Launched in 2009, Next Big Sound is the leading provider of online music analytics and insights. Next Big Sound measures daily music consumption and purchase decisions around the globe and makes it all available in a single dashboard. From Facebook fans to sales, Next Big Sound combines artist activity with context to help the modern music industry make decisions. Next Big Sound is used by thousands of individual bands and managers as well as the biggest labels and distributors in the world. Next Big Sound powers the Social 50 and Next Big Sound branded chart for Billboard.