The Indian Music Charts Podcast
By Amit Gurbaxani and Akhila Shankar
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Episodes: 94
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The Indian Music Charts Podcast is hosted by music journalist/charts geek Amit Gurbaxani and content marketeer/data nerd Akhila Shankar. On the show, Amit and Akhila use India's music charts as a springboard for a larger discussion on the Indian music business, listener trends and where the industry is heading next. New episodes drop every Tuesday.
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Has BTS’ ‘Arirang’ underperformed in India compared to overseas? ft. K-Pop in India Podcast
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Why are the charts influencing festival line-ups?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Is India going to the world or is the world coming to India?
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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What are our predictions for 2026?
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Year-End Special: What 2025’s top songs say about the state of our music industry
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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How Talwiinder finally made it to the top of the charts
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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How can an artist use a viral moment to build an IRL fan base? ft. Paresh Pahuja
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Revisit: How did Taylor Swift do what no other international act has done this year?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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How is it easy for acts to have cross-genre success?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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What should artists do when they misstep?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Decoding ‘Saiyaara’s Record-Breaking Success
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Half Yearly Special 2025: The year in charts so far
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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What Would An Indian Independent Music Chart Look Like?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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How Does A New Artist Land A No.1 These Days? ft.Nikhil Dwivedi
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May 20, 2025 |
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What’s going on with the charts right now? Four hot takes
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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[Revisit] A case for cross-border collaboration
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Is India’s music industry experiencing a slow down?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Just How Far Is Indian Music Being Exported?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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[Revisit] Why fewer international its are charting in India
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Are label deals really that bad?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Why are catalogue hits back at the top of the charts?
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Three Predictions for 2025
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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[Revisit] Coldplay, Diljit and the frenzy for gig tickets - Who is No.1 on the live charts?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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How An OTT Show Generated A No.1 Hit ft. Shilpa Sharda
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Year-End Special: What 2024 Sounded Like at the Top of the Charts
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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How Did K-Pop Become India’s Fastest-Growing International Genre? Ft. Riddhi Chakraborty
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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When Will We Be Rid Of Rehashy Remakes?
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Why Are Indian Acts So Obsessed with the Grammys?
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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[Revisit] Why EDM acts live draw exceeds their streaming numbers?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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[Revisit] How are album marketing stratgies changing in the age of the single?
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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How did Prateek Kuhad crack the Indian charts with an English-language song?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Coldplay, Diljit and the Frenzy for Gig Tickets - Who's No.1 on the Live Charts?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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How Did Stree 2 Achieve A 100% Strike Rate? ft. Neha Malhotra
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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How Did "Big Dawgs" Become India's Big Crossover Hit? ft. Rohan Venkatesh
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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All About Music Special: Transition from Fan to Fandom (ft. Chaar Diwaari, Natasha Mahtani, Owen Roncon, Dhruvank Vaidya)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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I have a viral hit. What next?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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How does the current I-Pop wave differ from the '90s Indi-pop era?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Half-Yearly Special: Bollywood's big comeback, Pop pops across languages
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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What does it take for an international track to crack the Indian charts? ft. Anand Srinivasan
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Why are films' OTT releases helping their songs make the charts?
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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How did Malayalam become Indian music's fastest-growing language?
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May 21, 2024 |
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How do I-Pop labels devise their music streaming strategies?
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May 07, 2024 |
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How did Taylor Swift do what no international act has done this year?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Why hasn’t Bollywood been able to reinvent itself?
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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How can an artist leverage a big hit to land another? ft. Vishnu Iyer
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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How are album marketing strategies changing in the age of the single?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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What will it take for 'I-Pop' to pop?
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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How did a Tamil non-film track crack the top ten?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Where are the Women on India's Charts?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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What makes a good sync deal?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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[Revisit] Decoding Anuv Jain's Streaming Success
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Does the music industry need fixing?
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Five Predictions for 2024
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Year-End Special: The Trends of 2023
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Decoding Anuv Jain's Streaming Success ft. Aayushman Sinha
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Why even Bollywood smashes are generating fewer hits
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Why "Hass Hass" Has Done What Other International Collabs Haven't
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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[Short] Why the #1 isn't always the country's most popular song
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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[Short] The Indian Obsession with winning a Grammy
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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The Appeal of Anirudh Ravichander (ft. Lalitha Suhasini)
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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How Coke Studio Bharat Scored Its Biggest Hit
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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The case for cross-border collaboration
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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[Revisit] What's The Difference Between A Trend And A Hit?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Cracking a hit formula ft. Denny
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Why fewer international hits are charting in India
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Are Editorial Playlists Overrated? ft. Arjun Shah
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Contextualising record-breaking streams
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Where does a hit come from in 2023? ft. Asees Kaur, Padmanaban NS (Spotify India), Bhavya Anand (BluPrint)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Do music videos matter anymore?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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How A Docu Series Returned An Act To The Top 10
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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How a Tamil song got to #1
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Why Indian music is more than Bollywood
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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[Revisit] Should Independent acts sign with labels?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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[Revisit] Why does Punjabi music have a wide appeal?
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Why India desperately needs an official all-genre music chart
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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What will it take for Indian hip hop to go mainstream?
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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What's the definition of an 'Indian pop star' in 2023? (ft. Jay Mehta - Managing Director, Warner Music India)
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Is all publicity good publicity?
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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[Half-year Special] The trends of 2023 so far
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Should artists share political views?
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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[Bonus] How can indie acts transition to mainstream stars?
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Is the term "non-film music" a paradox?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Will Bollywood ever get out of its creative crisis?
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May 29, 2023 |
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Why EDM acts live draw exceeds their streaming numbers?
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May 23, 2023 |
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Do celebrity endorsements help tracks break through?
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May 15, 2023 |
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Do reality TV talent hunts build careers?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Why did the No.1 song go AWOL?
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May 01, 2023 |
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Do albums make business sense in the age of singles?
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Should there be quotas for homegrown music?
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Should independent acts sign with labels?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Is This Song Really #1?
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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How short should a song be?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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To video or not video?
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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The Indian Music Charts Podcast (Trailer)
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Dec 19, 2022 |