Billboard x Bundles = No More!

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[treacherous Joined: Nov 17th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 85 View Predictions]

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Love it, it was getting out of hand. Hopefully charting will be a little more genuine now, specially first week numbers.

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[Vicennn Joined: Nov 20th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 716 View Predictions]

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Thanks to those fishy bundles..

Say So (remix) went number one, then left

Stuck with u went number one, then left the top 10

TROLLZ went number one, then plummeted to number 34, then nobody even knows where is it.

finally Billboard does something right. Revoke all of them while they’re at it.

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[Bee Joined: Oct 25th, 2016 Topics: 26 Posts: 5109 View Predictions]

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It’s over for the pop girlies+Nicki, chile. Taylor and Ariana will be fine even though they participate in the scammery too.

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[24fanatic Joined: Nov 6th, 2010 Topics: 1 Posts: 1169 View Predictions]

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I like this, but there still might be some loop holes (which will probably be addressed).

Merch Bundles can still be sold… The album just has to be labeled as an “add-on” but these rules don’t mention that the add-on album can’t be discounted significantly (Add a digital download copy of the album to your fan hoodie purchase for $2 for example). Why wouldn’t a fan do that?

I do appreciate the rule change of not allowing physical album purchases to be counted (via free digital download) towards the charts before the shipments of the albums take place. I have been waiting 3 months for a vinyl album I purchased as a “merch bundle” that counted towards an artist’s first week sales. That isn’t fair or right. That artist shouldn’t have had my sale counted until I received my vinyl.

Also, maybe artists will now just charge more for merch bundles in order to account for shipping costs to get things like physical CDs, vinyls, tapes released to fans the first week of the album’s release? IDK… I have a feeling that labels will try to maneuver through these new rules.

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[Seven Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 8 Posts: 2912 View Predictions]

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Good. The chart manipulation was getting out of hand. Trollz was the final straw, literally the worst #1 ever

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[ELIAS Joined: Nov 29th, 2017 Topics: 13 Posts: 3151 View Predictions]

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Can just have number ones with stable streaming, sales and radio without some type of manipulation? Like honestly I could give a shit who goes number one, bitch sell your t-shirts and merch or whatever, but it’s telling you need to go so low for bundles that you can’t keep up with pop trends or bring something new to the table. Right.

Holy Trinity of Albums:

After Hours, Fetch the Bolt Cutters and What’s Your Pleasure?

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[Strawberries Joined: Jun 30th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 134 View Predictions]

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Poor Scooter Braun + Nicki Minaj

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[JennyLewisFan Joined: Sep 3rd, 2019 Topics: 13 Posts: 1010 View Predictions]

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I’m very pleased with this decision. Talk about leveling the playing field. Well done, Billboard.

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[Prince Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 5024 View Predictions]

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Billboard + no more bundles = About damn time!

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[Robinladen Joined: Sep 9th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 745 View Predictions]

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I legit feel this is mostly triggered by Trollz. They cared less when more respectable artists abused the system but now they were like hold up, let us change this quikcly.

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[Seven Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 8 Posts: 2912 View Predictions]

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I mean

#45(-11) – Stuck With U (9 weeks)

#53(-15) – The Scotts (11 weeks)

#83(-29) – Trollz (4 weeks)

Something had to be done because those chart runs are beyond pathetic. All of these songs should be top 10 or at least top 20💀

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 2168 View Predictions]

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Five number debuts this year alone almost killed the prestige of the charts. Trollz became annoying because of the debut.

While at it, they should stop counting radio plays too. Let the real consumers of music decide

FYC:

Chromatica: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album.

Rain On Me: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Music Video.

Alice: Best Pop Solo Performance

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