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387:, instead of units. Hence, only paid streaming is counted and must be played at least 30 seconds. At least 6 tracks of one album have to be streamed to make streams count for the album, with 12 tracks being the maximum counted. Similar to the UK chart rule, the actual streams of the top-two songs are not counted, but instead the average of the following tracks.
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480:
403:, began incorporating streaming into its singles chart beginning on November 24, 2014, and its albums chart beginning on May 13, 2017. ARIA changes the conversion rate regularly, and as of July 2023, one sale is equivalent to 170 streams on a paid subscription service, or 420 streams on an ad-supported service.
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and found that 63% of the album's streams on
Spotify came from just three songs off the 25-track album. Additionally, only six songs accounted for 82% of the album's total stream, meaning that only a quarter of the songs determined the overall success of the album in terms of album-equivalent units.
334:
In July 2018, Billboard and
Nielsen revised the ratios used for streaming equivalent album units to account for the relative value of streams on paid music services like Apple Music or Amazon Music Unlimited versus ad-supported music and video platforms such as Spotify's free tier and YouTube. Under
351:
since March 2015. The change was decided after the massive growth of streaming; the number of tracks streamed in the UK in a year doubled from 7.5 billion in 2013 to just under 15 billion in 2014. Under the new methodology, Official Charts
Company takes the 12 most-streamed tracks from an
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said: "If you're a thirsty (eager for fame or notoriety) pop artist of note, you can theoretically game the system by packing as many as 20 tracks into an album, in the process rolling up more album-equivalent units—and thus album "sales"—as listeners check the album out." He also criticized
415:, album equivalent units methodology "reflects album popularity in today's world, where music is accessible on so many platforms has become the accepted measure of album success." Physical albums have mostly turned into collectors' items as noted by a 2016 poll by
67:. The album-equivalent unit was introduced in the mid-2010s as an answer to the drop of album sales in the 21st century. Album sales more than halved from 1999 to 2009, declining from a $ 14.6 to $ 6.3 billion industry, partly due to cheap digitally downloaded
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was the first album to top the chart with this rule. Out of its 41,000 album-equivalent units, 2,900 units came from streaming and the rest were pure sales. By 2017, streaming had accounted more than half of album-equivalent units in the UK, according to
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204:. Known as TEA (track equivalent album) and SEA (streaming equivalent album) when originally implemented, 10 song sales or 1,500 song streams from an album were treated as equivalent to one purchase of the album.
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felt that album equivalent units often do not reflect the actual album because they put further weight on an album's biggest single(s) rather than on all the project's tracks as a whole.
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album, with the top two songs being given lesser weight so that the figure will reflect the popularity of the album as a whole rather than of one or two successful
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was the first album to top the chart with this methodology, generating 339,000 album-equivalent units (281,000 units came from pure album sales). In
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The usage of the album-equivalent units revolutionized the charts from the "best-selling albums" ranking into the "most popular albums" ranking. The
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241:, which had previously certified albums based on units sold to retail stores, began factoring streaming for their certifications in February 2016.
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the updated album equivalent ratios, 1,250 premium audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 3,750 video streams are equal to one album unit.
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albums chart revised its ranking methodology with album-equivalent unit instead of pure album sales. With this overhaul, the
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836:"Now 53 Outsells Taylor Swift, Becomes First Record to Top Albums Chart but Not Billboard 200; Kid Ink Cracks Top 10"
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to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of one album copy. This consumption includes
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1010:[German album charts integrate premium streaming] (in German). Musikmarkt.de. Archived from
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138:(IFPI) long before the streaming era began. Between 1994 and 2005, the IFPI counted three
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200 methodology, based exclusively on
Nielsen SoundScan's sales data. Taylor Swift's
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1276:"The Past Year, And Decade, In Music Listening: Video Rules, The Boy's Club Remains"
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The standard of an album-equivalent unit in the United States, according to the
1141:"Billboard's Genre Album Charts Will Now Incorporate Streams & Track Sales"
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1241:"The Album Is in Deep Trouble – and the Music Business Probably Can't Save it"
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574:"Billboard 200 Makeover: Album Chart to Incorporate Streams & Track Sales"
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201:
110:
356:. The adjusted total is divided by 1000 and added to the album sales figure.
