Billboard 200: 10/26: YoungBoy #1 (110k/3k)

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8533603/youngboy-never-broke-again-first-no-1-album-billboard-200

YoungBoy Never Broke Again Nabs First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
10/20/2019 by Keith Caulfield

Rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as AI YoungBoy 2 debuts atop the list.

The set, which was released on Oct. 11 via Never Broke Again/Atlantic Records, starts with 110,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 17, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 3,000 were in album sales, while the rest was overwhelmingly powered by streaming activity.

Elsewhere in the top 10, rappers Lil Tjay and Wale also arrive, as the former’s True 2 Myself starts at No. 5, while the latter’s Wow… That’s Crazy launches at No. 7.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Oct. 26-dated chart, where AI YoungBoy 2 bows at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Oct. 22.

The new 18-track album starts with 110,000 equivalent album units earned, and of that figure, only 3,000 were from album sales. 1,000 were in TEA units, while 106,000 were in SEA units. The latter figure equates to 144.7 million on-demand audio streams earned for the album’s tracks in its first week.

AI YoungBoy 2 is the 12th chart entry on the Billboard 200 for the Baton Rouge, La. artist, who has visited the top 10 once before, with 2018’s Until Death Call My Name (No. 7, May 12, 2018). In 2018 alone, eight YoungBoy projects bowed on the chart. The new album is the sequel to 2017’s AI YoungBoy, which debuted and peaked at No. 24 (Aug. 26, 2017).

AI YoungBoy 2 is the 20-year-old rapper’s first album after being released from prison in August. (The rapper turned 20 today, Oct. 20.) The set was preceded by the song “Self Control,” which reached the top 30 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

At No. 2, Post Malone’s former No. 1 Hollywood’s Bleeding climbs one rung with 99,000 equivalent album units (though down 8%).

Summer Walker’s Over It slips 2-3 in its second week with 78,000 units (down 42%)

and DaBaby’s former leader Kirk is steady at No. 4 with 55,000 units (down 26%).

Lil Tjay’s debut album True 2 Myself bows at No. 5 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (1,000 in album sales). The 17-track project features the top 30-charting Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs hit “F.N.” The 18-year-old first made waves on Billboard’s charts thanks to his featured turn on Polo G’s “Pop Out” earlier this year. The track reached No. 7 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (June 22).

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Lover falls one slot to No. 6 in its eighth week on the chart, with 44,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%).

Wale’s sixth studio album, Wow… That’s Crazy, launches at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units (5,000 in album sales). Wow marks Wale’s fourth top 10 effort, following The Album About Nothing (No. 1 in 2015), The Gifted (No. 1, 2013) and Ambition (No. 2, 2011).

Billie Eilish’s When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We All Go? (7-8 with 34,000 equivalent album units; down 10%),

Chris Brown’s Indigo (6-9 with 33,000 units; down 16%)

and Young Thug’s So Much Fun (holding at No. 10 with nearly 33,000 units; down 8%).

[shaz196]

We haven't had a #1 album under 100k SPS since No. 6 Collaborations Project's second week. Looks like that streak will end this week however.

[Naos]

Debuts on the Billboard 200 outside Top 10:
13. BABYMETAL - Metal Galaxy
32. Waterparks - Fandom
33. Cody Jinks - After The Fire
39. Hillsong Worship - Awake
43. JayDaYoungan - Misunderstood
62. Fantasia - Sketchbook
70. The Devil Wears Prada - The Act
79. 88Rising - Head in the Clouds II
87. Lacuna Coil - Black Anima
90. YK Osiris - The Golden Child
113. Big Thief - Two Hands
130. Blanco Brown - Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs
185. Michael Sweet - Ten

[Naos]

I think a record was broken this week for highest-charting Japanese album of all-time, as BABYMETAL's 'Metal Galaxy' debuts at #13 this week.

[dovahduck]

Anybody know where 'Head in the Clouds II' landed?

[Naos]

Oct 21, 2019 15:40:57 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

Anybody know where 'Head in the Clouds II' landed?

I posted #79.

[Enigma.]

Is that YK Osiris album a proper album or just a mixtape? Very poor showing if it's an album.

[Naos]

Oct 22, 2019 5:58:54 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Is that YK Osiris album a proper album or just a mixtape? Very poor showing if it's an album.

