Formerly | BuzzAngle Music |
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Industry | Music analytics |
Founded | 2013 |
Defunct | 2021 |
Website |
www |
Alpha Data (formerly, but commonly known as BuzzAngle Music) [1] was a music analytics firm which provided statistics for the music industry, including record sales and music streaming. [2] BuzzAngle partnered with Rolling Stone to provide information for the magazine's music charts. [3]
BuzzAngle was founded in 2013 by Border City Media. [4] It used big data collected from platforms used by people to listen to music. Its website showed total music consumption, including album sales, song sales, streaming history, and social media analytics. [4] The data it collected came from retailers, record stores, radio stations, and music venues. In 2018, BuzzAngle received an investment from Penske Media Corporation, the parent company of Rolling Stone. [5] The following year it announced a partnership with Rolling Stone to provide data for the magazine's music charts, which would openly compete with those of the long-established music charts in Billboard. [6]
In 2021, Penske Media purchased Billboard, and discontinued music charts in its Rolling Stone holding. [7] As of July 2024, Alpha Data/BuzzAngle has no web presence nor functioning website.
Formerly | BuzzAngle Music |
---|---|
Industry | Music analytics |
Founded | 2013 |
Defunct | 2021 |
Website |
www |
Alpha Data (formerly, but commonly known as BuzzAngle Music) [1] was a music analytics firm which provided statistics for the music industry, including record sales and music streaming. [2] BuzzAngle partnered with Rolling Stone to provide information for the magazine's music charts. [3]
BuzzAngle was founded in 2013 by Border City Media. [4] It used big data collected from platforms used by people to listen to music. Its website showed total music consumption, including album sales, song sales, streaming history, and social media analytics. [4] The data it collected came from retailers, record stores, radio stations, and music venues. In 2018, BuzzAngle received an investment from Penske Media Corporation, the parent company of Rolling Stone. [5] The following year it announced a partnership with Rolling Stone to provide data for the magazine's music charts, which would openly compete with those of the long-established music charts in Billboard. [6]
In 2021, Penske Media purchased Billboard, and discontinued music charts in its Rolling Stone holding. [7] As of July 2024, Alpha Data/BuzzAngle has no web presence nor functioning website.