charts discussion 90 3 year old+ songs charting on apple/spotify USA charts. Music dead?

[Jay T]

With ~32 songs that are at least 3 years old charting on Apple Music US top 200; and 57 songs from spotify USA that are at least 3 years old charting its giving new music is not having any substantiality as it should. 

 

This is pretty significant, I was thrown off when I seen the amount of old rap songs charting on Apple Music. Thoughts?

[Mattyboy]

Yon do realize songs that are 2-3 years old are still new to the GP right? 

[Otter]

This is the nature of streaming. People have always listened to old music but past charts were based off new purchases whereas modern are based on listening behaviour 

[Temporal]

List pls

[fauxtography]

15 minutes ago, Otter said:

This is the nature of streaming. People have always listened to old music but past charts were based off new purchases whereas modern are based on listening behaviour 

yup yup

a loss for chart watchers and a win for artists

[Michael196]

lol have you seen the bb200? half the list isn't from this decade, and so many albums aren't even from the last decade either...

[Gov Hooka]

Good. More accurate tracking of ppl’s listening habits. The bottom half of charts in the 60s would be filled with jazz/doowop tracks if charts actually tracked music consumption back then. Same with 80s probably being filled with funk/classic rock, etc. 

[Sugden]

i mean its a streaming thing people always listened to a lot of old songs

[Jay T]

1 hour ago, Mattyboy said:

Yon do realize songs that are 2-3 years old are still new to the GP right? 

First of all, I said three years meaning 2019 before the pandemic . 

 

Second of all most of the old songs are 2017/18 which is very much old. So I don’t get ur point here… it’s never been this many old songs chartin on Apple Music. 

[simmnfierzig]

Why do you think that listening to older music is bad?

 

And 90 out of 400 seems low tbh

[Mrnoniee]

this payola thing was coming to bite them UP sooner or later

the huge payola and PUSH they give to labels' puppets and studio's soundtracks is why

the payola takes YEARS to wear off and CLOGGS up the chart

[Jay T]

51 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

lol have you seen the bb200? half the list isn't from this decade, and so many albums aren't even from the last decade either...

That is totally not the same nor compatible to buying albums. 

 

Just now, simmnfierzig said:

Why do you think that listening to older music is bad?

 

And 90 out of 400 seems low tbh

Lmaoo and if I move the goal post to two years than it’ll be damn near 150. I think it’s a lot especially considering albums bombs always fill Apple Music charts. (Hip hop artists) 

[JBJT2786]

2 minutes ago, Mrnoniee said:

this payola thing was coming to bite them UP sooner or later

the huge payola and PUSH they give to labels' puppets and studio's soundtracks is why

the payola takes YEARS to wear off and CLOGGS up the chart

Stop it with this payola nonsense. It doesn't exist!!! Everything is Payola with ya when a song is successful

 

OT: Older audiences now know how to use these services and wanna listen to songs they like. This isnt rocket science. The more this becomes accessible to older audiences or the audience that's used to this gets older, the more long lasting older songs.

[JBJT2786]

4 minutes ago, Jay T said:

That is totally not the same nor compatible to buying albums. 

 

Lmaoo and if I move the goal post to two years than it’ll be damn near 150. I think it’s a lot especially considering albums bombs always fill Apple Music charts. (Hip hop artists) 

The hiphop album bombs usually don't last more than a week and only 2-3 songs survive once it's over. Also you didn't answer the question. Why do you think listening to older music is bad?

 

The quality this year has been kinda lacking US wise for example. Outside of Dawn FM and Un Verano Sin Ti I haven't heard a full album this year. I've cherrypicked some single but overall I only listen to maybe 1 or 2 of the newest songs per week and I think only about 6 songs from this year are in my library.

 

So it's also music industry problem...the songs are kinda lacking..thats why you have a song from 2020 still in the top 10 on the hot 100