I think it does matter barring the money a band gets. Take any work of TommyD. Sure he knew what the sales were but you never can count illegal downloads. Many who can't buy albums but don't download use this. So it adds to the sense of #s listening. Now what would be better for this genre would be able to see what regions the songs are being streamed. If you see a ton of streams in NY it may pay for an artists to play there