Weekend Update

Total Popular Music Projected: October 6, 2013 Our new "Projections Monitor 30" forecasts Katy Perry's ROAR to receive a fouth week at Number One, and go where no song has gone before - to 24,000 total plays. We don't doubt that ROAR will get another week at the top, but we'll see about it reaching 24K. We're a bit skeptical! ... Lorde's ROYALS, says the PM30, will become the new runner-up, and the potential next #1 hit ... If the new Projections Monitor is correct, we will be seeing a lot of major positional changes on the next Super Sixty for the week of October 6 with Paramore's STILL INTO YOU rising 13-9, Drake's HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME, with Majid Jordan, jumping 16-10, and Miley Cyrus' WRECKING BALL leaping 19-11. Plus a lot more further down! Not an "indicator chart" nor a "building chart" -- nor a subjective "opinion-based listing" -- the TPM Projections Monitor is scientifically compiled utilizing our exclusive TotalsProjectionsMonitor™ software -- incorporating current airplay and trending data. This listing from Mark Harris Broadcast Consulting is both a projection of what the Top 30 on the next week's Super Sixty might look like, and a proactive guide for the coming week for programming the Total Popular Music radio format. The PM30 is also a useful programming guide for radio Program Directors of progressive Hot Adult (Hot AC/Adult Top 40) stations, and CHR/Top 40 stations seeking adult listeners in the 25-34 demographic. [The "Projections Monitor 30 is also available at TotalPopularMusic.Blogspot.com.] Total Popular Music Week of: September 29, 2013 For Radio ... From Radio ... By Radio The Original 21st Century Mass Appeal Hit Music Radio Format For the third time in three months, a new record for total plays is established as Katy Perry's ROAR begins a third week at Number One on the Total Popular Music Super Sixty for the week of September 29. Robin Thicke's BLURRED LINES was the first to top 22,000 -- then 23,000 TotalPlaysMonitored, ultimately peaking at 23,352. ROAR, +930 from last week, today reaches 23,396 ... This week's Top TPM Gainers is topped by Miley Cyrus' WRECKING BALL, +3004 total plays, jumping 26-19 on the new Super Sixty ... The first five (of a total of 20) greatest gainers are rounded out by Lorde's ROYALS, +2587, up 5-3 *** Avicii's WAKE ME UP, +2082, 6-4 *** Bruno Mars' GORILLA, +2022, 30-20 *** and this week's Big Breaker, Justin Timberlake's TKO, debuting at #42, +1465 plays from zero a week ago ... Also entering the new Sixty (from Hitbound last week), Rihanna's WHAT NOW at #48, +452 plays. The main TPM Super Sixty chart -- online at TotalPopularMusic.com -- also offers this week's featured new songs, Hitbounds, and the 50-position TPM Recurrents chart. And each song listed -- more than 120 in all -- provides an On Demand link to instantly hear (and view) the song, via its music video in a full screen new window. The separate "Super Sixty Airplay" chart is available at our main website, and is also published at TotalPopularMusic.Blogspot.com. A full listing of this week's Top TPM Gainers is found below the "Super Sixty Airplay" chart at both locations. "Total Popular Music" is the PPM-friendly "Original 21st Century Mass Appeal Hit Music Radio Format" from Mark Harris Broadcast Consulting (since 2007) -- featuring "All the Hits for All the Listeners" ... For Radio/From Radio/By Radio -- able to deliver double digit shares from a 6 to 60 total demographic, while especially targeting any audience segment desired within that wide span. Total Popular Music Charts -- including the weekly Super Sixty and the Daily Dozen -- are primarily intended for programming the Total Popular Music radio format. But they are also valuable tools for Hot Adult (Hot AC/Adult Top 40) stations and Mainstream Top 40s with an Adult/Pop emphasis, assisting in programming Today's Hit Music for an adult audience. Our exclusive TPMusic Charts offer Hot Adult program directors a tool for knowing when adults have accepted a CHR/Top 40 hit, as well as helping Top 40 Radio PDs identify songs that are crossing over from Hot Adult or are likely to do so. Contact Mark Harris at MHBC for more info about Total Popular Music. Report: iTunes Radio May Not Kill Pandora, But Has Advantages So far, "reviews for iTunes Radio have been quite positive," notes Brian Shaw in a report for The Motley Fool. Shaw adds that although "many initially dismissed iTunes Radio as an imitator, there are a number of reasons both subtle and obvious why it is a compelling option." After detailing those reasons, Shaw tells us, "As a longtime user of both iTunes and Pandora, I am hard pressed to find any aspect of the streaming music experience that is superior on Pandora. Even Pandora's long-touted recommendation engine doesn't provide it with an advantage; in an anecdotal test, I found myself pressing the thumbs down button in Pandora far more often than than the 'never play this song' button in iTunes Radio." The report notes that while both iTunes Radio and Pandora provide the ability to create customizable radio stations," iTunes Radio has an advantage "for existing iTunes users, including seamless access to past purchase and listening data to improve the song selections." Also, says Shaw, "Apple's user friendly interface has a number of simple, yet very powerful features that Pandora does not. A great example that I've discovered through use of the app is the ability to toggle between modes that focus on hits, discovery of lesser known tracks, or a mixture of the two. iTunes keeps track of the songs that have played on a user's station, allowing the user one-click access to purchase not only the song that is currently playing but also those that played previously. Similarly, a user can place a song on their wish list with ease. Guest DJs and suggested stations provide an excellent starting point for a user looking to try something new or get music streaming quickly. Apple's commercial-free version of iTunes Radio is priced at $25 per year, which is both cheaper than Pandora One's $36 per year and also includes iTunes Match cloud storage." Read Brian Shaw's full report for The Motley Fool here.