The Indian Music Charts Podcast

By Amit Gurbaxani and Akhila Shankar

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The Indian Music Charts Podcast is hosted by music journalist/charts geek Amit Gurbaxani and content marketeer/data nerd Akhila Shankar. On the show, Amit and Akhila use India's music charts as a springboard for a larger discussion on the Indian music business, listener trends and where the industry is heading next. New episodes drop every Tuesday.

Episode Date
How do I-Pop labels devise their music streaming strategies?
May 07, 2024
How did Taylor Swift do what no international act has done this year?
Apr 30, 2024
Why hasn’t Bollywood been able to reinvent itself?
Apr 02, 2024
How can an artist leverage a big hit to land another? ft. Vishnu Iyer
Mar 26, 2024
How are album marketing strategies changing in the age of the single?
Mar 19, 2024
What will it take for 'I-Pop' to pop?
Mar 12, 2024
How did a Tamil non-film track crack the top ten?
Feb 20, 2024
Where are the Women on India's Charts?
Feb 13, 2024
What makes a good sync deal?
Feb 06, 2024
[Revisit] Decoding Anuv Jain's Streaming Success
Feb 05, 2024
Does the music industry need fixing?
Jan 16, 2024
Five Predictions for 2024
Jan 09, 2024
Year-End Special: The Trends of 2023
Dec 19, 2023
Decoding Anuv Jain's Streaming Success ft. Aayushman Sinha
Dec 11, 2023
Why even Bollywood smashes are generating fewer hits
Dec 05, 2023
Why "Hass Hass" Has Done What Other International Collabs Haven't
Nov 27, 2023
[Short] Why the #1 isn't always the country's most popular song
Nov 20, 2023
[Short] The Indian Obsession with winning a Grammy
Nov 13, 2023
The Appeal of Anirudh Ravichander (ft. Lalitha Suhasini)
Nov 08, 2023
How Coke Studio Bharat Scored Its Biggest Hit
Oct 31, 2023
The case for cross-border collaboration
Oct 24, 2023
[Revisit] What's The Difference Between A Trend And A Hit?
Oct 17, 2023
Cracking a hit formula ft. Denny
Oct 10, 2023
Why fewer international hits are charting in India
Oct 03, 2023
Are Editorial Playlists Overrated? ft. Arjun Shah
Sep 26, 2023
Contextualising record-breaking streams
Sep 20, 2023
Where does a hit come from in 2023? ft. Asees Kaur, Padmanaban NS (Spotify India), Bhavya Anand (BluPrint)
Sep 12, 2023
Do music videos matter anymore?
Sep 05, 2023
How A Docu Series Returned An Act To The Top 10
Aug 29, 2023
How a Tamil song got to #1
Aug 22, 2023
Why Indian music is more than Bollywood
Aug 15, 2023
[Revisit] Should Independent acts sign with labels?
Aug 08, 2023
[Revisit] Why does Punjabi music have a wide appeal?
Aug 01, 2023
Why India desperately needs an official all-genre music chart
Jul 25, 2023
What will it take for Indian hip hop to go mainstream?
Jul 18, 2023
What's the definition of an 'Indian pop star' in 2023? (ft. Jay Mehta - Managing Director, Warner Music India)
Jul 11, 2023
Is all publicity good publicity?
Jul 04, 2023
[Half-year Special] The trends of 2023 so far
Jun 27, 2023
Should artists share political views?
Jun 20, 2023
[Bonus] How can indie acts transition to mainstream stars?
Jun 12, 2023
Is the term "non-film music" a paradox?
Jun 06, 2023
Will Bollywood ever get out of its creative crisis?
May 29, 2023
Why EDM acts live draw exceeds their streaming numbers?
May 23, 2023
Do celebrity endorsements help tracks break through?
May 15, 2023
Do reality TV talent hunts build careers?
May 08, 2023
Why did the No.1 song go AWOL?
May 01, 2023
Do albums make business sense in the age of singles?
Apr 13, 2023
Should there be quotas for homegrown music?
Apr 06, 2023
Should independent acts sign with labels?
Mar 30, 2023
Is This Song Really #1?
Mar 24, 2023
How short should a song be?
Mar 15, 2023
To video or not video?
Mar 09, 2023
The Indian Music Charts Podcast (Trailer)
Dec 19, 2022