Twerking, tote bags, and the top of the charts

The Indicator from Planet Money

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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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On this musical edition of Indicators of the Week: Live Nation stops taking a cut of small artists' merchandise sales. Meanwhile, some fans are using the Billboard charts formula to boost their favorite artists to the top. And a Jamaican duo is staking a claim to the famous rhythm that defines Reggaeton. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

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0:00.0	N-P-R.
0:11.5	This is the Indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.0	I'm James Woods, here with Whelan Wong.
0:15.0	Hi.
0:15.5	And Alexi Horowitz-Gazzy from Planet Money.
0:18.0	Hooray! Hello Indicators.
0:20.5	So, you know, music has been on our mind this week.
0:23.5	Kind of hard to avoid.
0:24.5	You know, I've been talking non-stop about Taylor Swift
0:27.2	to anyone who will listen.
0:28.2	It seems like that is a common theme on indicators of the week.
0:30.7	I've been avoiding them.
0:31.7	But this week, it seems like it's going to be a little different.
0:34.2	There will be a break from the Taylor Swift programming.
0:38.2	But all of our indicators this week do have one thing in common.
0:41.7	They're about the music business.
0:43.7	So you will hear the beautiful vocal stylings of our indicators after the break.
0:51.2	Indicators of the week, I am your opening act.
0:54.2	Please clap.
0:56.2	And I have a question for you guys.
0:58.2	What is your favorite merch that you've ever gotten at a concert?
1:02.7	I'm actually wearing a band t-shirt right now.
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