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Nielsen BDS is a North American organization that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs. Nielsen BDS reports are a contributing factor to North American charts such as Billboard Hot 100, Canadian Hot 100, Airplay Monitor, and Canadian Music Network magazines when combined with sales and streaming data. These reports are especially pertinent to pop and commercial artists as the daily BDS reports are reviewed by radio execs, record companies, publishers, promoters, retailers, and artist managers. These industry insiders are scanning these reports for trending and potentially up & coming artists.
In order to submit your recording for airplay tracking NeilsenBDS requires both ISRC and UPC codes.
MP3 and WAV files accepted.

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