Streaming
Every Kazi Magazine story tagged Streaming: news, features and digital covers in one place.
- Billboard Changes Its Streaming Math and YouTube Returns in 2027
Starting with the Billboard 200 dated Jan 16, 2027, one album unit will equal 1,500 ad-supported streams instead of 2,500. YouTube said the same day it will bring its data back to Billboard's charts after a year away.
- Megan Thee Stallion's "Thin Ice" Is Climbing, and Billboard Has the Numbers
Megan Thee Stallion's Limp Bizkit-sampling "Thin Ice" went wide on Oct. 24. Billboard reports it grew from 98,000 streams that Saturday to 247,000 on Monday, "a 152% gain in all." The sample, the Tina Snow roots and what comes next.
- Tyla Proved the Labels Wrong and They Still Haven't Caught Up
The first South African artist to win a Grammy in pop did not wait for permission. Now streaming numbers are forcing the industry to admit what audiences already knew.
- SZA Spent 53 Weeks in the Top Ten Without Releasing New Music and Proved Pop Wrong
While the industry chases quarterly singles, SZA's SOS just charted in its fifth calendar year. The streaming data is saying something labels refuse to hear.
- Boiler Room Turned DJ Sets Into Content and Nobody Noticed the Trade
The platform that streamed underground club culture to the world changed what it means to play for a room. Now the room is just a set piece.