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On-demand music gets own chart

The popularity of music streamed on-demand is to be measured in a new weekly chart.

The top 100 rundown will be compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) using statistics from audio streaming sites such as Spotify, We7 and Deezer.However, video streaming services, including YouTube, will not contribute to the new chart for the time being.

The Official Charts Company estimates that 2.6bn audio streams were delivered in the UK last year.It will launch the new chart on its website next Monday, 14 May, at 13:00 BST.

Nielsen Soundscan, which compiles the US Billboard Charts, has previously reported that streaming services are now more popular than paid-for downloads.

Some 26% of consumers streamed music online or watched it on YouTube, compared to 17% who listened to downloads, it reported last year.

However, it noted that YouTube dwarfed other services in the market, accounting for about 55% of all music streamed online.

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Pop Rock Group World5  finding Radio Success on an International Level

SAN LUIS REY, CA: With testimonials coming in from such radio station celebrities as Michael Damian, the award winning song "You and I" has been gaining global attention on the internet and is currently poised for commercial success.

"’You and I’ from World5 is set to become one of the biggest hit singles of 2012.” states Gary Hendrix, CEO from the Independent Music Network. Grammy nominated celebrity Michael Damian, stated "One of my favorite new singles of the year so far is ‘You and I’ by World5".

While recording songs for the band's upcoming debut album titled "Global Experience", the single (accompanied by an official music video) was released to a variety of community music websites and internet radio outlets. The reaction that followed was much better than originally anticipated, charting well and finding regular rotation over 60 stations internationally.

Music has a tendency to get stuck in our heads. You know the experience - a tune intrudes on your thoughts and plays, and replays, in a never-ending loop. It happened recently to me. So, as a science reporter, I thought I'd try to find out why.

Several weeks ago, I was at home on a Sunday morning when, for no apparent reason, three words popped into my head - "Funky Cold Medina".

That's the name of a song performed by rapper Tone Loc. I'm told it was a hit in the 1990s, but I hadn't heard it until the night before when a friend sang it at a karaoke bar.

I kept hearing the lyrics - "Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm looking for some action. But like Mick Jagger said, I can't get no satisfaction."

When the song reappeared in my head, I could hear my friend singing it again and again... and again.

I was stuck with it for nearly a day and a half, before it finally went away.

But it left behind a nagging question. Why do we get songs stuck in our heads in the first place?

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The Cure's Robert Smith 'despairs' at iTunes

This is an old article from musicradar.com

Smith on Hypnagogic States EP: "5 tracks for £7.99? For fucks sake!"

Tom Porter, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 11:16 am UTC

Medieval

 

Crazy-haired The Cure frontman Robert Smith has gone medieval on iTunes and TMU (the man upstairs) because of an overpriced EP. iTunes are selling the Hypnagogic States EP – five Cure tracks remixed by more crazy-haired kids – for a whopping £7.99, and as Robert Smith so eloquently puts it: "IT'S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM!".

On the band's blog, Smith copied fans in on this strongly-worded email to the boss. You'll have to excuse the capitalisation. Obviously, nothing gets the point across quite like big, angry capital letters:

"DEAR…

I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAIN

HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP IS NOW UP ON UK ITUNES...

5 TRACKS FOR £7.99?
FOR FUCKS SAKE!

 

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