matteocantiello

Thanks! Data sources are shown here: https://github.com/matteocantiello/88mph I agree it would be cool to not just expose the top singles of the year, but potentially choose the top songs in a different genre, so that pop isn't dominating. So maybe having the option to choose musical genre first (e.g. Metal, and the whole website's look changes to a dark-gothic UI :) and then navigate the charts of top metal hits for each country. Which reminds me I need to add Finland

Comment · 7 months ago

You are 100% right. I started with the 5 year interval for simplicity, and then I noticed what you pointed out for the exact same reason (I grew up with Grunge so this was very obvious to me as well). I started adding more granularity, so e.g. USA now has the full 2010–2025 charts set. My hope is to populate the whole map with higher temporal density moving forward (the https://88mph.fm/suggest feature is there for that reason too). Will probably have to think of a slightly different UI for the time selector, which is a fun challenge

Comment · 7 months ago

Thanks! Also from Italy :) For Italian hits I took data from this repo: https://www.hitparadeitalia.it//hp_yends/ But yes, there might be mistakes across the charts. Sources used are documented here: https://github.com/matteocantiello/88mph

Comment · 7 months ago

Thanks! The suggest feature should allow to add lists for new countries (just need to change the type): https://88mph.fm/suggest Let me know if it doesn't work for you

Comment · 7 months ago

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, there are still some inaccuracies that I am fixing manually. I implemented a suggest feature so that I can get some external help to expand and polish: https://88mph.fm/suggest

Comment · 7 months ago

Thanks! I'll fix that. Re charts: English-speaking countries were easy to scrape automatically, and recent charts for most countries were findable too. But older charts for non-English markets are a different story. For old Italian top 10s, for instance, I ended up relying on my own judgment and the fact that I speak the language. Trustable repos simply don't exist for a lot of that material. That's why I think crowdsourcing is the right call here, even if it's slower. And honestly, I like the idea of making this a collective exercise.