It’s the tightest Christmas number one race in 16 years (Picture: PA / Getty The United Kingdom’s official number one for Christmas 2025 is Kylie Minogue’s XMAS – ending two years of domination from ...

Songs streamed on YouTube will no longer count towards the Billboard charts, the platform announced in a blog yesterday (December 17). The change will take effect on January 16, 2026, according to ...

In October, the music industry trade bible Billboard changed its rules for inclusion on the Hot 100, its cross-genre charting of US music consumption. This has happened in the past; when the chart ...

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YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that has lasted more than a decade. In other words: paid streams will still be weighted ...

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