I'll be including this as part of my weekly thread from now on but as its the first week I thought it deserved a thread of its own. From last Saturday all download sales from legitimate Irish sites will count towards the main Top 50 singles chart. There is also a separate Downloads only Top 20 the first of which is as follows (positions at the start are the songs position on the main chart)

 

01 01 Shakira ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie

03 02 Nelly Furtado - Maneater

07 03 Neyo - Sexy Love

02 04 Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker

xx 05 Rihanna - Unfaithful

16 06 Mundy - July (Live)

06 07 Infernal - From Paris To Berlin

04 08 Pussycat Dolls ft Snoop Dogg - Buttons

17 09 Oakenfold ft Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

xx 10 Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man

 

11 11 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

25 12 Shayne Ward - Stand By Me

xx 13 Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind

21 14 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

08 15 Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah

19 16 Razorlight - In The Morning

18 17 Sergio Mendes ft BEP - Mas Que Nada

27 18 Raconteurs - Stready, As She Goes

09 19 Pink - Who Knew

12 20 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

 

Is that 3 new entries just on downloads? It looks like Ireland is doing it the way we should be - letting all sales count any time -_-

positions at the start are the songs position on the main chart

 

Maybe I've worded that badly - this is the downloads only chart! Those 3 aren't in the main chart as they haven't been released yet!

What dates are included for that download?

I ask because the UK one released on a Wednesday only include sales upto the previous Sunday.

yay for Shakira :D

What dates are included for that download?

I ask because the UK one released on a Wednesday only include sales upto the previous Sunday.

Saturday to Thursday for this one it would appear. I imagine that next week it will align itself to the chart week, which is Friday to Thursday.

 

The UK downloads chart week is the same as the physical sales chart week, Sunday to Saturday (not to a Sunday). The downloads chart is just held back in the UK as Radio 1 have broadcast rights to the chart until September this year, and that includes counting down the chart on a Wednesday. It's because when the downloads chart first began in 2004 it was compiled on a Monday night and verified on a Tuesday. Now the download sales data is included in the main chart, so the download chart is actually compiled before the main chart.

 

Is that 3 new entries just on downloads? It looks like Ireland is doing it the way we should be - letting all sales count any time -_-

We should do this!

 

Like the USA too, this would be good as then the sales could naturally fluctuate

OK! Just found out that it seems to be the same as the UK in that downloads can enter the main chart the week before release on CD! There's one example this week - Shayne Ward has entered at 25 with Stand By Me which was actually only available in the shops from Friday 7th.

as an irish chart watcher i really expected far bigger changes this week but downloads havnt affected it to much yet,a few singles are going back up but thats fairly normal move in the irish charts

 

shayne ward did well on downloads so he could well achieve his 3rd number 1 in ireland next week

Actually the main difference I forsee is that some Irish acts will do less well because of the downloads - I'm thinking of those that might appeal to an older audience that wouldn't download - this week to an extent the Sullivan Brothers who weren't in the Top 20 Downloads. Also look at Pat Shortt's chart run with Jumbo Breakfast Roll 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 6 5 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 17 18 30. All those weeks till now dropping between 1 and 3 places and suddenly falling from 18 to 30 this week!