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Originally posted by simmnfierzig
20M streams now just aren't nearly as impressive or hard to get as 20M streams half a year ago. So 20M streams now should not get you the same amount of points. .
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I agree and believe that the influence of streaming should be only slightly decreased at the end of the chart year, but because digital sales are crumbling, the adjustment doesn't need to be major.
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Originally posted by Chanel.
Radio isn't a way anyone consumes music - it's not consumption. It's not a consumer-driven metric in any way.
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In my opinion, this is just flat-out wrong.
Hundreds of millions of people tuning in to pop radio every week definitely fits the definition of "consumption."
Additionally, radio is consumer-driven in that radio stations frequently survey their listeners to see what they are liking and are getting tired of at the moment; the results of these surveys are aggregated and become callout scores. As simmn stated, a song's callout scores often correlate with the song's performance on radio. Furthermore, there are popular nationwide radio shows like Saturday Night Online that are extremely consumer-driven.
Radio programmers are the ones choosing the initial playlist of songs for a station, but this playlist is subsequently refined by listeners' reception of its songs. While I agree that airplay is the least consumer-driven metric of the three that count toward the Hot 100, I believe that it is still consumer-driven and that its current level of influence on the Hot 100 is optimal.
