I am a home studio owner and producer with a goal of getting songs into the
Billboard Hot 100. To date I have had modest success with artists I have worked with.
Here are the raw statistics:
- There are about 10,000 songs added on Spotify every day. Source: Uploaded to Spotify daily.
- So this is a total of 3,650,000 song per year. That is a lot of music.
- There are only about 1,000 songs that get into the Billboard Hot 100 each year. Some songs will be in the chart for most of the year, others for only a week or two.
- So on the raw numbers one in 3,650 songs that Spotify adds with make the Billboard Hot 100.
- Keep in mind Max Martin will have an almost 100% strike rate and an average home producer will have a near 0% strike rate. Raw statistics have limitations.
But you can discount much of the music submitted to Spotify including styles of EDM, heavy metal, prog rock, long ambient tracks, religious music, excessively niche, or amateurish productions. Not that I am criticising any of this music as it is all valid within its own market.
By my estimate only about 10% of the music submitted to Spotify is in contention to become a Hot 100 hit.
So if one in 3,650 songs added to Spotify get to the Billboard Hot 100 but only 10% of these songs are contenders then
one in 365 well produced and stylistically suitable songs make it to the Hot 100.
In order to be a contender you need an artist to be the complete package.
- Attractive, well presented artist.
- Strong and consistent social media campaign on different platforms. eg. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
- Good mental health and emotionally robust. (Like I will find this in the music industry?)
- Some marketing budget that is well spent.
- Hopefully a live presence and an ability to build a local fan base that will generate local interest and generate interesting content to post about on social media.
- An attractive video on YouTube to promote each song.
- A willingness to do the hard yards.
As a producer I need to bring my best game.
- I have no doubt I need to lift my game as a composer, musician, arranger and producer. This just means putting in the hours of effective study.
- Remain up to date musically.
- Be constantly building my musical skills. Strive for excellence.
- Be a joy to work with in my studio.
- Help the artists I work with to be their best in the studio and out.
- Provide mentorship to develop the artists.
- Help the artists to develop their live acts. (I have a lot of live experience playing bass is covers bands.)
- Provide introductions to good managers, agents, web designers etc.
- Provide some protection from the snake pit of con men, sleaze and thieves that infest the music industry.
So, if I do my job well; and work with artists who do their job well.
Over the next 4 years I work full time, consistently with a small group of hard working artists. I produce about 100 songs per year. Hopefully producing 400 quality songs for good artists who are effectively marketing their music. I can do a batch of 3 songs in about 10 days full time. I find it most efficient to work in batches of 3 songs, especially if I need to bring session musicians.
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CONCLUSION
If I have selected good artists, done my job well, kept my focus on the goal, worked both hard and smart, then at least one of my 400 songs has a reasonable chance of getting into the Billboard Hot 100.
Your thoughts? Feel free to let out your inner Troll and give me a total roasting.