Billboard changing albums chart to count YouTube streams The update might benefit specific genres, like Latin, hip-hop, and electronic. Alexandra Samuels. Updated on May 19 2021 8:27 pm CDT ...

1,500 song streams from services like Spotify will count as a full album sale. Skip to main ... Individual track sales and streams are already being counted toward Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

The US singles chart has included YouTube streams as part of its charting formula for the first time this week. The Billboard Hot 100 chart already counts digital and physical sales, terrestrial ...