Billboard and Twitter team up for real time music charts
As the digital revolution reaches its pinnacle, fans, artists and the industry alike struggle to rank music in a scene based almost entirely on social clout. To combat the uncertainty, Billboard and Twitter have partnered up to unveil the first ever Real-Time charts. The first two charts to be debuted are the Billboard Trending 140 and the Emerging Artists rankings, all dictated by fan interactions on Twitter. The Trending 140 will display the most shared tracks in the U.S. over the past 24 hours, as well as a weekly summary presented as the Billboard Twitter Top Tracks. Song shares are tracked through a variety of ways including links to Spotify, Vevo, and iTunes, hashtags like #nowplaying and #np, as well as various terms associated with the tracks playing such as "music," "song," "track," and "listen."
Deadmau5 reacts to latest ‘Beamz by Flo’ advertisement
Dance music's loudest and possibly most controversial voice speaks up yet again, but surprisingly, this time Deadmau5 isn't the instigator. Rapper Flo Rida is on the launch of a new product called 'Beamz by Flo.' Self-described "future of interactive music," the device allows users to manipulate pre-programmed popular radio hits by moving their hands through laser beams, adding and controlling layers of instruments and beats. Flo Rida is notorious for taking well-established dance music tunes and remixing them as his own with his releases "Good Feelings" (Avicii's "Levels") and "I Cry," (Bingo Players' "Cry") and once again, the American rapper is facing heat with his latest media stunt.