146:(RIN) report. The term was reintroduced by the IFPI in 2013 to measure their
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1116:"The number of Australian musicians in the local charts has plummeted. Why?"
906:"The Music Industry's Math Changes, but the Outcome Doesn't: Drake Is No. 1"
886:
773:"One Direction are officially the biggest global recording artists of 2013"
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989:"Digital streaming behind biggest rise in UK music sales for two decades"
748:
Music by
Numbers: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Music Industries
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184:
200 includes on-demand streaming and digital track sales (as measured by
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2007:
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189:
686:"Drake's 'Views' Rules at No. 1 for Fifth Week on Billboard 200 Chart"
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650:
1180:"How Longer Albums And Streaming Giants Are Manipulating The Charts"
862:"Forget Selling Albums — Artists Can Now Go Platinum Via Streaming"
1930:
1580:
935:"Sam Smith's 'In the Lonely Hour' Tops Historic U.K. Albums Chart"
543:"Taylor Swift's '1989' Returns to No. 1 on Revamped Billboard 200"
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became the first album in history to miss the top position of the
109:
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2132:
1620:
1512:
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963:"Official Albums Chart to include streaming data for first time"
791:"Rumor Mill – SALES PLUS STREAMING (SPS): THE TOP 25 ALBUMS YTD"
244:
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1976:
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1037:[German album charts now with streaming numbers].
98:(IFPI) have used album-equivalent unit to measure their
1089:"Audio streams to be integrated into ARIA Albums Chart"
1035:"Deutsche Album-Charts jetzt auch mit Streaming-Zahlen"
620:"A decade of iTunes singles killed the music industry"
234:
200 despite being the best-selling album of the week.
208:
continues to publish a pure album sales chart, called
1008:"Deutsche Album-Charts integrieren Premium-Streaming"
720:
International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry
136:
International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry
96:
International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry
1261:"Is the album format irrelevant in the digital age?"
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142:as an equivalent of one album unit in their annual
745:Osborne, Richard; Laing, Dave (December 2, 2020).
646:"Not One Artist's Album Has Gone Platinum In 2014"
1213:"Why Does Chris Brown's New Album Have 40 Songs?"
173:Beginning with the December 13, 2014, issue, the
567:
565:
247:summary by format, in million copies per year.
91:, whereas several artists' works had in 2013.
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453:columnist Tim Ingham observed the figures of
8:
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383:is used to rank the albums based on weekly
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1312:
1298:
1290:
1093:Australian Recording Industry Association
860:Tsioulcas, Anastasia (February 1, 2016).
397:Australian Recording Industry Association
239:Recording Industry Association of America
31:
1161:"Music streaming boosts sales of vinyl"
505:
164:Use on record charts and certifications
928:
926:
710:
708:
75:in the United States in 2014 were the
27:Measurement unit in the music industry
1063:"ARIA to include streaming in charts"
1033:Briegleb, Volker (February 1, 2016).
808:Molanphy, Chris (December 10, 2014).
716:"Global Recording Artist of the Year"
667:"Taylor Swift, Platinum Party of One"
541:Caulfield, Keith (December 3, 2014).
71:. For instance, the only albums that
7:
1006:Potzel, Andreas (February 1, 2016).
154:(SPS) unit, which was introduced by
2539:Global Recording Artist of the Year
2507:Highest-grossing live music artists
1060:White, Dominic (November 5, 2014).
644:McIntyre, Hugh (October 16, 2014).
148:Global Recording Artist of the Year
100:Global Recording Artist of the Year
1178:McIntyre, Hugh (August 17, 2017).
25:
987:Butler, Sarah (January 3, 2018).
961:Copsey, Rob (February 11, 2015).
684:Caulfield, Keith (May 22, 2016).
665:Sanders, Sam (November 5, 2014).
618:Covert, Adrian (April 25, 2013).
572:Trust, Gary (November 20, 2014).
212:, that maintains the traditional
2668:
2667:
2654:
1684:Artists and repertoire (A&R)
1415:Universal Music Publishing Group
1239:Ingham, Tim (November 9, 2018).
995:– via www.theguardian.com.
834:Book, Ryan (February 12, 2015).
478:
445:, which contains over 40 songs.
