Legit, the biggest 'fraud' was when Rebel Heart debuted at #2 because of that, even tho she had more pure sales than the #1 (which got the top spot thanks to TEA/SEA).
I'd have been mad, ngl. But hey, things & industry changed, so BB got to adapt.
track equivalent / stream equivalent. basically an equivalent that transforms track sales into album sales and streaming consumption into album sales. I'm pretty sure it goes:
10 US track sales = 1 album 1,500 US streams = 1 album
Oh by the way, the fact that Million Reasons outpacing A-YO without the Hot Tracks exposure, commercials last week speaks volumes on which song is resonating with the GP more.. US and WORLDWIDE scale