The Billboard charts – or rather the mathematics used to create them – are to be given a shake-up.
The magazine announced the changes on Tuesday (December 16) – the idea is to better reflect the reality of how most people engage with albums in this day and age. So the rules are being changed to reduce the number of track streams needed to equate to one album ‘sale’. According to a Billboard article announcing the changes, they are being introduced to "better reflect an increase in streaming revenue and changing consumer behaviours."
