Some positive comments from pulse
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finally..
physical singles might make a comeback!
