Rihanna getting RIAA to cheat ANTi for a Platinum certification, then getting Billboard to change the formula randomly and cheat Work for a T10 placement. This is so sad.
Billboard & RIAA "coincidentally" announcing changes the same day.
Bieber is the first male to notch three Hot 100 No. 1s from an album since another Justin almost 10 years ago: Justin Timberlake tallied three from FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2006-07: "SexyBack," "My Love" (featuring T.I.) and "What Goes Around…Comes Around."
Selena Gomez's "Hands to Myself" vaults 21-7 on the Hot 100. The track claims dual top Digital and Streaming Gainer applause on the Hot 100, thanks to its 10-6 jump on Digital Songs (67,000, up 41 percent) and 19-6 blast on Streaming Songs (11.5 million, up 53 percent). It also debuts on Radio Songs at No. 37 (35 million, up 27 percent). Gomez earns her fifth Hot 100 top 10 and third from her album Revival; first single "Good for You" and follow-up "Same Old Love" each reached No. 5, her best rank. And, oh look: Gomez ranks back-to-back on the Hot 100, as "Same" drops 7-8. With "Hands" and "Same" in the top tier, Gomez sports concurrent Hot 100 top 10s for the first time.
I mean, her team did conveniently get RIAA to make ANTi platinum this week.
I wouldn't doubt that they also convinced Billboard to conveniently change their formula so that sales have more weight than streaming this week, even when digital sales have been dying for years...
Beyoncé fans shouldn't be cheering. The financial stress this is going to cause for Jay Z is going to end up in him beating her, filing for a divorce, or both.
Rihanna getting RIAA to cheat ANTi for a Platinum certification, then getting Billboard to change the formula randomly and cheat Work for a T10 placement. This is so sad.
Billboard & RIAA "coincidentally" announcing changes the same day.
It is so sad to witness this. It's like everyone in the industry is trying to hide this BOMBING one way or another. This is unreal.