Pulse enters pilot program to track artist popularity
Apr 1, 2015 11:46:27 GMT -5
Post by Kurt on Apr 1, 2015 11:46:27 GMT -5
Hello! After a couple months of behind-the-scenes discussion and planning, I am very pleased to announce a new collaborative effort that will potentially allow Pulse to effectively contribute to the Billboard charts.
I have been working with members of the Next Big Sound team (which powers Billboard's Social 50 and Next Big Sound charts) and Billboard's social chart manager to develop a pilot program that will gauge artist popularity metrics among music forums and blogs. Pulse Music Board is the first site to participate in this pilot program, during which Next Big Sound will be tracking a number of metrics across the forum, including:
- replies to official artist/song threads in the genre and artist subforums
- media embeds (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) in all areas of the forum
- links to the forum posted on Twitter (best practices will include posting a pulsemusic.proboards.com link, tagging @pulsemusicboard, and tagging the artist's verified handle)
On our end, data will be posted as a top twenty chart each Wednesday in a thread in the Personal Charts forum. Next Big Sound will be monitoring our data in more detail on their end; the current plan is to monitor us alone for a few weeks, then roll out to other music forums and blogs throughout the spring before potentially folding the data into the Social 50 and Next Big Sound charts as a whole.
I hope that you share my excitement as this program begins its rollout! Feel free to discuss or ask questions below.
p.s. According to our initial tests last week, here were the top three artists:
1. Madonna
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Ariana Grande
I have been working with members of the Next Big Sound team (which powers Billboard's Social 50 and Next Big Sound charts) and Billboard's social chart manager to develop a pilot program that will gauge artist popularity metrics among music forums and blogs. Pulse Music Board is the first site to participate in this pilot program, during which Next Big Sound will be tracking a number of metrics across the forum, including:
- replies to official artist/song threads in the genre and artist subforums
- media embeds (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) in all areas of the forum
- links to the forum posted on Twitter (best practices will include posting a pulsemusic.proboards.com link, tagging @pulsemusicboard, and tagging the artist's verified handle)
On our end, data will be posted as a top twenty chart each Wednesday in a thread in the Personal Charts forum. Next Big Sound will be monitoring our data in more detail on their end; the current plan is to monitor us alone for a few weeks, then roll out to other music forums and blogs throughout the spring before potentially folding the data into the Social 50 and Next Big Sound charts as a whole.
I hope that you share my excitement as this program begins its rollout! Feel free to discuss or ask questions below.
p.s. According to our initial tests last week, here were the top three artists:
1. Madonna
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Ariana Grande
You folks have just no shame! 