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Podcast: Educate Your Earbuds
Episode: 🎶 Billboard’s Big Shake-Up: Do the Charts Even Matter Anymore?
Description: This week on Educate Your Earbuds, we’re diving into the drama behind Billboard’s brand-new Hot 100 chart rules 😱. As of October 25th, 2025, Billboard dropped some major updates that completely changed how songs chart — and yep, a few long-running hits just got kicked off 👋.We’ll break down what the new rules actually mean, why Billboard decided to shake things up, and what this could mean for the future of chart-topping music. Are these changes making things fairer, or just messier? And more importantly — do the charts even matter anymore in the streaming era? 👀Tun...