Everything I see lists it as a debut album.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2019/10/44019-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-october-21-2019

Top 15 country albums chart for October 21, 2019
Place Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Cody Jinks After The Fire 12,700 12,700
2 Brantley Gilbert Fire & Brimstone 5,700 33,900
3 Carrie Underwood Cry Pretty 4,300 515,800
4 Sturgill Simpson SOUND & FURY 3,900 37,900
5 Jon Pardi Heartache Medication 3,100 30,300
6 Chris Knight Almost Daylight 2,800 2,800
7 Zac Brown Band The Owl 2,400 110,900
8 Various Artists Country Music: Film by Ken Burns 2,400 17,900
9 Luke Combs This One's For You (Too) 2,100 533,400
10 The Highwomen The Highwomen 2,100 51,500
11 Chris Stapleton Traveller 2,000 2,545,400
12 Sheryl Crow Threads 1,900 34,700
13 Trisha Yearwood Every Girl 1,600 22,500
14 Brothers Osborne Live At The Ryman 1,300 1,300
15 Blanco Brown Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs 1,200 1,200

-- Tyler Childers Country Squire 1,100 41,800
-- Midland Let It Roll 1,000 29,100
-- Whiskey Myers Whiskey Myers 1,000 41,500
-- Tanya Tucker While I'm Livin' 900 23,200
-- Josh Turner I Serve A Savior 900 131,600
-- Thomas Rhett Center Point Road 900 85,300
-- Dan + Shay Dan + Shay 800 161,300
-- Kane Brown Kane Brown 800 548,000
-- Trigger Hippy Full Circle And Then Some 800 800
-- Vince Gill Okie 800 21,700
-- Various Artists Country Music: Film by Ken Burns 700 7,500
-- Justin Moore Late Nights And Longnecks 600 29,700
-- Willie Nelson Ride Me Back Home 600 47,800
-- Morgan Wallen IF I Know Me 600 37,300
-- George Strait Honky Tonk Time Machine 500 131,900
-- Billy Strings Home 500 4,700
-- Eric Church Desperate Man 500 233,600
-- Florida Georgia Line Can't Say I Ain't Country 500 97,900
-- Kane Brown Experiment 500 228,000
-- Old Crow Medicine Show Live At The Ryman 500 2,100
-- Maren Morris Girl 500 73,800
-- Riley Green Different 'Round Here 500 4,400
-- Brooks & Dunn Reboot 400 64,200
-- Home Free Dive Bar Saints 400 15,100
-- Colt Ford We The People, Vol. 1. 400 5,700
-- Cody Johnson Ain't Nothin' To It 300 55,700
-- Kelleigh Bannen Favorite Colors 300 300
-- Kendell Marvel Solid Gold Sound 300 300
-- King Calaway Rivers 300 1,300
-- Crystal Gale You Don't Know Me 300 1,600
-- Reba McEntire Stronger Than The Truth 300 51,800
-- Paul Cauthen Room 41 300 3,600
-- Kelsea Ballerini Unapologetically 200 156,700
-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 200 237,100
-- Cole Swindell All of It 200 104,500
-- Tim Barry The Roads To Richmond 200 200
-- Bruce Robison/Kelly Willis Beautiful Lie 200 1,000
-- Kelsey Waldon White Noise/White Lines 200 1,300
-- HARDY Hixtape, Vol. 1 200 2,400
-- Runaway June Blue Roses 200 7,600
-- Charlie Parr Charie Parr 200 600

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke!

CHART YEAR: BILLBOARD 200 WEEK 49

Rank TITLE Artist Est. EAS

1 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO Billie Eilish 1,882,000
2 THANK U NEXT Ariana Grande 1,689,000
3 A STAR IS BORN (OST) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1,560,000
4 BEERBONGS AND BENTLEYS Post Malone 1,467,000
5 LOVER Taylor Swift 1,445,000
6 CHAMPIONSHIPS Meek Mill 1,406,000
7 SCORPION Drake 1,387,000
8 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 1,377,000
9 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 1,214,000
10 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (OST) Queen 1,186,000

11 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 1,167,000
12 FREE SPIRIT Khalid 1,154,000
13 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 1,147,000
14 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 1,037,000
15 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 1,021,000
16 GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE Juice WRLD 951,000
17 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 950,000
18 I AM > I WAS 21 Savage 947,000
19 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 887,000
20 DRIP HARDER Lil Baby & Gunna 864,000

21 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD 856,000
22 CUZ I LOVE YOU Lizzo 852,000
23 ? XXXTentacion 850,000
24 STONEY Post Malone 821,000
25 HAPPINESS BEGINS Jonas Brothers 820,000
26 DYING TO LIVE Kodak Black 756,000
27 DAN + SHAY Dan + Shay 754,000
28 LOOK UP CHILD Lauren Daigle 746,000
29 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 743,000
30 BABY ON BABY DaBaby 743,000

