{"id":506,"date":"2003-12-31T19:53:45","date_gmt":"2004-01-01T00:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/the-2003-pop-chart-picture\/"},"modified":"2003-12-31T19:53:45","modified_gmt":"2004-01-01T00:53:45","slug":"the-2003-pop-chart-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/the-2003-pop-chart-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"the 2003 pop chart picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

several months ago, i went back to the 2002 pop season and cooked up some charts about the charts. one showed the trajectory of #1 hits<\/a> as they worked up and out of the top 40 range. two others showed juice<\/a> – both for individual songs and for artists.<\/p>\n

with the close of 2003, we have the full set of charts available, and since these pictures were so popular, i just had to give you the updates.<\/p>\n


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to echo the points about 2002…<\/p>\n

12 songs hit #1 in 2003 (up from 9 in 2002), from 10 different artists (up from 8 in 2002). we again had a #1 debut (clay aiken), following the path of kelly clarkson, and quickly falling out of the chart. for 2003, two artists hit #1 twice (50 cent and beyonce, although beyonce had a little help with one of those).
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\nthe general pictures look pretty similar from 2002 to 2003…<\/p>\n

we have 224 charting songs in 2003 (down from 233 last year), representing 160 artists (down from 165). as last year, #1 hits can be pretty far down the curve – clay aiken ranked #71 for artists juice and #88 for song juice with his #1 hit.<\/p>\n

the charm of the tv-manufactured popstar may have already worn off, compare kelly clarkson (the 2002 candidate), racking up a total of 417 points, to clay aiken (the 2003 candidate) with only 180.<\/p>\n

even more dramatic was the disconnect between the #1 chart position and song juice. this year two tracks accumulated more song-juice (kid rock scoring 1051 and r. kelly scoring 944) than 50 cent’s chart-topper (scoring 822). #1s did manage to suck up about 15% of the total available song juice and 20% of the available artist juice.<\/p>\n

update<\/strong>: added label information to most of the trajectory chart. just in case you were keeping track…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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