{"id":5960,"date":"2010-12-02T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T16:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:27:04","slug":"billboard-social-50-music-chart-only-2-years-behind-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/billboard-social-50-music-chart-only-2-years-behind-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard Social 50 Music Chart: Only 2 Years Behind the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billboard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a> has announced their new Social 50 chart. Serving as a complement to Billboard&#8217;s existing weekly  rankings, the  Social 50 chart will tally artists&#8217; popularity using a  formula blending  weekly additions of friends\/fans\/followers along with  weekly artist  page views and weekly song plays on MySpace, YouTube,  Facebook, Twitter  and iLike. Data from these sites is gathered and  provided to Billboard  by social music tracking service <a href=\"http:\/\/nextbigsound.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next Big Sound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We continue to adapt the way we chart the changing  landscape of  music,&#8221; says Billboard editorial director, Bill Werde. &#8220;The  Social 50  is yet another step in the evolution of Billboard and an  important  response to our changing times.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bill, you should have launch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/social-50?tag=chscr1#\/charts\/social-50?tag=chscr1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social 50<\/a> chart at least 2 years ago. 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