For almost as long as Billboard has published charts, artists and their reps have tried to game them... Artists are releasing the same song in alternate versions, in what is a rational (but still tiresome) reaction to Billboard's rules.
According to the New York Times, the Billboard album charts count a YouTube stream the same as a stream on Spotify or any other platform - depending on whether the listener paid for their account.
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