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Originally posted by lemonade.
I think TEA and SEA should count. But, only tracks not officially released as a singles should be accounted for. SEA and TEA is dangerous because you have a monster hit keeping album that no one gives two ****s about staying afloat on the Billboard 200.
For example,
Views' TEA and SEA would be every track except One Dance and Hotline Bling
ANTI's TEA and SEA would be every track except Work, Needed Me, and Kiss It Better,
A line has to be drawn where it is clear when people are checking for a single vs. and album.
If we do count officially released and promoted singles, however, then those songs should weigh less when calculating the overall streams of an album.
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Honestly this is kind of perfect. I've never been against including streaming on the Hot 100 because that chart has always been there to measure popularity and streaming is an increasing indicator of that. However, I've always been conflicted about including in on the album chart as, correct me if I'm wrong, it was always there to measure sales not necessarily popularity. Though before streaming I guess sales were really the only way to measure popularity. However, I can't deny the way music consumption is changing and if streaming must be included then this is probably the most ideal way to do it for me.
As for the article itself I do think it really does show who or what is popular among the younger generations to be sure.
