shelven Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Billboard has recently introduced a paywall on almost all of its weekly charts. Doing a quick search, it seems like the only charts that have remained free to access are the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Artist 100. All other charts, including the genre charts and the "component" charts (Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Streaming Songs) now only show you the Top 2. All the other charts can be accessed by becoming a Billboard Pro member, with plans beginning at $10.99 per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihannabiggestfan Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 You can see the top 10 or so if you scroll and screenshot really fast but at least with that, they improved the bubbling under cuz before you had to pay to see more than the top 3, but worse overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianc33710 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Really??? I guess that UKMIX will really get a following now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicLoverDude Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Canadian Hot 100 got screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy™ Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartierdelrey Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Screaming @ how some of yall wont even know what your faves positions are anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
東京. Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Who really cares tbh. The fact there’s people still around that care about charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 where will barbz pull their irrelevant chart positions now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 48 minutes ago, shelven said: All the other charts can be accessed by becoming a Billboard Pro member, with plans beginning at $10.99 per month. Not $11 to see chart positions and music news, i have to laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiest Dreams Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 So will the weekly article be paywall'd now as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihannabiggestfan Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, Holiest Dreams said: So will the weekly article be paywall'd now as well? Oh yeah, the OP didn't include that, but I read that. Just remembered. That's like the worst part tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainDreamer Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 The only relevant charts are still free though and that's all that matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Oxygen Posted September 18, 2019 ATRL Moderator Share Posted September 18, 2019 Here for Rolling Stones becoming the relevant US chart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiest Dreams Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, rihannabiggestfan said: Oh yeah, the OP didn't include that, but I read that. Just remembered. That's like the worst part tbh So annoying acharts.co should’ve put Digital / Radio / Streaming Songs chart into their algorithm already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letemtalk Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 hours ago, brianc33710 said: Really??? I guess that UKMIX will really get a following now! The year to date threads and decade threads on UKMIX were always a much better source of info than Billboard anyway. But what I'm worried about is an earlier news article about Billboard purchasing Soundscan. Perhaps they are going to hunt down anyone leaking Soundscan data or at least making the access more difficult for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMiguelCosta Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I already found two methods of bypassing the paywall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armani? Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armani? Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I still see all the positions before the "sorry, you have to be a pro member" thing comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potent Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 There are always videos uploaded online of these charts, that’s how I kept track of Bubbling Under in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight! Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceclef Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Young kids online keep them relevant and this is how they repay them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Was this advertised literally anywhere in advance? Sad to see content I’ve browsed for a decade locked behind some ridiculous paywall. I’m relatively certain only a very small number of people will put up with this nonsense and pay. I certainly won’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JChart Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Hopefully they get enough backlash & change it back. They’ve done similar stunts in the past & reversed them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I found some twitter threads implying they didn’t even tell their own partners and freelancers about this before doing it. What a way to treat your content generators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temporal Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Letemtalk said: But what I'm worried about is an earlier news article about Billboard purchasing Soundscan. Perhaps they are going to hunt down anyone leaking Soundscan data or at least making the access more difficult for people. Ugh. I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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