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YouTube rejoins Billboard charts in 2027 with new methodology

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YouTube will rejoin Billboard chart calculations in 2027 after a previous departure over methodology concerns. Billboard is adjusting its approach to better value ad-supported listening, a move that addresses YouTube's prior complaints. The updated methodology will count 1,500 ad-supported streams as equivalent to 1,000 paid streams for album consumption units, a change from the previous 2,500:1 ratio. AI

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YouTube rejoins Billboard charts in 2027 with new methodology

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Anna Washenko) ·

    YouTube will once again be part of Billboard chart calculations in 2027

    Billboard will give more weight to free, ad-supported listening in its methodology.

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