Billboard: How Digital Album Sales Are Affecting the Race for No. 1 on the Charts

[stewie_e]

How Digital Album Sales Are Affecting the Race for No. 1 on the Charts https://t.co/Hf5F3cMDFN
- billboard (@billboard) September 6, 2024
Instead of doing anything, Billboard has instead chosen to write about artists releasing digital variants of an album to top the Billboard Charts

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[tigermilk]

“When you’re in it and you’re fighting so hard for No. 1, it can seem obnoxious [to people outside the industry], but that’s the only thing that matters,” Arbagey says. “They’re pulling out all the stops.”

Why? What does it matter anymore if you’re just going to create new digital versions? There’s zero flex to being number one for 6 months when Taylor is gaming the system by dropping the same album with a new cover and like a remix or whatever. It’s like having your daddy buy your way into a prestigious university, except it’s your label buying you a #1 spot.

[ky16]

When asked about this practice, another prominent manager said: “It’s ironic that the institution which is allowing the problem to exist is reaching out for a quote.” 😂😂😂 also L O L at them not reaching out to Taylor

Billboard is dragging their feet soooo badly with this it’s ridiculous. I get still wanting to allow some kinds of variants like deluxe or anniversary or even the remix editions but that’s not the shit people like Taylor are doing. I even don’t have as much of a problem with the vinyl colours as I do with this one additional pointless track or voice memo nonsense that’s going on now.

[wwgrogudo]

@Kesha's indie team - please get Kesha's Joyride on 7digital in Canada so I can purchase it. Thank you, wwgrogudo xoxo

[myhipusername]

Billboard pointed out that digital album sales have plummeted from 103.3 million in 2015 to 18.3 million in 2023.

this is a giant jump, i wonder what happened (i think i have some idea)

[bittermunchkin]

people make playlists or just let the algo choose