GoKawiilYouTube to resume sharing data with Billboard charts in 2027
Billboard announced it will change how it weighs free, ad-supported streams starting January 2027, counting 1,500 such streams as one album consumption unit instead of the previous 2,500. In response, YouTube said it will resume sharing its listening data with Billboard, reversing a December 2025 decision to withhold that data over disagreements about how free listening was valued.