Whenever someone is talking about the music charts we automatically think of Billboard, right? Well, in an interesting move Rolling Stone is looking to change all that with its very own new music charts launching this week!
The “Rolling Stone Charts” will compete with The Billboard 200 and Hot 100 and have a singles chart updated daily, rather than every week. They also plan to incorporate more streaming data and "make the ranking calculations more transparent."
Jay Penske, the CEO of RS’s parent company, Penske Media Corp., said in a press release: “What’s imperative and exciting about our new Rolling Stone Charts is that it will present a transparent, granular and real-time quantification to accurately reflect listeners’ evolving interests and give insight into worldwide trends.”
These new charts will include the Rolling Stone Artist 500 (ranking the most-streamed artists) the Rolling Stone Trending 25, and, for new artists, the Rolling Stone Breakthrough 25.
It's said they will compile the charts "using music analytics service Alpha Data (formerly BuzzAngle Music), incorporating digital and physical sales as well as streaming."
Look for the very first Rolling Stone Charts to premiere this coming Monday May 13th!