http://mashable.com/2013/02/11/grammys-who-should-have-won/
With all controversy with streaming and internet radio going on these days, some people have started to speculate whether or not it should be taken into consideration when it comes to awards. The Grammys for instance, were this past weekend and if such things like Youtube and Spotify were taken into account there would have been different awarded recipients. In the article I posted above shows some of these stats. Even song of the year and album of the year would have turned out differently.
I think that these factors are important because these are other ways people can and do listen to music. So why shouldn't they be taken into consideration? The ways of accessing music are changing and with that being said we may possibly need a new way to consider tallying for award shows. This is the 21st century after all, we keep tabs on many other things. This shouldn't be to hard to handle.
Wow! This is very interesting. Obviously, the Internet does show different results. I don't really want to say what I think without some in class discussion, but I'd really love to talk about this and see what other people think. I very interested in doing more research, and seeing what else I can find out about it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think it would be interesting to see what other people think as well. I can't really come up with an negative ideas of why it could be bad, but I'm sure there are some out there and talking about it might help discover those. Thanks for the reply!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree on the impact that these other sources of listening have on the results. Couldn't help but notice that a majority of the spotify and YouTube winners were accurate with the Grammys that were won...! Maybe their IS a relationship? Also I wouldn't be suprised if a new category of Grammy started up just for online success. Guess we shall see!
ReplyDeleteI too find this an interesting topic and will be interested to see where this heads in the future. I mean obviously you have to adapt to this ever-changing industry and it's technologies. Great topic to have in class I agree!
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