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Mar 2016
37m 11s

Paul Grein

Billboard
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Welcome to Billboard's new Chart Beat Podcast, where host Gary Trust, Billboard's co-director of charts, and other members of Billboard's charts department analyze the numerous factors that go into making a Billboard chart hit. First up: longtime Billboard journalist Paul Grein, who discusses why music fans love following the charts. He also shares memories of his many years covering the business, including an interview with a shy, then-budding superstar, Michael Jackson.


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