Klou 2,365 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 People saying this makes the chart irrelevant are not thinking logically. Streaming is the reason albums aren't selling. They were forced to make the change. To continue to only count sales in 2014 is downright stupid when albums are struggling to sell 700K. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zack 15 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Listening to the same song 10 times doesn't equal listening to 1 album, whereas BB make it look like it "SoundScan and Billboard will count 1,500 song streams [...] as equivalent to an album sale." Ridiculous. Just because people have listened, it doesnt mean they liked it. Unless they listened to it 1500 times. Buying an album also doesn't mean you're gonna like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Adrenaline 1,518 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 People saying this makes the chart irrelevant are not thinking logically. Streaming is the reason albums aren't selling. They were forced to make the change. To continue to only count sales in 2014 is downright stupid when albums are struggling to sell 700K. listening to a song 1500x =/= buying whole album It's much more fun to have hizophrenia... u never get lonely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superman 32 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Not Billboard paying Taylor and her so called statements about the industry dust just 3 weeks from the release that shook the industry The revenge of Sportify hehe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zack 15 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 listening to 1500 songs = buying whole albumfixed it for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Adrenaline 1,518 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 fixed it for you no it's not 1 500 listens of single song doesn't mean that u will buy the album It's much more fun to have hizophrenia... u never get lonely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizoda 3,198 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 this new politic is not fair with artists who don't have a successful single Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstreak 6,653 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 no it's not 1 500 listens of single song doesn't mean that u will buy the album That's my thing, I would better understand the streaming rule if it was more fairly integrated. A multitude of people listening to just Roar alone 1500 times and no other song is not the same as 1 person buying the entirety of Prism no matter how you spin it. This merely benefits already long established singles artists and those that manage to score those rare one hit wonders. Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonna Lee 384 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Finally, counting sales only in 2014 is silly. agreed i like it when u treat me mean it turns my mood from black to blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Adrenaline 1,518 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 That's my thing, I would better understand the streaming rule if it was more fairly integrated. A multitude of people listening to just Roar alone 1500 times and no other song is not the same as 1 person buying the entirety of Prism no matter how you spin it. This merely benefits already long established singles artists and those that manage to score those rare one hit wonders. exactly , with the new rule the single artists will become album artists and the album artists will become flops It's much more fun to have hizophrenia... u never get lonely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azor Ahai 18,861 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 They are just doing this so music industry doesnt appear as bad as it currently is with 10k sales going #1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexxx 5,497 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 i thought it would be listening to almost the entirety of one album, or at least half of the songs from the album? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris777 112 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Bound to happen. This is not bad, they actually are thinking in the future of the chart. People b---hed about when Billboard included streaming on the HOT 100. And now it works perfectly fine. They are just doing this so music industry doesnt appear as bad as it currently is with 10k sales going #1 That did not happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 That's my thing, I would better understand the streaming rule if it was more fairly integrated. A multitude of people listening to just Roar alone 1500 times and no other song is not the same as 1 person buying the entirety of Prism no matter how you spin it. This merely benefits already long established singles artists and those that manage to score those rare one hit wonders. But before itunes, a lot of people would buy albums on the basis on 1 or 2 songs. You want Britney's hit singles, you gotta get a whole fillerfest album. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterSK 0 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I don't see the problem... Why's everyone like mad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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