Example sentences for: soundscan

How can you use “soundscan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Bookscan, for instance, is a system made and marketed by Soundscan, the company that brings you the music industry's greatest-hits charts.

  • Now it's wham-bam: An album isn't catching on in a week or two (as measured by Soundscan) and the plug gets pulled on promotion, the CD gets pulled from racks, etc.

  • You don't need to sit through the whole two hours--particularly when you could be watching figure skating on TNT--but flip over occasionally to see if you can catch John Travolta's 1975 screen test for the role of Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Kotter . At 9 PM, music fans who really care which CDs topped the Soundscan charts this year may want to turn to a rerun of the 9th Annual Billboard Music Awards on VH1.

  • Soundscan gets its numbers from a scanning device installed at checkout counters at more than 85 percent of all music outlets in America.

  • The system is the UPC or in the case of books a EAN/ISBN number that when a book is scanned by a retailer identifies the book, format, suggested price point, genre, etc. --Tom Fogarty, Soundscan executive in charge of Bookscan.


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