So nobody can truly explain this shady rule change. Do you have any idea how many copies Nielsen Soundscan weeded out for double-sales thanks to Virgin Megastores buying copies from Walmart and then selling them at their stores, too? And has Billboard ever thought about a rule about a time limit before enacting changes to their formulas? I remember similar meltdowns when YouTube views were counted earlier in the year, but a lot of people complained because it felt like the data change was made rapidly and rather unexpectedly, even though it was a great inclusion to the chart data in the end.
That was 6 years ago already. Can't change the past...
When calculating HOT 100 positions for single from album that is released that week, does full sales are counted or sales affected by iTunes "complete my album" feature are reduced?
I think "complete my album" counts as a standard purchase of the album to BB 200, HOWEVER all songs bought as singles prior "completing" get so called "negative sell". That's why when Taylor Swift released Red, WANEGBT LOST 83,000 sells.
When calculating HOT 100 positions for single from album that is released that week, does full sales are counted or sales affected by iTunes "complete my album" feature are reduced?
We already know that "complete my album" purchases act as a negative sale from a song and are taken out accordingly. That's why we saw Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" fall so hard during the release week for Red.
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Oh yeah - that's a good question about ClearChannel.
Can you once and for all confirm to us if Britney was (or wasn't) in fact blacklisted/banned from US radio back in 01-04?
There was a lawsuit over this. We already know it's legit, and for more artists than just Britney. http://www.petitiononline.com/britcc/petition.html
The quotes used in the bottom of the petition are legit and should be able to be found online.
