When it comes to the charts, it is impossible to overstate the importance of SoundScan (later referred to as Nielsen SoundScan after the ratings-measurement company acquired the technology). But that hasn’t been the case for five weeks now. Since a pure, traditional full-album sale still counts far more for the chart than does a track sale or a stream, most weeks, the country’s best-selling album is still the No. The formula is pretty straightforward: 1,500 song streams, or 10 purchased tracks, equal one album sale. Since late 2014, Billboard has combined traditional album sales with thousands of single-track sales and millions of streams, to determine the most “ consumed” albums in the U.S. The last five weeks, Drake’s sales have been boosted by Billboard’s new chart math. But Views has only been the best-selling album in America for the first two of those seven weeks. ![]() 1 on Billboard’s album chart, the Billboard 200. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.ĭrake’s current album, Views, is in its seventh week at No. Drake’s been playing by street-legal mid-’10s chart rules, fair and square. ![]() ![]() In the last month, Drake has robbed all of them of No. What do these music stars, ranging in age from 23 (Jonas) to 74 (Simon), have in common?
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