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Originally posted by SmackUTwice
I still don't understand these dang #'s, LMAO!
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I feel like typing a lot, so I'm going to explain the numbers even though no one probably wants to see it.
2 1 KATY PERRY Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 14615 13708 907 92.865
We'll use this legendary song as an example.
The first number, "2," indicates where the song was on the chart last week.
The second number, "1," indicates where the song is on the chart this week.
"KATY PERRY" is the artist of the song.
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is the title of the song.
"14615" is the number of times the song was played in the last seven days from the pop panel. These are referred to as "spins." The example used is from the chart published on August 1, 2011. So that means all the plays from July 25, 2011 and July 31, 2011 for the song were used to come up with the 14615 number.
"13708" is the number of times the song was played the seven days prior on the pop panel. The example used is from the August 1, 2011 chart. So that means all the plays from July 18, 2011 and 24, 2011 for the song were used to come up with the 13708 number.
"907" is the difference between this week's spins and last week's spins. When this number is positive, it is called a bullet. When this number is negative, it's just referred to as a loss of spins. In this case, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" was played 907 times more than it was the seven days before.
"92.865" is called the AI, which stand for
Audience
Impressions. This number is an estimated number that stand for the number of times the song was heard on radio in the past seven days. This number is represented in millions. So 92.865 stands for 92,865,000. There is no way to accurately track this number, so that's why it's estimated. It is based on the population, station ratings, and time of day.
On Kworb's chart, you'll see this:
1 = KATY PERRY Last Friday Night (... 14615 +88 907 -56 92.865 +0.417 2
"1," "KATY PERRY," "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," "14615," "907," and "92.865" mean the same thing they do above.
"=" means the song did not move in position from yesterday.
"+88" means the song gained 88 spins today that it didn't have yesterday.
"-56" means the spin difference decreased by 56 plays.
"+0.417" means the song gained 0.417 AI from yesterday.
"2" is where it is on iTunes.
Then you might see this:
1. KATY PERRY - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): 139.509 (+ 1.532) ▲
"1." of course means the position the song is at this week.
"KATY PERRY" is the artist.
"-" is a separator. Ignore it.
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.):" is the song title.
"139.509" is the AI over all of the different radio formats (genres) this week.
"(+1.532)" is how much the song gained or lost in AI from yesterday over all formats.
"▲" means the song went up in positions from yesterday. If it's facing down, then the song fell in positions today.