Galley
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Some people have a hard time deciding what they should rate their songs. Anyone is free to use their own rating method, but here is a new one I just thought of. Base a song's rating on how high it charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
Top 10 = 5.0 stars
Top 40 = 4.5 stars
Top 100 = 4.0 stars
You can store a numerical value in the Beats Per Minute field. You can also create a smart playlist that uses a range of values. For example, 4.5 stars is "Rating is greater than 4" and "Rating is less than 5".
I know what you're thinking: "Galley, how can I assign half-star ratings?". Mac users can easily do it with an Apple Script. Windows users will have to devise another rating system, sorry.
What about songs that were never released as singles, or were released, but never made it to the Hot 100? You can either leave them blank, or enter a large value such as "999". Doing so allow you to see which tracks did not chart, and which ones you haven't properly tagged yet.
So where do you get the chart info? Many times it listed in the liner notes of compilations. Otherwise, you can find it in the "Billboard Singles" section on the "Charts & Awards" tab of an artist's AllMusic.com entry.
Rock on!
Top 10 = 5.0 stars
Top 40 = 4.5 stars
Top 100 = 4.0 stars
You can store a numerical value in the Beats Per Minute field. You can also create a smart playlist that uses a range of values. For example, 4.5 stars is "Rating is greater than 4" and "Rating is less than 5".
I know what you're thinking: "Galley, how can I assign half-star ratings?". Mac users can easily do it with an Apple Script. Windows users will have to devise another rating system, sorry.
What about songs that were never released as singles, or were released, but never made it to the Hot 100? You can either leave them blank, or enter a large value such as "999". Doing so allow you to see which tracks did not chart, and which ones you haven't properly tagged yet.
So where do you get the chart info? Many times it listed in the liner notes of compilations. Otherwise, you can find it in the "Billboard Singles" section on the "Charts & Awards" tab of an artist's AllMusic.com entry.
Rock on!