NIELSEN IS VERY WITHHOLDING
Some biz folks are going crazy over the inconsistency of Nielsen’s metrics when it comes to measuring streams.
During the first few hours after a record drops—after midnight ET but still Thursday in other time zones—why does Nielsen count sales but not streams? It’s long been their policy to add downloads that happen during this three-hour window to a release’s first-week total, but streams aren't counted in that same tally.
This came to a head with Drake’s Scorpion, which came in with 746m streams on the Top 200, well shy of the 770m tabulated by HITS; the discrepancy can almost completely be attributed to Thursday-night streams. Don’t Nielsen and the Bible understand that bigger numbers are better for everyone? What possible rationale could they have for this inconsistent, silly policy?
VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
