How To Chart on Billboard and Apple Music as an Independent Artist

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HOW TO CHART ON BILLBOARD AND APPLE MUSIC AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST

1. Upload Music to Distrokid, TuneCore, Amuse or any online digital music distributor.

2. Register your single or albums UPC and ISRC Codes with Nielsen Soundcan for FREE

3. Generate at least 6,000,000 combined Music Streams or 4,000 units sold in one reporting week for the Top 50

4. Generate 90,000,000 combined Music Streams or 60,000 units sold in one reporting week for the Top 10

5. Generate 150,000,000 combined Music Streams or 100,000 units sold in one reporting week for Number 1 Record

Music Streaming Facts

• 150 Streams = 1 Single Sold

• 1500 Streams = 1 Album Sold

• 75 Million Streams = RIAA Gold SINGLE

• 150 Million Streams = RIAA Platinum SINGLE

• 750 Million Streams = RIAA Gold Album

• 1.5 Billion Music Streams = RIAA Platinum Album

• 15 Billion Streams = RIAA Diamond Album

• Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, and YouTube streams counts toward the total combined Music Streams for an Album OR SINGLE sell

EVERY MUSIC REPORTING WEEK TO SOUNDSCAN STARTS ON FRIDAY’S AND ENDS THE FOLLOW THURSDAY. ALWAYS RELEASE MUSIC ON FRIDAY. SOUNDSCAN DATA UPDATES ON WEDNESDAY.