BB New Chart Format - What do you think?

Billboard once again changed the appearance of their
charts. They added pop-up videos about the songs and ways
to share information on social media. And they have a
picture for all artists. Doesn't appear that any of the
charts are behind a paywall, so you can see the full chart
without a subscription. The took out the "Imprint | Label"
"Producer, (Songwriter)" information as well as the chart
position two weeks ago.

Check it out - is it better or worse?

Maybe this is why I haven't looked at a Hot 100 chart in 20 years. -Bill.

Billboard's websites - from the very, very beginning - have sucked.

Every single thing Scanner points out is correct.

As much as I love the charts & often their articles, the company is a mess.

My magazines have arrived irregularly for 20 years.
Just TRY to get a straight answer on anything from their Subscription dept.

I can't stress enough that for $300 a year, we should not get those intrusive
pop-ups every 5 seconds.

When I first subscribed to Billboard over 15 years ago, I
received both the print edition and online access. The
print magazine was already somewhat useless then since
they did not publish all charts and many were truncated.
(That's why I ultimately subscribed - to get the full
charts.) It also did not help that I would receive my
print copy about a week after it was published. The next
week's charts were already available a few days online by
the time my magazine would arrive!

Looks like they corrected the free chart access. I need
to be logged in now to access all charts which is what I
am paying for! Now if I could only find the search
function again. Unless I know the specific chart and
date, I have not found any other way to do any research
on the site now. The site right now seems to be a work
in progress. They should not have launched the update
until all these issues we are finding were resolved.
But, this is Billboard. Considering how flawed this site
has been all these years, I should not be surprised. I
suppose as long as the ads are working and bringing in
the revenues, they don't seem to care whether the site's
true content functions.

Edited by Scanner

these tech people always foul things up!