BTS' RM addresses comments about “chart manipulation”

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He pulled the boy band and K-pop cards? 

 

They're targets because what their fanbase does is beyond ridiculous and they would even find ways around a weight change for streaming. I wouldn't want them blacklisted from charts but if Billboard can't change the rules in order to show a better representation of what's popular, how will things be compiled? They could technically take the x most popular genre charts (by total sales per genre) and then compile the list that way, but it would purposefully exclude K-Pop and that'd be problematic. But the Army is also problematic. 

[Hyperobject 66,771]

Oh no, I feel so bad about history of mistreatment of boy bands, boy bands suffer so much in the industry  

 

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Respectable response

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And no, Billboard should't make streaming weigh even more, they should stop counting different versions of one song towards chart positions

And, yes, it's about Taylor and other american artists who do that too 

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My take is that a physical purchase should count the same as a stream. They are both indications of popularity. If the Hot 100 aims to reflect the most popular song in the US at a given time, it should do that in a way that reflects how music is consumed, which is prominently via streams. The chart will be (and is) too fan-dominated due to physical purchases.

I also think that all these remixes of a song shouldn't be able to count as individual sales towards the original track. Again, it leads to fan domination which is not representative of general popularity. 

I understand a lot of this will impact Gaga but - honestly - so be it. A part of me thinks that equalising a stream and a sale will even out the unfairness anyway. I don't think Gaga - or any artist - should be No.1 on a general chart because a small minority paid to listen to a song or album. It's irrelevant. 

[LaLa 19,780]

13 minutes ago, ororo munroe said:

And no, Billboard should't make streaming weigh even more, they should stop counting different versions of one song towards chart positions

And, yes, it's about Taylor and other american artists who do that too 

Yes exaaaactly!

I'm fine with the current weighting of sales vs premium streams vs free streams. But artists should have to choose ONE digital version that counts towards the charts and that's it. No remixes, instrumentals, different covers etc adding up to 16 chances to buy "one" song. That's manipulation pure and simple. 

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Funny how Billboard were so quick to act when Dua Lipa was accused of chart manipulation, but for BTS its crickets. Poor oppressed boybands  

[Wolf 1,328]

Here we go with the oppression olympics