Music is YouTube’s most profitable category, according to a recent study, with music and music-related videos representing 20% of all views on the platform. Currently, the YouTube Music Charts ...

Billboard Charts Add YouTube Views. Data will enhance rankings to reflect online video activity for the Billboard Hot 100, the pre-eminent singles chart.

YouTube is boosting the integrity of its music charts.The video giant will no longer count ad views toward rankings on the YouTube Music Charts, instead relying solely on "organic" views like ...

Paid-ad views will no longer be counted toward the YouTube Music Charts, and artist rankings will now be determined by “organic plays.” Additionally, the Google-owned platform is changing its ...

YouTube said the changes will not affect existing 24-hour record debut holders. The current record holder for YouTube 24-hour views is K-pop group BTS, whose single “Boy With Luv” featuring ...

YouTube’s music chart system has faced a few controversies over the last few months. In July, Indian rapper Badshah broke the record for most views in 24 hours, beating out BTS with 75 million ...

The decision is a blow to Google’s YouTube, which had hoped to broaden its representation and was in talks with Billboard about being included in the album charts.

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. What ...

OCC figures show he topped the online video streaming chart for 2017 with his single Shape of You, which currently has more than 776 million views on YouTube, while the top ranking female artist ...

UK singles chart to include YouTube video views for the first time. The new rules will kick off this week. Roisin O'Connor. Music Correspondent. Monday 25 June 2018 08:15 BST. Comments.