Guides

Short explainers on how the charts work and on the music in them. Start with how to read a chart, or jump to the one you are curious about.

• How to read a music chart
  A plain-English guide to reading music charts: what a rank really measures, what 'new entry' and 'climber' mean, and why radio, sales and Shazam charts rarely agree.
• The Galgalatz chart, explained
  What Galgalatz (Army Radio's music station) is, what its weekly Hebrew and international charts tell you, and how to read them next to sales and Shazam data.
• What the Shazam chart tells you (and what it doesn't)
  How to read the Shazam Israel Top 200: what an identification measures, why it favors songs you hear in public, and why it often surfaces new tracks before radio does.
• The iTunes Israel Top 25, explained
  How to read Apple's iTunes Israel Top 25: what a store chart reflects, why it is short and fast-moving, and how it differs from radio and Shazam charts.
• A short guide to the sounds of Israeli music
  From Mizrahi and Mediterranean pop to Hebrew rock, hip-hop and psytrance: a short, plain guide to the main styles in Israeli music and the artists who defined them.