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The UK’s Official Singles Chart enters a new era this summer, with video counting towards the weekly rundown for the first time, the Official Charts Company can confirm. The services which will contribute video streams to the chart will include Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music and Tidal, who have all added video to their platform over the past year.

 

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In a parallel change, free ad-funded streams will be weighted at a different rate in the UK’s Official Singles Chart compared to streams played under a paid-for subscription from the July 6 chart. 100 streams via a subscription service will equate to one sale, as will 600 “free” streams. This replaces the current combined conversion rate, which means all streams are treated equally – with one sale equivalent to 150 streams. This will apply to both video and audio streams equally.

 

The new rules will also apply to the Irish singles chart.

 

The change is being made during a period of great change in the international music market, with markets such as France and Germany choosing not to count ad-funded streams at all in their charts, while Billboard has also downrated ad-funded streams against their premium counterparts.

 

Full article: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/video-to-enter-uk-s-official-singles-chart-this-summer__23212/ 

NR would get at least 15+ weeks at #1 if this would've been working before.

Finally, but years late.

That rule change is a damn MESS. Aren't the charts supposed to say who's popular? Isn't the revenue for the artist the same whether from free or subscribed?

So what about videos on the regular ol free YouTube? They only mention the new service YouTube Music.

Jesus, Dua is so cute omg