We bulk stream Prince’s naughty stuff

Written for Kurrent Music
Published on February 19th 2017

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Streaming services have opened up a whole new insight into our listening behavior. If we all bought CDs no one would know which track of that CD would actually be played the most, but nowadays everything is visible. Yep, you have no privacy whatsoever.

Monitoring our behavior also means that streaming charts could hold a few small surprises as they make it visible that we are not always playing the greatest hits. Right after the release of a new album, you can usually tell what will be the next single to see a release. It’s usually the track with the most streams.

Also, we have a habit of not sticking to music that is out today. Old songs now also have a habit of re-entering charts because there was something that triggered interest in the track: A commercial, a performance that just aired on TV or a sudden death.

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