Still other insiders contend that Chinese fans were able to use VPN manipulation to access the U.S. Another source surmises that there was “a plan to game the U.S.
While it’s not hard to see how fans from China, with a population of more than 1.3 billion, could impact a chart so swiftly, it is less clear how those living in the famously curtained country, which doesn’t even have access to Twitter, able to make a purchase on a U.S.
Keep it positive.Ī post shared by Scooter Braun on at 4:19am PST And for those using my name for false rumors now you know exactly where I stand. This is just the first of many achievements for you. Glad we got to connect and speak and keep your head held high. Kris happy birthday and you showed yourself to be a global star. The music community is international and no longer held by borders. Any fans of anyone I manage who are using this opportunity to spread any sort of division or racism are dead wrong and I won’t stand for it. I have never wished anything bad for Kris nor any other artist and those saying otherwise are wrong. He has never been removed from the charts on iTunes. Once the release in China took place the fans had their access. It was explained to he and I last night that because his release was held back in China for his birthday his fans went and got the music any way they could and that was US Itunes. Kris is a great artist who on a global scale is a star. We learned of eachother since many rumors have come out about both us in connection to his newest release. Over the past few days I have become aware of an artist named Last night we had an opportunity to connect and talk and show respect. Any fans of anyone I manage who are using this opportunity to spread any sort of division or racism are dead wrong and I won’t stand for it.” Those were real people from the US and international community and not bots like many have rumored. “It was explained to he and I last night that because his release was held back in China for his birthday his fans went and got the music any way they could and that was US Itunes. “Last night we had an opportunity to connect and talk and show respect,” he wrote. This theory was supported by Ariana Grande manager Scooter Braun in an Instagram post early Thursday, relating a conversation he’d had with Wu. What transpired was a classic supply and demand scenario where “supply in the U.S. But in the U.S., it was already available on iTunes, released by Interscope Records on Nov. Typically, albums come out on Fridays worldwide, as per the global release date change instituted in 2015. First, his album hadn’t yet been released in China where the label purportedly purposely held it back so it could come out on Wu’s birthday, Tuesday, Nov. So how did this happen? According to insiders, there were several factors that contributed to Wu’s showing. As we do with all reports when irregularities are noticed during the normal weekly validation process, we work closely with our partners to address the issue, which may result in excluding any irregular or excessive sales patterns, prior to charts being finalized.” We capture data from a number of sources including streaming, radio and retail, allowing us to validate the accuracy of sales and playback information as well as identify anomalies.
In a statement early Thursday, a rep for Nielsen (which publishes chart data in Billboard) said the data is under review: “Billboard and Nielsen Music are working closely to ensure both the accuracy and legitimacy of the sales volumes being reported for Kris Wu this week. The determination was made to “suppress those sales numbers” on Wednesday afternoon following patterns of high-volume purchases on iTunes, first of the explicit version of “Antares,” and then of the clean version. Indeed, according to a well-placed insider, Wu’s album sales were acquired fraudulently and will not count toward the iTunes sales chart reported to Nielsen and disseminated by Billboard.
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