![]() ![]() The introduction of Itunes data to the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005 has had the effect of slowly but surely pushing music favored by black audiences off the pop charts and top 40 (and even rhythmic) radio, to the point where there are now very few songs that cross over from urban radio to other formats. Further compounding the problem is that that isn't even true - economically privileged listeners, who are more likely to be white, are much more likely to purchase digital music. The radio listener chooses the station that best fits their tastes, whereas anyone might buy from Itunes. ![]() ![]() The problem with this is that there is no way of separating by demographics like there is for radio. So today Billboard changed their policy to allow digital music sales to count on previously airplay-driven genre charts. ![]()
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