Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. How Songs Spread 11
7. 3. Buying Your Way onto the Chart 22
8. 4. Can Radio Stations Break Singles? 44
9. 5. The Dixie Chicks Radio Boycott 59
10. 6. But Which Chart Do You Climb? 71
11. 7. The Future of the Chart 91
12. Appendix A. Datasets 123
13. Appendix B. Robustness to Assumptions about Volume of Airplay Constituting an “Add’’ 127
14. Notes 133
15. Bibliography 155
16. Index 167