Hot 100 under fire for radio payola

[Bronco 26,573]

Payola?! 
On the mainstream media charts in America?! 

Groundbreaking

[JRCF29 8,230]

Unpopular opinion on this thread, I see, but radio still counts for something. A majority of Americans still listen to AM/FM radio.

[monketsharona 90,348]

Hot 100 charts have been such a bore fest for years now tbh. Radio needs to be lowered in points, nobody's listening radios that much in 2020s

[River 127,986]

radio should be just removed from the charts, it's irrelevant  

[TaylorSwift 162,901]

3 minutes ago, River said:

radio should be just removed from the charts, it's irrelevant  

why not remove the charts?

[River 127,986]

7 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

why not remove the charts?

Are u crazy, she who must not be named would sue billybored and make a 3 pages thesis about it and re re re re re release all her discography once again 

[TaylorSwift 162,901]

3 minutes ago, River said:

Are u crazy, she who must not be named would sue billybored and make a 3 pages thesis about it and re re re re re release all her discography once again 

but maybe the return of BTS would be canceled

[ManMan 3,979]

3 hours ago, River said:

my feet can't handle the beat with all the fire 

use paYOURla, no returnanana~~~

[JustJames 1,092]

There’s so much wrong with the title of this thread and sentiment of pop music stans. Billboard doesn’t own any channel of music consumption, including FM radio, so why would they be “under fire” for people’s issues with radio, even IF there’s payola at play (which there’s no evidence of)? If there is, that’s between the label/ A&R and station accepting the bribe.

But, there’s nothing wrong with having multiple means of promoting a song. Everyone knows streaming is influenced by bots and playlists, so how is only counting streams any fairer? Playlist curators are the equivalent of radio programmers. Just like streaming platforms use audience data to determine continued placement, radios use callout scores, requests, etc., to decide on increasing/ decreasing spins.

The fact a song can chart because a few markets respond well on Radio should be celebrated- the US has a wide range of taste in music, and just like local artists chart on their respective countries’ Charts, the Hot 100 should reflect that. There’s opportunity for manipulation and corruption across every channel and platform, but that’s always been the case.

[Gagaism 12,484]

I mean yeah, but the radio payola is not the only issue when we *supposedly* also have streaming payola, so then the whole system seems to be ****ed up. 

[JustJames 1,092]

And for everyone worried about how boring the Hot 100 “has become” due radio, why is it the Global 200 top 10-20 has been filled with almost the same number of 2024 hits all year? And why does every other country’s streaming-and-sales-only Charts look fairly similar overall outside of local acts, etc.?

The streaming charts are just as stale and boring and (likely) corrupted. The outrage over radio enabling a song to Chart at #98 is just silly.

[Sugar Baby 1,005]

How is Radio so relevant in 2025? 
who the **** is still using that ****? 

[VTV 14,021]

yeah and water is wet

[southpaw773 4,377]

Fraudboard 100.  Pretends to be shocked. 
who listens to the radio anymore anyway. 

[NickiMinajStan 6,894]

I mean, I was expecting a bit more than 4 tweets, but I'll take it I guess . They're fraudulent, wbk