Kathryn Straker
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Kathryn Straker replied to the topic Weekly Charts Roundup in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoUK
Albums
Week of March 5The last week of February in the UK charts had a milestone that I personally was quite excited about: Scottish prog group Mogwai scored their first #1 album, As the Love Continues. This week, they’ve dropped to #23, but that’s still pretty good for Mogwai. Since their first release in 1997, they’ve had ever stronger…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic New research video! Nirvana vs. Michael Jackson in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoWe are very excited to share our latest research video, a reworking of our old insight into Nirvana’s chart performance against Michael Jackson’s. You can read about it over on our blog, or get straight to it on YouTube here. If you’d rather read it than watch it, you can get the PDF from the blog post.
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Kathryn Straker replied to the topic Weekly Charts Roundup in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoMarch catch-up for the US here.
USA
Billboard 200
Week of March 6
1. Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
2. Positions, Ariana Grande
3. Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke
4. The Voice, Lil Durk
5. Shiesty Season, Pooh ShiestyWeek of March 13
Not a lot of commentary for this month, because as you can see, there hasn’t…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker replied to the topic Weekly Charts Roundup in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoFor the week ending February 12-13
USA
Well, last week’s prediction that Morgan Wallen, who was recently dropped by his record label over his use of racial slurs, was not long for the top 40 turned out to be wrong. I should know better, with America. Dangerous sits at #1 for the fourth week.The Hot 100 has no major changes in the top…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Postdoc opportunity at Durham University in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThis is a close deadline, but in case it’s of interest to anyone, Durham University (UK) has a postdoc research opportunity in the digital humanities, for anyone with a PhD (or about to submit) in DH or a relevant CS or mathematics field. The listing is here:…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Postdoc opportunity at Durham University in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThis is a close deadline, but in case it’s of interest to anyone, Durham University (UK) has a postdoc research opportunity in the digital humanities, for anyone with a PhD (or about to submit) in DH or a relevant CS or mathematics field. The listing is here:…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic CCNY breaks ground in creating Digital Humanities minor in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoIn general Digital Humanities news, CCNY (City College of New York, a part of the CUNY network) recently received a groundbreaking $150k grant to develop a digital humanities program. The initiative, which is led by Renata Kobetts Miller and Thomas Peele, will allow CCNY to establish a digital humanities minor.
CCNY’s digital humanities project…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker replied to the topic Weekly Charts Roundup in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoChart news for week of February 5
United Kingdom
The honor of the top 5 albums this week goes to all British artists, the top 4 all new releases making their chart debuts.
The #1 album, Celeste’s Not Your Muse, belongs to a debut album by a British woman for the first time since 2015.
The #2 album, Money Can’t Buy Happiness by rapper Fredo was…[Read more] -
Kathryn Straker started the topic HC Site Up and Running + New Case Studies in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoWe now have our HC associated site up and running, at musicidcommunity.hcommons-staging.org.
Our primary site for product and subscription information will remain http://www.musicidhub.com, but please follow the HC blog to keep up with Community announcements. Here we’ll share new case studies and research, upcoming conferences we’ll be attending, and…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Weekly Charts Roundup in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoScroll down through thread replies for an archive of previous weeks.
Weekly charts round up, EUROVISION EDITION!
I don’t know about you all, but my casual interest in Eurovision has turned into full on Eurovision mania after this dismal year. I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more wind machine. The finals were a full week ago, so…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
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Kathryn Straker started the topic New YouTube Channel in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoMusicID now has its own dedicated YouTube channel! Please subscribe to keep up with the latest tutorials and research demos.
We hope you’ll enjoy our newest video, a case study on hidden hits of the ’60s, by yours truly.
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Deadline approaching: CFA MusicID Digital Research Fellowship (Aug 1) in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDeadline Reminder – Call for Applications
MusicID Digital Research Fellowship
Deadline: 1st August 2020.
Dear all,
MusicID is pleased to announce its third annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.
http://www.academicrightspress.com/entertainment/music/fellowship-prizeAwarded competitively to scholars at…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Deadline approaching: CFA MusicID Digital Research Fellowship (Aug 1) in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDeadline Reminder – Call for Applications
MusicID Digital Research Fellowship
Deadline: 1st August 2020.
Dear all,
MusicID is pleased to announce its third annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.
http://www.academicrightspress.com/entertainment/music/fellowship-prizeAwarded competitively to scholars at any phase of…[Read more]