WME representation signals ยท Public audience data
Could Radar have found them earlier?
First reported WME signing is the date on the original public story we found that announced the relationship. It is the best public reference point, not necessarily the private contract date.
How Radar gets ahead
We replay the audience data available before each first reported WME signing. This identifies the point at which Radar could have surfaced an artist before the public deal story.
The study applies one consistent rule: at least two audience platforms must move more than usual in the same period, after the artist has reached 5,000 Spotify monthly listeners.
WME's actual signing dates and deal scope would allow us to train and validate the model against historic decisions, then test it on artists it has not seen before.
The result is a score designed to put the right artists in front of you sooner, with the audience signals that explain why.