31 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Original Cast 740,000
32 ÷ Ed Sheeran 739,000
33 GREATEST HITS Queen 731,000
34 DIAMONDS Elton John 703,000
35 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 688,000
36 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic At The Disco 687,000
37 THA CARTER V Lil Wayne 685,000
38 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 684,000
39 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 671,000
40 ELLA MAI Ella Mai 671,000

41 NO.6 (COLLABORATIONS PROJECT) Ed Sheeran 671,000
42 EXPERIMENT Kane Brown 666,000
43 X 100PRE Bad Bunny 663,000
44 STREET GOSSIP Lil Baby 653,000
45 INDIGO Chris Brown 649,000
46 NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES Metro Boomin 616,000
47 7 (EP) Lil Nas X 608,000
48 TRAVELLER Chris Stapleton 587,000
49 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 573,000
50 KAMIKAZE Eminem 562,000

51 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS 558,000
52 DRIP OR DROWN 2 Gunna 544,000
53 VICTORY LAP Nipsey Hussle 540,000
54 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 532,000
55 A LOVE LETTER TO YOU 3 Trippie Redd 530,000
56 SO MUCH FUN Young Thug 524,000
57 REALER YoungBoy Never Broke Again 521,000
58 LUV IS RAGE 2 Lil Uzi Vert 516,000
59 LEGEND Bob Marley & the Wailers 513,000
60 17 XXXTentacion 512,000

61 COSMIC Bazzi 511,000
62 FUTURE HNDRXX PRESENTS: THE WIZRD Future 506,000
63 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 500,000
64 ABBEY ROAD Beatles 500,000
65 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled 496,000
66 CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 494,000
67 REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean 493,000
68 TRENCH Twenty One Pilots 490,000
69 VIEWS Drake 490,000
70 TAKE CARE Drake 489,000

71 GREATEST HITS Journey 487,000
72 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 486,000
73 DREAMVILLE & J COLE: REVENGE OF THE DREAMERS III Various 482,000
74 DUMMY BOY 6ix9ine 482,000
75 HARDER THAN EVER Lil Baby 481,000
76 CULTURE II Migos 479,000
77 IGOR Tyler The Creator 474,000
78 KANE BROWN Kane Brown 473,000
79 SWIMMING Mac Miller 471,000
80 GREATEST HITS I II & III: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 463,000

81 FATHER OF 4 Offset 454,000
82 MOANA Soundtrack 448,000
83 H.E.R. H.E.R. 446,000
84 MORE LIFE Drake 446,000
85 GOLDEN HOUR Kacey Musgraves 444,000
86 LOVE ME NOW Tory Lanez 434,000
87 PERCEPTION NF 433,000
88 I AM YOU YNW Melly 430,000
89 QUEEN Nicki Minaj 427,000
90 GREATEST HITS 2Pac 424,000

91 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE J Cole 421,000
92 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 419,000
93 CAMILA Camila Cabello 417,000
94 RED PILL BLUES Maroon 5 415,000
95 THE ESSENTIAL Billy Joel 414,000
96 LIFE CHANGES Thomas Rhett 410,000
97 STARBOY The Weeknd 408,000
98 DELTA Mumford & Sons 407,000
99 IF I KNOW ME Morgan Wallen 407,000
100 CTRL SZA 407,000

101 THE ESSENTIAL Michael Jackson 401,000
102 NIGHT VISIONS Imagine Dragons 399,000
103 BAD HABITS NAV 393,000
104 1 Beatles 390,000
105 FEED THE STREETS II Roddy Ricch 386,000
106 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 386,000
107 X Ed Sheeran 385,000
108 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line 384,000
109 LOVE YOURSELF: ANSWER BTS 382,000
110 UNTIL DEATH CALL MY NAME YoungBoy Never Broke Again 382,000

111 GIRL Maren Morris 377,000
112 STOKELEY Ski Mask The Slump God 376,000
113 BIRDS IN THE TRAP SING MCKNIGHT Travis Scott 371,000
114 1989 Taylor Swift 371,000
115 BLURRYFACE Twenty One Pilots 370,000
116 GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 369,000
117 THE SEARCH NF 366,000
118 GREATEST HITS Bob Seger & 6he Silver Bullet Band 365,000
119 FEAR INOCULUM Tool 361,000
120 BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS The Weeknd 358,000

121 LOVE Michael Buble 357,000
122 DIE A LEGEND Polo G 354,000
123 SKINS XXXTentacion 354,000
124 WE ALL SHINE YNW Melly 353,000
125 ANTI Rihanna 351,000
126 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 350,000
127 EXPECTATIONS Bebe Rexha 349,000
128 CRY PRETTY Carrie Underwood 348,000
129 KOD J Cole 345,000
130 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 344,000

