Solaria Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Radio deals have always been present, playlisting is key in the streaming era and EVERY major label artist has playlisting going on. The dolls from the physical/digital era were getting booked EVERYWHERE. They had interviews, performances and pop ups at whatever was going on pop culture wise or was popular in the country they were visiting. These were all scheduled and set up by their label to continue to push them into the public sphere and get their music out there. Are we supposed to categorize that as payola as well? ''Playlisting'' and ''TTH'' are thrown around here like curse words when a good label would KNOW how important playlisting is to promote their artists. So why are yall so selective with who you get mad at? Are you gonna get mad when your fave's new lead single has a lot of playlisting as well? Answer me, ATRL.
Abracadabra Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 The same reason ATRL thinks that any kind of marketing budget = industry plant. They just simply don't understand what they are talking about.
Solaria Posted October 14, 2022 Author Posted October 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, Miichael said: The same reason ATRL thinks that any kind of marketing budget = industry plant. They just simply don't understand what they are talking about. This spillery... industry plant is another widely overused term on this site whew
KatyPrismSpirit Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 well with all due respect there are some elements to extensive radio support that are fishy. Radio and playlisting should represent songs that are popular. When radio constantly plays a song for a year on end and the amount of airplay isnt reflecting back in the streams, sales and popularity of the artist, it is strange. Cause why that song? Radio and playlisting should be something organic. If the radio plays a song by an artist who has a low amount of followers and the song has poor streams but it has 50M in airplays, its obvious that its not organic. If a song mysteriously gets added to TTH and suddenly becomes a hit from a totally unknown artist (e.g. Tate McRae debut single) when bigger songs dont nearly receive the same amounts of playlisting, its inorganic.
idkwiam Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 At least for DUA is Albanian Xenophobia with comments like Albanian mafia laundry etc.
Solaria Posted October 14, 2022 Author Posted October 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kozy said: There’s a difference between standard TTH runs/radio deals and the kind of TTH runs/radio deals that certain girls get, absolutely no one drags Olivia or Billie’s label support. The only new girl that really gets dragged is Dua whose label will pay for radio spins even when her songs are at the bottom of callouts and breaks records for longest TTH residencies, etc. They have been (and still are) called industry plants since the minute they started exploding, what are you talking about? All the new girls with the exception of maybe Doja get dragged weekly for being inorganic plants
Scott Borchetta Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Love Again said: They have been (and still are) called industry plants since the minute they started exploding, what are you talking about? All the new girls with the exception of maybe Doja get dragged weekly for being inorganic plants Industry plant and payola are two very different things. I mean Clairo and H.E.R are accused of being industry plants like... Dua is the only popstar with the payola accusations, and WE ALL KNOW WHY.
Blackout2006 Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) That is because ATRL has been starved by the lacklustre promotion that their faves do nowadays; so they are programmed to think that if any good promotion is being actually executed, it is "PaYoLUHHHH!!11!!1 " She is just promoting her era like any other pre-2010s MPG would. Edited October 14, 2022 by Blackout2006
Obsession Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 The industry plant debate is stupid but payola exists, has been a thing and will always be a thing & some artists do benefit from it. There have been multiple legitimate reports of radios being told to decrease one artist's plays for another.
pierreleswiftie Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 23 minutes ago, Scott Borchetta said: Industry plant and payola are two very different things. I mean Clairo and H.E.R are accused of being industry plants like... Dua is the only popstar with the payola accusations, and WE ALL KNOW WHY. Clairo is not an industry but she did benefit from her father connections and money to get a record deal. While the H.E.R accusations make sense because she's always at the grammy's performing/winning/nominated while her songs/album never clicked with a wide audience.
Ewan Chaos Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Either a.) People just don't know what their talking about or b.) People are being intentionally obtuse for the sake of stanwars/to be a hater
Hurem Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Radio deals are literally payola. You pay to get played on radio = you pay for Hot 100 points. Playlisting doesn’t guarantee you H100 points, people can skip your song, while radio numbers are pre-programmed. What’s hilarious is ATRL being mad at artists performing their songs. I remember everyone calling Million Reasons “payola’d” because Gaga performed it a lot
Jay07 Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Because it's the only thing bitter fans of forgotten fads have to discredit the success of relevant legends
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