Posted on: May 20, 2008 in Music
The Whitburn Project: 25 megs of OCD
Andy Baio has two great posts analyzing the Whitburn Project that will have all music data junkies salivating.
One hit wonders and pop longevity
The Whitburn Project
What is the Whitburn Project? From Andy:
For the last ten years, obsessive record collectors in Usenet have been working on the Whitburn Project — a huge undertaking to preserve and share high-quality recordings of every popular song since the 1890s. To assist their efforts, they’ve created a spreadsheet of 37,000 songs and 112 columns of raw data, including each song’s duration, beats-per-minute, songwriters, label, and week-by-week chart position. It’s 25 megs of OCD, and it’s awesome.