After a smashing first album, Maroon 5 saw its success shrink until the release of Moves Like Jagger. This song has steered the band to the tops of the charts. Is this trajectory also visible on streaming platforms?
South Korean superstar IU just debuted straight at #1 with her new song Blueming on the Gaon charts this week destroying all competition as well as taking up half of the top 10 digital tracks there with songs from her …
Who’s popular in South Africa? A lot of information is available for many countries from Europe and America, but what about the main African market? One would instinctively expect hugely popular black artists from the decade to dominate, like Michael …
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Love him or hate him, Rod Stewart is an absolute legend. In fact, Rod the Mod is up to 5 decades and 47 years of #1 records in major markets. This week, the release of his compilation You’re in My …
Through the years, Rod Stewart amassed a lot of hits including Maggie May, Sailing, I Don’t Want To Talk About It, Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?, Baby Jane, Forever Young and more. All of them are now over 30 years …
It has been nearly 4 years since we try at ChartMasters to portray the global music market the best we can. A significant component of it is audio streaming that we value thanks to platforms like Spotify, Genie, AWA and …
Unless you are an avid chart follower or well aware of the Japanese culture, the name of Ayumi Hamasaki surely doesn’t speak to you. In her homeland though, the diva used to be unstoppable, hitting the #1 position with 25 …
Although her popularity has been going down lately, Ayumi Hamasaki remains the highest selling female artist of all-time in Japan according to Oricon. As we all know, the market is now switching into a streaming market. Japan is famously late …
Who’s popular in South Africa? A lot of information is available for many countries from Europe or America, but what about the main African market? The few bits of data which emerged relate to artists from the 80s onwards, with …
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During the iTunes era, the greatest selling deep catalog song has been Don’t Stop Believin’, Journey‘s 1981 smash hit. The name itself of the band is unknown in most countries. How have they manage this feat? Are they one-hit wonders? …
