Music chart
Music chart
Music Chart is a way of categorizing the music of a specific period by judging its popularity. Hot 100, Hit parade and Top 40 are some of the examples. Although a mode of super marketing and a tool to boost sales statistics it has gained popularity in its own way. The popularity of a song is judged by using different criteria, sales of CD’s, cassettes, the number of request made on radio airplay, number of votes received for songs by radio listeners and the more recent, downloads are some of them. Some music charts cover only certain musical genre and geographical location. Most of the time a music chart is covered for a week and by the end of this period the chart is printed and aired. Today it is the rap and hip hop music that top the music charts, whereas three decades ago it was the rock music that dominated the music charts. This evolution has been noticed by many readers and regular listeners. The music that we listen to today is different. It has different lyrics, instruments and the technology used to record music is also different. Change is music is connected to society. In the past lyrics were more meaningful and written on the basis of personal experiences and passion for certain things. There was no derogatory element in it. Although each of us may have different listening buds we all agree to the fact that music has changed dramatically in the last few decades. Today the stream of pop stars seems to never end. Music is no longer played and written for passion but to top the chart and earn the maximum. So have music charts taken over our ability to judge good music? Do we determine good music on the basis of it popularity? Nowadays most of us believe in MTV VJ’s, radio dj’s and music charts to judge the quality of a song. However we must accept the fact that like other things in this world music too is bound to get evolved. Today music is easily accessible; this is due to the result of explosion in mass media – especially the MP3 player and internet. If a certain style of music appeals to the younger generation, some music remain timeless, like classical music. It is the young as well as the old who are fans of masterpieces. There are also some old rock songs that are a regular menu at radio stations and are popular with all ages. With the ipod technology the best hits of all time as easily be churned out and enjoyed.










