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This new Billboard chart, in coordination with digitalmusic.org's Subscription Music Work Group, and powered by Nielsen BDS, which began tracking streaming activity in 2005, measures every on-demand play request and plays from unlimited listener-controlled radio channels on MOG, Muve Music, Rdio, Rhapsody, Slacker and Spotify; data from Zune and Sony Music Unlimited is expected to be added in the coming weeks. The plays tracked for the On-Demand Songs chart include streams and tethered downloads by both paying and free/trial tier users. Through the first 70 days of 2012, Nielsen BDS has captured more than 4.5. billion audio streams.
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each week, ~500 million on-demand streams are counted.
On-Demand Songs March 24, 2012
http://www.billboard.com/charts/on-d...ate=2012-03-24
This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. |Distributing Label Position
1 1 We Are Young, fun. Featuring Janelle Monae 1
2 1 Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye Featuring Kimbra 2
3 1 Rack City, Tyga 3
4 1 Ni**as in Paris, Jay Z Kanye West 4
5 1 Take Care, Drake Featuring Rihanna 5
6 1 We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris 6
7 1 Glad You Came, The Wanted 7
8 1 Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars 8
9 1 Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), Kelly Clarkson 9
10 1 Rolling In The Deep, Adele 10
On-Demand Songs March 31 2012
http://www.billboard.com/charts/on-d...ate=2012-03-31
On-Demand Songs April 7 2012
http://www.billboard.com/charts/on-d...ate=2012-04-07
1 1 We Are Young • fun. Featuring Janelle Monae
2 2 Somebody That I Used To Know • Gotye Featuring Kimbra
3 4 Glad You Came • The Wanted
4 3 Rack City • Tyga
5 13 Call Me Maybe • Carly Rae Jepsen
6 10 Starships • Nicki Minaj
7 5 Take Care • Drake Featuring Rihanna
8 11 Wild Ones • Flo Rida Featuring Sia
9 6 Ni**as in Paris • Jay Z Kayne West
10 7 We Found Love • Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
On-Demand Songs April 14 2012
will officially come out tomorrow
Which subscription service count?
Rhapsody: over 1 million paying subscribers in the USA
Muve Music: over 650,000 paying subscribers in the USA
Spotify: over 600,000 paying subscribers (and 5 million free users) in the USA
MOG:
Rdio:
Slacker:
Zune:
Sony Music Unlimited:
I would guess in total, there might be around 2.7-3.0 mil paying subscribers right now in the United States. Keep in mind that on-demand stream by FREE USERS on Spotify also count.