Posted September 17, 20186 yr Expect this to give a boost to urban tracks, particularly for so-called 'soundcloud rappers'... http://routenote.com/blog/soundcloud-plays...fficial-charts/ Every play on SoundCloud will now count towards song chart positions in a monumental move from the world’s biggest music community. SoundCloud have some amazing news for the artists on their massive streaming, open streaming platform. SoundCloud on-demand plays in the UK and Ireland will now be included in the Official Charts in the UK and Ireland giving them the same opportunities as being streamed on any other streaming service. SoundCloud plays will start counting towards chart performance immediately from today, the 14th September, 2018. Next weeks Official Charts, released on September 21st, will be the first to include on-demand streams from UK and Ireland listeners on SoundCloud impacting the chart positions of tracks on SoundCloud. This is great news for all artists on SoundCloud but in particular the service’s massive independent community. SoundCloud’s open platform allows anyone to create an account and upload their music to the global streaming service. Many independent artists have built a career and found fame on SoundCloud, and now when people are going mad for a track it can be represented on the charts as well. Streams that will be eligible for chart impact will come from SoundCloud Go and Go+ subscriptions, as well as streaming official, identified tracks for monetisation in their free, ad-supported listening tier. SoundCloud’s on-demand streams will now be included in The Official Singles chart, The Official Albums chart, The Official Independent Singles chart, as well as a variety of genre specific charts.
September 17, 20186 yr Hopefully the effect is minimal because I cannot bare anymore of these so called 'rappers'
September 17, 20186 yr Author Is there any information on the streams to sales ratio? Same as everything else presumably; 1:100 for premium and 1:600 for ad funded. SoundCloud has both but most people will use ad funded like with YouTube.
September 17, 20186 yr Hopefully the effect is minimal because I cannot bare anymore of these so called 'rappers' IT's not just me, then? :teresa:
September 17, 20186 yr Good news, no reason for it not to count. I wonder why it wasn't added at the same time as YouTube?
September 17, 20186 yr The charts to become even less interesting to those who don't like Urban music then. Who knew that was still possible?
September 17, 20186 yr Let's take a look at the actual chart though: https://soundcloud.com/charts/top?genre=all...&country=GB Very few non-urban tracks, but the streams aren't that high to make much of a difference.
September 17, 20186 yr The OCC making a logical change even though it'll no doubt get a lot of extremely predictable complaints :o A blessed day.
September 17, 20186 yr Urban music might not be for everyone but at least this will somewhat help new artists and talent, which is what matters! edit: also lmao at lucid dreams being the #1 streamed song on there when it's just hit acr Edited September 17, 20186 yr by Tedward
September 17, 20186 yr Do a lot of of people use Soundcloud though :unsure: next it be dailymotion :lol: if that still exists.
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