Radio Station Based on iTunes

[Au$tin]

This might get locked, but I thought you guys would think this would be VERY interesting. At least it is to me...

What if there were a radio station that played music based on what's popular on iTunes at the moment. For example, today's list of songs would be based on yesterday's top 50 at around noon. Of course it would have to be CHR/Pop formatted station. So I've been fooling around with it, and I think this would be the top 50 for last Sunday (January 31).

1 - 1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK - 98 (-10)
11 - 2. Taylor Swift - Today Was a Fairytale - 95 (+32)
0 - 3. Justin Timberlake - Hallelujah - 88 (+88)
10 - 4. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be - 86 (+21)
12 - 5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now - 77 (+14)
16 - 6. Timbaland - Carry Out - 76 (+17)
2 - 7. Train - Hey, Soul Sister - 75 (-16)
9 - 8. Justin Bieber - Baby - 71 (+5)
3 - 9. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 71 (-9)
4 - 10. Young Money - BedRock - 70 (-9)
6 - 11. Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah - 67 (-4)
5 - 12. Iyaz - Replay - 64 (-7)
15 - 13. Ludacris - How Low - 62 (+2)
8 - 14. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - 62 (-6)
23 - 15. Jason Derulo - In My Head - 61 (+10)
7 - 16. Owl City - Fireflies - 57 (-13)
14 - 17. Jay Sean - Do You Remember - 56 (-5)
24 - 18. Lady GaGa - Telephone - 53 (+8)
17 - 19. Rihanna - Hard - 53 (-6)
19 - 20. Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying - 52 (-2)
20 - 21. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One - 49 (-5)
0 - 22. Sheryl Crow - Lean On Me - 48 (+48)
13 - 23. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind - 48 (-14)
27 - 24. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me - 47 (+9)
22 - 25. Orianthi - According to You - 38 (-14)
25 - 26. Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. - 36 (-8)
21 - 27. David Guetta - Sexy Chick - 36 (-17)
0 - 28. Taylor Swift - Breathless - 35 (+35)
18 - 29. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally - 33 (-23)
32 - 30. Trey Songz - Say Aah - 32 (+1)
30 - 31. Snow Patrol - Set Fire to the Third Bar - 31 (-2)
26 - 32. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway - 31 (-9)
52 - 33. LMFAO - Shots - 27 (+22)
28 - 34. Jay Sean - Down - 24 (-11)
0 - 35. Jay-Z - Stranded - 23 (+23)
33 - 36. OneRepublic - All the Right Moves - 23 (-5)
31 - 37. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 22 (-10)
39 - 38. Lady GaGa - Poker Face - 18 (-1)
40 - 39. New Boyz - Tie Me Down - 17 (-2)
0 - 40. Jennifer Hudson - Let It Be - 16 (+16)
45 - 41. Script - Breakeven - 15 (+1)
42 - 42. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet - 14 (-4)
29 - 43. Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say - 14 (-20)
0 - 44. Eddie Vedder - My City of Ruins - 13 (+13)
0 - 45. General Larry Platt - Pants on the Ground - 13 (+13)
41 - 46. Rihanna - Redemption Song - 13 (-5)
37 - 47. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow - 11 (-10)
36 - 48. Drake - Forever - 11 (-11)
38 - 49. Lady Antebellum - Our Kind of Love - 10 (-9)
34 - 50. Lil Wayne - Drop the World - 9 (-19)
0 - 51. Coldplay - A Message 2010 - 9 (+9)
49 - 52. Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me - 5 (-4)
35 - 53. Britney Spears - 3 - 5 (-21)
51 - 54. Daughtry - Life After You - 4 (-2)
0 - 55. Christina Aguilera - Lift Me Up - 3 (+3)
0 - 56. Beyonce - Halo - 2 (+2)
0 - 57. Lupe Fiasco - I'm Beamin - 2 (+2)
44 - 58. Justin Bieber - One Less Lonely Girl - 2 (-13)
43 - 59. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug - 1 (-15)

I would probably listen to this station a lot. Look how quickly songs rise and fall. Their peaks on airplay would match their peaks on digital sales as well. Which would be an added bonus for the Hot 100.

[Rεvôlvεr†]

Interesting thought, but I think it'd be a terrible idea.

[soundUPsceneDOWN]

It's an interesting playlist, but it would automatically eliminate artists that sell albums moreso than singles.

And that much Bieber and Ke$ha is just wrong... but I guess that's a problem with CHR in general right now.

[pnobelysk]

also when taylor has her next album she will prbly have like 15 songs in the top 50 of itunes

its sounds like a good idea but if u think about it its not

[Choco]

It would be nice for songs that are having great sales and almost zero airplay. For example, Gimme More and Piece Of Me. But otherwise, it would suck if you had to hear 20 different Taylor Swift/Glee Songs.

[ificanthaveyou]

^^^It could be amended so that only the highest 2 songs from an artist are allowed

[MOWE]

I like the idea of having a more dynamic chart where songs rise and fall fairly quickly like they do on iTunes. Overall, though, the idea wouldn't work I don't think.

[Au$tin]

Here would be the list of top played songs from January 2010...

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK - 498
2. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 371
3. Iyaz - Replay - 333
3. Train - Hey, Soul Sister - 333
4. Owl City - Fireflies - 318
5. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - 299
6. Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah - 294
7. Young Money - BedRock - 290
8. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now - 287
9. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind - 278
10. Ludacris - How Low - 266
11. Jay Sean - Do You Remember - 265
12. Rihanna - Hard - 258
13. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be - 257
14. David Guetta - Sexy Chick - 236
15. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One - 230
16. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally - 222
17. Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying - 218
17. Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. - 218
18. Jay Sean - Down - 208
19. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway - 206
20. Orianthi - According to You - 204
21. Timbaland - Carry Out - 201
22. Jason Derulo - In My Head - 192
23. Lil Wayne - Drop the World - 187
24. Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say - 183
25. Lady GaGa - Telephone - 170
26. Taylor Swift - Today Was a Fairytale - 168
27. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 164
28. Sheryl Crow - Lean On Me - 156
29. Justin Bieber - Baby - 146
30. Britney Spears - 3 - 134
31. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow - 115
32. Drake - Forever - 107
33. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug - 100
33. Trey Songz - Say Aah - 100
34. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me - 99
35. Justin Timberlake - Hallelujah - 98
36. OneRepublic - All the Right Moves - 97
37. New Boyz - Tie Me Down - 87
38. Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya - 79
39. Lady GaGa - Poker Face - 78
40. Justin Bieber - One Less Lonely Girl - 74
41. Snow Patrol - Set Fire to the Third Bar - 70
42. Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova - 69
42. Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me - 69
43. Beyonce - Single Ladies - 56
44. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody - 53
45. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet - 48
46. Justin Bieber - One Time - 45
46. LMFAO - Shots - 45
47. Lady Antebellum - Ready to Love Again - 38
48. Taylor Swift - Breathless - 37
49. Script - Breakeven - 35
50. Rihanna - Redemption Song - 31
51. Lady Antebellum - Our Kind of Love - 29
52. Uncle Kracker - Smile - 27
53. Jay-Z - Stranded - 23
54. Daughtry - Life After You - 22
55. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams - 21
56. Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor - 20
57. Flo Rida - Right Round - 19
58. Taylor Swift - Fifteen - 18
59. General Larry Platt - Pants on the Ground - 16
59. Jennifer Hudson - Let It Be - 16
59. Shakira - Give It Up to Me - 16
60. Lady GaGa - Just Dance - 14
61. Eddie Vedder - My City of Ruins - 13
61. Ke$ha - Take It Off - 13
61. Miley Cyrus - When I Look At You - 13
62. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart - 10
62. Green Day - 21 Guns - 10
63. Coldplay - A Message 2010 - 9
63. Lady Antebellum - Love This Pain - 9
64. Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone - 8
65. Colbie Caillat - Fallin' for You - 6
65. Jason Aldean - The Truth - 6
66. Birdman - Money to Blow - 3
66. Christina Aguilera - Lift Me Up - 3
67. Beyonce - Halo - 2
67. Lupe Fiasco - I'm Beamin - 2
67. Muse - Uprising - 2
67. Sean Kingston - Fire Burning - 2
68. Jay-Z - Run This Town - 1
68. Jesse McCartney - Body Language - 1
68. John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare - 1
68. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire - 1
68. Sade - Soldier of Love - 1
68. Snoop Dogg - Gangsta Luv - 1

[WGKP5516]

That station would make me sick. :( Sorry. The top w/e on iTunes is usually horrid.

[Cory | Alan]

I have been thinking for a while that a radio station should try a cross-format style based on the Hot 100 / iTunes / Digital charts. Personally, I would like it. Many people don't listen to radio anymore because of iPods and like music that doesn't fit neatly in a "box."

[onefrayedrepublic]

That station would be awesome. Bring it on!

[MOWE]

Feb 4, 2010 9:16:01 GMT -5 Cory | Alan said:

I have been thinking for a while that a radio station should try a cross-format style based on the Hot 100 / iTunes / Digital charts. Personally, I would like it. Many people don't listen to radio anymore because of iPods and like music that doesn't fit neatly in a "box."

That would be an interesting approach. How about playing the best songs, regardless of format? In theory, the idea of this kind of station appeals to me too.

