TurnTable charts

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TurnTable charts is a catalog of relative weekly, and yearly popular songs in the Nigerian music space. The results are published in TurnTable magazine. TurnTable provides additional weekly charts, as well as the End of the Year Top 50. The charts can be ranked according to airplay, streaming, and sales (physical and digital). For main song charts such as the TurnTable Top 50, all three data are used to compile the charts. For End of the Year Top 50, streams, airplay, and track sales from TurnTable Top 50 are included.

TurnTable charts
PredecessorPlaydata charts
Formation3 July 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-03)
Founder
  • Ayomide Oriowo
  • Similoluwa Adegoke
Founded atLagos, Nigeria
PurposeTo rank the most popular songs weekly
Key people
  • Adeayo Adebiyi (Editor-in-chief)
  • Oye Akideinde (Executive)
  • Bizzle Osikoya (Executive)
Parent organization
TurnTable
Websiteturntablecharts.com

History

On 3 July 2020, TurnTable magazine launched the TurnTable Chart, with its weekly official chart TurnTable Top 50, first led by Wizkid "Ginger" featuring Burna Boy, on the number one spot. The chart combines single sales (digital and physical), radio airplay, and online streaming activity (including data from YouTube, Boomplay Music, Audiomack, Apple Music, Deezer and Spotify).

In March 2021, TurnTable announce its partnership with City 105.1FM, for the syndication of TurnTable Top 50. As the weekly results will be announced on City 105.1 FM radio show City Cafe, hosted by Melody Hassan between the hours of 11:10 am - 12:00 pm on Friday's.[1] On 12 March 2021, TurnTable Charts partner with WeTalkSound, and lunch the Recording Certification of Nigeria.[2][3] On 21 May 2021, Turntable Charts announced its partnership with The Aristokrat Group. As the partnership allows both companies collaborate in the exchange of data and ideas to improve music consumption, documentation, and chart culture in Nigeria.[4] On 24 May 2021, Turntable Charts announce its partnership with Chocolate City, as both companies will exchange data and ideas in improving music consumption, documentation, and chart culture in Nigeria.[5] On 14 July 2021, TurnTable announced its first direct partnership between TurnTable Chart, and Boomplay. As its partnership allows, Boomplay to distribute its data on the most streamed songs in Nigeria.[6]

On 30 December 2021, Oye Akideinde,[7] and Bizzle Osikoya joins TurnTable as Executives.[8] On 31 March 2022, TurnTable began collecting data from Apple Music, Deezer and Spotify, as it will also include Apple Music, Deezer and Spotify data, into its charts.[9] It also announce the expansion of the TurnTable Top 50 chart, into Top 100 in June 2022.[9]

2020-2022: Charts created

On 3 July 2020, TurnTable Top 50 was launched to measure the trends and performance of songs in Nigeria.[10] On 6 July 2020, TurnTable Top 50 Airplay was launched to incorporate radio airplay data provided by Radiomonitor over the week. The TurnTable Top 50 Airplay chart blends total numbers of plays on the radio from over 50 radio stations in Nigeria.[11] On 14 July 2020, TurnTable magazine launched Top 50 Streaming Songs, to monitor the most streamed weekly song on digital platforms; including Boomplay Music, and Audiomack.[12]

On 21 August 2020, Top Triller chart Nigeria was launched in collaboration with Triller. It highlights the most popular songs on the video based app on a methodology that blends the amount of views containing a respective songs, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according to Triller’s data.[13] On 7 September 2020, TurnTable TV Top songs was launched to monitor top 50 songs from 5 cable television channels (data sourced from Radiomonitor/Media Planning Service).[14][15] On 14 September 2020, TurnTable Digital Song Sales was launched to combine sales of physical and digital sells of songs for a summarized figure.[16]

On 31 March 2022, TurnTable announce the expansion of the TurnTable Top 50, into Top 100. The chart expansion will be supported by TurnTable Top 200,[9] as the official album-based chart, and the TurnTable Top Artiste 100,[9] to watch the performance based on the artiste. The TurnTable Top 100, Top 200, and Top Artiste 100, is set to lunch in June 2022. On 27 May 2022, TurnTable launched the "Next Rated Leaderboard", in the first quarter of its yearly issue, based on the cumulative ranking of the best performing new artiste, published monthly by TurnTable, with data based on its total streams across streaming services, radio, and TV. These are artistes that would be eligible for the Next Rated award.[17]

