I wanna see the actual formula they use, and compare it to the previous one. I'm not sure I'm here for this, they're kind of getting out of hand with the readjustment of the Hot 100 honestly.
I'm curious to know, however, where they got that 100m views. Did they seriously incorporate every single Harlem Shake parody, and incorporate it to the Hot 100? Cause adding a meme into a music chart is just dumb. Sales, airplay, music videos, yes (honestly, it would've had a huge debut either way).... but doing a 30 second video shouldn't boost someone to #1.
I truly believe this is the beginning of the end of the Hot 100's relevance as a national music chart. Every hit meme and parody will now go #1. And it won't be long until a sabotage YouTube campaign sends a video of someone farting the Star Spangled Banner to the summit of the Hot 100.
This is what the charts are all about, successful songs, mainstream artists, etc. I don't know why some of you are complaining when it's never been about the quality of the music.
Sales, airplay, music videos, yes (honestly, it would've had a huge debut either way).... but doing a 30 second video shouldn't boost someone to #1.
