Awhile ago (a long while ago), I published some iTunes tips. I figure that it's time to update them. So from time to time, I'm going to highlight some of my favorite tools and tips for working with the iTunes store. Today, I'll start off with one that I just discovered.
I like to think of myself as an iTunes store expert. And yet, regularly, I find some nice surprises. They are not really like easter eggs in video games because they really are very public. You just have to know where to look.
The recent find was shown to me at MIDEM last week: iTunes Charts
This page allows you to select any chart (i.e., music, podcast, app, movie, album, song, genre, etc.) and see all the various country charts on one page. One especially nice feature is to see charts for genres that don't have a home page, e.g., New Age.
Admittedly, it's great to search thru charts and find an album that BFM is distributing. And luckily we have several albums on various charts. But it's also very handy to see what kind of music is charting because this can act as a guideline to what consumers are purchasing. It's like a ton of Billboard charts all rolled onto one page.
Happy charting!
Great tip, thank you. I was just struggling to do that exact thing last week.
On a similar, but related note...Talib Kweli's 'Gutter Rainbows' went to #1 on the iTunes Hip Hop genre and #4 overall. This is important b/c he did so without a major label or a single on the radio. It was also an exclusively digital release. A game changer...
Posted by: Jai Dev Singh | February 03, 2011 at 10:45 PM
Thanks for this! Great tip!
Posted by: Peter Pupping | June 14, 2011 at 07:01 AM
Mentioned tips are good. I like to hear some good itune which provide me motivation from my body. That itune who can able to change my life as many company has their own company tune.
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