With music streaming being as popular as it is, how are album sales determined and compared to those that released before streaming?

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With music streaming being as popular as it is, how are album sales determined and compared to those that released before streaming?

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Answer 1

They compute a “unit”. One album is one “unit”. There are conversions for various other forms of delivery. Billboard counts 10 individual track sales as one “unit”. Billboard counts 1250 paid/subscriber streams as one unit and 3750 ad-supported streams as one “unit”.