Emerging Artists

On 10 August 2020, TurnTable charts lunch TurnTable NXT, a weekly series that seeks to focus the spotlight on emerging creatives producers, artists, songwriters, and everyone involved in the creation of music.[18] TurnTable NXT will spotlight four emerging creatives who are contributing to the Nigerian story, as TurnTable NXT will allow you to keep up with the music, and get familiar with these creatives as well as discover new talents. The first issue of TurnTable NXT emerging creative where; Kizz Ernie,[19] and Albertium.[20]

On 16 March 2021, NXT returns back on TTC, as a standard chart for emerging artists. As it will aggregate freemium streaming platforms, Radio, and Television to capture the progress of emerging artists. It will also give fans and the music community an insight into the top-performing songs and introduce them to a wide variety of emerging artists.[21]

Charts

Main chart

Chart title Chart type Number of
positions
Description
TurnTable Top 100 sales +
airplay +
streaming
100
  • The Nigeria music industry-standard song popularity chart
  • One of the component charts of the End of the Year Top 50
TurnTable Top 50 Airplay airplay 50
  • Ranks the top 50 song2222s on the radio.
TurnTable TV Top songs airplay 50
  • Ranks the top 50 songs on television.
Top 50 Streaming Songs streaming 50
  • Ranks top-streaming digital song
Top Triller chart Nigeria engagement 25
  • Ranks the level of engagement
  • Total of videos uploaded featuring each song.

Yearly

Chart title Chart type Number of
positions
Description
TurnTable End of the Year Top 50 sales +
airplay +
streaming
50
  • The Nigeria music industry-standard yearly chart
  • Ranks the top 50 songs of the year.

Other charts

On 30 June 2021, TurnTable and The Native, launched its Summer chart.[22] On 6 September 2021, TurnTable charts published the final issue of the chart with Wizkid "Essence", emerging as number 1 on Global chart,[23] Master KG "Jerusalema", topping the African chart,[24] and Ladipoe "Feeling" leading the Songs of the Summer Nigeria chart.[25]

References

  1. ^ Contributor, Pulse (3 March 2021). "City 105.1 FM to syndicate Turntable top 50 as part of partnership". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 14 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "TTC & WTS combine to launch a recording certification body - the RCN". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Nigeria Begins Music Certification With Gold, Platinum Awards". The Guardian Nigeria News. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Turntable Charts announces partnership with Aristokrat Group". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ^ Alake, Motolani (24 May 2021). "Turntable Charts announce partnership with Chocolate City". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ^ "TurnTable and Boomplay announce landmark partnership". The NATIVE. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. ^ Onanuga, Bayo (31 January 2022). "Oye Akideinde joins advisory board of TurnTable Charts". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Oye Akideinde & Bizzle Osikoya Join TurnTable Charts in Executive Roles". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d Mix, Pulse (31 March 2022). "Turntable Charts begins addition of Apple Music, Deezer and Spotify Data". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  10. ^ "TurnTable Charts to Discontinue TurnTable Top 50 Chart". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Methodology for TurnTable Top Airplay Chart". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Top 50 Streaming Songs". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  13. ^ "TurnTable Charts Launches Weekly Top Triller Nigeria Chart". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  14. ^ "TurnTable TV Top songs". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  15. ^ "TurnTable Charts to commence an official Top 50 chart, next week". The NATIVE. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Digital Sales Songs Chart". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  17. ^ Oriowo, Ayomide. "Fave is No. 1 on the Newly Launched Next Rated Leaderboard". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  18. ^ "TurnTable Charts Presents TurnTable NXT". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  19. ^ "TurnTable NXT: Meet Kizz Ernie". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  20. ^ "TurnTable NXT: Meet Albertium". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  21. ^ "TurnTable NXT is Back and It is Bigger & Better". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  22. ^ "TurnTable Charts & The Native Present Songs of the Summer Charts". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Global Nigerian Songs of the Summer". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Global African Songs of the Summer Chart". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Songs of the Summer Nigeria Chart". Turntable Charts. Retrieved 14 December 2021.