Anyway, what makes you all think that Bill even had a hand in weekly chart placement? Billboard probably has hundreds of employees, someone as "high profile" as him wouldn't even be involved in grunt work like that.
Bill Werde has been brown nosing Gaga for too long. He's such an obvious douche.
What's annoying about Bill is that he said he had no control over the charts, but that's not true. By continuously promoting Gaga with glowing articles, it does push an intention to sway the public's perception and thus sales and numbers. They also got rid of the comments section when things were getting really heated about Gaga, another move to attempt to censor and filter viewpoints so that the glowing articles they published would supersede alternative viewpoints. They were definitely working to game the system in ways they could.
The people Gaga pulls into her web, they all get shafted eventually. Hopefully nobody wants anything to do with her in the business world from here on out and thus we'll hear less and less about her as the months roll on and we start looking towards the future.
Gaga is the epitome of not only egotism, but of corruption of Elitists, with their money manipulating public perception. It's like Orwell's 1984, the way these mainstream publications skew and favor her. It's commercial propaganda.
Good riddance!
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Counting the viewership of an award show as visualizations of her performance (helping her song chart higher), changing Billboard rules so that her album could be sold for 99 cents and still be eligible for the charts, then changing Billboard rules again so that no one else could pull the same stunt, accepting Gaga’s Youtube/VEVO audio track + lyrics video + official video to be added to the final tally, etc.
He has greater control of Billboard and various other brands at his new job than he did at Billboard.
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I feel bad for Bill.
Don't. He was promoted to a position at Guggenheim Digital, the parent company of Billboard. He is essentially overseeing many of Guggenheim Digital's brands.
She wants to modernise Billboard, so don't be shocked if she makes Google Search count for the charts!
You know what... it does sound like a logical path!
I don't get those braggings about "the wrong formula". Due to the tendency of raise in streaming, it was sensible to add them into the formula. Back in the day, I didn't think it was necessary, later I got it. (I would exclude unofficial/viral videos though).
Please, the fact that your fave didn't get top 10's in years doesn't mean Billboard is bad (bad editors/messy formula/some nasty tricksters/edition itself i a mess/universal conspiracy/world spinning in a wrong way). And, please, blaming chief creative for manipulating chart positions... isn't he shuffling Soundscan data?
And what comes to the publications that might sound "subjective"... everything is about "subjectivity". Nothing new or unacceptable here. Just the way it is.
Bill Werde has been brown nosing Gaga for too long. He's such an obvious douche.
What's annoying about Bill is that he said he had no control over the charts, but that's not true. By continuously promoting Gaga with glowing articles, it does push an intention to sway the public's perception and thus sales and numbers. They also got rid of the comments section when things were getting really heated about Gaga, another move to attempt to censor and filter viewpoints so that the glowing articles they published would supersede alternative viewpoints. They were definitely working to game the system in ways they could.
The people Gaga pulls into her web, they all get shafted eventually. Hopefully nobody wants anything to do with her in the business world from here on out and thus we'll hear less and less about her as the months roll on and we start looking towards the future.
Gaga is the epitome of not only egotism, but of corruption of Elitists, with their money manipulating public perception. It's like Orwell's 1984, the way these mainstream publications skew and favor her. It's commercial propaganda.
Good riddance!
You sound really bothered by her. I think you need to get some fresh air.
So when I do it, it's called nit picking but when Bill does it, it's called "defending himself"
Please, tell me. Seen any other 40 something year olds defend themselves against teenagers and people that can't speak english well, latley?
give. me. a. break.
Girl, I wish I could break you off a piece of a combo dictionary/thesaurus.
All you girls are disgusting. Claiming someone's biased because Dope went top ten for one week. Disgusting, and not coincidentally coming from Katy/Madonna fans. Disgusting.
Calling another poster a 'pedo.' Disgusting.
I want to ban so many of you right now! And the ageism is NOT CUTE. Ryan Tedder is an avid lurker of this board - is he a 'pedo?' Disgusting.
Girl, I wish I could break you off a piece of a combo dictionary/thesaurus.
All you girls are disgusting. Claiming someone's biased because Dope went top ten for one week. Disgusting, and not coincidentally coming from Katy/Madonna fans. Disgusting.
Calling another poster a 'pedo.' Disgusting.
I want to ban so many of you right now! And the ageism is NOT CUTE. Ryan Tedder is an avid lurker of this board - is he a 'pedo?' Disgusting.
Yaaaaaaas Ace SHOW THEM disrespecting queens.
You guys are all too much sometimes...and by sometimes I mean most of the times.
Girl, I wish I could break you off a piece of a combo dictionary/thesaurus.
All you girls are disgusting. Claiming someone's biased because Dope went top ten for one week. Disgusting, and not coincidentally coming from Katy/Madonna fans. Disgusting.
Calling another poster a 'pedo.' Disgusting.
I want to ban so many of you right now! And the ageism is NOT CUTE. Ryan Tedder is an avid lurker of this board - is he a 'pedo?' Disgusting.
Come on now, give me a break.
Two days ago when I was concerned about trashing an artist based on an article without facts you gave me 2 WP.
Girl, I wish I could break you off a piece of a combo dictionary/thesaurus.
All you girls are disgusting. Claiming someone's biased because Dope went top ten for one week. Disgusting, and not coincidentally coming from Katy/Madonna fans. Disgusting.
Calling another poster a 'pedo.' Disgusting.
I want to ban so many of you right now! And the ageism is NOT CUTE. Ryan Tedder is an avid lurker of this board - is he a 'pedo?' Disgusting.