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So, you saw this kind of activity with PSY, where it broke on YouTube and then it led to sales, which led to airplay and then led to way more sales.
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And it might actually be the number one selling download next week when we have our charts. PIETROLUONGO: Well, even if we didn't have YouTube in the calculations this week, the song would have debuted probably somewhere in the top 15 because it's been among the top-selling downloads this past week. GONYEA: Explain exactly what's happening with "Harlem Shake." It wasn't even on the charts and now it's number one. And we've had streaming in the Hot 100 for about five or six years, so this is just a continuance of increasing the pool of streamers that we have on the chart. That was the first charts, and then it was jukebox, airplay sales, vinyl, cassette, CDs, and then we moved into ringtones and digital downloads. GONYEA: When you say you've always adapted to modern times, I mean, if we go way, way, way back, I understand you used to count sheet music sales. And there's no denying the effect that YouTube is having on music and popular culture. PIETROLUONGO: Well, we always try to go where people are consuming music historically, and we've been doing this for decades now. So, why the changes? Why start using YouTube? He's the director of charts at Billboard magazine. The guy behind those changes is Silvio Pietroluongo. This week, Billboard - for the first time - started to incorporate those views into its Hot 100 formula. Baauer's "Harlem Shake" has taken the top spot mostly because of views on YouTube. But if you turn on the radio, you might not actually hear the song. And this week it shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the most watched ranking in the music biz. GONYEA: The song is "Harlem Shake" and it's by a DJ who calls himself Baauer - that's with two As. To music, and the number one song in America.