Luminate
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Oct 28, 2026
Kristin RobinsonHOST
That's a really good point.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
We had the Luminate CEO come on here, Rob Jonas, and he was talking about now it's 150,000 songs are being uploaded every day.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
Wow.
Kristin RobinsonHOST
I mean, it's just crazy.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
First up, Olivia Rodrigo's You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love jumps two to one or steps two to one because jump seems a bit overstating a two to one move on the Billboard 200.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
It's up 15 percent in equivalent album units earned going up to seventy five thousand in the United States in the week ending October 22nd, according to Luminate.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
Now, the gain was largely driven by streaming activity of the album's latest single, Expectations, which saw the release of its remix with Chapel Roan alongside its official music video, again with Chapel Roan.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
And you might be wondering, hey, wait, the Chapel Roan version isn't on the album.
Lee Chwi LynnHOST
We don't seek out new tunes.
Lee Chwi LynnHOST
And this comes from a company called Luminate.
Susan TamHOST
Luminate, yes.
Susan TamHOST
Luminate, indeed.
Susan TamHOST
Luminate my mind.
Susan TamHOST
I agree with getting stuck in nostalgia.
Susan TamHOST
In fact, when I was kind of reading up about this story and trying to dig a little deeper, there's something actually called...
Lee Chwi LynnHOST
So in terms of the sheer amount of music that is being made today, it is continuing to thrive in terms of what is being created, what is being uploaded, what is disseminated out into the world for us to listen to.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The last time it happened was the medieval era, but now it's the new normal.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This has now reached such an extreme state that even consumers ages 13 to 24 are increasingly turning away from current music to engage with songs released before they were born, according to market research outfit Luminate.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There's still a slight preference for recent songs among youngsters, but it's eroding rapidly.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
New music has lost more than 10% market share in just four years — At this rate, old songs will reach parody with new songs among teens and young adults before the end of the decade.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the top 100 right now, you will find Journey's Greatest Hits, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, Sade's The Best of Sade, Creedence Clearwater's Chronicle, The 20 Greatest Hits, Queen's Greatest Hits, Nirvana's Nevermind, Tom Petty's Greatest Hits, and of course there's Rubber Soul, which is enjoying a huge run this week, more than 60 years after its initial release.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Week after week, month after month, old stars hold on to their preeminence while today's stars come and go.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here are the numbers in aggregate, again from Luminate.
Ted GioiaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is a sad commentary on the music business in the 21st century, which is mostly a retread from the 20th century.
Daniel LucasHOST
It concerns this Billboard ranking rather than every international chart of every achievement by Filipino performer.
Daniel LucasHOST
The chart combines qualifying streaming and digital sales activity from more than 200 territories outside United States using Luminate data.
Daniel LucasHOST
It therefore measured a different market from the American Hot 100.
Daniel LucasHOST
Billboard Philippines also reports that the song led to domestic Hot 100 to top Philippine songs rankings.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
Showgirl earned 87,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending October 15th.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
That was down 7% compared to the previous week, according to Luminate.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
As for Patient Zero, the track was down 27% in streams.
Keith CaulfieldHOST
and up eight percent in radio airplay audience it also gained 246 in download sales thanks to a new acoustic and piano version that dropped during the week plus physical sales remember those physical singles they still exist especially for people like taylor swift Physical sales of the single jumped 12 percent after the seven inch vinyl was shipped out to customers during the tracking week.
Andrew WallensteinHOST
Welcome to another episode of Strictly Business, the podcast in which we speak with some of the brightest minds working in the media business today.
Andrew WallensteinHOST
I'm Andrew Wallenstein, Chief Insights Officer at Luminate and a Variety contributor.
Andrew WallensteinHOST
The barriers to entry for content creators on social platforms may be low, but that doesn't mean their business is easy.
Andrew WallensteinHOST
Getting IP in front of the right audiences on YouTube, TikTok, IG, and more can actually be a discovery nightmare.
Alissa PollackGUEST
We have Test All Media.
Alissa PollackGUEST
And then we now represent Luminate to radio stations, even though that's not under our
Bob LefsetzHOST
umbrella.
Bob LefsetzHOST
Let's go back.
Bob LefsetzHOST
Okay.
Bob LefsetzHOST
So what were the other products?
Alissa PollackGUEST
So, and Luminate now.
Alissa PollackGUEST
So now it's really media-based Luminate and Tesla Media.
Maxwell ZotzGUEST
I think at my core, I believe that we need to embrace technology to help human beings, um, meaning that if we are now com...
Maxwell ZotzGUEST
There was a, a, a Luminate, um, data stat that came out this week that, you know, in 2025, it was 106,000 songs being released a day, um, you know, on, on streaming platforms.
Maxwell ZotzGUEST
They just released this week 150,000, with a certain percentage of those now being AI related.
Maxwell ZotzGUEST
So now you're a human artist who has all the digital capabilities of releasing music on their- on your own, DIY, et cetera, but you're competing against machine-made music.
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