When is a stream not a stream? Billboard, which publishes the definitive album and song charts for the U.S. music industry, has had to ask itself that odd question in the last few months. After facing ...

The emergence of new technologies and marketing strategies has brought about a lot of changes to the music industry in recent years. One practice that artists have adopted to help them sell more ...

One thing Billboard has proven in recent years is that when it comes to their famous charts, they’re not afraid of making changes to adapt to the times. Streaming music is now considered when it comes ...

Billboard has an undeniable cultural monopoly on music charts. Consequently, they have received loads of backlash with the rise of streaming music. That is due to the fact that some artists and ...

Billboard will eliminate the consideration of album and merchandise bundles when calculating its Billboard 200 and Hot 100 chart scores, Billboard reports. Bundling is the practice of selling ...

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. surveys, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world ...