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PopGAF |OT5| We Are Bionic, So Damn Bionic
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Wafflecakes
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New OT yay let's get geared up for this.
You see the new 1D video?
Just because we don't like what we see on the charts doesn't mean the charts are not relevant.
Gangnam Style, Thrift Shop, and now Harlem Shake WERE or ARE popular in society. It's only reasonable, imo, to add YouTube views because MILLIONS of people go to the site to listen to music as can be observed by the view counts.
So, if there is anyone to blame, it's the general public >_>
I made a thread but if flopped http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=514554
but I still have my BeDazzler
but I still have my BeDazzler
I agree, but at the same time I think there are so many ways this can be abused.
How do they regulate it?
I don't think fan videos should count.
Do official lyric videos count in conjuction with the music video?
What about artists who release multiple versions of a music video? Is that cheating?
There are just too many things to consider here, so I think there definitely needs to be more rigid regulation than just "any video that features the song gets counted."
Also, as Waffle pointed out, this REALLY screws over ballads, which hardly ever go viral.
I feel like Billboard is screwing over the Hot 100 AND radio with this move. Radio is already one big, homogenic mess. Imagine what it's going to be like when artists, producers, and labels start prioritizing the type of music that typically accompanies a viral video It's going to be the EDM craze x100.
jusT got the news.......... im officially done with this shit. It's like the buying public doesnt have any say in anything anymore. FUCK BILLBOARD AND FUCK ALL THESE 1 HIT WONDER VIRAL NOBODIES MANIPULATING YOUTUBE VIDEO VIEWS NOW BEING ABLE TO GET HITS. BB is officially NOT a good source for tracking. Im seriously over this
until my faves go #1 *cough*
I agree, but at the same time I think there are so many ways this can be abused.
How do they regulate it?
I don't think fan videos should count.
Do official lyric videos count in conjuction with the music video?
What about artists who release multiple versions of a music video? Is that cheating?
There are just too many things to consider here, so I think there definitely needs to be more rigid regulation than just "any video that features the song gets counted."
Also, as Waffle pointed out, this REALLY screws over ballads, which hardly ever go viral.
I feel like Billboard is screwing over the Hot 100 AND radio with this move. Radio is already one big, homogenic mess. Imagine what it's going to be like when artists, producers, and labels start prioritizing the type of music that typically accompanies a viral video It's going to be the EDM craze x100.
I have no idea how they will regulate this.
In any case, going viral does equal being POPular. If viral songs overshadow ballads, that's just the way it is.
Before, I would have said that we probably shouldn't worry about a constant appearance of one-hit-wonders/viral songs on top of the charts but, lately, we've had a string of them (Call Me Maybe, Gangnam Style, Thrift Shop, and now Harlem Shake). This is a worrisome trend indeeD.
Wafflecakes
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lol same.
I may complain but the change will almost surely launch 1D's One Way Or Another into the top 10 (maybe top 5?) next week when I didn't expect it to chart high at all. I will be stanning.
Delusibeta
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Nope, it'll only last until YouTube gets nerfed to airplay levels. At the moment, 90% of Harlem Shake's chart points is from YouTube streams, and 28 YouTube streams score more points than one legal download, which is blatant bollocks. The Hot 100 are invalid until that number is at least one thousand, in my opinion.
[Edit] On the plus side, if One Way or Another benefits by this, it means more American money going to Comic Relief (I hope).
Crumpet Trumpet
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now cysT u r trying it with this jepsus shade, u bout to get ur WHOLE weave snatched up by the in-sink garbagE disPOSAL.
She's more of a 1.5 hit wonder, if we're all being honest with ourselves.
Wafflecakes
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Wait. What's this? are they covering Blondie's legendary song?
Yeah they did a cover/mashup with Teenage kicks for charity.
Oh, bless them. I was thinking it was the lead single for a re-release or something like that lol.
Notice how it's already slaying Dear?
309,000 on-demand streaming vs 103 million overall streaming for HS
2 million ODS vs 10.1 million overall streaming for TS
You can't tell me that even though 6x as many people were listening to Thrift Shop on Spotify et.al., the new YouTube rules accurately captures the SONG's popularity.
2 million ODS vs 10.1 million overall streaming for TS
You can't tell me that even though 6x as many people were listening to Thrift Shop on Spotify et.al., the new YouTube rules accurately captures the SONG's popularity.
Wafflecakes
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Yup I did. I actually like it more than I thought I would. It slays.
Though imo this was an EXCEPTIONAL week for it. Not sure whether it will happen often.
I still see it being scaled back somewhat though.
Delusibeta
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Wait. What's this? are they covering Blondie's legendary song?
It's for Red Nose Day, mate. Portion of every sale goes to Comic Relief, or at least that's how the theory goes.
No lies.
Okay, I should have probably just said "viral songs" because that CMM video did spawn thousands of dookie-inducing parodies.
Wafflecakes
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What was her .5th hit?
Supermanisdead
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Hello OT5. Roy, the banner looks great.
Good Time; the collab with Owl City? lol, it was the only other she had that did decently so I'll assume that was what Crumpet is referencing.
They haven't published it yet! Still time to nerf it.
The parody loophole conflicts with their remix rule. A damn mess.
Ew I hope not.
you dont like Koodo's anthem?
STILL SCREAMING
Taylor and Frank Ocean at the after party.
Did she not get the memo?
Wrong image. lol.
OMG if Ru shows up on the Hot 100 again because of this
Huh? That doesn't look like Frank Ocean?
Also my first post in OT5, bless Royalan.Also bless Sony for setting Nintendo back another generation.
please step back to gaming side with that mess.
Nemesis_
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Nemesis_
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Oh you cant handle Cure Diamond?
Bye I was talking about the gaming side mess.
Supermanisdead
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wat is this fake sailor moon garbage
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