Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

spin (n.)

Arabic translation:

عدد مرات إذاعة الأغنية / طلب إذاعتها

Added to glossary by maiabulela
Dec 14, 2010 21:39
13 yrs ago
English term

spin (n.)

English to Arabic Art/Literary Music Music Albums and songs
Rihanna, the singer, says about her single "SOS":

"SOS jumps up a few hundred spins every week which is excellent"

What's the Arabic translation of the word "spin" in that context?

Thanks a lot.

Discussion

marwa_adam Dec 15, 2010:
U welcome Mai! cheers!
maiabulela (asker) Dec 15, 2010:
Thanks a lot.
Arabic & More Dec 15, 2010:
Also, I agree with you that this does not seem to be about sales, but not for the reason you mentioned as it is possible to buy singles separately from complete albums.
Arabic & More Dec 15, 2010:
To me, it sounds like this is referring to how many times the song is played by radio stations each week. Here is a link that discusses the history of the word:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100404040839AA...
maiabulela (asker) Dec 14, 2010:
I don't know if it has something to do with selling rate because it's a single not an album, right?
Thanks.

Proposed translations

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عدد مرات إذاعة وطلب الأغنية

ورغم ظهور This is it يوم الإثنين من الأسبوع

إلا أنها تفوقت على أغنية المطربة Cheryl Cole

عضوة فريق Girls Aloud و إسم أغنيتها Fight For This Love

وذلك بناءاً على حصر لعدد مرات الإذاعة والطلب على الأغنية

وعدد القنوات التى قامت بالإذاعة طبقاً ل Nielsen Music Control

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Spin (radio)
Note from asker:
can't thank you enough!
Peer comment(s):

agree TargamaT team : إذاعة الأغنية Spin (radio), a single play of a song
8 mins
Many thanks Targamat
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