Earn Your Leisure

Welcome back to another exciting episode of *EYL*. In this episode, hosts Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings sit down with Mag Rodriguez to delve into the revolutionary partnership between their platform and Luminate, a game-changing collaboration that gives artists unprecedented control over charting on Billboard.Luminate is the agency responsible for all the reporting in the recorded music industry, both domestically and internationally. Originally known as Nielsen Soundscan, Luminate has undergone several transformations over the years, but it remains the backbone of Billboard chart auditing. As Mag explains, after 18 months of persistent negotiations, their platform has received the golden stamp of approval from Luminate just eight weeks ago and has been an official reporter for four weeks. Mag highlights the monumental significance of this approval. Traditionally, charting on Billboard required artists to sell their albums via major DSPs like Apple or Spotify. However, thanks to this groundbreaking partnersh