RAMROD 102,961 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Billboard has set start dates for new rule changes to its charts doing away with the controversial practice of "bundling" albums with concert tickets and merchandise to drive market share and music sales. The changes also affect instant digital sales attached to purchases for physical albums delivered at a later date. Effective immediately, Billboard will no longer approve any new album/ticket bundle offers; moving forward albums will only be counted if promoted as an à la carte add-on sale to a ticket purchase. For existing, approved offers with an album released on or before Oct. 8, 2020: Redemptions (sales) generated by offer will be accepted for duration of the tour or offer. Sales will be chart eligible, but only for tickets sold through Oct. 8, 2020. For existing, approved offers with an album released on or after Oct. 9, 2020: Redemptions (sales) generated by offer will be accepted for duration of the tour or offer. However, sales will not be chart eligible and will only count for a title’s release-to-date sales; and only for tickets sold through Oct. 8, 2020. As for merchandise/album bundles, beginning Oct. 9, no further sales of albums can be reported if bundled with merchandise, even if the album and merchandise are available à la carte. Albums scheduled for release on or before Oct. 8 can report sales generated from the bundles, but only through Oct. 8. Albums slated for release on or after Oct. 9 cannot report any sales generated from a merchandise bundle -- merchandise being defined as anything that is not the album itself, including (but not limited to) clothing, paper goods, accessories, virtual items, concert presale codes, contest entries with No Purchase Necessary entrance options and fan club access. As with ticket bundles, beginning Oct. 9, an album must be promoted as an add-on to a merchandise purchase, not baked into the price of the non-album item, and it must not yield any benefits or discounts to the customer, in order to be counted. Physical format albums sold as part of a finished goods boxed set/package that may contain artist/album-branded merchandise items can continue to count as a sale as normal, but only after advance approval. When it comes to signed merchandise/album bundles that go on sale between Aug. 7 and Oct. 8, the offers must be live and for sale on the artist’s approved direct-to-consumer store or webstore no later than 11:59:59 p.m. EST on the album’s first day of release to be counted for the charts or for release-to-date sales. Any additional signed merchandise/album bundles offered beyond the album’s first day of release between those dates will not be counted for the charts or release-to-date sales. New rules governing the bundling of physical albums or singles with immediate digital downloads will also go into effect on Aug. 7. From that date forward, any physical album or single sold with a digital download will not be counted as a digital sale and will only be counted as a physical sale upon shipment to the customer. In cases where multiple physical formats of the same album or single are bundled with digital downloads, only the first physical format that is fulfilled to the customer will be counted. Source: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9419979/billboards-new-bundle-chart-rules-start-date (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ✧*:・゚ 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒-𝚒-𝚒-𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝...! (*´艸`*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessyTop 14,051 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 We been knew! this is from 2 weeks ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaymie 840 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, MessyTop said: We been knew! this is from 2 weeks ago I think that article didn't have the start date Chaymie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RAMROD 102,961 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, MessyTop said: We been knew! this is from 2 weeks ago No we don't. That article/thread does not have the start date, (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ✧*:・゚ 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒-𝚒-𝚒-𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝...! (*´艸`*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessyTop 14,051 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, RAMROD said: No we don't. That article/thread does not have the start date, We had 3-5 threads about it. It’s fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 102,961 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 minute ago, MessyTop said: We had 3-5 threads about it. It’s fine. And none of it had the start date either, as this article that I posted from is paid member only, not many know about it, I am just trying to be helpful here. (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ✧*:・゚ 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒-𝚒-𝚒-𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝...! (*´艸`*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessyTop 14,051 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 minute ago, RAMROD said: And none of it had the start date either, as this article that I posted from is paid member only, not many know about it, I am just trying to be helpful here. It’s fine. I’m just saying. We been knew. Old news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 131,825 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Doot said: she knew so this is why she released folklore with thousands of bundles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versace 7,785 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 At the end of the day business is business and an artist's label will utilize every business opportunity. You guys can joke on artists who sell through bundles but everyone is doing it, including your favs. There is a clear demand for these bundles. Labels won't waste millions of dollars just cause you think it's taboo or gimmicky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,445 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Can they retract 6ix9ines “#1” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doja scat 14,877 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Versace said: At the end of the day business is business and an artist's label will utilize every business opportunity. You guys can joke on artists who sell through bundles but everyone is doing it, including your favs. There is a clear demand for these bundles. Labels won't waste millions of dollars just cause you think it's taboo or gimmicky. Tea. Stans love to shade artists that use bundles but literally Stan artists that use bundles to sell albums themselves don’t get stabbed with the (b)rat tooth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where is LG7 3,720 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 so Chromatica EP for september 25 confirmed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Very Gaga Holida 19,868 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Can't they just stop it, instead of doing it slowly like it's some kind of presidency sh*t? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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