World Events
MusicID provides a summary of world events for each year so that you can see sales patterns in context. For example, in 1993 you can see sudden huge spikes in Michael Jackson sales, after a period of decline. With the world events reference, you can quickly find insight: Michael Jackson became the first major pop star to perform the Super Bowl halftime show. He was also accused of sexual abuse for the first time later that year; rather than hurting his sales, at a glance, it appears to have enhanced them.
While in MusicID, simply click on the years in the timeline at the bottom of each graph and follow the pop-up link to the World Events page.
DATA FOR EACH YEAR INCLUDES:
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s