YouTube is revising the way it calculates the YouTube Music Charts and 24-hour viewership records. By Tatiana Cirisano YouTube is revising the way it calculates the YouTube Music Charts and 24 ...

Data will enhance rankings to reflect online video activity for the Billboard Hot 100, the pre-eminent singles chart. By Billboard Staff Billboard and Nielsen are adding U.S. YouTube data to their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an arts journalist with a focus on the music industry. The instant gratification of YouTube’s record for 24-hour debuts ...

A couple of weeks ago, it was reported Billboard would start factoring YouTube streams into its Top 200 albums chart. On Thursday (Oct. 19), the Billboard revealed that won't be the case.

YouTube is introducing a major change to its music chart system after discovering that artists and labels were using growth hacks to inflate how many people were watching their videos. YouTube is ...

Jody Rosen: Chris, yesterday we learned the big news that Billboard has overhauled its marquee chart, the Hot 100, by adding YouTube views to its formula for determining hits. The implications are ...