I wouldn’t say definitely based on hits charts: people can be pretty unaware of culturally significant bands quite easily by only using streaming services…
Oh never mind these Evanescence hits are on airplay! Ignore this
Billboard has counted streams for years. Sales, streams, and airplay.
News this year was that Billboard stopped counting YouTube streams because Google was trying to throw their weight around to affect the charts. Which I thought was interesting.
I wouldn’t say definitely based on hits charts: people can be pretty unaware of culturally significant bands quite easily by only using streaming services…
Oh never mind these Evanescence hits are on airplay! Ignore this
Billboard has counted streams for years. Sales, streams, and airplay.News this year was that Billboard stopped counting YouTube streams because Google was trying to throw their weight around to affect the charts. Which I thought was interesting.