131 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC 343,000
132 THRILLER Michael Jackson 338,000
133 THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 Eagles 336,000
134 GREATEST HITS SO FAR... Zac Brown Band 329,000
135 IN THE LONELY HOUR Sam Smith 328,000
136 CALIFORNIA SUNRISE Jon Pardi 326,000
137 GREATEST HITS Notorious B.I.G. 322,000
138 FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS (EP) Benny Blanco 320,000
139 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk 319,000
140 FORTNITE EXTENDED SET Marshmello 319,000

141 SUNCITY Khalid 315,000
142 DIE LIT Playboi Carti 313,000
143 GREATEST HITS Guns N'Roses 313,000
144 BRETT YOUNG Brett Young 304,000
145 NOTHING WAS THE SAME Drake 299,000
146 GREATEST HITS Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 297,000
147 PERFECT 10 Mustard 297,000
148 WE LOVE YOU TECCA Lil Tecca 293,000
149 THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) Beatles 292,000
150 LUCA BRASI 3 Kevin Gates 291,000

151 DNA Backstreet Boys 291,000
152 CENTER POINT ROAD Thomas Rhett 288,000
153 21 Adele 287,000
154 BALLADS 1 Joji 286,000
155 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 285,000
156 NEVERMIND Nirvana 283,000
157 HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM Halsey 281,000
158 EVIL GENIUS Gucci Mane 281,000
159 KIRK DaBaby 275,000
160 PRESENT...WRLD ON DRUGS Future & Juice WRLD 275,000

161 THE PREQUEL (EP) Luke Combs 272,000
162 HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM Beyonce 271,000
163 FEVER Megan Thee Stallion 269,000
164 THE BIG DAY Chance The Rapper 267,000
165 QUALITY CONTROL: CONTROL THE STREETS VOLUME 2 Various 266,000
166 DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 265,000
167 A DECADE OF DESTRUCTION Five Finger Death Punch 260,000
168 HEARTBREAK ON A FULL MOON Chris Brown 259,000
169 ALADDIN (2019) Soundtrack 257,000
170 BLONDE Frank Ocean 254,000

171 GIRL CODE City Girls 253,000
172 LIFE'S A TRIP Trippie Redd 252,000
173 CHRISTMAS IS HERE Pentatonix 251,000
174 NORTHSBEST Lil Mosey 249,000
175 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 245,000
176 CARE PACKAGE Drake 245,000
177 CRASH TALK ScHoolboy Q 244,000
178 METALLICA Metallica 242,000
179 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 242,000
180 CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND Logic 234,000

181 50 NUMBER ONES George Strait 233,000
182 LAST DAY OF SUMMER Summer Walker 233,000
183 THE VERY BEST OF:SOUNDS OF SUMMER Beach Boys 232,000
184 AURA Ozuna 228,000
185 4RESPECT 4FREEDOM 4LOYALTY 4WHATIMPORTANT YoungBoy Never Broke Again 225,000
186 DANGEROUS WOMAN Ariana Grande 224,000
187 SHELBY Lil Skies 222,000
188 LIFE OF A DARK ROSE Lil Skies 214,000
189 NORMAN ******* ROCKWELL Lana Del Rey 214,000
190 OVER IT Summer Walker 212,000

191 MUDBOY Sheck Wes 208,000
192 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 208,000
193 FANOUS CRYP Blueface 207,000
194 FATHER OF THE BRIDE Vampire Weekend 206,000
195 QUAVO HUNCHO Quavo 205,000
196 SIGNED TO THE STREETS 3 Lil Durk 204,000
197 FREUDIAN Daniel Caesar 202,000
198 RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS Blake Shelton 201,000
199 T R A P S O U L Bryson Tiller 201,000
200 A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS Pentatonix 200,000

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Babymetal Becomes First Asian Act to Rule Top Rock Albums Chart

10/23/2019 by Kevin Rutherford

'Metal Galaxy,' the Japanese band's third LP, debuts with 28,000 units.

For the first time in the 13-year history of Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, an act from Asia ranks at No. 1.

Babymetal's Metal Galaxy, the Japanese metal band's third studio set, debuts atop the tally dated Oct. 26 with 28,000 album units earned (27,000 in album sales), according to Nielsen Music.

The feat adds Asia to the continents that have produced acts that have led Top Rock Albums, along with North America, Europe, Africa and Australia. No South American acts have reigned, and any Antarctic artists aren't likely to heat up the No. 1 spot any time soon.

