Tiktok brings back oldies
Why “Forever Young”? Whether “The 40 Years of Love” will climb back into the charts after 40 years? We can only speculate. On Tiktok, the song recently served as an emotional soundtrack for videos, some of which received several million likes. To the music from Münster, you can see euphorically dancing girls with braces or romantic sunsets by the sea.
“Forever Young” wouldn’t be the first old song to suddenly become a hit again thanks to Tiktok. British newspaper The Guardian reported on Canadian band MotherMother, who recently explained that their 2008 album “Oh My Heart” suddenly became very popular on streaming platforms: eight million listeners a month on Spotify – which far surpassed the success of the album when it was released. The band found that their music was suddenly being shared millions of times on Tiktok.
How does a song actually get into the charts?
Since 1954, the official German single charts have been published. Every week, the 100 most successful hits in the music industry are announced. Determined by the market research company GfK Entertainment in Baden-Baden on behalf of the Federal Association of the Music Industry.
At the very beginning, we simply counted how often a single was played in public jukeboxes – music machines that created a musical atmosphere in pubs or bars. The very first number one hit was “We, we, we have a piano” by the band “Ten Whiskies and a Lemonade”.
Over time, record and CD sales were added, and since 2022, various distribution channels have been evaluated: radio appearances, downloads (CDs), records, music and video streaming services. In addition, data from the video portal YouTube is processed using a.
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