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YouTube and Billboard have finally made peace, bringing BTS and armys 2x great news 1 year ago, YouTube announced that they will stop reporting their data to Billboard, starting from January 15th 2026 Their decision was announced as their protest against Billboard's lack of transparency and uneven methodology in counting streams - including YouTube audio and views Following the annual industry review, Billboard decided they need to fix this. It's clear that HOT100 has been degrading. The absence of such huge music consumption platform as YouTube has been a major harm stagnating and degrating Billboard charts even more. The 2026 point figures hit decades low. The disbalance of organic consumption to radio has been the worst since the beginning of streaming era. From 2027, Billboard will partially close the gap between the weight of premium and free streams. YouTube agreed to report their data again 🌻 BTS and armys: — our streams from free platforms such free YouTube or free Spotify will now make a greater impact on BTS' billboard chart performance. Our point and unit scoring will increase — BTS will once again have the contribution of YouTube views and streams, one of our top performing platforms against the disbalance caused by the US radio BTS' 2027 comeback is about to rattle the charts more than anyone imagines