News Summary

• The Billboard 200 albums chart will count 1,250 streams through a paid subscription service to one album unit, and 3,750 streams through ad-supported streaming services to one album unit..
• After a year that saw a massively successful stadium tour, a box office-topping movie, and a culture dominance that saw her win the coveted Time “Person of the Year” award, it’s no surprise that her album 1989 (Taylor’s Version) has returned this week to No..
• While Elvis’s sales were measured by reports from retailers (an admittedly loose determination at times), today’s charts on the Billboard 200 consider sales from streaming, something that didn’t exist in Elvis’s heyday..
• That’s in addition to traditional sales, which are boosted by vinyl’s revival, but still lag far behind streams..
• Comparing streams to the commitment needed to drive to a store to purchase an album is a matter up for debate..
• But while those successes are impressive, the breathless and cheerleading claims to have tied Elvis Presley for most weeks as a solo artist at No..