Next Big Sound

Next Big Sound is well worth investigating if you are interested in researching musicians and the impact of social media. It measures fan interactions with artists and claims to cover 85% of the recording industry. Next Big Sound have released an overview of 2013 which shows the artists with the most social media reach and the top artists on streaming sites.

The university library doesn't subscribe to this resource, but a free sign up gives you basic reports on artists which you can customise and are sent to you as an email update. As an example here's the report on Lady Gaga.

Top Performers February 2, 2014 – February 8, 2014

Lady GagaView Profile » new Page Likes +214K -6.2% new Followers +7.53K +200.5% new Pageviews +133K -26.9% new Video Views +168K -23% Thanks to Sally Ann Gross for highlighting this resource