Billboard has stated that only G.U.Y will count as youtube is only counting G.U.Y for the streams on that particular music video.

Another example: the rule that allowed Whitney Houston to re-enter the Hot 100 after her death was also announced the very week that it happened. I'm sure it was planned some time after Michael Jackson's death but not implemented until it really made a difference to do so, similar to what happened to "Harlem Shake" a year later.

 

I like the Hot 100 not as a popularity chart but as a sales/airplay chart. The weight of each component has changed, and so has the technology, but for the most part Pharrell is #1 with the same 'formula' that put Ace of Base at #1 20 years ago, The Beatles at #1 50 years ago, etc. In fact the original formula included a third component of 'jukebox plays', which you could argue was the closest equivalent to streaming at the time! Removing airplay from the formula might make a better representation of popularity, but it also ruins that historical aspect where it's really not the same chart anymore. Not that there's any chance of that happening anyway. In any case, I would like to see a separate chart of just sales and streaming...Billboard already has about 100 charts so they might as well!

I think the historical aspect is an interesting thing to look at, and possibly something that only US residents can relate to? I'm sure there are a whole bunch of rules the UK chart could make that would make it more reflective of popularity that people here would oppose simply because of it breaking tradition too.

I think the historical aspect is an interesting thing to look at, and possibly something that only US residents can relate to? I'm sure there are a whole bunch of rules the UK chart could make that would make it more reflective of popularity that people here would oppose simply because of it breaking tradition too.

That's a very relevant point considering the discussion of adding streaming to a historically sales-based chart :o

 

I don't think it has to do with where you live. It's more a question of whether the chart should measure songs the same way over time, vs. measuring songs in a way that is most 'official' or representative at any given time. Should the chart be allowed to evolve as needed, or is there such a thing as too much change where it's better to start over (like the Canadian Hot 100)? There are pros and cons either way.

That's a very relevant point considering the discussion of adding streaming to a historically sales-based chart :o

 

I don't think it has to do with where you live. It's more a question of whether the chart should measure songs the same way over time, vs. measuring songs in a way that is most 'official' or representative at any given time. Should the chart be allowed to evolve as needed, or is there such a thing as too much change where it's better to start over (like the Canadian Hot 100)? There are pros and cons either way.

Imo there is a lot to be said for consistency in this field but there are actually certain changes to the UK chart I'd be OK with. I don't support the inclusion of streaming very much but I'd be quite interested to see the result of it becoming a "revenue chart" (as the German chart is), as price reductions are at the end of the day chart manipulation of sorts and very common in the UK.

 

But that's kind off off topic :lol: