I purchased an Album on iTunes but I have removed the downloads from all my devices. I stream this album a lot. Do these streams count for chart credits? Thank you
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18
Review the metrics here for chart ranking:
Every stream counts, whether you’re playing a song for the first time or replaying it a hundred times.
https://blog.delivermytune.com/apple-music-charts/
The Artist also has far more analytic data that they can see and will be updated when you listen to any of their Music.
https://artists.apple.com/measure
You are free to use any Music Service you wish and that is your choice. If you are looking for what is best for the Artist, you may want to ask them. From a compensation perspective, you can see that Apple pays Artists more than twice the amount for streams than Spotify.
https://virpp.com/hello/music-streaming-payouts-comparison-a-guide-for-musicians/
Review the metrics here for chart ranking:
Every stream counts, whether you’re playing a song for the first time or replaying it a hundred times.
https://blog.delivermytune.com/apple-music-charts/
The Artist also has far more analytic data that they can see and will be updated when you listen to any of their Music.
https://artists.apple.com/measure
You are free to use any Music Service you wish and that is your choice. If you are looking for what is best for the Artist, you may want to ask them. From a compensation perspective, you can see that Apple pays Artists more than twice the amount for streams than Spotify.
https://virpp.com/hello/music-streaming-payouts-comparison-a-guide-for-musicians/
The details of the chart credits are not publicized, presumably to discourage people from trying to game the system.
Well, I would expect from apple to be very clear about it. I mean, at the end of the day they are different platforms, iTunes and AppleMusic and I could use another application to play my downloaded purchases. I guess if it is unclear and I want to support an artist I can always switch to Spotify for example. So, they’d better come up with a detailed response, so the customer can decide where to turn to
Furious,
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Do not-downloaded iTunes purchases count if streamed on AppleMusic?
