Hello friends, Below is a mail I sent to Planet Bollywood and the reply from their editor...
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Samoogum Ramasamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:23:01 AM Subject: Top song ranking Dear sir/madam, I have a query regarding the recommended song of the week as published by your website. At number I see Lut Jaaon Lut Jaaon from Himesh's Karz and Tu Muskura from Rahman's Yuvvraaj. The ranking is contradictory both to the rating of PB and that of Public and also number of listeners who rated the songs. Can you please explain this. Am I missing something there? Niven Mauritius -------REPLY------- Dear Niven, Thank you for your query. PB Top 10 Songs' selection is based on a number of factors such as critical acclaim, our critics' recommendations, sales figures from India, the movie's status, the originality of the song, the originality of the composer and the overall package of the song. PB Rating and Public Rating are based on the overall soundtrack and not on a particular song. Hence, the Number One position is usually determined as per the criteria mentioned above and not solely on the PB Rating and Public Rating. Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you have further queries. Best Regards, Gianysh Toolsee Editor --- In [email protected], "nivensamy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello friends, > > Stil the figures are contradictory. Judging from 346 who rated > rahman's yuvvraaj compared to 122 listeners for Karz... > > I do agree that there are lot of himesh fans, just as in Mauritius but > the website figures are self-contradictory... I guess ranking is based > on something else that im missing... Anyway I will mail the site's > people and look for an answer. > > Niven. > > --- In [email protected], "Chord" <purevibz@> wrote: > > > > I disagree. There is no lobby or conspiracy. Yes, some common folk > > don't like ARR's music as much as we do, but ARR has achieved > > monumental success up North and is still widely regarded as the best. > > > > Karz has been out longer while Yuv just came out. Don't put too much > > stalk into the charts. There are lots of Himesh fans out there. > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Sivakumar V V" <kumarvvs@> wrote: > > > > > > the only place where arr song goes straight to the top is in tamil > nadu > > > of course for his tamil albums. > > > i always felt there's a some lobby against arr music in the north > indian > > > media. they dont publicise much. u can check out for eg 9XM doesnt > play > > > many arr numbers instead a lot of himesh. > > > > > > On 10/19/08, nivensamy <nivensrn@> wrote: > > > > guys, I find Planet Bollywood's top song of the week paradoxical. > > > > > > > > http://www.planetbollywood.com/top10Songs.php > > > > > > > > A track from Karzzz with PB rating: 5.5/10 and public rating : > 5.88 to > > > > be top song compared to 'TU MUSKURA' from Yuvvraaj with PB Rating : > > > > 9/10 and public rating : 9.23 and being at number two... > > > > > > > > I dont understand!!!! IS it based on sales? > > > > > > > > Niven (Mauritius) > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
