Mr. Rick Springfield is back on the charts, this time with “The Snake King”!!
I’m not really clear on how the Billboard charts work, but I thought the new charts come out on Tuesdays so when it was midnight on the East Coast, I thought I’d take a look and there it was!
Here’s what I found:
“The Snake King” peaked at #8 on Feb. 10 (I know today is Feb. 5, I don’t get it either, but that’s what it says.)
Peaked at #38 on Feb. 10
Peaked at #40 on Feb. 10
Whoo-hoo! Not bad for an album that was written over one weekend!
How does an artist get their song on the Billboard charts? Here’s Billboard’s answer:
How does an artist get their music on the Billboard charts?
Billboard publishes a host of charts that are individually or collectively based on key fan interactions with music, including album sales and downloads, track downloads, radio airplay and touring as well as streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, Youtube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen BDS, Nielsen SoundScan and Next Big Sound. In order for artists and title to chart in Billboard, they must be among the higher ranked performers among the specific metric used to compile the chart. Specific methodologies can be found on each chart page on billboard.com and on the Chart Legend reference page on billboard.biz.
For past posts about RS on the charts, see “On the Charts” and “20 songs on the Hot 100 chart.”
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