WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE/SERVICESACHA SEDRIKS. CREATIVE DIRECTOR, BBC FUTURE MEDIA, RADIO + MUSIC

BRITISH LIBRARY. KEEPING TRACKS: A ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM ON MUSIC AND ARCHIVES IN THE DIGITAL AGE. MARCH 2014.

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ARTIST IDTRACK if only it were that easy…

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THERE ARE OVER 100 DIFFERENT OFFICIAL RELEASES OF NEVERMIND...

AS A METADATA STOPGAP, THE BBC HAS ESTABLISHED A SINGLE RECORD ID WHICH ACTS AS RECORDING GROUP IDENTIFIER FOR SIMILIAR RECORDINGS.

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MUSICBRAINZ AND THE BBC ARE ALSO EXPLORING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISCRETE WORK ID TO IDENTIFY AN ‘ARTISTIC CREATION’, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE RECORDINGS DONE BY VARIOUS ARTISTS.

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STATSOCTOBER 2013 / FEBRUARY 2014

90,000ishAVERAGE WEEKLY UBs TO BBC PLAYLISTER DESTINATION

AVERAGE VISITS PER BROWSER STABLE AT 1.16 VISITS PER WEEK, SUGGESTING CORE GROUP OF REGULAR USERS.

3,300,000TRACKS REMEMBERED / ADDED TO PERSONAL PLAYLISTS

MOST POPULAR THE CONSISTENTLY MOST POPULAR TOUCHPOINTS FOR THE PLAYLISTER SERVICE

UK TOP 40 SINGLES CHARTBBC RADIO 1

BBC RADIO 1NETWORK HOMEPAGE & NETWORK PLAYLIST

GILLES PETERSON BBC RADIO 6MUSIC

PETE TONGBBC RADIO 1

ANNIE MACBBC RADIO 1

HER ‘PRESENTER PLAYLIST’ ON PLAYLISTER ALSO HAS THE MOST SUBSCRIBERS.

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