What Will Billboard's New Streaming Rules Really Mean?

Rap has dominated the Hot 100 this year. Five hip-hop tracks have taken the Number One spot, tying a chart record, and in April, rap singles singlehandedly accounted for half of the Top 10. It's also been a banner year for Latin pop – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" tied the record for the most weeks spent at Number One (16), and when J. Balvin and Willy William's "Mi Gente" flew to

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