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- Look up number of plays per period
- NOTE: Actually recording plays is partly outside scope (as it is partly the responsibility of the playback system not covered here)
- Group/sort number of plays per album
- May also highlight trends over time (e.g. based on when the album was releasereleased)
- Highlight relevant subgenres
- Add extra plays from outside of digital playback (e.g. CDs, Track Blaster)
- Search for specific releases in a list (for subjective ranking of ties)
- Distribute to genre music directors
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