Unfortunately, though, people have such different tastes that it would be difficult to come up with the right mix of songs. Stations are currently formatted in order to appeal to a certain segment of the population. For example, teens are more likely to listen to a station that plays Taylor Swift, Lady GaGa, Kris Allen, and Adam Lambert while the older population will tend to go for the Norah Jones, Celine Dion, Michael Buble stations. I feel like a station that played a little bit of everything would fail to please anyone and no one would listen.

[¤ Matthea ¤]

Feb 4, 2010 23:55:29 GMT -5 MOWE said:

Feb 4, 2010 9:16:01 GMT -5 Cory | Alan said:

I have been thinking for a while that a radio station should try a cross-format style based on the Hot 100 / iTunes / Digital charts. Personally, I would like it. Many people don't listen to radio anymore because of iPods and like music that doesn't fit neatly in a "box."

That would be an interesting approach. How about playing the best songs, regardless of format? In theory, the idea of this kind of station appeals to me too.

Unfortunately, though, people have such different tastes that it would be difficult to come up with the right mix of songs. Stations are currently formatted in order to appeal to a certain segment of the population. For example, teens are more likely to listen to a station that plays Taylor Swift, Lady GaGa, Kris Allen, and Adam Lambert while the older population will tend to go for the Norah Jones, Celine Dion, Michael Buble stations. I feel like a station that played a little bit of everything would fail to please anyone and no one would listen.

I don't know. I was very surprised to hear that american radio stations are formatted. Here in Slovenia all radio stations play all kinds of music. Not only that, they don't play the same song 10 or more times a day. More variety.

[Kworb]

Feb 4, 2010 23:55:29 GMT -5 MOWE said:

Feb 4, 2010 9:16:01 GMT -5 Cory | Alan said:

I have been thinking for a while that a radio station should try a cross-format style based on the Hot 100 / iTunes / Digital charts. Personally, I would like it. Many people don't listen to radio anymore because of iPods and like music that doesn't fit neatly in a "box."

That would be an interesting approach. How about playing the best songs, regardless of format? In theory, the idea of this kind of station appeals to me too.

Unfortunately, though, people have such different tastes that it would be difficult to come up with the right mix of songs. Stations are currently formatted in order to appeal to a certain segment of the population. For example, teens are more likely to listen to a station that plays Taylor Swift, Lady GaGa, Kris Allen, and Adam Lambert while the older population will tend to go for the Norah Jones, Celine Dion, Michael Buble stations. I feel like a station that played a little bit of everything would fail to please anyone and no one would listen.

Isn't playing "the best songs, regardless of format" exactly what Top 40 radio should be? Right now it's a mixture of HAC/Rhythmic and some pure Pop, but not too long ago there was plenty of Alternative on Top 40 radio as well.

[Au$tin]

FEBRUARY 7 OFFICIAL SUNDAY NIGHT UPDATE
1. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now - 101 (+24)
2. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be - 101 (+15)
3. Ke$ha - TiK ToK - 99 (+1)
4. Train - Hey, Soul Sister - 85 (+10)
5. Young Money - BedRock - 73 (+3)
6. Jason Derulo - In My Head - 72 (+11)
7. Timbaland - Carry Out - 72 (-4)
8. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - 71 (+9)
9. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 71 (=)
10. Ludacris - How Low - 66 (+4)
11. Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah - 63 (-4)
12. Taylor Swift - Today Was a Fairytale - 63 (-32)
13. Iyaz - Replay - 60 (-4)
14. Justin Bieber - Baby - 59 (-12)
15. Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying - 48 (-4)
16. Jay Sean - Do You Remember - 48 (-8)
17. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One - 47 (-2)
18. Owl City - Fireflies - 45 (-12)
19. Justin Timberlake - Hallelujah - 45 (-43)
20. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally - 43 (+10)
21. P!nk - Glitter in the Air - 41 (+41)
22. Drake - Forever - 41 (+30)
23. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me - 39 (-8)
24. Lady GaGa - Poker Face - 37 (+19)
25. Dave Matthews Band - You and Me - 36 (+36)
26. Mary J. Blige - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 36 (+36)
27. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet - 36 (+22)
28. Orianthi - According to You - 34 (-4)
29. Lady GaGa - Telephone - 34 (-19)
30. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody - 32 (+32)
31. Rihanna - Hard - 32 (-21)
32. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind - 31 (-17)
33. Green Day - 21 Guns - 30 (+30)
34. Trey Songz - Say Aah - 30 (-2)
35. Lil Wayne - Fuck Today - 24 (+24)
36. Snow Patrol - Set Fire to the Third Bar - 24 (-7)
37. Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. - 24 (-12)
38. Lil Wayne - Drop the World - 23 (+14)
39. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway - 22 (-9)
40. David Guetta - Sexy Chick - 21 (-15)
41. Lil Wayne - Knockout - 21 (+21)
42. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 20 (-2)
43. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow - 19 (+8)
44. Kevin Rudolf - I Made It - 17 (+17)
45. Script - Breakeven - 17 (+2)
46. Beyonce - Single Ladies - 16 (+16)
47. Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried - 15 (+15)
48. OneRepublic - All the Right Moves - 14 (-9)
49. Sheryl Crow - Lean on Me - 13 (-35)
50. Jay Sean - Down - 11 (-13)
51. New Boyz - Tie Me Down - 10 (-7)
52. Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me - 9 (+4)
53. Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom - 8 (+8)
54. LMFAO - Shots - 6 (-21)
55. Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say - 5 (-9)
56. Lady GaGa - Just Dance - 3 (+3)
57. Michael Jackson - Earth Song - 3 (+3)
58. Daughtry - Life After You - 3 (-1)
59. General Larry Platt - Pants on the Ground - 3 (-10)
60. Britney Spears - 3 - 2 (-3)
61. John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare - 2 (+2)
62. Taylor Swift - Breathless - 2 (-33)
63. B.O.B. - Nothin' on You - 1 (+1)
64. Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova - 1 (+1)
65. Jason Aldean - The Truth - 1 (+1)
66. Uncle Kracker - Smile - 1 (+1)
67. Beyonce - Halo - 1 (-1)

