Abstract: An apparatus to generate a playlist of media created by emerging artists for use by a media distribution center in response to purchasing decisions stored on a website comprises a storage unit configured to receive and store a plurality of media titles from a plurality of emerging artists, an interface for communicating data associated with at least a portion of the stored media titles, and a processor in communication with said storage unit and said interface. The processor is configured to permit a plurality of users to purchase a media title from the emerging artists, record sales data associated with the media titles, generate a playlist of selected media titles in response to parameters associated with the media titles and selected by a media distribution center, wherein at least one of the parameters is related to a the sales data, and transmit data associated with the selected media titles to the interface.