Oh my god. When I read YT views were being counted, I thought they meant OFFICIAL YT accounts.
This is an absolute mess. I mean, I think in this case, HS being #1 is correct because the sales do not lie. If it were JUST a YT hit, the sales here would be low. But eventually, the system will screw up and they will have an embarrassing situation on their hands.
They need to adopt a system where sales are more valuable, that after all is the best measure of popularity. Not "presumed" popularity based on DJ's spinning a song because they want to/because fan bases have no lives and continue to request. Or video views - I could watch any of these videos just for the comedy in it, not the actual song.