Apps

A pocket guide for SEVENTEEN Carats

Purchasing platform.

• Counts towards sales data for Billboard ​charts.
  

• You don't need to have an iOS device to use ​the site.
  

• Buy tracks individually, don't gift them.
  

• Purchased songs are not streams. You must ​delete the song first if you're going to stream ​on Apple Music.
  

Tidal

Streaming platform.

• Counts towards streaming data for ​Billboard charts.
  

• Paid streams only.
  

• Offers a free month trial premium ​subscription.
  

• Offers Family & Student** subscription ​plans.*
  

Apple Music

Streaming platform.

• Counts towards streaming data for ​Billboard charts.
  

• Paid streams only.
  

• Offers 3 months free premium ​subscription (new users) & one month free ​for old users.
  

• Offers Family & Student subscription ​plans.*
  

YouTube

Streaming platform.

• Counts towards streaming data for ​Billboard charts (both YouTube & ​YouTube Music).
  

• Paid & free streams.
  

• Offers a free month trial premium ​subscription.
  

• Offers Family & Student subscription ​plans.*
  

Spotify

Streaming platform.

• Counts towards streaming data for ​Billboard charts.
  

• Paid & free streams.
  

• Offers a free month trial premium ​subscription
  

• Offers Family, Duo & Student subscription ​plans.*
  

Shazam

Music recognition app.

• Contributes to get radio airplay data for ​Billboard charts.
  

• Free platform.
  

• Android users can Shazam the same song ​multiple times by clearing their data ​beforehand.
  

• iOS users can only Shazam the same ​song once per day.
  

* The subscription plans' prices may vary from each country, please search for them personally if you plan to acquire it.

** Tidal Student subscription plan is not available in all regions.

Disclaimer: These are not the only platforms that contributes towards Billboard. Please refer to the specific guide of each to know how to properly use it.

• Paid* streams (from premium accounts) weigh more than ad-​supported/free** (from free accounts) & programmed*** streams (from ​online radio stations). Trial premium subscriptions count as paid streams.
• Streams & digital downloads of a song/album are transformed to album ​units and will be added to the sales data.
• Shazam & radio requests play a huge role in increasing the possibilities of ​the song to be played in radio stations, and ultimately, increase the airplay ​data.
• Only 1 digital sale/4 physical sales will be counted per customer per week ​for songs and albums.
• Tracking starts on Fridays & ends on Thursdays of every week. Full charts ​are released every Tuesday.
  

• Artist ranking chart.
• Uses sales, streaming, airplay & social metrics data from +200 territories.
  

Hot 100

US only.

• Song ranking chart.
• Uses sales, streaming & ​airplay data (includes ​video streams°).
• 250 paid streams = 1 ​song sale.
• 350 free streams = 1 ​song sale.
• 500 programmed ​streams = 1 song sale.
  

Incl. USA.

• Song ranking chart.
• Uses sales plus ​streaming data from ​+200 territories.
• 200 paid streams = 1 ​song sale.
• 900 free streams = 1 ​song sale.
  

Billboard 200

US only.

• Album ranking chart.
• Uses sales plus ​streaming data (includes ​video streams°).
• 10 song downloads = 1 ​album unit.
• 1,250 paid streams = 1 ​album unit.
• 3,750 free streams = 1 ​album unit.
  

Excl. USA.

• Song ranking chart.
• Uses sales plus streaming ​data from +200 territories, ​excluding USA.
• 250 paid streams = 1 song ​sale.
• 1125 free streams = 1 song ​sale.
  

*Platforms that offer premium subscriptions: Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon music, Deezer, YouTube Premium/Music, MelOn (counts for BB 200 charts only), Flo (counts for BB 200 charts only), etc.

**Ad-supported platforms (free versions): Spotify, Soundcloud, Facebook, Deezer, etc.

***Online radio stations: Pandora & Slacker radio.

°Video streams are counted from the artist & label's official accounts on Facebook & YouTube.