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How vocumi scores artists

Definitions, inputs, freshness, and limits.

vocumi is the A&R workspace for discovering, evaluating, tracking, and deciding on talent. This page is the public methodology for the numbers on that desk. It is not a hit predictor and it is not a real-time terminal.

Last reviewed 2026-11-03 UTC. Formulas in product code can change; this page describes the live Soundcharts-backed composite, not a promise of future weights.

What is the metric hierarchy?

One composite for the shortlist. Separate attention and trajectory signals. A different Scout Score for discovery ranking. A roster-only breakout watch.

Overall shortlist scale. vocumi Score is a 0–100 composite of four pillars (Productivity, Market Reach, Fan Investment, Catalog Health). Independence is a fifth equal pillar only when a real label string exists. Hype and Trend are not in the composite.
Short-term attention. Hype Score is a separate 0–100 attention metric. It is not artistic quality and it is not the vocumi Score.
Trajectory on names you hold. Trend Score estimates week-over-week change in vocumi Score from metric history. Intensity (RSI) and Momentum (MACD) are Data Analysis overlays on a selected metric’s weekly history, Pro/Team.
Discovery ranking (not the same score). Scout Score ranks similar-artist recommendations (popularity and followers). High Potential on that path is Scout Score ≥ 75, not vocumi Score ≥ 75.
Roster breakout watch. Rising Stars alerts fire when a roster artist newly crosses trend above 20 and hype under 80, after the weekly metrics job, once per crossing.

How often is artist data updated?

Roster metrics are not real-time. The artist-metrics job targets Sunday 06:00 UTC and keeps at least seven days between roster refreshes. Off-roster names fade to slower cadences. Artist Pulse runs only when you request it. Vibe Search is an on-demand text brief. Rising Stars fires after the weekly job, once per crossing.

Metric definitions

vocumi Score

composite · 0–100

Measures: A shared scale for comparing artists already on a roster or shortlist.
Purpose: Give the room one number to argue about. It does not measure artistic quality and it does not predict a hit.
Inputs: Four equal pillars when Independence is unused: Productivity, Market Reach, Fan Investment, Catalog Health. When a real label is known, Independence is a fifth 20% pillar.
Source: Licensed Soundcharts metrics plus Spotify identity/search display. Chartmetric is not the live scoring API.
Freshness: Recalculated when an artist is added (deeper hydrate) and on the weekly roster metrics pipeline (Sunday 06:00 UTC target, at least seven days between roster refreshes).
Plans: Visible on the desk for artists you hold. Paid plans differ by roster size, not by a different formula.
Limits: Not a financial valuation, not a forecast, not real-time.

Productivity

pillar · 0–100

Measures: Release recency and release frequency.
Purpose: See whether the catalog is still being worked.
Inputs: Album and track release dates from the weekly/score Soundcharts hydrate.
Source: Soundcharts catalog when metrics are enabled; legacy Spotify albums when they are not.
Freshness: Weekly roster job; preserved on light refreshes that do not fetch catalog.
Plans: Part of vocumi Score on names you hold.
Limits: Does not judge song quality.

Market Reach

pillar · 0–100

Measures: How far the act already travels in market signals.
Purpose: Context for size, not a taste score.
Inputs: On the Soundcharts score path: Spotify popularity, playlist reach, and Soundcharts score. Weekly cron uses a lighter hydrate, so playlist and sc_score may wait for a deeper pass.
Source: Soundcharts and Spotify display popularity.
Freshness: Weekly plus on-add score-mode hydrate.
Plans: Part of vocumi Score.
Limits: Popularity is not ticket sales.

Fan Investment

pillar · 0–100

Measures: Audience that stays, relative to vanity size.
Purpose: Separate followers from investment.
Inputs: Monthly listeners, summed social audience, Soundcharts fanbase, follower/popularity skew.
Source: Soundcharts audience fields on the v2 path.
Freshness: Weekly plus on-add score-mode hydrate.
Plans: Part of vocumi Score.
Limits: Not a bank statement or royalty forecast.

Catalog Health

pillar · 0–100

Measures: Release recency plus gap consistency, with optional event density.
Purpose: See whether the back catalog is still alive as a working catalog.
Inputs: Release dates and optional events from Soundcharts weekly/score hydrate.
Source: Soundcharts catalog.
Freshness: Weekly; preserved on light refreshes.
Plans: Part of vocumi Score.
Limits: Not a streaming-royalty model.

