STREAMING GUIDES

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PHYSICAL SALES

Stores: Target, B&N, Amazon, Walmart, Subkshop (US), etc.

Limit your purchase to 4 albums at max per transaction

If you buy more than 4, split transaction.

Your album will count on billboard upon shipment, not when ordered.

It's recommended to buy from stores.

Offline Buying: Maximize first week sales.

 

DIGITAL SALES

Only 1 purchase will count per customer/email, per tracking week.`

More than 1 unit is seen as a bulk purchase and is adjusted down to 1 unit.`

So I recommend to use a new payment method if you are buying in the same tracking week on one platform.

 

- EPs/Albums: Buy the title track first then complete the album. Do not purchase tracks individually

- All versions of a track count as an unique purchase. Ex: original track + instrumental + remix 

 You can buy each version once using the same payment method.

- With the same card, you can buy on Itunes + 1 title track on another digital store, per week.

 

STREAMING

Premium streams weight more on Billboard charts than ad-supported streams [Free].`

Streaming platforms that count for billboard: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music, Pandora, Napster, FLO (Korea),MELON (Korea).

 

RADIO AIRPLAY

Airplay is radio play and audience impressions. It looks at how many times a song has been played on the radio. It can be one of the most heavy-weighted factors for a song to chart. It is important to be consistently requesting a song.

Radios also choose the most shazamed songs to play at their stations.