Here Comes YouTube: 'Billboard' To Change How It Calculates Top Albums
Starting Jan. 3, Billboard is changing the way it calculates the top albums of the week. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Slate writer and critic Chris Molanphy about what the rule changes mean.
The question of how determines the most popular music in the country has gotten a lot harder in the digital age. It used to be a simple question of which album sold the most physical copies, but now needs to consider things like Spotify plays and mp3 downloads. Starting Jan. 3, it
