YouTube will resume sharing streaming data with Billboard in 2027 after changes to the chart formula give more weight to free, ad-supported music streams.
YouTube streaming data will once again count toward the Billboard charts starting in 2027.
- 1,000 premium on-demand streams count as one sale, unchanged from before.
- 1,500 ad supported or “free” streams, i.e YouTube/free Spotify accounts, now count as one sale, down from 2,500 last year.
YouTube streams will officially count towards Billboard charts again in 2027‼️📈
YouTube's global head of music says the new methodology "better reflects how fans engage with music today across both subscription and ad-supported services."
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