UK charts reject plans to incorporate YouTube into formula
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The UK chart has no immediate plans to include YouTube hits as part of its charting formula.
Billboard's Hot 100 included streams from the video-sharing site for their Hot 100 tally for the first time last week, but the Official Charts Company has ruled out a similar move in the UK.
"The Hot 100 has never been a purely sales-based chart, incorporating data such as radio airplay since the '50s," managing director Martin Talbot told BBC Newsbeat.
"In contrast, the UK's Official Singles Chart has been a purely sales-based chart ever since it launched in 1952.
"With singles sales currently at an all-time high following nine years of continued year-by-year growth, there are currently no plans to incorporate streaming information in the UK."
Billboard and Nielsen include physical and digital sales, streaming, terrestrial radio play, online radio play and now YouTube views to compile the Hot 100. (source)
The UK charts are a SALES chart. Of course they won't include Youtube. All they need to measure is sales.
indeed, however as online culture has grown over the past decade they've been under pressure to adapt and take into account other popularity factors as the hot 100 does. this is them denying that any changes of the sort are planned.
lmao stuck in the past. the truth of the matter is, although a majority of people listen to music, only a minority actually legaly purchase it. The hot 100 is a much more accurate representation of how big a song is than the UK charts, where its (for the most part) who has more fans.
to all the clapping when all of you are mega-thirsty your fave tops the Hot 100.