[Tony Done]

"Mike Brown" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Tony Done" wrote:

I wouldn't have guessed that either. I'm also surprised at the uniformity
and flatness of the proportion, in spite of changing genres and industry
marketing techniques. Like Les, I would like to see some kind of frequency
statistics, though I wouldn't have said power law. More likely something
like Poisson, though my stats theory isn't good enough for the fine print
of
that.

Tony D

Of course they are talking about the "Top 100". Many of them may have
crept in at position 99 or 100 with a once in a lifetime stroke of luck
rather than a heap of talent. We are talking about popularity not
quality.

MJRB

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That's true, and very likely accounts for the great bulk of the effect. I
wonder how many one hit wonders make the top 10? A much smaller proportion I
would guess.

Tony D