ASTRO UNIVERSAL DOMINATION

—a guide to Billboard Charts

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what are Billboard Charts?

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which charts are @offclASTRO eligible to enter?

- Hot 100 Chart
- Hot 200 Chart
- Top Heatseekers Chart
- Top Album Sales
- World Album Charts
- Billboard Social 50
- Billboard Korea K-pop 100 Chart
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- every Spotify Chart (Billboard partner)
- Top Album Sales Chart
- World Album Chart
- Artist 100 Chart
- Billboard Twitter Chart
- Genre specific charts
- International Billboard Charts

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Note that every chart has specific criterias that can overlap each other which can be confusing but just remember the basics and your good to go. (also feel free to add any charts i missed)

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why are Billboard Charts important?

—billboard is known globally. data tabulated by billboard is not only used to rank the charts but also by streaming sites and other companies to know which artists are ++

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++ 'hot' in the market meaning more opportunities like radio shows, guestings, etc. charting becomes a filter on who or what to follow.

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but here's a thing, one of the biggest criteria of Billboard is US sales which is going to be gruesome battle

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how are charts counted?

—charts are counted weekly. like korean charts, the first week is very important. charts are updated every tuesday dated saturday of the same week. sales are++

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++ counted by nielsen soundscan and streaming sites like spotify and youtube play major roles in stream counts.

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the longer a song/album stays on weekly charts the higher it ranks for year-end charts

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counted for streaming:

On-demand:
- Spotify
- Youtube
- Apple Music
- Soundcloud
- Amazon
- Google Play

Programed:
- Pandora
- Slacker Radio

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counted for downloads:

- Spotify
- iTunes
- Google Play
- Amazon Prime

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counted for socials:

- Twitter
- Youtube
- Facebook
- Instagram
- Wikipedia searches
- Songkick
- Last.,fm

others:
- Shazam
- LyricFind partners
- radio plays

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i'll continue this thread later with info on individual chart criterias