DIY: How To Make Your Own Analysis Of That New Music album

Your favourite artist has just released an album, now everyone is telling you this and that, alot of information coming at you!
How about you equip yourself to understand the performance of a recently released music album by yourself?

Here's how to gauge the performance of your favourite artist's album

Streaming Service Records: From the moment that a music album is released, the numbers start to roll in, these usually include streams from various streaming services like Boomplay.
Mind you, the streams considered are those with paid subscription or streaming using your data. How many streams are they so far?



Album Sales: Closely related to album streams, album sales are also a good indicator of how many loyal fans are willing to make a financial investment to support your favourite artist. How many sales are those?

Versatility: An artist's ability to incorporate various genres on the same album shows a level of creativity. Imagine throwing together Afro beats, RnB, Reggea, Danceall, Afrofusion and AfroPop and others on a single album, that is not for the faint heart. Take a good listen to that record, how versatile is it?



Social Media Reactions: This is usually downplayed since "likes" and "comments" can be bought or faked. However, if you can scan for genuine engagement which yields genuine conversation about the album, that is a plus. How has the album generally been recieved by social media and netizens?


Stories Written About The Album.
If the biggest and best influencers are talking about the album, it is probably because it has something good to talk about (or not).
That's not all, even the vast number of modest influencers, bloggers, even normal netizens make a huge impact. The same goes for non-digital media. How much buzz has that album garnered? For how long?

While any music album requires hardwork and heavy financial investment, creative arts can never be similar, celebrate the differrences while respecting the efforts that went into the final product.

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