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Originally posted by Rentboy
Its very sad that old school artists like Paul simon probably stand no chance of ever having a number one album again with these streaming rules. Even though he's selling 30k more than Drake!
Streaming does not suit the vast majority of artists who release albums. Especially those who dont have hit singles. But why should that affect them in the album charts? They effectively get penalized for no single success. At least sales are a level playing field. Streamings a young mans game. It ways too heavy in favor of a relative few acts.
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Charts are and have always been a "young mans game". From vinyl all the way to now, the young and impactful have been what has driven each shift in music consumption. If we were to nitpick through every non-specific chart and find who doesn't benefit from its components, a chunk if not all of them would be defunct.
I wasn't a fan of the initial BB200 shift, and I get how it being only sales was leveled out. But clearly we're moving forward in this era where that just doesn't work with how the industry is moving.
Drake's also an anomaly right now. No one else has had this type of SPS dominance yet, so Paul came at the wrong time. If it does start becoming common where an album is getting hundreds of millions a week in streams, as Views is across the entire album/not just OD, then that just further solidifies this was the right move.