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DJ Khaled V Billboard
DJ Khaled V Billboard
Billboard
BY BERNARDO MORA QUEGE
Billboard History
Sales used to only refer to physical units sold, but has evolved to include digital album
sales, digital single sales, and streaming.
While DJ Khaled’s methods might have been suspect, the case brought light to a
big debate in the music industry
With so little traction coming from actual sales, artists looking for a no. 1 album
have to find new ways of gaming the system
Billboard has now publicly stated that they will look into its present regulations
and create stricter rules for what counts as a sale and what can constitute a bundle.
Do you think he should have gotten no. 1?
Questions Should bundles still be allowed to count as sales?