The Official Singles Chart is set to include audio streams for the first time from next month (July, 2014), the Official Charts Company can confirm today.
The first Official Singles Chart Top 40 to incorporate streams will be unveiled from 4-7pm on Sunday, July 6.
To reflect the difference in weight between streaming and purchasing, 100 streams will count as equivalent to 1 single (download or physical single) in the chart compilation process.
In turn, the BPI (co-owners of the Official Charts with ERA) will also update the famous Platinum, Gold and Silver Certified Awards programme which it administers, to ensure that streams will now also count towards certifications of singles.
Hopefully this will stop all of these generic singles going #1 then falling off the charts. Lily should wait to release the URL Badman video so it counts for this
I am not really happy about this as the UK charts are already quite messy. I hope streaming will bring something positive while compiling the charts in the future.
This negates the effect of holding back songs as they will have peaked in streaming before they're even release. Depending on whether YouTube is also factored in.
