Helpful Music Chart Tips

Music Chart Tip's
Seen the most recent winners? Here are some useful chart topping tips.

New Originals and Covers Music Chart

BEAT100 have introduced a new music video chart in which the videos are split into two separate charts; one for original music and another for covers. Both charts run for 14 days, but are be compiled on alternating weeks

BEAT100 Originals Chart
First place winners will receive $400, plus the main feature in a BEAT100 winner’s press release, which will be distributed worldwide for everyone to see. Second place will receive $250 and third place will receive $150, plus both places will also be featured in the BEAT100 winner’s press release. BEAT100 are also giving away 100 bonus votes to fourth place and 50 bonus votes to fifth in order to keep them at the top for the following chart competition.

BEAT100 Covers Chart
First place will receive $250, along with the main feature in a BEAT100 winner’s press release, which will also be distributed worldwide. Second place will be rewarded with $150 and third place will receive $100 for their hard work, and both places will be featured in a BEAT100 winner’s press release. Just like in the originals chart, fourth place will be rewarded with 100 bonus votes, and fifth will receive 50.

Duration in Chart:

The BEAT100 Music Video Chart runs for 14 days (fortnightly) and is compiled every other Sunday.
Videos remain in the chart until they either win a prize or complete two full 14 day chart periods. This means the minimum time in the charts is 28 Days.
When your video exists the charts it will remain within the video network for others to view.
Only one chart entry per user will be admitted at any one time into the charts.
Once your video has finished its time in the chart, you may re-enter the same video as long as you didn’t finish in a prize winning position. However, your votes will be renewed and will not be carried over from your last chart entry.
Winners of the BEAT100 Original or Cover Music Video Chart will have 30 days to send in the documentation required by BEAT100, or the prize will be forfeited.

If a video has less than 20 real votes in 20 days, it will be automatically removed from the chart daily. Promote your video to your friends and fans across various social networks to avoid this removal.

Please note: Artists may only enter the music charts if they are over the age of 14. Parents or guardians may monitor these accounts, but cannot enter the chart in place of someone who is under the age of 14.

If you’ve uploaded your video, you’ll have received an email with a few pointers but the more time you spend promoting your video yourself the more likely you are to get the attention you undoubtedly deserve. With that in mind, we present you a list of the best tips to winning the music charts and getting as much exposure as possible!

BEAT100 A&R Department

BEAT100 has a working team of A&R executives, who manually approve every music video that is uploaded to the BEAT100 Network. This team are responsible for talent scouting, awarding and overseeing the artistic development of the users. The purpose of BEAT100’s A&R Department is to help artists get the exposure they require, present artists to record labels, such as Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Bros. Music. Etc. and find upcoming music, which will be commercially successful.

GET SHARING - And not just on BEAT100. There's plenty you can do to boost your votes and views from other networks. Share your BEAT100 video on facebook and twitter, but remember to include a link to your BEAT100 entry in the description of your YouTube or Vimeo video to direct your fans to BEAT100 and get them voting.

BEAT100 is the social network for musicians and music fans

GET VOTING - make sure your fans know that they can vote on your video once every 24 hours! Making sure your fans vote daily really boosts your numbers quickly. And did you know you can vote on your own video? It may only be one extra vote a day, but that can make all the difference.

GET CONNECTED - If you've got followers on other social networks, why not create a group or event page encouraging them to vote for your video every day. Get them talking and connecting with one another and encourage them to share your video themselves, widening your exposure.

GET PROMOTING - Fans love feeling close and connected to the artist, so offering them an extra incentive is a great way to get them buzzing about you. Things like a gift or video chat with "the fan who bring the most new fans" to your page, or "who shares your video the most," generates exposure and makes them feel special - it only has to be something small; a thanks or shout out in your next video, signed pictures or a free CD or MP3 download but personal touches make a real difference.

GET SOCIAL - The BEAT100 social network contains everything you need to make new connections, and for you to share and keep up to date with them. BEAT100 isn’t just a great place to bring your friends, family and fans, it’s perfect for finding and making new friends. You are more likely to win if you add new friends on the BEAT100 network rather than expect all your current fans from other networks to vote daily.

GET LIKING - Be sure to like and tweet your video that we share from our BEAT100 Facebook and Twitter pages. This way, new and current users will see and notice your videos more frequently.

New Features - Here at BEAT100, our team is always trying to think of new and exciting features for our users. The site is constantly being developed and changed in ways that makes BEAT100 easier and better to use on a daily basis. After a recent survey, we discovered that there were some important changes that should be made in order for our users to get the best they can out of BEAT100

BEAT100 distributes its news helping you gain exposure and get noticed by a whole new audience. It is distributed to the following places: To BEAT100 News, to all Major search engines – Google, Yahoo!, Bing, etc, to major online music, news, and entertainment sites, to journalists and bloggers worldwide, to Facebook, Twitter, Word Press, Blogger, Dig, Linkedin and more.

Do’s
Share your BEAT100 video link on your Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Actively engage with other people, musicians and videos on BEAT100. Leave positive comments; make friends with bands and fans to discuss music without just trying to plug your video.
Encourage your friends to re-share your video links.
Encourage your friends to re-tweet your video link on Twitter
Promote your video on your own website and band pages
Share your video link on other social media sites Stumbleupon, Pinterest and everywhere else you can think of.
Fill out your bio and profile page – it lets everyone know all about you and helps us when writing news stories about bands and artists.
Keep coming back to vote for your own video!
Link your Facebook and Twitter profiles with your BEAT100 profile which can help you get more followers and likes on your facebook and Twitter accounts!

Don’ts
Don’t create false accounts to push up your votes; we’ll know.
Don’t spam people on Beat100 asking for votes
Don't spam users on via email and live chat, they will block you.
Don’t leave comments on other people’s videos solely asking for votes on your own video.
This could result in removal of your video from the BEAT100 Music Video Chart.

All users that attempt to spam the BEAT100 Network in anyway will have their accounts deleted without warning.

If you need any help please email info@beat100.com or refer to the help page found http://www.beat100.com/help/

We hope this helps. Good luck in next week's chart and hopefully you'll be rising to the top in no time!

From everyone on the BEAT100 team; Thank you for uploading your videos and we wish you the best of luck. Remember...

Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Rewarded

Did you know?

Two-times Chart-Topper, Dave Giles, created a facebook group for his fans to vote on his no.1 video, "Bangarang”. Every fan that voted for him every day gets their name in the "thank you's" in his next EP cd sleeve.