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Miguel de Maria -> What makes a song good/popular? (Feb. 14 2006 20:20:17)
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This is an interesting article:
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=215298>1=7756&mpc=2
it talks about a study conducted over the internet of a bunch of groups voting on some downloadable music by unknown bands. They grouped the participants in social groups where each person could see what songs were being downloaded and how many times, and other groups where each participant selected his songs in isolation.
Not surprisingly, each type of group had vastly different results.
Basically, the best songs always did at least okay, and the worst songs always did bad, but in the middle almost any possibility could occur. One song which ranked square in the middle (for individuals, who could not observe which songs were popular was the #1 song in one group, and the #48 (out of 50) in another.
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