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ChartmetricIndustryListeners vs. Fans: How to Build a Fanbase That Sticks Around in 2026 Post Malone and Olivia Rodrigo have similar streaming numbers but very different touring years. The gap comes down to what happens after someone presses play.
ChartmetricIndustryChartmetric x Base for Music: Identifying Growth Levers Through Data to Drive Fan Acquisition Chartmetric and Base for Music have teamed up on a new playbook exploring how artists and music professionals can turn music data into more effective marketing strategies.
ChartmetricIndustryWhy BTS Is Skipping the 2027 Grammys: The Asian Pop Category Debate When BTS opted out of the 2027 Grammys, it raised a question that goes beyond one band: can a category built to celebrate Asian music also end up setting it apart?
ChartmetricIndustryHow Much Does Being a Nepo Baby Actually Help in Pop Music? While nepotism has always been rife in the music industry, today’s wave of nepo babies in pop appears more sustained and more impactful than ever. But does the streaming data reflect their advantage?
ChartmetricIndustryInside K-Pop's Turn Toward Electronic Dance Music KATSEYE's 'Pinky up', BLACKPINK's 'JUMP,' and LE SSERAFIM's 'CELEBRATION' all share something new: hard techno.
ChartmetricIndustryAlbums Are Breaking Out Months After Release — Here's Why Stan Twitter judges an album by its first 24 hours. But Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun, Tame Impala's Deadbeat, and Audrey Hobert's debut all proved the opposite — breaking out months, even a year…
ChartmetricIndustryHow Is Germany Becoming A New Hub For Afro House Music A new Chartmetric/Splice report finds afro house's biggest market has shifted from the US to Germany, echoing how Berlin once absorbed and reinvented Detroit techno decades ago.
ChartmetricIndustryThe New Sound of Global Music: How Music Is Crossing Borders in 2026 Explore how music from Mexico, Japan, Brazil, India, and Nigeria is crossing borders—and the different paths each market is taking toward global growth.
ChartmetricIndustryIntroducing the Chartmetric Top 50: A New Cross-Platform Music Chart Track the artists and songs making an impact across streaming and social media with the Chartmetric Top 50, a new public chart updated daily.
ChartmetricIndustryIntroducing Chartmetric Flow: AI Built for the Music Industry Discover Chartmetric Flow, an AI agent built for the music industry that turns complex questions into simple answers, data-driven analysis, research, and strategy in minutes.
ChartmetricIndustryChaotic Good, Explained: Inside Music's TikTok Marketing Debate Wired called it a 'psyop.' A marketing agency called Chaotic Good used TikTok comment armies to manufacture buzz for bands like Geese and Wet Leg.
ChartmetricIndustryHow Madonna Became a Gen Z icon in 2026. Madonna's Spotify listeners jumped 33% this year, and TikTok can't stop using 'Like a Prayer.' The twist: most of her audience wasn't alive for the original run.
ChartmetricIndustryThe Future of Folk Music: How the Genre Is Being Redefined Rolling Stone's best folk albums list skews decades old, but Chartmetric data shows today's trending folk artists are anything but.
ChartmetricIndustryWhat Is Blue Dot Fever? Why Major Tours Are Getting Canceled in 2026 Blue dot fever is spreading through the music industry as Post Malone, ZAYN, Meghan Trainor, and the Pussycat Dolls cancel tours.
ChartmetricIndustryJ-Pop Is Finally Going Global, Here's Why For years, Japan's music industry has been a sleeping giant on the global stage. But now, thanks to streaming, anime, and artists like YOASOBI, J-pop's global rise is just beginning.
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