Counting streams is obviously the correct thing but it's not a perfect measure, you can go platinum if people only listen to one song. So people like Pitbull and Flow rider can now go plat, which obviously doesn't reflect the activity of their album but of that machine promoted single.
No, I just think nikkas need to realize and accept that they're old. Counting streams makes perfect sense in this era.
The Coli says artists like Logic are irrelevant. So his numbers are milked right? Except I was just in a party chat with highschoolers the other day and they had a deep thought provoking conversation about Logic while playing Dark Souls 3. Not to mention my 12 year old nephew is a fan of logic (actually bought his album and plays his album regularly on spotify). So my 12 year old nephew is part of a machine? FOH.
This girl I was fukking with that was 18-20 throughout our relationship, she was a legit fan of Chance. The Coli, which is mostly old heads that the game passed by, says Chance is a plant nobody who no one listens to, that has only an internet presence due to milking. So she has to be part of the machine too right?
WRONG.
Yaw nikkas are just old. The last albums I bought were on Apple. That's the world that we live in now. 100 million people know who Drake is, so 100 million people bumping Drake makes perfect sense. Only to an old pocket watcher who believes that no one makes it without cheating (jealousy) would continue pushing this narrative.