Mega fans are gaming the music charts, propelling their favorite artists to the top with “fake plays.” K-pop group BTS’s last two albums both debuted in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, thanks in part to organized fan campaigns that involved distributing U.S.

Mega fans are gaming the music charts, propelling their favorite artists to the top with “fake plays.” K-pop group BTS’s last two albums both debuted in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, thanks in part to organized fan campaigns that involved distributing U.S. Spotify logins internationally to rack up more U.S. streams. Billboard will have to decide how to account for manipulation from Next Level Fandoms as their methods get more sophisticated. (BuzzFeed News)