Songs 'need to be playlisted' to do well in the chart

One way a new track can do well in the charts is for it to be playlisted by BBC Radio 1 or 1Xtra before it's released.

Austin Daboh, the music manager at BBC Radio 1Xtra, said there are "a few different ways" that records end up on the playlist but the two most common are for songs to either be picked up by specialist shows on the networks - like Annie Mac on Radio 1 or MistaJam on 1Xtra - or to be bought to the playlist team's attention by record labels.

He also explained how a track will be played for around a month before it's released and said he's noticed that there is a link between a song being playlisted and their chart position.

"Eight or nine times out of 10, a record needs to be on a radio playlist - not just on Radio 1 or 1Xtra - but the Bauer networks and the Global networks too to have a chance of breaking into the top 10 or top 20."

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