now raise the money earned

gnx woulda done >400k first week

steaming was overdue a higher weighting. The whole concept of converting streams to sales doest even make sense anyway

The U.S. National deficit?

Not enough spreadsheets itt

drake abt to do a million first week
2026 = 2016

Step in the right direction. Radio been overweighted for so long

less than drakes worst album ever fatd

Booo

System so broken it has to lie to itself to stay alive

Yeah it means nothing

The top will still be the top and the losers will still be the losers

The position is the same just with a different faux number

Billboard has also done so many changes this decade that nothing is concrete or means anything anymore

I look forward to sales discussions in 2026 comparing numbers from different years while conveniently ignoring the rule change!

Not even close, the change wasn’t that drastic lmao

If his ceiling for Iceman before was like 350K, the ceiling now is probably somewhere around 475K with this rule change

So you’re figuring that in general, it’ll be about a 30% increase in first week sales?

crazy how numbers are truly imaginary, these ngas can just go in n change the system on a whim that should tell u everything u need 2 know

playboi carti would have went platinum day one

S*** now that I think about it, this plus bundles means people are gonna be selling a milli normally or close to

about 5 years too late

Idk really, anywhere between 1.25x and 1.5x as I said (but obviously not leaning into each of those numbers too heavily, so like 1.3-1.4x I guess) but one interesting thing to note here is

Since free streams now count more, it means that albums with botted streams will get more of positive impact lol? (I assume botted streams usually are free ones?)

Guys… it’s a big change for sure but it’s not gonna be THAT drastic

Botman

MJ record is The Boy's.

Tbh this is probably more in line with consumption habits than we think

Radio is king again, billboard got me regulated