A&R Analytics

Graphitti
Roadmap

Updated May 2026 Status Web + Mobile in production for A&R Owner A&R Analytics

Three priorities now: clean up post-rollout friction, scale data accuracy through profile merging, and scope a Discovery Dashboard that surfaces unsigned talent without adding A&R overhead.

Stepping back from
Overall RCA line and current Genre views on the dashboard login
These views include all catalog for active artists, which doesn't match the financial label definition that corporate uses to grade RCA. Continuing to surface them risks anchoring leadership to numbers that won't reconcile with how Peter and Fleck actually measure the label. Aligning to that definition first; revisit once the data layer matches.
Section 01 · Shipped to A&R

In production

Live for A&R staff on web and mobile. Broader rollout to leadership is its own gate, dependent on the data scaling and label-definition work below.

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Infrastructure
Build-out and maintenance to scale efficiently
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Luminate transition
Migrated to new Luminate Snowflake data share
Shipped
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Shareable lists
Unified view of artists and songs being monitored
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Geographic views
US and Global maps of artist + song stream volume
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Deal status
Tag and track potential signings by stage
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A&R assignment
Assign and review who is on which artists
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Web app launch
UAT closed, in production for A&R
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Mobile app launch
In production for A&R
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User testing
Initial rollout complete; feedback driving the cleanup lane below
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Section 02 · Now

Three priorities

Sequenced, not parallel. Cleanup ships in days. Data scaling unblocks accuracy at scale. Discovery Dashboard is a scoping milestone — no build until scope is locked.

Lane 01
Cleanup & refinement
Surfaced from A&R user feedback post-rollout. Most are quick fixes; sequencing handled at the build level.
Desktop
  • Two master lists — Frontline and Trend Senate aggregates
  • "Add all" button — restore for markets and songs
  • % of total per market — on Ex-US and US Cities pages
  • "Albums Released" — remove (data unreliable, e.g. SZA shows 35)
  • "US" → "Artist" — on artist page, matches Songs / Albums framing
  • Songs page legend — replace with per-line tooltip on graph
  • Weekly aggregation toggle — match the mobile version
  • % chg behavior — should release when scrolling line, not stay fixed
  • Average streams dotted line — remove
  • "US Cities" → "US States" or "US Map"
Mobile
  • Spark lines — fix Ex-US instability
  • % change column — add to artists and tracks tables
  • Genre split — fix Rap separating from R&B/Hip-Hop; should be R&B and Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Axis labels — add x and y, match desktop
Lane 02
Data scaling & profile merging
Accuracy work that unblocks broader rollout to leadership. Subsumes several items that were "in progress" in March.
  • Artist profile merging — collapse duplicates, fix data gaps across sources
  • Global data — Ex-US and Global incorporation across the platform
  • Genre tagging — aggregate best metadata from Luminate, Chartmetric, Spotify
  • Label mapping — accurate label and distributor information
  • Financial label alignment — reconcile to corporate definition before broader leadership rollout
Lane 03 · Scoping
Discovery Dashboard
Strategic priority. A low-lift surface for unsigned talent so we don't miss the big ones. Net-new since the March roadmap.
Scope first, build second. Phase 01 defines what gets built. Phase 02 starts only when scope is locked.
Phase 01 · Scope
Define before build
  • User — A&R only, or does it surface to leadership?
  • Input signals — which Graphitti data points trigger inclusion?
  • Surface — one dashboard, multiple per genre, mobile-first?
  • Success metric — saves vs. signs, leads generated, hit rate?
Owner · Strategic Analytics
Phase 02 · Build
Begins once scope is locked
  • Engineering build to the locked spec
  • Internal A&R testing
  • Production rollout
Owner · Engineering · Gated on Phase 01
Section 03 · Next

After the three priorities

Carried forward from March's "Next Up." Sequencing depends on how Discovery Dashboard scopes — some of these may be subsumed.

MDR Report Integration
Fully integrate MDR reports used for lead generation into Graphitti
Social Follower & Engagement Data
Incorporate follower and engagement signals into artist evaluation
Deal Calculator 2.0
Project financial opportunity / floors based on existing artist business
Artist Evaluation Framework
Common framework for evaluating artists across signals
Section 04 · Parking lot

Held for review

Carried from March. Recommend a 60-day review: anything that hasn't moved gets cut or promoted.

Honey hole development
R&D on additional early signals for lead generation
Predictive streams algorithm
Forecast future streams to inform deal financials
TikTok post data
Incorporate post-level data for artist evaluation
Customized A&R reports
Lead reports tuned to individual A&R genre / cultural focus
Genre / space paradigm
Tool to flag which genres are likely to break next
Social mapping
Track who influential industry players are following
Spotify chart / playlist radar
Surface key chart and playlist adds for unsigned artists
RAG sentiment / psychographics
Hybrid LLM analyzing online conversation around artists
Shazamablam
Geographical translation identification
Section 05 · Open questions & roadblocks

For discussion

Carried from the March deck. Status to be updated.

Open

Status updates pending — owner to refresh.

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