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Billboard to add streaming music, digital download services to its calculation for rankings

article published on 19 November, 2014

Billboard has announced that it will begin counting plays from streaming services when calculating its namesake music rankings. 1500 streams via sites like Spotify, Rdio or Beats Music will now equate to one album sale. Additionally, 10 individual song downloads will also count for one album sale. The Billboard 200 chart is highly regarded as the most important album sales chart in the industry. ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		22. November 2014 @ 12:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is like an announcement from a business stating "We won't screw you and steal your money".......IT'S AN F'ING GIVEN!!!

Billboard is so ghetto. 'Bout time they included these. Wonder what B.S. excuses they gave for not including the most popular digital medium to date.
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ivymike
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_ 		23. November 2014 @ 21:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And they show a pic of Ariana Grande (sic).
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