Justin Bieber suggested fans boost 'Yummy' by cheating music charts with VPNs

In an effort to promote his new single "Yummy," Justin Bieber shared a guide to hijacking music charts, encouraging international fans to stream it under a U.S. VPN. 

Bieber shared a slideshow guide to boosting "Yummy" to the top of pop charts on Thursday night in a now-deleted Instagram post. The guide, which was originally created by a fan edit page, instructed fans outside the U.S. to "download a VPN app, set the VPN to the U.S., and then create a Spotify account." 

By using a VPN, which stands for Virtual Private Network, international fans could hide their IP addresses and appear to stream the song from within the U.SBillboard's Hot 100 only takes sales, radio plays, and streams within the country into account when ranking the top 100 songs of the week.  Read more...

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