Music charts' ability to reflect true audience preferences is questionable. Streaming platforms, with their algorithms and curated playlists, heavily influence what tops the charts. Payola-like practices and viral marketing can skew rankings, prioritizing promotion over organic popularity. However, charts still capture some genuine listener trends, especially when cross-referenced with social media engagement and concert attendance. Yet, niche genres and independent artists often get sidelined, as charts favor mainstream hits. Data from platforms like Spotify and Billboard shows streaming now dominates chart metrics, but it’s not a full picture of what people love.Relevant websites: https://www.billboard.com https://www.spotify.com https://www.rollingstone.com

The political establishment could learn a lot by watching the music industry. Andrew Cuomo was like a legacy artist getting pushed by a major label on radio via payola, while Mamdani built his own fanbase virtually overnight by being good at short form video social media.

Funny to think that some folks think payola is restricted to music

JokeRace is the least useful, most pretentious product in the space. There is some status with being associated with it, but its utility is limited to pay-to-play contests like top-30-over-30. It’s not revolutionary, it’s basically payola+

"Suspicion is growing that Payola, the infamous pay-for-play scheme from back in the day, has found its way back into the industry. Only this time, it’s hiding behind streaming algorithms and data-driven playlists rather than radio DJ booths." 🔗 headphonesty.com/2024/12/is-payola-alive

mind you im an organic jazz christmas song without payola

Let’s get to the facts: Drake is suing HIS label for botting a song calling him a pedo since he is due for a new deal. UMG is using the money DRAKE made them for payola in order for them to lower his cost. Also they gave Interscope a fucking DISCOUNT in exchange for Spotify to

🚨 DRAKE ACCUSES UMG AND SPOTIFY OF STREAMING FRAUD Drake claims UMG and Spotify used bots and payola to inflate streams for Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us. His team alleges Interscope executives pushed the hit to maximize profits, breaking streaming records and earning five

Let’s get to the facts: Drake is suing HIS label for botting a song calling him a pedo since he is due for a new deal. UMG is using the money DRAKE made them for payola in order for them to lower his cost. Also they gave Interscope a fucking DISCOUNT in exchange for Spotify to

The amount of payola I see on my spotify homepage, both disclosed and undisclosed, seems to go up every week

Who owns the company? Who gets the money, for an overpriced quebec purchase, facility, production. Quebec kicked in $400 mil??? Payola.

You fake everything you do. You don’t have faith in organic demand, so you boost, bot everything you touch the past 2 years. Creating fake demand, empty impact. Doing this in web2 makes more sense, there isn’t even demand here but that retrofunding was worth tainting an ecosystem for clout. Your actions are words are continuously disingenuous. “With great power comes great….” I don’t do spaces, but I’ll make an exception if you have the confidence you can discredit what I say loudly and every respected artist, collector & builder say privately. This tech could have a positive change from the broken legacy methods, instead you came out the gate trying to “break artists” being loud, being the payola final boss of blockchain & being the example of bored privilege tourist that doesn’t respect the bigger picture of humans beyond your self interest and ego

no payola 💪🏾 (have never use payola)

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Yes this ways way different than a casual tip, he's being a payola

Hey ,@coopahtroopa.eth reading this I remembered you pay payola for your artist but I also remembered you still don't pay me.for the payola I give to your artist, it's 2500 $degen and youre working with messages so I hope you keep accountable to yourself, peace.

No matter how big @lexfridman gets, never forget he conducted softball sales pitch interviews for Hoskinson and Vitalik while taking payola from @coinbase. He is EXACTLY the type of shitcoin scam profiteer who deserves a healthy dose of toxicity.

Shout out to everyone staying the course even though we’re up against algorithms, Fake gatekeepers, payola, haters and more! Keep going!