Independence

pillar · 0–100

Measures: How independent the recorded-identity looks from the label string.
Purpose: A fifth composite pillar only when a real label is known. A placeholder 50 does not enter the composite.
Inputs: Label string scored in code.
Source: Soundcharts / catalog label field.
Freshness: With the score hydrate.
Plans: Shown as a card; only weights the composite when the label is real.
Limits: Not a legal independence certificate.

Hype Score

separate · 0–100

Measures: Short-term attention relative to other signals.
Purpose: Read heat without treating it as the vocumi Score.
Inputs: On the v2 cron path: popularity, fan investment, market reach, social sum, Soundcharts trending.
Source: Soundcharts-backed v2 when enabled.
Freshness: Weekly roster job.
Plans: On the artist row. Rising Stars uses hype as a cap, not as the composite.
Limits: A spike is not a floor. vocumi does not scrape TikTok as a product.

Trend Score

separate · Estimated vocumi Score change per week

Measures: Slope of vocumi Score history.
Purpose: See whether the composite is climbing or fading on names you hold.
Inputs: vocumi Score history (linear fit when enough points exist). Thin history may fall back to Soundcharts growth_level.
Source: Persisted metric history.
Freshness: Written on each metrics save.
Plans: Roster watch. Rising Stars requires trend strictly above 20.
Limits: Not a forecast of the next chart.

Scout Score

discovery · 0–100

Measures: Ranking inside Similar Artists / Scouting Pool recommendations.
Purpose: Sort emerging neighbours. This is not vocumi Score.
Inputs: Spotify popularity (80%) plus a follower component (20%). High Potential on this path is Scout Score ≥ 75.
Source: Similar-artist recommendation rows. The global pool RPC also includes scout ≥ 80 or is_high_potential.
Freshness: Scout cycle and similar-artist jobs, not the Sunday roster score formula.
Plans: Scouting Pool is Pro/Team. Similar Artists limits vary by plan.
Limits: Not a city radar. Pool is roster-genre matched.

Rising Stars / breakout watch

watch · Boolean crossing

Measures: Roster artists who newly show trend > 20 and hype < 80.
Purpose: A once-per-crossing alert after the weekly job, not a catalog-wide overnight hunt.
Inputs: trend_score and hype_score on roster names.
Source: Weekly artist-metrics wave, then breakout-watch.
Freshness: After the weekly pipeline. 28-day cooldown. Pulse is a separate on-demand brief.
Plans: breakout_alerts on Pro/Team.
Limits: Does not predict a hit. Does not watch names you have not added.

Intensity and Momentum

separate · RSI and MACD on the selected metric

Measures: Technical overlays on weekly history of a chosen metric (often vocumi Score).
Purpose: Read whether a series is stretched or turning. Not hype itself.
Inputs: Weekly metric history. RSI period 14. MACD 12/26/9.
Source: Desk Data Analysis (Pro/Team technical_analysis).
Freshness: As history exists from the weekly job.
Plans: Pro and Team.
Limits: Not a trading signal and not a hit forecast.

Artist Pulse

watch · Written brief

Measures: On-demand sentiment, social, touring, and press for an artist already on the roster.
Purpose: A reading before a call. It does not overwrite vocumi Score.
Inputs: Public and licensed sources gathered when you run Pulse.
Source: On-demand generation, not the Sunday metrics cron.
Freshness: Only when you run it. Pro/Team include a weekly quota (currently 3 per week per entitlements). Per-artist cooldown applies in product.
Plans: Pro and Team. Credits can unlock Pulse when quota is exhausted.
Limits: Not a weekly auto-agenda. Not a ticket or Shazam product.

Frequently asked questions

Does vocumi Score predict a hit?

No. It is a 0–100 composite for comparing names you hold. It is not artistic quality and it does not predict a chart.

Is vocumi real-time?

No. Roster metrics refresh on a weekly pipeline. Artist Pulse is on-demand. Vibe Search is an on-demand text query.

What data vendor sits behind the scores?

vocumi licenses artist metrics from Soundcharts. Spotify is used for search and identity/display. Chartmetric is catalog intelligence as a different job, not the live vocumi scoring API.

Is Scout Score the same as vocumi Score?

No. Scout Score ranks similar-artist recommendations. vocumi Score is the roster composite. High Potential on the scout path is Scout Score ≥ 75, not vocumi Score ≥ 75.

Which plans see which signals?

The formula does not change by plan. Roster size, Vibe, Pulse, Scouting Pool, technical analysis, reports, and breakout alerts do. See /pricing for live Lemon Squeezy prices and entitlements.

Related: vocumi Score · Glossary · How vocumi differs · A&R topics · Pricing.

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