BUtterfield 8 38,339 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Under the new rules, which will be implemented at a start date to be announced, all albums bundled with either merchandise or concert tickets must be promoted as an add-on to those purchases in order to be counted on the charts. Those included as part of a baked-in, single-price option (along with the merchandise or ticket), with the album cost undisclosed to the consumer, will no longer be counted. It is Billboardâs belief that the resulting charts will more accurately reflect consumer choice. In addition, Billboard will no longer allow sales of physical albums or singles that are bundled with digital downloads to be reported as digital sales, thereby eliminating the practice of âspontaneousâ non-manufactured items being used to influence first-week chart rankings. Only when the physical item -- ostensibly what the consumer is buying -- is shipped, will it be counted in Billboardâs official tallies. The practice of selling vinyl, CDs and other physical releases that wonât be manufactured and shipped to consumers for weeks or months -- while offering a digital download that can be redeemed instantly -- has become widespread as of late, with artists including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and 6ix9ine all recently using the tactic to boost their chart positions. The latest rule changes will render that tactic ineffectual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Drew Bieber 25,317 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Sorry Katy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babel 40,887 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 It doesnât make sense to me. The album apparently would come as a gift for buying the concert ticket, itâs still fraudulent imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 55,820 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 If labels knew this was happening early it might explain why the CB was left up in the air for so long. If it's just delayed then they can still get those sweet sweet album bundle deals locked in. Purr more, hiss less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoj305 2,501 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Heracross said: Sorry Katy Isnât she dropping in august ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 66,984 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 what about merch? so many shirts and etc come w the album, but I guess if they offer without the album that is the choice? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Leoj305 said: Isnât she dropping in august ? There's no way she'd announce dates before October 2 tho Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack3257 473 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Completely agree with this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.peter 3,515 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 18 minutes ago, weed said: what about merch? so many shirts and etc come w the album, but I guess if they offer without the album that is the choice? Thats why they have the rule, that the merch must be available to purchased w/o the album in order to count Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUtterfield 8 38,339 Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperballad 4,268 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 at least we got Chromatica before this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopEmergency 2,167 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 was hoping for @ProjectJoanne to get that next album to BB#1 with forced JockStrap bundles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzkill 3,957 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Well, the sales number will decrease soooooo much  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzkill 3,957 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, derpmonster said: There's no way she'd announce dates before October 2 tho But i think the show doesnt have to be due oct 2, only the sale has to happen before oct 2, isnt it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 25,164 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, PopEmergency said: was hoping for @ProjectJoanne to get that next album to BB#1 with forced JockStrap bundles There was something wrong with the shipments so everything had to be canceled, just like Earth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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