How I go about this

design database on paper

make models

rails db:create rails g model artist name rails g model song name artist:belongs_to rails g model billboard name rails g model ranking rank:integer song:belongs_to billboard:belongs_to

try to create the seeds.rb file

gem 'faker', :git => 'https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker.git', :branch => 'master'

make changes/debug

create a controller with a basic display index, think of ways how you might want the data back

rails g controller home index --skip-routes

get basic data with the index

lets create another view thinking of different