jdmasta289
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Post by jdmasta289 on Dec 12, 2009 18:40:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure any recurrent rules have robbed bands of notoriety. It can only be the difference of a peak position or two. If the song is strong enough, then it will pass any old songs anyway. I think the 20 week rule used by most surveys is perfect. Is that really true, though? Ultimately, a handful of chart positions could motivate stations to spin more of their future material, even if it is less commercial or dare I say it less deserving. And of course that leads the question of just how relevant radio is to a band's success these days. In my opinion, stations tend to cling to veteran artists, recurrents, golds, and old songs more and more. But I'm on the fence on whether the 20/20 rule should be abandoned. And, of course, that might prevent bands like Phoenix from even scoring prominence in the first place (unless the 20/20 rule omits non-bulleted songs, a rule which would make sense but a rule in which I am unaware).
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Matt4319
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Post by Matt4319 on Dec 15, 2009 14:27:22 GMT -5
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PHOBES
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Post by PHOBES on Dec 15, 2009 14:32:11 GMT -5
Awesome :) And yay at Jason Aldean having the number one country song.
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