Billboard should just call themselves a radio reporting site and rank based on only radio plays and streaming. They are basically reporting on the ranking of ads and paid promotions. When they discredit sales they are discrediting the proven measurement of music consumption that used to be the standard.
Billboard should just call themselves a radio reporting site and rank based on only radio plays and streaming. They are basically reporting on the ranking of ads and paid promotions. When they discredit sales they are discrediting the proven measurement of music consumption that used to be the standard.
No other country on earth calculates this way either. Almost no charts globally even count radio. The power dynamics between major radio corps and Billboard, all private companies, ensure radio will never be demoted in the chart ratio. Corporations make sure they win, while artists + consumers lose.
Billboard should just call themselves a radio reporting site and rank based on only radio plays and streaming. They are basically reporting on the ranking of ads and paid promotions. When they discredit sales they are discrediting the proven measurement of music consumption that used to be the standard.
Literally, at this point, almost all songs on the HOT 100 are not the "GP's choice". And when a fandom plays by Billboard's own rules and buys the music it's "chart manipulation" like Billboard doesn't allow for multiple copies per basket to count. Then they act surprised that there is a tangible demand for BTS (as evidenced by ALL the stadiums BTS can easily sell out in almost any big city) and their fans are more than willing to pay their artists more and them less. 
But I give them credit for brainwashing kpop stans and pop stans into thinking their charts are even credible at this point with how much payola is favored more because it pays their bottom line at the end of the day. That takes successful marketing to think companies paying 50-200K per radio spin and force-feeding us songs until we condition our brains into thinking it's very popular because it's overplayed AF as a "general public hit." 
Literally, at this point, almost all songs on the HOT 100 are not the "GP's choice". And when a fandom plays by Billboard's own rules and buys the music it's "chart manipulation" like Billboard doesn't allow for multiple copies per basket to count. Then they act surprised that there is a tangible demand for BTS (as evidenced by ALL the stadiums BTS can easily sell out in almost any big city) and their fans are more than willing to pay their artists more and them less.
But I give them credit for brainwashing kpop stans and pop stans into thinking their charts are even credible at this point with how much payola is favored more because it pays their bottom line at the end of the day. That takes successful marketing to think companies paying 50-200K per radio spin and force-feeding us songs until we condition our brains into thinking it's very popular because it's overplayed AF as a "general public hit."
I don’t think anyone who knows a little about music truly believe their charts are credible. It’s the same thing for Grammy really. Who truly believes the best songs/artists are rewarded?!
We just play the game because it’s the biggest market in the world, the most famous awards/chart and if you top this chart, it be on the news everywhere. But let’s be real, it’s not even the most difficult chart to top.
What’s worse is that the labels are in on it with the streaming apps. It’s why artists make so little. It’s the only reason why labels agreed to have their music given away for free. They ( the major western labels) own shares in Spotify and that’s why their artists are usually pushed on Spotify also. Streaming and radio are the least organic of all measurement. Between the free promo that doesn’t represent actual consumption, corruption of payola and shady connections, and the manipulation of numbers by streaming farms/quid pro quo deals/radio brokers/etc. it leaves very little room for “ organic “ streams. Especially when organic streams are being filtered out based on no quantifiable system other than because a “ AI” supposedly exists. LMAO about that ridiculous reason when they can’t even filter streaming farms or streams that make absolutely no sense. Seriously a town of a few thousand is really streaming millions of times for one specific song, make that make any sense.
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