Billboard To Start Counting Youtube Streams For Hot 100

[William Bassington]

Hot 100 News: Billboard and Nielsen Add YouTube Video Streaming to Platforms | Billboard

Billboard and Nielsen announced today the addition of U.S. YouTube video streaming data to its platforms, which includes an update to the methodology for the Billboard Hot 100, the preeminent singles chart.

The YouTube streaming data is now factored into the chart's ranking, enhancing a formula that includes Nielsen's digital download track sales and physical singles sales; as well as terrestrial radio airplay, on-demand audio streaming, and online radio streaming, also tracked by Nielsen.

Billboard is now incorporating all official videos on YouTube captured by Nielsen's streaming measurement, including Vevo on YouTube, and user-generated clips that utilize authorized audio into the Hot 100 and the Hot 100 formula-based genre charts – Hot Country Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B Songs, Rap Songs, Hot Latin Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs – to further reflect the divergent platforms for music consumption in today's world.

fukkin awful idea if you ask me, just awful

 

[Czerka]

Now Curtis can finally get a hit

 

[dre]

i mean....we all know payola goes on as far as what gets on the radio

but youtube stats can be blatantly cooked...bad idea

 

[William Bassington]

i mean....we all know payola goes on as far as what gets on the radio

but youtube stats can be blatantly cooked...bad idea

these G-Unti stand bout to eat

 

[Dettol]

http://www.the-coli.com/booth/90881...billboard-hot-100-positions.html#.USWW6qVwqP8

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Silly move. Hackers and script kiddies are gonna run wild with this shyt.

 

[Never Broke Again]

well the quality of music videos will increase

 

[g-ice]

With this idea 50 'bout to have a #1 again.

Rihanna gonna have a zillion #1 hits...that's for sure.

 

[Astonish]

Another terrible idea. This why Im paying less attention to overall charts and more to airplay and digital sales charts.

I wonder if that means no more vimeo debuts.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

My refresh button gon get that work

Ima have kid cudi songs from 09 toppin the charts in 2013

 

[hiphopfanatic]

The is going to be pure comedy.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

And as a result...that goddamned "Harlem Shake" song is all of a sudden the #1 song in the country on tomorrow's hot 100

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-feb-17-2013-songs-harlem-shakes-020629170.html

 

[I-Hate-You]

I'm about to put this auto refresh plug-in to work. Wu-Tang about to rule the world again.

 

[prophecypro]

To me the singles charts are usually the least credible because they count radio spins . The problem with that is stations dictate spins not necessarily listeners, so thats why I never took it serious. Yeah sure they count i-tunes purchases but is mostly radio spins.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

the funniest thing about this is that youtubes has been manipulated for the longest.