Streaming including Youtube? because in the Uk they release the music videos 1 month before the singles come out.
Maybe this will encourge them to start releasing songs on time with the rest of the world instead of doing this awful single 2-month long preorder garbage.
So glad with these news!
Stream as a whole is much more reliable way of measuring a song's popularity than sales and airplay.
Let's suppose a song is very catchy and addictive, and people like to listen to it several times. If we're gonna measure its popularity based on sales, then the song won't last very long on the charts, because it will burn out too fast.
But if we're talking about streamings, people will keep listening to that song, indicating the song is actually good and has lots of replay value.
Sales benefit largely known artists, because you can chart at #1 on your first weeks thanks to a huge following of fans.
Streaming on the other hand indicate if a song is truly popular, because the GP will only keep listening to a song if they really like it.
It's not really good news, as that strategy is the reason why UK singles sales are relatively high. Now singles sales will decline even further than they already have