"Apple's Download Chart: The Pop and Politics Battleground"

Apple Music's download charts have become a battleground for online turf wars, with fans mobilizing to push certain songs up the charts as a form of political expression, trolling, or retaliation. The decline of the digital download market has allowed smaller and less coordinated campaigns to disproportionately affect the charts, reflecting political biases, years-old feuds, and pettiness. These campaigns have implicit or explicit political meanings, and while they may not always achieve their desired impact, they demonstrate the increasing intertwining of music, celebrity, and politics in pop culture.