347:has included streaming into the
227:Now That's What I Call Music! 53
126:) as an equivalent of one album.
2105:Entertainment Monitoring Africa
1274:Hu, Cherie (January 14, 2020).
810:"Why Is Taylor Swift Still #1?"
775:. March 5, 2014. Archived from
2605:Largest recorded music markets
2512:Highest-grossing concert tours
1211:Josephs, Brian (May 2, 2017).
1114:Briggs, Casey (July 9, 2023).
967:The Official UK Charts Company
933:Sexton, Paul (March 2, 2015).
1:
904:Sisario, Ben (July 9, 2018).
369:British Phonographic Industry
144:Recording Industry in Numbers
2710:Units of amount of substance
2661:Record production portal
1477:Independent UK record labels
2529:Most-attended concert tours
343:In the United Kingdom, the
63:in addition to traditional
51:, is a measurement unit in
2726:
2544:Wealthiest musical artists
2397:Best-selling music artists
601:"Why Album Sales Are Down"
114:Prior to digital era, the
2648:
2115:New Zealand singles chart
1068:The Sydney Morning Herald
761:– via Google Books.
442:Heartbreak on a Full Moon
224:February 8, 2015, issue,
2585:Christian music industry
2100:GfK Entertainment charts
1744:Professional audio store
486:Record production portal
1992:Music streaming service
1425:Disney Music Publishing
407:Responses and criticism
345:Official Charts Company
200:, YouTube and formerly
2534:Most-attended concerts
2502:Highest-paid musicians
127:
40:
18:Album equivalent units
2615:Most valuable records
2610:Most expensive albums
2565:Album-equivalent unit
2095:Italian singles chart
1952:Promotional recording
1420:Warner Chappell Music
1410:Sony Music Publishing
1405:BMG Rights Management
887:"U.S. Sales Database"
518:Indian Music Industry
134:had been used by the
132:album-equivalent unit
113:
45:album-equivalent unit
35:
2590:Environmental impact
2490:Best-selling singles
1503:Digital music stores
152:sales plus streaming
2620:Music certification
2600:Largest music deals
2478:Best-selling albums
2311:The Country Network
2090:Irish Singles Chart
1739:Musical instruments
1014:on February 1, 2016
751:. Intellect Books.
399:, which issues the
381:German Albums Chart
2133:SNEP singles chart
1908:Extended play (EP)
1679:Album cover design
910:The New York Times
363:In the Lonely Hour
128:
41:
2682:
2681:
2625:Parental Advisory
2580:Bootleg recording
2570:A-side and B-side
2427:
2380:
2379:
2296:The Music Factory
2138:Sverigetopplistan
2062:Argentina Hot 100
2028:Music competition
2018:Concert residency
1957:Phonograph record
1927:
1887:
1886:
1714:Music and fashion
1699:Entertainment law
1567:
1566:
1528:Virgin Megastores
1330:and organizations
1167:. April 14, 2016.
795:HITS Daily Double
779:on March 5, 2014.
186:Nielsen SoundScan
16:(Redirected from
2717:
2705:Equivalent units
2671:
2670:
2659:
2658:
2657:
2425:
2246:
2143:UK singles chart
2075:Canadian Hot 100
1967:Compact cassette
1905:
1852:Session musician
1827:Hip hop producer
1785:
1719:Music journalism
1651:Rhythm and blues
1369:IFPI (worldwide)
1334:
1314:
1307:
1300:
1291:
1284:
1283:
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1264:
1263:. March 1, 2019.
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1188:. Archived from
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726:on March 5, 2014
722:. Archived from
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140:physical singles
120:physical singles
49:album equivalent
21:
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2230:Top of the Pops
2195:Musica e dischi
2147:
2032:
1996:
1916:Cassette single
1894:
1883:
1837:Record producer
1783:
1754:Radio promotion
1724:Music publisher
1709:Music executive
1704:Music education
1671:
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1563:
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1429:
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1337:Representatives
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1328:Major companies
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349:UK Albums Chart
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210:Top Album Sales
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81:soundtrack and
28:
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2700:Music industry
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2635:Surprise album
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2070:Brasil Hot 100
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2023:Music festival
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1987:Music download
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1879:Sound engineer
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1842:Rhythm section
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