Introduction to Academic Charts Online: International Popular Music. Research the performance of Albums in multiple countries, and multiple types of chart, worldwide.

1. Academic Charts Online:
International Popular Music
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Search for artists, albums, singles in multiple countries
and specialist charts
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Zoom in to see graphic representation of the albums
and singles over time
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Add selected albums and singles (+) to a custom
graph
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Superimpose any recordings from any time period and
any country (and save in a research folder)
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View the particular chart on a date in the country
selected

2. Artist search
User journey for research

3. Search for Artist

4. Select then click 'search'

5. Results are displayed for several countries and
first three items selected

6. Select more albums to add to graph

7. Click 'Graph' to see the results

8. Select a section of the graph to
zoom

9. Hover over a data point to see
album artwork, chart and country

10. Zoom into another part of the graph
to see the re-releases in Sept 2009

11. Change country to United States

12. Change format to Single

13. Continue on your journey
with analysis of singles
...listening to samples along the way!