Billboard and Twitter Partner To Create ‘Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts’

The charts will be the first to use Twitter data to identify the top and emerging tracks and artists of the moment.

Billboard and social media platform Twitter today announced an exclusive, multi-year partnership to create Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts. The charts will track US music conversations among the millions of Tweets sent each day. Combining the authority of the Billboard charts and Twitter’s public, real-time data, these powerful co-branded charts will reshape for consumers and the industry the way music success is measured.

The charts will reflect the top tracks being discussed at the moment and over an extended period of time on Twitter, as well as surface the most talked about and shared songs by new and upcoming acts. The chart will live on Billboard.com and will also be shared through Billboard’s Twitter account, @billboard, multiple times a week.

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G.U.Y. will possibly be the first historic #1?

I see they're testing new products to include in the Hot 100 soon. Get ready girls.

Cool!

The charts will also help new artists according to the article

Will it influence Hot 100 chart?

That'd be awesome if I used twitter.

Another chart for Katy to demolish her peers in.

That'd be a mess.

I like this idea, but it should just be a standalone chart and not be included in the HOT 100 in any shape or form.

Unnecessary

No, not yet at least.

They will be a whole new category of charts.

Maybe some of my favorite no name bands/artists will finally get recognized?

Hmmmm.
Yes for Billboard updating just in time for the Queen Onika's return.

The twitter stans will be a mess.

I can see stan groups just tweeting links to the video all day, how exactly is this going to work out?

I can see them slowly incorporating this into the Hot 100 though.