Dust Clears Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Apologies if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it. In the digital age streaming has become essential for artists, but what exactly counts as a stream? Does the song have to play in its entirety? Does a song just have to begin playing? Does it vary from streaming service to streaming service? What's the tea? Inform me
Hay Amores Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Good question. I'd like to have an answer for my question too. What counts as 1 album on Billboard? Do you have to stream all 12/13 tracks to be counted as 1 album, or you can stream 5 fave tracks three times and its enough to be counted as 1 album? Edited October 18, 2017 by Hay Amores
Communion Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) 30 seconds. Can't be forced as an ad, I believe. That ended after Dopegate and was the only instance of that. Radio streams (Pandora) are weighed less in the Hot 100 than on-demand streams (Spotify, Apple Music). Edited October 18, 2017 by Communion
Beyonce_runthis Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Hay Amores said: Good question. I'd like to have an answer for my question too. What counts as 1 album on Billboard? So you have to stream all 12/13 tracks to be counted as 1 album, or you can stream 5 fave tracks three times and its enough to be counted as 1 album? I think 1500 streams = 1 album. You have to steam the song for at least 30 seconds for it to count. You must also be online while streaming for it to count. Edited October 18, 2017 by Beyonce_runthis
Daddy Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Can't wait for the chart nerds to enter this thread. Never understood the concept of streams. Perched.
ProudLBS Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Beyonce_runthis said: You must also be online while streaming for it to count. Not true
Hay Amores Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Beyonce_runthis said: I think 1500 streams = 1 album. You have to steam the song for at least 30 seconds for it to count. You must also be online while streaming for it to count. 1500 of any tracks? What if I am online but I played it from my saved songs?
Communion Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Hay Amores said: 1500 of any tracks? What if I am online but I played it from my saved songs? You can play one track 1500 times and that'll count as an album sale, yes. It depends on the country, obviously. The UK caps how much one user can contribute to via streams, the US doesn't.
UNNAMI Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Hay Amores said: 1500 of any tracks? What if I am online but I played it from my saved songs? yes. you can play umbrella 1500 times and it will count as one sold album of Good Girl Gone Bad.
Beyonce_runthis Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, ProudLBS said: Not true For tidal it is. Spotify will count the streams once you're back online.
castle13 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Offline streams are counted both by AM and Spotify
KillingYourCareer Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1,500 streams = 1 song sale not 1 album sale
Agenor Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 5 hours ago, KillingYourCareer said: 1,500 streams = 1 song sale not 1 album sale No. 150 streams = 1 song sale 1,500 streams = 1 album sale Quote The updated Billboard 200 will utilize accepted industry benchmarks for digital and streaming data, equating 10 digital track sales from an album to one equivalent album sale, and 1,500 song streams from an album to one equivalent album sale. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6320099/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks
popmusic Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 You have to stream song min. 30 - 40 sec (depends on service). For YouTube there's some facts: YouTube's Content ID system counts (Nielsen/Billboard uses it to compile Hot100) streams of only monetized videos. It means if channel owner disable ads, those streams are not counted. Streams of monetized video =/= monetized strems (YouTube pays for monetized streams). To count as monetized stream, you have to watch whole ad or at least 30 seconds (for longer commercials). If you have ad-block, you don't generate any income Of course you need to register track in Content ID first to count it as Billboard stream.
KillingYourCareer Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Agenor said: No. 150 streams = 1 song sale 1,500 streams = 1 album sale http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6320099/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks What? The inflation an artist earns as much money from 1 digital sale as they do from 1,500 streams.
Communion Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, KillingYourCareer said: What? The inflation an artist earns as much money from 1 digital sale as they do from 1,500 streams. Whole sale price of a song - $0.99 Average payout per stream: $0.0066 $0.99 / $0.0066 = 150 Artists earn less cause that $0.0066 gets split if they don't own the master themselves.
KillingYourCareer Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Communion said: Whole sale price of a song - $0.99 Average payout per stream: $0.0066 $0.99 / $0.0066 = 150 Artists earn less cause that $0.0066 gets split if they don't own the master themselves. Oh, I thought there was another zero as in 0.0006
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