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A thread explaining the hashtags, the issue, and why we need your help in our fight against @Billboard
#BillboardDoTheRightThing
A thread explaining the hashtags, the issue, and why we need your help in our fight against @Billboard
5 Seconds of Summer ( @5SOS) are the only band (not group) in HISTORY to debut all albums at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.
This week, they were robbed of the opportunity to continue that legacy on technicalities and clerical errors.
This week, they were robbed of the opportunity to continue that legacy on technicalities and clerical errors.
Some have implied industry sabotage, but we will list the facts so that you can draw your own conclusions.
Through Ticketmaster, CDs that were included with their tickets were shipped early to the tune of some 10,000 units.
You read that correctly. Ten THOUSAND.
Through Ticketmaster, CDs that were included with their tickets were shipped early to the tune of some 10,000 units.
You read that correctly. Ten THOUSAND.
The 10k CDs were subsequently added to the Billboard200, causing the band to "debut" at #62 before the album ever released.
We don’t understand how a clerical error from a third party should be allowed to result in a year of hard work and planning by an artist being destroyed.
We don’t understand how a clerical error from a third party should be allowed to result in a year of hard work and planning by an artist being destroyed.
This set the true release week in a deficit, but their fans rallied behind the band to pursue the #1 anyway.
In a tight race that ended with less than 5k units difference, the announcement was made that 5SOS charted at #2.
The numbers here matter.
In a tight race that ended with less than 5k units difference, the announcement was made that 5SOS charted at #2.
The numbers here matter.
If you count in the true sales ... the actual sales for this band, including the 10k that should have been appropriately applied to their actual debut week, they would have maintained their legacy and achieved the #1 album by over 5k sales.
This is not an issue of poor sportsmanship or fans being sour about a #2 on the charts.
If this were their true spot, it would be an honor and we would be PROUD.
This is about what is fair and right. This about art and legacy.
This is about Integrity in the Music Industry.
If this were their true spot, it would be an honor and we would be PROUD.
This is about what is fair and right. This about art and legacy.
This is about Integrity in the Music Industry.
Billboard's "policy" is flawed, and they appear to hand select who it is applied to.
Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, all have had early releases that did not impact their debut or charting placement.
Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, all have had early releases that did not impact their debut or charting placement.
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE:
This happened last month to BTS.
It's happening now to 5SOS.
If it's happened to artists of this size, imagine how many smaller artists without a voice this has happened to.
The time for change is now. https://www.change.org/p/billboard-reverse-the-early-release-error-of-calm-by-5-seconds-of-summer?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_21344681_en-US%3Av7&recruiter=1071286893&recruited_by_id=bd65d410-76ef-11ea-9f86-472ba8ccec5a&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&share_bandit_exp=abi-21344681-en-US&share_bandit_var=v1
This happened last month to BTS.
It's happening now to 5SOS.
If it's happened to artists of this size, imagine how many smaller artists without a voice this has happened to.
The time for change is now. https://www.change.org/p/billboard-reverse-the-early-release-error-of-calm-by-5-seconds-of-summer?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_21344681_en-US%3Av7&recruiter=1071286893&recruited_by_id=bd65d410-76ef-11ea-9f86-472ba8ccec5a&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&share_bandit_exp=abi-21344681-en-US&share_bandit_var=v1
We have respect for every other artist on that chart. This isn’t about their hard work or their talent and we celebrate with them in their successes.
This is about a policy that needs to be reassessed and fair treatment to ALL artists, regardless of who they are.
This is about a policy that needs to be reassessed and fair treatment to ALL artists, regardless of who they are.
Below, please find a list of tweets, articles and other information that we think will add further light to our cause.
We have a voice and we're not afraid to use it.
Be better @Billboard
#BillboardIncludeThe10k #BillboardDoTheRightThing
We have a voice and we're not afraid to use it.
Be better @Billboard
#BillboardIncludeThe10k #BillboardDoTheRightThing
https://twitter.com/erikz/status/1246998703459545088?s=21 https://twitter.com/ErikZ/status/1246998703459545088
https://twitter.com/jjryanonair/status/1246990145573789696?s=21 https://twitter.com/jjryanonair/status/1246990145573789696
Fandoms are uniting.
Together we have a VOICE that MUST be heard.
#BillboardIncludeThe10k https://twitter.com/GlobalBlackPink/status/1246845675330994181?s=20
Together we have a VOICE that MUST be heard.
#BillboardIncludeThe10k https://twitter.com/GlobalBlackPink/status/1246845675330994181?s=20
https://twitter.com/loveontouriuke/status/1246921693177810946?s=21 https://twitter.com/loveontouriuke/status/1246921693177810946
Here are a list of radio stations in the United States. We've linked their twitter accounts where applicable.
Ask them to read our thread. Ask them to join us in our fight.
We're not going away @Billboard #BillboardIncludeThe10k https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c0FPmXBBiTykiVFN9hVs_bv54Kpmzkox-iIdUC0MsQs/edit?usp=sharing
Ask them to read our thread. Ask them to join us in our fight.
We're not going away @Billboard #BillboardIncludeThe10k https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c0FPmXBBiTykiVFN9hVs_bv54Kpmzkox-iIdUC0MsQs/edit?usp=sharing
https://twitter.com/tha5sosfamily/status/1247152934929993729?s=21 https://twitter.com/tha5sosfamily/status/1247152934929993729
https://twitter.com/siriusxmhits1/status/1247331083450036224?s=21 https://twitter.com/siriusxmhits1/status/1247331083450036224
Thread of statistics https://twitter.com/Tha5SOSFamily/status/1248979437837791232?s=20
