Stefan's Naturally Aspirated Blog

Taylor Swift is not the first to remove her entire catalogue from Spotify and nor will she be the last. Following on from her disingenuous pretense at offering better service to UK fans by forcing them to buy her whole pre-release album instead of being able to download individual promo tracks like the rest of the world could do. It’s not a surprise that she’s taken these latest extreme measures, but the reasons she gives are nothing more than record label bulls**t spin - in an ...

As with any Chart-based data, it’s the underlying algorithms and qualitative decision-making which is usually key. In terms of public ’Hype-Meters’, I doubt there’s many that have not at least heard the name Lady Gaga - her contemporary influence is pretty pervasive, as this accolade attests to.

The 5 Key Criteria for Forbes’ Celebrity 100 List:

• Pay: Annual Earnings
• Money Rank: Overall Wealth Ranking
• TV/Radio Rank: Minutes of exposure / coverage on TV and Radio