Billboard Music

In class on Tuesday DC asked how billboard top 100 music is post modern. My explanation for this phenomena is how we need approval for things(trends) which fit into ideology. By having a rating and top 100 songs we are defining ideology and remaining in it. I asked myself then who rates the songs and how is it decided what songs are popular. I found this statement in tiny print on the Billboard Top 100 Hits website:

"This weeks most popular songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience Impressions as measured by Neilsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Neilsen SoundScan and streaming activity data provided by online music sources"

So this basically is decided by the radio. As we had discussed earlier the radio is a tool for ideology. The people can not choose what is on the radio and therefore we are subject to ideology no matter what. This list is only popular because of the radio and some online websites.