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Drake “Sold” 1.2M Copies Of Views Only Thanks To Old “Hotline Bling” Streams

Last October, Drake’s “Hotline Bling” just missed topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart because of an unusual technicality: The viral clip was initially released exclusively on Apple Music, whose video-streaming data was not shared with Billboard. Now, Drake’s label, Republic Records, is relying on another unusual technicality to skew the numbers regarding the Toronto […]

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19:24 on May 5 2016

Drake “Sold” 1.2M Copies Of Views Only Thanks To Old “Hotline Bling” Streams

Stereogum — Last October, Drake’s “Hotline Bling” just missed topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart because of an unusual technicality: The viral clip was initially relea... more info
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