[Au$tin]

FEBRUARY 14 OFFICIAL SUNDAY NIGHT UPDATE
1. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be - 119 (+18)
2. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now - 96 (-5)
3. Train - Hey, Soul Sister - 90 (+5)
4. Ke$ha - TiK ToK - 87 (-12)
5. Iyaz - Replay - 80 (+20)
6. Young Money - BedRock - 75 (+2)
7. Jason Derulo - In My Head - 72 (=)
8. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - 70 (-1)
9. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 70 (-1)
10. Timbaland - Carry Out - 70 (-2)
11. Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah - 68 (+5)
12. Justin Bieber - Baby - 63 (+4)
13. Ludacris - How Low - 63 (-3)
14. Lil Wayne - Knockout - 60 (+39)
15. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One - 57 (+10)
16. Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying - 56 (+8)
17. Trey Songz - Say Aah - 54 (+24)
18. Orianthi - According to You - 53 (+19)
19. Jay Sean - Do You Remember - 53 (+5)
20. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet - 51 (+15)
21. Owl City - Fireflies - 46 (+1)
22. Lady GaGa - Telephone - 45 (+11)
23. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally - 44 (+1)
24. P!nk - Glitter in the Air - 42 (+1)
25. Script - Breakeven - 39 (+22)
26. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind - 38 (+7)
27. Taylor Swift - Today Was a Fairytale - 36 (-27)
28. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me - 34 (-5)
29. Drake - Forever - 32 (-9)
30. Jay-Z - Run This Town - 29 (+29)
31. Lil Wayne - Drop the World - 29 (+6)
32. Iyaz - Solo - 28 (+28)
33. Lady GaGa - Poker Face - 26 (-11)
34. OneRepublic - All the Right Moves - 25 (+11)
35. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway - 24 (+2)
36. Rihanna - Hard - 24 (-8)
37. Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. - 22 (-2)
38. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow - 21 (+2)
39. General Larry Platt - Pants on the Ground - 20 (+17)
40. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 19 (-1)
41. Snow Patrol - Set Fire to the Third Bar - 19 (-5)
42. B.O.B. - Nothin' on You - 18 (+17)
43. Kevin Rudolf - I Made It - 18 (+1)
44. Lloyd Banks - Beamer, Benz, or Bentley - 11 (+11)
45. Sade - Soldier of Love - 11 (+11)
46. New Boyz - Tie Me Down - 11 (+1)
47. David Guetta - Sexy Chick - 9 (-12)
48. Uncle Kracker - Smile - 8 (+7)
49. Beyonce - Single Ladies - 8 (-8)
50. Green Day - 21 Guns - 8 (-22)
51. Jay Sean - Down - 7 (-4)
52. Daughtry - Life After You - 6 (+3)
53. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody - 6 (-26)
54. Lil Wayne - Fuck Today - 6 (-18)
55. Canadian Tennors - Hallelujah - 5 (+5)
56. Dave Matthews Band - You and Me - 5 (-31)
57. Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova - 4 (+3)
58. John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare - 3 (+1)
59. Who - Baba O'Riley - 2 (+2)
60. Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me - 2 (-7)
61. Jay-Z - On to the Next One - 1 (+1)
62. K Gates - Black & Gold - 1 (+1)
63. Katharine McPhee - Terrified - 1 (+1)
64. Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say - 1 (-4)
65. Justin Timberlake - Hallelujah - 1 (-44)