Click Clack Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Donquizote said: No. Only stans with faves who dont have classic will think so oop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erreur2 La Nature Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 It honestly makes zero sense to even look at streams for songs that were released prior like... 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) Streaming is carried and too heavily influenced by playlisting. It makes it a meaningless thing to track honestly. When a song is getting 1M recurrent streams as a 10 year old song but has a playlist reach of 150M then it's not impressive If a song is getting 1M daily streams with like 5M playlisting THEN it's impressive. Edited May 4, 2023 by Gaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 The posters that weaponize streams just for the purpose of trolling in particular. Streams don't change the fact that songs were classics well before them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgalbriel Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Erreur2 La Nature said: It honestly makes zero sense to even look at streams for songs that were released prior like... 2017 What? 2017 is pretty much waaaay into the streaming era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bey_Rihstan Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 It’s a good indicator for what songs are remembered but not a good indication of a classic. Like Square Biz is a huge classic and I’m sure it doesn’t have a million streams per day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armani? Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bey_Rihstan said: It’s a good indicator for what songs are remembered but not a good indication of a classic. Like Square Biz is a huge classic and I’m sure it doesn’t have a million streams per day Square Biz is a local niche classic It's guaranteed bigger on Apple Music than Spotify It might be near Platinum eligible from the streaming/digital era units Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSXP Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Yes, but I also argue adding streaming metrics to albums like pre-2016 is absolutely crazy. That’s like adding digital song sales to an album that was released in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Knight Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Absolutely. It's a joke when they compare 80s and 90s songs to a recent hit and claim that's confirmation enough that the current song is bigger. Like that's not how it works, we had to rely strictly on radio, MTV, and pure physical sales back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bey_Rihstan Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 28 minutes ago, Armani? said: Square Biz is a local niche classic It's guaranteed bigger on Apple Music than Spotify It might be near Platinum eligible from the streaming/digital era units Exactly which dismantles the white washed theory that Spotify streams makes a classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrx. Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) I mean what are the thresholds? Seems like there’s no definition of what the ideal amount is to define a classic per decade/era Edited May 4, 2023 by Vrx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Boy Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 It remains a good indication of which songs stood the test of time BUT for a long period not just few weeks cause it went viral at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Duff Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 The daily streams say something of course, but there are so much different other factors to gauge a song's longevity. With massive CD/vinyl/digital sales, some classic songs will struggle to get streams because they are still being played on CDs/record players/iTunes. The playlisting is also a factor that we cannot absolutely determine how impactful to certain classic songs. And possibly hundred more factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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