YouTube confirmed Monday that it will resume supplying data for U.S. Billboard charts in 2027, reversing a withdrawal that took effect in January 2026. The company did not specify which chart edition would first reflect its data or which charts would use it.
Separately, Billboard announced it will give eligible ad-supported streams more weight on the Billboard 200 and its genre album charts. On the Billboard 200, 1,500 ad-supported streams will count as one album-equivalent unit, down from 2,500. The threshold for paid subscription streams stays at 1,000. The change begins with the Jan. 16, 2027, editions of those album charts, which use data from Jan. 1–7, Music Business Worldwide reported.
For labels and artists comparing a release with earlier chart runs, the same number of eligible ad-supported plays will now contribute more toward its album-chart total. The formula changes how Billboard counts streams for its rankings; it does not set what streaming services pay rights holders.