YouTube to Rejoin Billboard Music Charts in 2027 with Revised Streaming Data Weighting

YouTube's global head of music, Lyor Cohen, announced that the platform will resume sharing its streaming data with Billboard starting in 2027. This decision follows changes to Billboard's methodology, which will narrow the weighting gap between paid subscription streams and ad-supported streams from 1:2.5 to 1:1.5. The revised system is expected to give ad-supported streams greater impact on Billboard's album rankings.