#WhyFrank, Pandora Charts, Stranger Things: This Week in Music, More – Liv Buli’s Weekend Reading List

Frank Ocean's latest release, new charts from her boss, Biebs, Kobalt and more. As she does on most Fridays, Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound shares what she's paying attention to, as she parsed the week's data to the take the cultural (and her own) temperature.

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Guys. I am obsessed.

Something is happening on the Frank Ocean livestream. He’s moving. It says “Endless” now. Is that the new title? What happened to “Boys Don’t Cry?” My mind is reeling. I had to sign up for a freaken app that will notify me when in like 2095 he actually releases the album so I don’t need google it every 30 seconds. I don’t even want the album that bad anymore (well I do), but now I just need to know. When will it arrive? Where will he release it? How long can this go on for? I have so very many emotions.

Here’s the app by the way.

Get a text when Frank Ocean's new album drops.

So exciting that we were finally able to take our new Pandora charts out of beta and release to the world. Overall the response has incredibly positive, the industry is clearly eager to get their hands on this data and information. #chartsislife

Choice coverage:

Pandora Lifts the Curtain on Its Most-Played Tracks

Pandora launches 'trendsetters' and 'predictions' charts with NextBigSound – Music Business…

And here is a pretty astute analysis from Sean Ross at RAIN.

Analyzing Pandora's Most Played Currents

I woke up Monday morning and made a Spinal Tap reference/double entendre about my favorite show of the summer: Stranger Things. It made for a nice start to the week.

Will The Soundtrack To "Stranger Things" Be As Popular As The Show Itself?

Kobalt are trying an interesting new approach to the greatest hits album format, with a Spotify playlist that regularly updates depending on which tracks listeners are spinning the most each week.