20132
Billboard To Start Counting YouTube Views: “Harlem Shake” Hits #1 Under New Rules
"Harlem Shake" was a song that had 18,000 downloads last year when it was released. 18,000 when it was a FREE download. 4,000 YouTube videos were made for the song just last week, and it had over a 100 million YouTube views, and 262,000 PAID downloads and is now number 1 on the Billboard Charts after not charting at all when it was first released.
Billboard made a ballsy move last week that was being discussed behind the scenes for almost 2 years with YouTube. The writing was on the wall when YouTube started taking away millions of hits from artists like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, stating the hit count was fabricated.
Psy had a huge hit with "Gangnam Style"..but only hit number 2 on the Billboard Charts. This move would have moved Psy into number 1 where he most likely would have ruled the charts for months. The video itself along with other people's videos will now count towards the Billboard Charts.
Make no mistake; this move had to happen. With MTV, VH1, and BET rarely playing music videos, YouTube became the outlet to get videos out. Video play on TV used to play a huge part in the 80's and 90's with the video channels where the times it played could impact if the song made it into the top 10 or not.
Most of the "Harlem Shake" videos are 30-35 seconds in length and Billboard will need to incorporate if there is going to be minimum of how long a song needs to be to count towards the charts.
Although "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis was the most downloaded trakc with over 400,000 download sales, it could not compete with the viralness (Yes, we are making up words) of the "Harlem Shake" this week.
This needed to be done but they are going to need to change certain things like length of the videos make. The system could easily be manipulated with several large fan communities like Bieber or Gaga asking their fans to make videos for their songs.
I applaud Billboard for making their charts relevant again and talked about all at once. They are going to also find a way to find out which songs are the most "social media active" on Twitter and others without it being paid for like back in the day.-DocFB
Diagnosis: What Do U Think Of Billboard Adding YouTube Views To The Charts?
201269
Questlove Frustrated Over Prince’s Youtube Stance, His Remasters, & Legacy
Questlove took to Instagram, taking a photo of a DJ program where if you look to the top left is Prince's name and we can only assume that Quest was adjusting level's of Prince's early material which has not been remastered and several top not DJ's such as Quest have made their own type of remaster's when it comes to the purple one's work.
For more of what Questlove had to say about Prince, click the continue reading button....
20120
Taylor Swift Announces New Album Red; Releases New Song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Taylor Swift took to you YouTube yesterday for a web chat announcing her new album will be titled "Red" and at the same time playing a new song entitled "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" which is dedicated to an ex-boyfriend. Didn't see that coming.
"Red" will be in stores October 22nd and is slated to have 16 songs on the record. Also, expect it to hit number 1 that week as well.-DocFB
20120
Rihanna Goes For Youtube Record With New Video “Where Have You Been”
Rihanna let it be known as soon as her video for "Where Have You Been" was released that she wanted the most views ever in 1 day.
The video received over 1 million views in that time which we are sure is impressive but did not eclipse the record of others. Maybe next time, release it on a Thursday/Friday where your fans will have the time to watch a video, that is not exactly groundbreaking, again and again.
That is not to say we do not like it. It is visually stunning, but one of her best songs. What do you think of the video?-DocFB
20120
Introducing Kevin Hammond “We Are Young”
I came across Kevin Hammond on YouTube performing "We Are Young" a cover by Fun. I have never heard Fun's version but I am digging Kevin Hammond's version of it.
The lyrics are plenty awesome and his vocal delivery is impressive to say the least. Sometimes that all it takes to get my attention. No label sending me stuff. No manager saying "doc, check this out my man" but just cruising YouTube. No singing TV show. Just a performance jamming in your place.
"We Are Young" by Kevin Hammond is an example of that. We wanted to share this with you and hope you like it.-DocFB
20113
Nikka Costa Performs “Just Because” By Request
Nikka Costa took us into her box again performing "Just Because" on the boards for us by request.
In case you didn't know, Nikka adds a new video to Nikka's Box every Tuesday. Usually some fun, funky stuff, and intimate live performaces, like this one.
Make sure to subscribe to her on YouTube to get her funk straight up.-DocFB
Diagnosis: We Love Her Just Because
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