[dragon]

Then with this logic HCS must be country airplay + country digital sales + country streaming. You can seperate airplay charts to genres with radios, but how will you seperate digital sales and streaming to genres?

[theo.]

Originally posted by Mezik

If a song is doing well on pop formats it can chart on pop formats. Not country.

Why though? I'm not trolling...
It's just that...that seems really backward and inflexible to me?

If a song is doing well across a broader scope of people...isn't that song more popular than a song that resonates more with a specific, smaller group of people?

[CountryFriedChick]

Originally posted by dragonhunter

Then with this logic HCS must be country airplay + country digital sales + country streaming. You can seperate airplay charts to genres with radios, but how will you seperate digital sales and streaming to genres?

Its basically impossible

[evan93]

Originally posted by dragonhunter

Then with this logic HCS must be country airplay + country digital sales + country streaming. You can seperate airplay charts to genres with radios, but how will you seperate digital sales and streaming to genres?

it should be overall digital sales, overall streaming and COUNTRY airplay. The chart is COUNTRY SONGS after all, right?

[Sept]

Originally posted by evan93

no sis, it's not even that the point. The point is, you want to create a genre chart? Fine. Count digitals sales. BIG YES. Count streaming. OKAY. But then, count CROSSOVER AIRPLAY? BIG NO.

yes it's country airplay only, my mistake

Originally posted by dragonhunter

Then with this logic HCS must be country airplay + country digital sales + country streaming. You can seperate airplay charts to genres with radios, but how will you seperate digital sales and streaming to genres?

since we can't seperate it, we just take a small amount of it, like 10% to 20% of overall digital downloads

[theo.]

Originally posted by Ulrihs

Last year RITD has Latin and Urban AI. So you think that would be normal that RITD would be #1 on those charts?

If the song was Latin or Urban enough to be picked up and played on those genre specific stations, then yes. Yes I do. It would be more than normal. It would be fair.

[Mezik]

Originally posted by theoyella jukebox

Why though? I'm not trolling...
It's just that...that seems really backward and inflexible to me?

If a song is doing well across a broader scope of people...isn't that song more popular than a song that resonates more with a specific, smaller group of people?

A song with higher airplay on country radio should chart above a song with little airplay on country and all airplay on pop radio, on the country charts.

[Manchs]

And how is that going to change things? We just have to use the Country Airplay chart instead of the Hot Country Songs. Simple as that.

[Poisonous]

Queen . Love ha

[evan93]

Originally posted by Manchs

And how is that going to change things? We just have to use the Country Airplay chart instead of the Hot Country Songs. Simple as that.

we will use that, others won't.

[teddies]

Originally posted by theoyella jukebox

Why though? I'm not trolling...
It's just that...that seems really backward and inflexible to me?

If a song is doing well across a broader scope of people...isn't that song more popular than a song that resonates more with a specific, smaller group of people?

so failing on country but smashing on Pop should qualify as a country hit? that makes no sense.

[CaptainMusic]

OMG.

What is Billboard DOING?

What a mess.

[Mezik]

Country Airplay/Mediabase will be the more relevant for everyone but Taylor Swift fans.

Country Songs is too flawed, hopefully Billboard fixes it quickly because these new rules aren't good.

[theREALslimSHADY]

Originally posted by evan93

i'm glad some taylor stans agree on that.

its the first time seeing taylor at #1 has made me sad, coz its clear enough that carrie should have been there! i stan for taylor but i love other artists and it makes me really sad coz its clear taylor benefitted most from it!

Originally posted by theoyella jukebox

Why though? Isn't it a little bit rigid to say that only the country audience can pick what the most popular country song is? What if there was another song that was clearly country but was also pop and appealed to more people than just the country audience...wouldn't that make that song more popular?

look, i get what you're thinking but country songs are made to smash on country charts! not every country artist releases songs that appeal to pop audience, they are not meant to appeal pop audience! so the fact that a country song is smashing on country, but not on pop doesnt mean its a weak country song. that kinda rule applies to hot 100!

[RobynYoBank]

You think people are pressed now, wait until she occupies the entire top 10 during release week, something that's never been done on any chart by any artist.

[CaptainMusic]

If IKNYWT charts on the country chart next week...............

[umich]

Originally posted by CaptainMusic

If IKNYWT charts on the country chart next week...............

it will

[Manchs]

Originally posted by evan93

we will use that, others won't.

Carrie's record is still safe, because it's based purely on Airplay, I'm fine with that. I don't know if people will like that chart - of course Taylor's fans will, after, it's going to benefit her a lot. When WANEGBT flops, now Billboard change things so Taylor can hit #1 - but it's useless.

[Right Now]

Originally posted by Stepfon

Why are Carrie fans complaining?

Let's ****in' not sis. If this were Hilary, we'd have our panties in a bunch too.

[fortheloveofmusic]

Where was Carrie before the new chart shake-up

Was she at #2?