Feb 21

YouTube Views Now Factored into Billboard Music Charts

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Google announced today that they have struck a deal with Billboard and Nielsen to play a role in the calculation of their weekly music charts. Continue reading

Jan 28

Blippar Uses Augmented Reality to Add Interactive Content to Music CD [VIDEO]

Augmented Reality app-maker Blippar is at it again. This time, they have added augmented reality to the CD casing for ‘Now Thats What I Call Music! 80′ -the latest offering from the pop music compilation series. Continue reading

Jan 24

Billboard’s New Music Chart Based on Social Media Popularity

Last month, Billboard launched a new way to measure music popularity- a chart based on social media activity. The Social 50‘s rankings reflect social media statistics like new weekly artist page likes and views, new followers, song streaming, etc. on … Continue reading