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I'm your host pop and pop and man I feel just like a rock star.

You ever hear a hit that's like not a hit but it's kind of a hit.

That's the number one song in the country right now.

It's called Rockstar.

It's by Post Malone and 21 Savage, 21.

And a dethroned Cardi B, who was at the top

with Bodak Yellow for three weeks.

Now, we're going to talk about Rockstar for a couple of reasons. This week on the

podcast we are going to talk about a recent change that Billboard announced in terms of how

their singles charge. It's just singles I believe right? Yeah I did the hot 100s how that's going to be tabulated starting in the new year and the primary changes that non

subscription ad supported plays on YouTube are going to be weighted less than they

currently are and this has led to a tremendous amount of consternation and

frankly a little bit of confusion about how does the hot 100 actually get made, who makes it, and what does it actually reflect?

So to talk about that today, I've got King of and I Quill, Joe Kosc Coscarelli Bob Music Report in the New York Times

I got a little cold forgive me your man is we're gonna get through it's got a white cup

the lemon the lemon herbal tea that purple or that yellow.

No caffeine free tea.

And I've got the big algo Don, David Turner, senior staff writer, a track record, which is a youngish site that y'all should definitely go check out.

A lot of flames on there.

David and Joe both pay quite a bit of attention to detail and to data.

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