US YouTube views will soon be counted towards the Billboard 200 album chart

[Hyooga]

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So the more music videos your album has = the higher you chart

[Guest]

 ''YT views mean nothing''

[Belkiss]

Youtube is irrelevant

[Essay]

suddenly that youtube records thread isnt that irrelevant after all

[lllll]

Youtube for music, is just another kind of streaming services (with a lower payout yes but still) so it's kind of understandable

[Winter Bear]

Youtube is irrelevant

[scoopula]

according to the tweets under this is apparently bad for western artists why?

[ultb]

Are sales that bad nowadays??

[Hyooga]

according to the tweets under this is apparently bad for western artists why?

 

 

There are artists, especially in genres like rock, country, balladeers, that get heaps of physical/album sales but have low Youtube views. Same goes to more veteran artists like Shania Twain, etc. This means the more viral you get, you can easily topple "legends" off the chart even if you aren't relevant yet.

 

But I think this is Billboard realizing how the US music industry is getting stale and needs a shake up.

[indigo]

according to the tweets under this is apparently bad for western artists why?

 

because you don't even need to have ads on youtube, it's 100% free no strings attached service that is easily manipulated.

 

This is pathetic lol they should just let the top 200 die with some dignity. 

 

hmm, okay wait, this might be just for Red subscriber hits? Not as bad, but streaming = an unit sale is stupid as all hell.

[scoopula]

There are artists, especially in genres like rock, country, balladeers, that get heaps of physical/album sales but have low Youtube views. Same goes to more veteran artists like Shania Twain, etc. This means the more viral you get, you can easily topple "legends" off the chart even if you aren't relevant yet.

 

But I think this is Billboard realizing how the US music industry is getting stale and needs a shake up.

  

because you don't even need to have ads on youtube, it's 100% free no strings attached service that is easily manipulated.

 

This is pathetic lol they should just let the top 200 die with some dignity. 

 

hmm, okay wait, this might be just for Red subscriber hits? Not as bad, but streaming = an unit sale is stupid as all hell.

i see but if this happens wouldnt that mean that bb200 could look almost exactly like the hot100 chart because hot100 also count us yt views? its just gonne lose its significance...

[Hyooga]

  

i see but if this happens wouldnt that mean that bb200 could look almost exactly like the hot100 chart because hot100 also count us yt views? its just gonne lose its significance...

 

 

I'm guessing they're actually doing this because a lot of times nowadays, you see that there's an obvious disconnect between the BB200 and the Hot100. You get these acts with their albums high up on the BB200 but people don't really know any of the new songs on that album.

[indigo]

I'm guessing they're actually doing this because a lot of times nowadays, you see that there's an obvious disconnect between the BB200 and the Hot100. You get these acts with their albums high up on the BB200 but people don't really know any of the new songs on that album.

 

But really, that's the entire point of the album's chart. To show what artist people like for more than just their known singles. 

 

There's album been disconnect between the 100 and 200, for different reasons (radio politics for most of the 90s and 2000s). Right now, it's because album sales are dying rapidly, and the only people who really buy them are older people. So older acts, with their older demos are doing better because that generation still values the 'album' experience. Younger generation doesn't, generally. 

[Hyooga]

But really, that's the entire point of the album's chart. To show what artist people like for more than just their known singles. 

 

There's album been disconnect between the 100 and 200, for different reasons (radio politics for most of the 90s and 2000s). Right now, it's because album sales are dying rapidly, and the only people who really buy them are older people. So older acts, with their older demos are doing better because that generation still values the 'album' experience. Younger generation doesn't, generally. 

 

 

Exactly, times are shifting and Billboard regularly modifies their policies to fit with it.

[nikynik345]

Hell yes!!

[indigo]

Exactly, times are shifting and Billboard regularly modifies their policies to fit with it.

 

change is needed, but I see this as hanging onto the past. Being progressive would mean acknowledging that even the concept of music sales to the public is functionally dead going into the future. It's content for license by a third part now. Albums proper will prob be replaced by more frequent releases of a few tracks, under one umbrella for more playlist exposure. 

 

Adding more ways to make it look like albums are selling will only stall the inevitable for so long. 

[kimchidiablo]

queen taylor could sell >1 million album 1st week if so