You can't even enjoy Harlem Shake on the radio. It's an Internet hit, plain and simple. The proof is the AirPlay only contributing to 1% of the song's success.
How are YouTube views an inaccurate means of measuring popularity, how is airplay any more accurate? 100 percent of people listening to a song on the radio does not equal 100% of people like the song...
I think people have been saying for a while that YouTube streams should count; however, the timing of the decision is suspect. He's basically saying that they allowed YouTube streams because they wanted "Harlem Shake" to be #1. At the end of the day, Billboard is a business, and the announcement of "Harlem Shake"'s #1 debut probably brought a lot of people to the Billboard website, generating a lot of revenue. They had an interest in making sure it went to #1.
I agree with the inclusion of official music videos, audio, and lyric videos (face it, people use YT to listen to music), but anything else is a bit much.
How are YouTube views an inaccurate means of measuring popularity, how is airplay any more accurate? 100 percent of people listening to a song on the radio does not equal 100% of people like the song...
this too. Airplay is in the hands of DJs across the country that will choose to play and not play artists on a whim.
I love the inclusion of the new rule, and no one can deny it is an extremely accurate formula, Harlem Shake is indeed the most popular song in the country.
How are YouTube views an inaccurate means of measuring popularity, how is airplay any more accurate? 100 percent of people listening to a song on the radio does not equal 100% of people like the song...
+1
The only problem I have is the high percentage of streaming. It's just too much. Cut it down to like 10-15% maybe?
I agree that this does measure the song's popularity, but I feel as if it downplays the significance of sales. I feel as if buying a song shows more "engagement with the song" than streaming it does.
He'll keep on defending this change as it slowly ****s up the chart.
Official videos should be the only videos tracked for charting. Tracking every little video just makes it too cheap. I mean, the Swifties were counting on the IKYWT goat videos for a chart increase.
He'll keep on defending this change as it slowly ****s up the chart.
Official videos should be the only videos tracked for charting. Tracking every little video just makes it too cheap. I mean, the Swifties were counting on the IKYWT goat videos for a chart increase.
They are just so off-base on this one. "Harlem Shake" is a meme, not a hit song. Counting 30-second parody videos toward the Hot 100 is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
u found it strange because harlem has a lot of ''youtube power'' im sure that if for example stay goes one ... there will be not enough ''streaming'' ( i mean parodies and other videos in youtube ) so it will count less ... i dont know if u get me ... its difficult to explain it....