On this week's episode, which happens to be our season finale, we look at key movements on the Spotify Weekly Top Songs India chart published on July 21. We discuss the Indian music industry's need for an official all-genre chart similar to the US's Billboard Hot 100, what such a ranking might look like if it were available today, and why labels, artists and assorted stakeholders stand to benefit from its creation.

We are shaping season 3 as we speak. If you have ideas or feedback, you can reach out to us at @akhila141 and @amitgurbaxani on Instagram.

On this week's episode, we look at key movements on the Spotify Weekly Top Songs India chart published on July 14 and talk about the making of the week's highest new entry with a special guest. Chaitanya Kataria, the co-founder and CEO of Gully Gang Entertainment, takes us behind the scenes of the composition and release of the highly anticipated DIVINE-Sidhu Moosewala collaboration \"Chorni\", and tells us what he believes it will take for Indian hip-hop to become as popular as Bollywood music.

On this week's episode, we look at key movements on the Spotify Weekly Top Songs India chart published on July 7 and discuss what makes a pop star in India today, with special guest Jay Mehta, the managing director of Warner Music India. We talk about how two big artists with tracks in the top ten*, King and Darshan Raval,* have shaped their careers, the secrets behind their success and the factors that made Mehta and his team want to sign them.

On this week's episode, we look at key movements on the Spotify Weekly Top Songs India chart published on June 30 and talk about whether a controversy can affect a track's success. We discuss the impact of a police complaint against the video for the week's highest new entry and how the consequences of deviating from widely accepted societal norms can vary from region to region and genre to genre. Lastly, we analyse whether saying or doing the wrong thing can still kill a career.

This week, we present a special episode during which we talk about three major trends we've gleaned from Weekly Top Songs India chart over the past six months. We discuss why Punjabi hip-hop is going strong as the hottest genre of the moment, why no international tracks reached the top ten and whether Bollywood music has truly bounced back.

We are taking a break from regular programming this week to revisit the archives. Earlier this year we sat down with Roochay Shukla (Sr. Marketing Manager, Outdustry). On this bonus episode, we dive into the different factors that can help indie artists transition to mainstream stars. Spoiler alert: Playlisting on DSPs is only a small part of the equation.

The original episode was published in Jan 2023. You can listen to it here: https://bit.ly/43y323e

On this week's episode, we talk about key movements on the Spotify Weekly Top Songs India chart published on June 2 and discuss why the term \"non-film\" is problematic. We look at how a prominent new entry on this week's survey exemplifies how \"non-film\" is an inadequate label for a genre that's often closely connected with film music. We also examine why such a name is detrimental to ongoing efforts to build an artist-focused eco-system in the Indian music industry, which has for too long been dependent on the movie business. Finally, we suggested an alternative that actually says what's on the tin