Behind the Charts
The podcast that uncovers the money behind the music. Each episode dives into the financial side of the industry: who really profits from a hit, how streaming reshaped royalties, and what it takes for a song to top the Billboard charts. Smart, insightful, and entertaining — Behind the Charts reveals the business stories hidden beneath the beats.
Episodes
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Shakira — music catalogs are being sold for hundreds of millions. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we explore why investment funds and major companies are racing to buy the rights to old songs, how these deals work, and what it means for the future of music ownership.
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From Seoul to stadiums around the world, K-Pop is more than catchy music and sharp choreography — it’s an industry engineered for global dominance. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we unpack the business model behind K-Pop: training systems, global fandoms, merchandise, touring, and how it became one of South Korea’s most profitable exports.
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Bad Bunny went from local trap artist in Puerto Rico to the most streamed artist in the world. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we explore how the Latin music explosion reshaped the global market, what makes Bad Bunny’s model unique, and how reggaetón became the new global pop.
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Beyoncé is more than a global superstar — she’s a business empire. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we uncover how she built a fortune across music, film, fashion, and business ventures, and how her model reshaped what it means to be an artist in control of her brand.
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Music has moved from vinyl to cassette, from CDs to downloads, and now into the world of NFTs. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we trace how every format shift reshaped the business of sound — who made money, who lost, and how technology keeps reinventing the economics of music.
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When Taylor Swift re-recorded her albums to regain control of her masters, she sparked one of the biggest debates in modern music: who really owns an artist’s work? In this episode of Behind the Charts, we dive into the economics, contracts, and power struggles behind one of the most public fights for artistic ownership in history.
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Spotify didn’t just launch a platform; it rewrote the rules of the entire music business. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we explore how streaming dethroned CDs and downloads, reshaped royalties, and gave rise to playlists that now decide who gets heard.
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Not every million streams is real. In this episode of Behind the Charts, we investigate the world of “streaming farms” — networks of devices and bots that inflate play counts to game the system. Who uses them, how do they work, and what happens when labels, platforms, or artists get caught?
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Landing a song in the Billboard Top 10 is every artist’s dream. But what does it really mean financially? In this episode of Behind the Charts, we pull back the curtain on the dollars behind chart success — from how sales, streams, and radio spins translate into money, to the role of labels, promotion, and global markets.
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A song blows up on TikTok or Spotify — millions of plays, millions of fans. But when the streams add up, who actually gets the money? In this first episode of Behind the Charts, we break down the complex world of royalties, splits, and contracts to uncover how viral fame really pays… and for whom.
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