Originally Posted by
jobeterob
Totally agree with Thomas but I think for that to have been different, the approach of the big record companies had to be different 20 years ago. It is too late now. All the kids will not pay for what they've had for free for so long now.
When single sales tanked in the 1990's, Billboard converted their singles chart to an airplay only chart. So, sales don't play a part in it anymore.
I assume the Youtube chart will be a separate Youtube chart, not the Top 100.
What burns me a little bit is that Adele has 380,000,000 youtube views for her official video of Rolling in the Deep.............whereas Aretha Franklin had 15 million for I Say A Little Prayer and Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie have 12 million or so of Endless Love. And the obscure Motown artists have a couple thousand maybe. It just shows what is popular now.
The Billboard Top 200 album chart represents sales but it too is only a sample. And far more is just simply stolen these days.
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