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[โ€“] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say definitely based on hits charts: people can be pretty unaware of culturally significant bands quite easily by only using streaming services...

[โ€“] calliope@retrolemmy.com 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Oh never mind these Evanescence hits are on airplay! Ignore this

~~Billboard has counted streams for years. Sales, streams, and airplay.~~

News this year was that Billboard stopped counting YouTube streams because Google was trying to throw their weight around to affect the charts. Which I thought was interesting.