If Billboard insists on scrutinizing D2C dig. sales, they need 2 hav an even hand: Address Spotify Discovery (how does it impact streamer hits & is autoplay filtered?) & radio (it's insane it's not filtered when it's an unspoken secret it's pay4play city). rollingstone.com/pro/features/p… Day by day, it becomes harder to take the Billboard chart seriously when it essentially filters out all consumer engagement while letting the subversive ecosystem of industry influence run rampant.

Now that MW's sales #s are settling, here's that math I mentioned a few weeks back. To reiterate, I think #JIMIN needs to move >175K units to secure No. 1 for #Jimin_FACE (which feels doable!).

Here's my totally not authoritative, grade school math reasoning w/ some graphs... First, I saw some concerns about the fact that MW sold 100K more albums in his first week than his last go around, which could suggest he'll sell more albums in his fourth week (he moved 150K in his 4th week for "Dangerous"). What this concern may not take into account...