The new set also bows atop Hard Rock Albums, where Asia has had a No. 1 presence before: System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian's solo album Elect the Dead led in November 2007; Tankian was born in Lebanon to Armenian parents (and moved to the United States at age 7).

On the all-format Billboard 200, Metal Galaxystarts at No. 13, a new career-best for Babymetal. It surpasses the No. 39 peak of Metal Resistance in 2016.

[sirskimask]

Beerbongs #4 despite being released in the first half of 2018, insane longevity

[areyoureadytojump]

The Top 3 are females. And Bradley Cooper...

[iHype.]

That Tool album had such bad longevity.

Even for a veteran niche act with no hits, after a humongous first week of 270k only spending 2 weeks top 10 & 5 weeks top 100 is pretty disapponting.

It's gonna be awhile before it even reaches Gold. Perhaps it didn't end up being worth the wait to fans?

[Naos]

Oct 24, 2019 22:10:34 GMT -5 iHype. said:

That Tool album had such bad longevity.

Even for a veteran niche act with no hits, after a humongous first week of 270k only spending 2 weeks top 10 & 5 weeks top 100 is pretty disapponting.

It's gonna be awhile before it even reaches Gold. Perhaps it didn't end up being worth the wait to fans?

It don't think it'll take that long to reach Gold. It'll be close to 400,000 by the year's end, I think.

[iggyamo]

Oct 24, 2019 22:10:34 GMT -5 iHype. said:

That Tool album had such bad longevity.

Even for a veteran niche act with no hits, after a humongous first week of 270k only spending 2 weeks top 10 & 5 weeks top 100 is pretty disapponting.

It's gonna be awhile before it even reaches Gold. Perhaps it didn't end up being worth the wait to fans?

That’s what a bad album will do.

[divasummer]

Why doesn't the charts just go to a money revenue chart and not popularity?
I bought a certain cd last week and listened to it a lot this week but that doesn't matter... lol
It probably all ends up the same in the scheme of things but it stinks when your a chart watcher and hear about people streaming all the time to get numbers up.
I bought it and have been listening to the cd I bought.... Why isn't it tracked???

[Naos]

Oct 25, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 divasummer said:

Why doesn't the charts just go to a money revenue chart and not popularity?
I bought a certain cd last week and listened to it a lot this week but that doesn't matter... lol
It probably all ends up the same in the scheme of things but it stinks when your a chart watcher and hear about people streaming all the time to get numbers up.
I bought it and have been listening to the cd I bought.... Why isn't it tracked???

Cause they can't really track what you listen to on a CD. As for revenue, that might lead to more expensive albums.

[moonlite]

Oct 25, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 divasummer said:

Why doesn't the charts just go to a money revenue chart and not popularity?
I bought a certain cd last week and listened to it a lot this week but that doesn't matter... lol
It probably all ends up the same in the scheme of things but it stinks when your a chart watcher and hear about people streaming all the time to get numbers up.
I bought it and have been listening to the cd I bought.... Why isn't it tracked???

How do you track how many times someone listens to a CD? Unless you want Nielsen to start installing trackers in every radio/car stero/cd player lmao

[divasummer]

Oct 25, 2019 15:45:58 GMT -5 moonlite said:

Oct 25, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 divasummer said:

Why doesn't the charts just go to a money revenue chart and not popularity?
I bought a certain cd last week and listened to it a lot this week but that doesn't matter... lol
It probably all ends up the same in the scheme of things but it stinks when your a chart watcher and hear about people streaming all the time to get numbers up.
I bought it and have been listening to the cd I bought.... Why isn't it tracked???

How do you track how many times someone listens to a CD? Unless you want Nielsen to start installing trackers in every radio/car stero/cd player lmao

Sorry I buy Cd's sometimes. I buy music digitally from iTunes and Amazon and I'm sure they could track it if they wanted.

[iHype.]

Oct 25, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 divasummer said:

Why doesn't the charts just go to a money revenue chart and not popularity?
I bought a certain cd last week and listened to it a lot this week but that doesn't matter... lol
It probably all ends up the same in the scheme of things but it stinks when your a chart watcher and hear about people streaming all the time to get numbers up.
I bought it and have been listening to the cd I bought.... Why isn't it tracked???

One sale is weighed the same as 1,250 paid streams / 3,750 free streams for a reason. That one purchase has more impact than the overwhelming majority of people who stream an album will each provide overtime. Someone who pays for streaming would have to play an album in its entirety once a week for one-two years before equaling a single purchase.

Also you can easily create a streaming account if you want to contribute on a weekly basis badly lol.