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The Music Issue
Charts, catalogs, and the dual books of fame — crash course for anyone who lives in the attention economy of sound.
By the Artometrics Research Desk
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10 reports in this issue
In this issue
How Long Number-One Hits Stay on Top of the Hot 100
billboard-hot-100
How the Top of the Billboard Chart Got More Crowded
billboard-top-100
Catalog Depth and Genre Travel Predict Pop Fame Duration
musicbrainz-pop-fame-mechanics
691 albums, median rank 250 — Rolling Stone's 2003 canon structure
rolling-stone-albums
Beyoncé and the Cost of Controlling the House
beyonce-the-psychonomics-of-control
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, Line by Line
beyonce-taylor-lyrics
Springsteen On Broadway Commands $509 Average Ticket—Double Hamilton's $273
broadway-musicals
Jingle Bell Rock spent 19 weeks on chart across six decades
christmas-songs
U.S. radio stations cluster at 101 MHz — except News/Talk, which sits 1,039 above median
radio-stations
H3's Nine-Month Peak Created a Viewership Ceiling the Podcast Never Reached Again
h3-the-artometrics-of-a-youtube-dynasty
Glue & meta
Cross-citing essays that mint new claims from multiple reports.
· narrative-economics-of-hits
· dual-books-of-fame
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How Long Number-One Hits Stay on Top of the Hot 100
How the Top of the Billboard Chart Got More Crowded
Catalog Depth and Genre Travel Predict Pop Fame Duration
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