To analyse the TIES Survey for streaming, flow charts were created from the Amsterdam and Strasbourg data sets.
The only exception is the Official Streaming Chart, launched last May, which calculates rankings based on data from sites such as Spotify and We7.
They say the songwriter's voice is rarely heard, "even though the vast majority of music gracing the sales and streaming chart is created by songwriters who are not artists".
Now with this all-in-one streaming chart, it's a much truer reflection of how much is being consumed".
It peaked atop MTV.com's streaming chart and at number nine on Billboards Hot Videoclip Tracks.
This week's upsetting one-two punch of movie-star passings has had a visible effect on the download and streaming charts, as viewers have rushed to keep the screen legacies of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall immediately alive.
There is little sense that these hosts are embedded in the music industry or that they rely on trending data and streaming charts to fill out their daily playlists.
Perhaps the general bloat and navel-gazing of Views appealed to those voters who prefer albums by overly ponderous dudes who treat the women in their lives as mere inconveniences – or maybe they were just dazzled by its ability to dominate streaming charts for months.
Artists and their managers as well as labels and scouts tend to reference top streaming charts in the hunt for new talent, it says.
In addition to this, the track also reached number one on both the On Demand and Streaming charts, with a weekly peak of 2.1 million and 12 million, respectively.
