Is anyone else confused about the Apple Music Global Chart? Like, what is Global? Is it not supposed to mean worldwide?
So tell me why a song that is only charting in Japan is in the top 100 Global AM Music Chart, but songs that are charting in more than 20 countries are not? For example, the Girl group ROSE from Japan usually chart multiple songs on AM Global, but they only ever chart in Japan. Then you have groups like StrayKids, Katseye, etc charting in more than 20 countries, but getting no entry. Does that make sense?
For anyone who doesn’t know, Spotify combines all streams from the countries a song charts in, but Apple Music will give those countries points based on tier ranking. And unless you chart in tier one and tier two countries, there’s no entry on the Global Chart. Is that even fair?
So apparently, countries are divided into 4 tiers:
Tier 1: United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany
Tier 2: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Thailand
Tier 3: Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, China, Colombia, Spain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Turkey, Taiwan, South Africa
For you to chart in Global AM, u need to chart in at least one of these countries: the US, the UK, Japan, or Germany. And placed high, like the top 20 in 2 or top 50 in 3 out of 8 of these countries: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Thailand. Something like that.
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