marygrace
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Post by marygrace on Aug 15, 2010 12:07:59 GMT -5
Hello, Could someone please explain the concept of bullets to me? I searched throughout this site, but could not find an explanation.
Thanks so much!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2010 18:01:23 GMT -5
A song gains spins (plays each week) which are detected by the numerous stations in each format. Each day a song gets a certain amount of plays. For example, say Taylor's Swift's Mine got 200 spins last Sunday on pop. Let's say this Sunday it got 300 plays (it would have a +100 bullet) since it gained 100 spins. I hope that helps :)
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marygrace
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Post by marygrace on Aug 15, 2010 20:27:49 GMT -5
Thank you - that helps a lot. If you could clarify a bit further, if the spins increase but the bullet goes down (a minus bullet), how does that happen. Obviously, I am a bit mathematically challenged!
Thanks for your support!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2010 21:06:34 GMT -5
If the spins increase and the bullet goes down, it means the rate the song is gaining spins is decreasing compared to the previous week. A bullet determines how fast a song is climbing the charts.
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marygrace
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Post by marygrace on Aug 16, 2010 8:43:43 GMT -5
Thank you so much....your explanations are really helpful!
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Diego
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Post by Diego on Sept 19, 2010 23:46:29 GMT -5
Ah, I was also wondering this, thanks for clarifying :)
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Lozzy
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Post by Lozzy on Sept 20, 2010 10:08:55 GMT -5
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 12, 2010 9:03:18 GMT -5
okay so spin increase is like velocity, and bullet is like acceleration?
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 12, 2010 14:13:00 GMT -5
A bullet is simply when a song has an increase in whatever it is the chart uses to determine itself. On airplay charts, it's either airplay detections or audience impressions. A bullet is when the current point total is higher than it was the previous week.
Despite how it's used here, a negative bullet doesn't refer to when a song is *losing* airplay. In historic terms (such as on Billboard), a bullet is only when a song title has more points than last week. The saying "#1 with a bullet" is referring to a single that has hit #1 with more points than last week. When a song is losing airplay/points/whatever, it no longer has a bullet.
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