PIETROLUONGO: Of the three streams that we use - of sales, airplay and streaming - sales still weighs heavier than radio radio weighs heavier than streaming. It's been one of the dominant factors in determining chart position. GONYEA: So, talk about how important radio is given this change. GONYEA: Again, that's "Gangnam Style," that one, right? So, you saw this kind of activity with PSY, where it broke on YouTube and then it led to sales, which led to airplay and then led to way more sales. #2013 BILLBOARD TOP 100 DOWNLOAD#And it might actually be the number one selling download next week when we have our charts. PIETROLUONGO: Well, even if we didn't have YouTube in the calculations this week, the song would have debuted probably somewhere in the top 15 because it's been among the top-selling downloads this past week. GONYEA: Explain exactly what's happening with "Harlem Shake." It wasn't even on the charts and now it's number one. And we've had streaming in the Hot 100 for about five or six years, so this is just a continuance of increasing the pool of streamers that we have on the chart. That was the first charts, and then it was jukebox, airplay sales, vinyl, cassette, CDs, and then we moved into ringtones and digital downloads. GONYEA: When you say you've always adapted to modern times, I mean, if we go way, way, way back, I understand you used to count sheet music sales. And there's no denying the effect that YouTube is having on music and popular culture. PIETROLUONGO: Well, we always try to go where people are consuming music historically, and we've been doing this for decades now. So, why the changes? Why start using YouTube? He's the director of charts at Billboard magazine. The guy behind those changes is Silvio Pietroluongo. This week, Billboard - for the first time - started to incorporate those views into its Hot 100 formula. Baauer's "Harlem Shake" has taken the top spot mostly because of views on YouTube. But if you turn on the radio, you might not actually hear the song. And this week it shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the most watched ranking in the music biz. GONYEA: The song is "Harlem Shake" and it's by a DJ who calls himself Baauer - that's with two As. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.To music, and the number one song in America. We have identified Canadian artists below with their names bolded in red. Other Canadian acts with songs in the 2013 year-end top 100 are Classified (with David Myles), Trevor Guthrie, Walk Off the Earth, Majid Jordan (featured in Drake’s piece), Tyler Shaw, Artists Against Bullying, Daniel Powter, Metric, Avril Lavigne, Marianas Trench, Down With Webster, Michael Buble, and Carly Rae Jepsen. Note that some of these songs made the year-end chart of 2012 as well, so their chart performace was split between two years. Justin Bieber scored one as a lead artist and one as a featured artist. Tegan and Sara, Drake, and Hedley contributed a pair each as well. Her “Stompa” was the second biggest hit by a Canaidan during 2013, 14th overall. Two of Serena Ryder’s songs made the chart. This is the first time during the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 era that an artist with Canadian citizenship has scored the #1 song of the year. The top single by a foreign artist in 2013 was “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He has dual Canadian and American citizenship. The #1 song of the year in Canada was Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” which spent an amazing 13 weeks at #1. In all, 23 of them were by or featuring a Canadian artist. The top 100 singles of 2013 in Canada are listed below. Billboard has released its year-end charts.
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