Billboard Top 100 Now Includes Downloads
The Hot 100 list was historically calculated from a combination of airplay and retail single sales, but in the late 90s with the decreasing availability of singles, radio play become the primary factor.
The new change provides more direct consumer influence on the rankings and has already seen their effects. According to the article:
Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" made the top five more because of its popularity online than radio airplay, said Silvio Pietroluongo, Hot 100 chart manager.
Similarly, 50 Cent's new single "Candy Shop" will jump from No. 30 to No. 8 next week because it is the most popular downloaded song, he said.
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Only problem is radio will still influence what is popular to download... :(
Edit - Maybe we'll get to the point where downloads will influence radio play.
Freaking awesome... I'm sick of record companies paying off radio stations to play the same crap song over and over and making it #1...
Only problem is radio will still influence what is popular to download... :(
Edit - Maybe we'll get to the point where downloads will influence radio play.
Well... more interesting is perhaps maybe website coverage will affect rankings.
arn
Hmm... Maybe I could ask my dad to find out for me. The company he works for is owned by the company that owns Billboard...
Fishes,
narco.
Yeah, finally a good way to calculate songs. It's sick how record companies pay radio station to play the song, then in turn get their song on a top spot on Billboard. Now if they want a top spot, they're going to have to pay iTMS.
Fishes,
narco.
I hope they don't have to pay iTMS! I want it to be a democracy... then maybe we can get rid of some of this crap music out there.
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