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Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by Synaesthesia »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #7
cmdshiftf4 wrote: post #4

Somewhat saddening to see countries as diverse as Ireland, the UK, Netherlands, South Africa and Australia all promoting American rap over the output of their own people. On the flip side, it's fantastic to see so many countries not doing so.

> countries as diverse as Ireland, the UK, Netherlands, South Africa and Australia These countries are in a common cultural and linguistic sphere.

South Africa does have it's own music scene, particular house music which is HUGE here, and Gqom which is becoming big globally.

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Post by GeneralMaximus »

holografix wrote: post #13

I think if I look at this any longer I might slip, fall down and break a hip! Embarrassing how old I am when pretty much ALL of these songs sound like absolute trash to me. Repetitive auto-tuned, formulaic, mysoginistic, materialistic, mundane, simple-minded steam pile of fermenting dog poo.

I wouldn't be as uncharitable about popular music as you are. Like you, I don't enjoy much of it, but you can't deny that most of it is extremely catchy and fun to listen to. Especially in group settings, like parties or clubs.

That said, the amount of actually good music being made in the world right now is unprecedented if you're willing to look a little. No matter what genre you're into, one look at the Bandcamp homepage will reveal something that catches your attention. Then you have music blogs like Pitchfork, YouTube music reviewers, niche (and not so niche) subreddits, RYM, and Spotify's own discovery algorithms.

Most weeks I have far too much good music to listen to, and it's very hard to decide what to put on. If anything, I want an algorithm that can help me pick one out of 10 good albums.

It's so cheap to learn, make, and distribute music these days that there's something for you out there no matter what your tastes. This is truly a golden age.

Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by indigodaddy »

sacred_numbers wrote: post #105

Something to keep in mind: the top track in the world right now is ROCKSTAR, with about 5 million streams per day. The song lasts about 3 minutes, which means the song was streamed for 250k hours around the world. Spotify streams an average of 234 million hours per day, though, which means the number one song represents about 0.1% of the total. We have an unprecedented level of access to all sorts of different genres…

Interesting took me a bit to get what you were trying to say but of course it makes sense. Basically, 99% of people are listening to “anything besides ROCKSTAR”, it’s just that that “anything else” doesn’t overlap with too many others “anything else”

Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by ollifi »

rdiddly wrote: post #47
holografix wrote: post #13

I think if I look at this any longer I might slip, fall down and break a hip! Embarrassing how old I am when pretty much ALL of these songs sound like absolute trash to me. Repetitive auto-tuned, formulaic, mysoginistic, materialistic, mundane, simple-minded steam pile of fermenting dog poo.

I would've thought we'd at least be "over" the auto-tune thing by now, but it's more popular than ever!

Maybe auto-tune is like guitar distortion and we never get over it.

Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by NalNezumi »

Cool page!

As of the top songs, I checked the top songs of Japan, Sweden and English speaking countries. And I see a funny pattern: Both English speaking and Sweden have black/ghetto song as top song, while Japan top song sounds like something I would hear while walking in a shop in Shibuya. (J-Pop for youngsters)

I've had Spotify since closed beta, and in Sweden it was "the cheap option for young folks" (instead of just pirating it), and I assume it was marketed the same in the English countries (since I got my closed beta ticket through a UK site, using VPN)

Now, Spotify is not that popular yet in Japan. It's quite new here but the marketing is heavily focused on young people, meaning places such as Shibuya and Harajuku are filled with ads and commercial for it. Hell, the Japanese commercial about Spotify on spotify is about a young couple trying to have sex and the mood being ruined by surrounding noise (mom downstairs).

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Post by ahendy »

fortran77 wrote: post #93
ACow_Adonis wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its not just the lyrical content though (which is objectionable and sad enough), but everything else as well. Universally auto-tuned and synthesized, short, overly repetitive, mumbling/distorted, and whatever backing track they do have could barely be called musical by any objective standard (i.e. a measure of complexity/interrelated instruments/harmonies/themes/tracks). It doesn't matter whether its an african-ameri…

I knew the hipster-elitists on Hacker News would declare popular music as beneath them.

Many of these comments are ridiculous, it's hilarious. Feeling "depressed" that popular music doesn't fit your taste? Asserting that these artists have no talent? Let people enjoy what they enjoy, rather than criticize the subjective!

I really like the website. It is interesting how popular music in the US appeared in other countries, for instance Bulgaria, and how other countries most popular song I'd never even heard of the artist.

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Post by self_awareness »

holografix wrote: post #13

I think if I look at this any longer I might slip, fall down and break a hip! Embarrassing how old I am when pretty much ALL of these songs sound like absolute trash to me. Repetitive auto-tuned, formulaic, mysoginistic, materialistic, mundane, simple-minded steam pile of fermenting dog poo.

Don't worry, you're not alone, I have a similar opinion!

Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by kissickas »

derefr wrote: post #14

Spotify is one of those services that it never occurred to me wasn't already truly-global (i.e. penetration into all markets.) But so many of the countries on this map are dark. (And aren't available in the raw chart data, either.) Is there some other more-popular music-streaming service in these other markets, that's keeping Spotify out? What do they use in China? In Russia? Or is music-streaming as a whole, just no…

Spotify is available in many countries that appear dark on the map, such as 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

https://investors.spotify.com/events/events-calendar/event-d...

Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by toomanybeersies »

Exmoor wrote: post #39
fein wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And they were for the most part correct. The 90's and early 2ks were filled with trash music. The only nice thing compared to the pop lists today is that those bands still actually played instruments. I look back at what I listened to then and maybe a handful of those groups were actually anything good. The rest was appealing to an unrefined 13 year old, which really says a lot about how shitty that music is. I liste…

I have some spreadsheets* that have every charting hit on the billboard charts. I haven't gone through the general charts that much, but I'd say the ones I have gone through are really surprising. We tend to think we know what the most popular music from the past is, but if you look at the singles that charted the highest throughout modern history you'll find a lot of forgettable crap. *Technically the data is copyri…

Even without a spreadsheet that's obvious if you spend 5 minutes thinking about all the popular songs you know from the past.

We only remember the interesting and original songs, we don't remember the bland and forgettable songs from previous years. People compare the songs we remember with the generic chart topper du jour and complain that all music these days is bland and forgettable.

People remember Michael Jackson's music not just because it was incredibly popular, but because it was unique. People don't remember that during the same time, songs such as Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling [1] also grabbed the number 1 spot.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI

Re: Most-streamed track of the day by country

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Post by weinzierl »

holografix wrote: post #13

I think if I look at this any longer I might slip, fall down and break a hip! Embarrassing how old I am when pretty much ALL of these songs sound like absolute trash to me. Repetitive auto-tuned, formulaic, mysoginistic, materialistic, mundane, simple-minded steam pile of fermenting dog poo.

Try Lithuania, they seem to be stuck in the 80s. For reference: Most streamed song currently is Blinding Lights by The Weeknd.

EDIT: Malaysia (Stuck with U by Ariana Grande) is an option too. Thailand (คิด(แต่ไม่)ถึง by Tilly Birds) also and Japan (夜に駆ける by YOASOBI) never lets you down, of course.

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