Music industry – One step closer to being accurate
Per Forbes, by the time Beyoncé released her last proper album Lemonade in 2016, she was worth $265 million. She is now up to $450 million.
It reveals how successful the superstar has been on several industries, to the surprise of nobody.
She now faces one of her strongest challenges yet. After smashing the physical era in her 20s with the Destiny’s Child and the download era in her 30s solo, now in her 40s, she returns with her first album to embrace the streaming world.
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Despite only releasing four studio albums in a span of 14 years, Adele is already one of the most successful female artists of all-time.
After the madness around her former albums 21 and 25, we check in-depth statistics of 30 to see how successful the album has been since its release last fall.
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When everyone though streaming was going to end the career of teen singers like Justin Bieber, the Canadian superstar crushed records in this format thanks to 2015’s Purpose.
After returning with back to back efforts Changes and Justice, he dropped one more single with Honest this week. We review his outstanding results up to date.
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Whether it’s for her music or for her personal life, the name Ariana Grande has been inescapable in recent years.
During the last year, the pop superstar hasn’t slow down her impressive pace in releasing hits with the era positions as well as are remix of Save Your Tears.
How good is she selling? How does she compare to her peers?
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Way back in March 2012, Billboard made a huge step forward, introducing streams into the Hot 100.
Less than a decade later, streaming got so dominant in the music industry that it is now difficult to identify pure sales data. We’re fixing it.
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There are some artists that are around for a while, without ever being a major selling force, who suddenly just happen to become one. Drake is one of those artist.
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If you wonder how big Eminem is, just think that among the artists who debuted in the last 30 years, he is the obvious #1.
The iconic rapper shaped an entire generation with songs that are still massively popular today, such as The Real Slim Shady, Lose Yourself, Without Me, and Love The Way You Lie.
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She was undoubtedly the queen of download era. Does Rihanna dominate the streaming world just as much? Or is she down to more common numbers today now that she is well over a decade into her career?
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Barbadian superstar Rihanna has been the ultimate hit machine since she began her career in the mid 2000s. No matter what your age is, you know songs like Umbrella, Don’t Stop the Music and We Found Love. It’s hard to believe this woman is only 33 years old!
Since 2006, all of her studio albums have featured at least one massive number one hit. Often regarded as a singles artist, we’ll now find out how true (or false) this claim is!
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The query “monthly listeners” spotify, with the double quotes, gives you over 2 million results on Google, the perfect illustration of a statistic that is more and more popular. Yet, it’s irrelevant.
Get to know why so and why the unrecognized Popularity Index, that we now share with this page updated daily, makes a whole lot more sense instead.
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