ARTIST ALERTS
Know the moment we add someone.
Every time a new artist is added to the scouting list, you get an email. Detailed scouting report, every metric, and exactly why we added them before anyone else hears about it.
19 years of discovering artists before they break. Now it is a dashboard.
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Each metric tells a story. Scroll to explore.
Our AI agent scouts TikTok 24/7, scanning hundreds of hashtags for emerging artists. Every find gets sent to Chad for a human listen. Most get cut. Only the real ones make it to your dashboard.
Streams, followers, UGC, social score. All updated daily. Click any stat to drill deeper.
See exactly how fast an artist is growing. Not just totals, but the rate of change that tells you where they are headed.
TikTok and Instagram UGC is the earliest signal of virality. We track it daily for every song in the catalog.
A proprietary 0-100 score measuring posting consistency across TikTok and Instagram. See who is building momentum and who has gone quiet.
Stream counts, daily velocity, TikTok UGC, Instagram UGC, and 14-day trend lines. See which songs are driving growth.
Every time a new artist is added to the scouting list, you get an email. Detailed scouting report, every metric, and exactly why we added them before anyone else hears about it.
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New artists, data signals, and what Chad is watching. Straight to your inbox. Free, no credit card.
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Before The Data is an AI-powered A&R scouting dashboard built by Chad Hillard, founder of Hillydilly. It tracks Spotify streams, TikTok UGC, Instagram followers, and social score for unsigned artists Chad is watching. Members get the live scouting dashboard, data spike alerts, weekly tracker email, and every new artist add before it goes anywhere else.
Chartmetric and Spotify for Artists are research tools. You go looking for artists. Before The Data does the filtering first. Chad listens to thousands of songs, applies 15+ years of A&R instinct, and only adds artists that have a real shot. You get the shortlist, not the firehose.
Spotify streams and daily velocity, TikTok UGC count, Instagram followers and post consistency, proprietary Social Score (0-100 updated daily), song-level breakdowns, 14-day trend charts, and spike alerts when an artist crosses a threshold.
The Social Score is a proprietary 0-100 number we calculate daily for every artist on the dashboard. It factors in TikTok posting frequency, Instagram posting frequency, and consistency over time. It's designed to show you which artists are actively building, not just who had one viral moment.
Before The Data is $49.99/month with a 7-day free trial. Cancel any time before day 8 and you won't be charged.
Yes. Cancel from your account settings at any time. If you cancel during the 7-day trial, you're not charged. No hoops, no questions.
A&R reps, managers, music supervisors, sync licensing teams, indie label scouts, and anyone whose job is finding artists before they cost a fortune to sign. If you're still using playlists and algorithms as your only discovery tool, this is the upgrade.