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Billboard Album Charts Will Now Reflect YouTube Plays

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The Billboard Album Charts will finally take in account YouTube Plays. Starting January 3, 2020, Billboard will starting factoring in YouTube streams along with music video plays from Apple Music, TIDAL, and VEVO. Even with the popularity of DSP’s like Spotify and Apple, Youtube is still widely popular as on online streaming service capturing 55 percent of online music streamers.

December 16, 2019
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