Songs streamed on YouTube will no longer count towards the Billboard charts, the platform announced in a blog yesterday (December 17). The change will take effect on January 16, 2026, according to Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music. Cohen blamed a long-running dispute over Billboard ’s decision to weight subscriber streams more favorably than ad-supported streams in its chart tallies. YouTube is threatening to pull its data despite a recent rule change that suggests a compromise on the

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