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Why Old Songs Eat the Charts

Catalog music takes most of all streaming. What frontline and catalog actually mean, and why the back catalog keeps winning.

Analyst tools · 4 min read

What this guide covers

Two buckets: frontline and catalog
The 70 percent problem
Why streaming favors old music
What it means for new releases
Reading the split in the data

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