All love btw but dont be condescending with me

Especially if i already know what ur saying

the answer is yeah they are that blatant it's just a funny thread it's like worrying kids are spending too much time watching tv & they're eyes are gonna go square or something

if we were gonna bring the thread into this century maybe theres a discourse to be had about the insidious nature payola affects songs trending on tiktok, even then the answer is yes man its all shameless corrupt bullshit the way its always been idk what you want illuminated

labels send artists songs to radio for radio spins.

songs dont really get radio play if theyre not sent to radio. for example, here is the estimated numbers for clb's first week

as you can see, the AIRPLAY field for Drake's songs are extremely low (outside of Way 2 Sexy which was sent to radio first week). This is why alot of songs with huge first weeks (ex when albums drop), drop off the SINGLES chart first week, as they dont have the airplay to keep steady. radio does not effect album chart, so u wont see tha t there.

if a song is sent to radio, its a single 99% of the time

id never even dream of it big bro i know the foodchain on here lets not get that twisted 🤞

They’re paying to get spins

i dunno if id call it "payola". maybe because its just standard practice at this point.

with the amount of music released (especially in digital age) itd be hard for a radio show to play everything, so label sends them the songs that they are currently pushing (the singles)

Payola is actually illegal

It is not Payola. Many songs get sent to radio and never get played. It's a prerequisite for payola, but not payola itself.

Wait until OP finds out Dr. Dre used other producers to make a lot of his beats.

Labels trying to make a return on investment. Damn u just invented capitalism

Mad exciting that Kanye is being promoted tho, even though I think two singles on separate formats is dumb.

Nah it kept blinding lights alive for months

It factors into the Billboard Hot 100 and artists want accolades.

Good thread OP ive been wondering the same thing. Glad we can have a real discussion once in a while

actually just update thread title to spotify playlists if you wanna have a thread about the present

And that Bieber song with Daniel Caesar

Money isn't being given to the stations...

Not as long as they get billboard to keep giving them more power vs streaming and purchases

Why is op always mad about s*** in his threads

Yeah probably 80% of the songs you hear on the radio have been sent in by the radio, and stations are paid off to play specific songs are certain amount of times in a block and day. None of this is new. It's likely been going on since...shit imma say the 90s, but probably earlier, I'm only going off of the timeframe I know best.

What’s so hard to understand?

You also have hits likes "Shut Up" from Black Eyed Peas that flopped in the USA but dominated overseas due to not being released in the U.S.

I believe the same happened with a song on Watch The Throne too.

Thought radio payola wasnt legal. So sending to radio just means paying em? Or is it just telling radios "hey we are pushing this as the single heres the clean version"

It's just like how studios like Disney get good reviews. They don't exactly pay them with money they just trade favors and get exclusive info, free tickets on shows they want to go to, press access and interviews for artists, all that extra stuff to get around being called "payola" but basically the same thing. Payola is paying money directly and that might still happen but no one is enforcing it like they should