Internet based method and system for ranking artists using a popularity profile

A method for determining characteristics of an audience at a concert, the method comprising steps of:

• receiving, by a computer system, artist information of an artist, the artist information comprising qualitative data and quantitative data;
• analyzing, by the computer system, a quantitative data portion of the artist information;
• analyzing, by the computer system, a qualitative data portion of the artist information using sentiment analysis, the sentiment analysis by natural language parsing to separate the qualitative data into pans of speech;
• calculating, by the computer system, an initial set of scores for a popularity of the artist based on the analysis of the quantitative data and the qualitative data of the artist information;
• updating, by the computer system, a ranking for the popularity of the artist in a database based on the initial set of scores, the database configured to provide rankings of several artists;
• determining, by the computer system, after waiting a predetermined amount of time, if new data has been updated to the artist information on die computer system;
• and
• if new data added has been updated, calculating, by the computer system, an updated set of scores for the artist information based on the new data, and update the ranking for the popularity of the artist on the database.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive artist information of an artist, the artist information comprising qualitative data and quantitative data;
• analyze a quantitative data portion of the artist information;
• analyze a qualitative data portion of the artist information using sentiment analysis, the sentiment analysis by natural language parsing to separate the qualitative data into parts of speech;
• calculate an initial set of scores for a popularity of the artist based on the analysis of the quantitative data and the qualitative data of the artist information;
• update a ranking for the popularity of the artist in a database based on the initial set of scores, the database configured to provide rankings of several artists;
• determine, after waiting a predetermined amount of time, if new data has been updated to the artist information;
• and
• if new data has been updated added, calculate an updated set of scores for the artist information based on the new data, and update the ranking for the popularity of the artist on the database.