Posted July 26, 201014 yr HMV Downloads Offer Top 40 Hits For 40p 4:29am UK, Monday July 26, 2010 David Williams, Sky News Online HMV has taken on iTunes with the launch of a new music download service, hmvdigital. The retailer will present a catalogue of over 10 million songs and a special promotion as it seeks to take trade away from its online rivals. The introductory offer will see every single in the top 40 UK chart made available for 40p each. The new service automatically synchronises downloads with iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries. The move is HMV's biggest development in the digital world since it acquired a 50% stake in digital music specialists 7digital - which powers Spotify - last September. Although it has offered music downloads before, the new service offers millions more tracks. Melanie Armstrong, head of music at HMV, said: "Some people still tend to think of us as a traditional retailer, but the fact is we've completely transformed our business. "The launch of hmvdigital means we now also have a world-class music download platform that creates a really engaging consumer experience and a genuine alternative to all the other digital music services currently out there." http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/...201007415670809
July 26, 201014 yr Yet people will still continue to waste their money on iTunes. That's because HMV don't do popularity bars :lol:
July 26, 201014 yr Author Current HMVdigital Top 40 01. Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert 02. Airplanes [feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore] (Explicit Album Version) - B.o.B 03. Pack Up - Eliza Doolittle 04. We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool 05. Whataya Want From Me (Fonzerelli's Electro House Club Remix) - Adam Lambert 06. I Like It - Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull 07. All The Lovers - Kylie Minogue 08. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem / Rihanna 09. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg 10. The Club Is Alive - JLS 11. Alejandro - Lady GaGa 12. Bang Bang Bang - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl 13. My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha) - 3OH!3 14. Billionaire (Feat. Bruno Mars) [Explicit Album Version] - Travie McCoy 15. All The Small Things - Jedward 16. Commander - Kelly Rowland / David Guetta 17. Gettin' Over You (Featuring Fergie & LMFAO) - David Guetta - Fergie - Chris Willis 18. Prayin' - Plan B 19. Kickstarts (Radio Edit) - Example 20. Fire With Fire - Scissor Sisters 21. OMG - Usher featuring will.i.am 22. Te Amo - Rihanna 23. The Boy Who Murdered Love - Diana Vickers 24. She Said - Plan B 25. Nothin' On You [feat. Bruno Mars] (Album Version) - B.o.B 26. Dirtee Disco (Radio Edit) - Dizzee Rascal 27. Just Be Good To Green (Radio Edit) [feat. Lily Allen] - Professor Green Feat. Lily Allen 28. Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song) - Shakira featuring Freshlyground 29. Eenie Meenie - Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber 30. Not Afraid (Explicit Version) - Eminem 31. Ridin' Solo (Album Version) - Jason Derulo 32. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys 33. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg 34. Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha 35. Baby - Justin Bieber / Ludacris 36. Just Be Good To Green (feat. Lily Allen) - Professor Green Feat. Lily Allen 37. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas 38. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa 39. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher featuring Pitbull 40. Telephone - Lady Gaga / Beyoncé
July 26, 201014 yr It honestly baffles me why people still use iTunes. It's a combination of things, Apple loyality, stupidity, laziness.. etc... It baffles me too how someone would pay double the price for the same track.
July 26, 201014 yr Current HMVdigital Top 40 Not a single one of them places will be the same on Sunday's chart, HMV must have less than 5% of the Singles Market, iTunes must have over 80%.
July 26, 201014 yr :lol: @ Adam Lambert being #1, and Jedward #15, yet neither of them making the top 40 officially :kink:
July 26, 201014 yr Not only is Adam Lambert #1 there, but he has another version at #5! If only this could in some way represent the official chart. :(
July 26, 201014 yr Author :lol: @ Adam Lambert being #1, and Jedward #15, yet neither of them making the top 40 officially :kink: Good point :lol:
July 26, 201014 yr It's a funny thing but the HMV Download Chart is very similar to the physical chart, as Adam Lambert shows.
July 26, 201014 yr Author Current HMVdigital Top 40 01. B.o.B - Airplanes [feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore] (Explicit Album Version) 02. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me 03. Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up 04. Yolanda Be Cool - We No Speak Americano 05. Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull - I Like It 06. Eminem / Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 07. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me (Fonzerelli's Electro House Club Remix) 08. Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers 09. Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 10. JLS - The Club Is Alive 11. Lady GaGa - Alejandro 12. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Bang Bang Bang 13. Travie McCoy - Billionaire (Feat. Bruno Mars) [Explicit Album Version] 14. 3OH!3 - My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha) 15. Kelly Rowland / David Guetta - Commander 16. Jedward - All The Small Things 17. David Guetta - Fergie - Chris Willis - Gettin' Over You (Featuring Fergie & LMFAO) 18. Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire 19. Usher featuring will.i.am - OMG 20. Plan B - Prayin' 21. Rihanna - Te Amo 22. Professor Green Feat. Lily Allen - Just Be Good To Green (Radio Edit) [feat. Lily Allen] 23. Example - Kickstarts (Radio Edit) 24. Plan B - She Said 25. B.o.B - Nothin' On You [feat. Bruno Mars] (Album Version) 26. Usher featuring Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love 27. Diana Vickers - The Boy Who Murdered Love 28. Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco (Radio Edit) 29. Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo (Album Version) 30. Eminem - Not Afraid (Explicit Version) 31. Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie 32. Justin Bieber / Ludacris - Baby 33. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 34. Shakira featuring Freshlyground - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song) 35. Jason Derulo - What If (Album Version) 36. Professor Green Feat. Lily Allen - Just Be Good To Green (feat. Lily Allen) 37. Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 38. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug 39. Lady Gaga / Beyoncé - Telephone 40. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
July 26, 201014 yr Right, if Whataya Want From Me sold about 5,000 at #53 this week (last week?), then he can't of got any higher than 2,000 on HMV, as he was in the top 100 on iTunes all week (I think). I don't think HMVDigital have 5% of the singles market, maybe not even 3%.
July 26, 201014 yr I use iTunes, but only because I don't want to link my account up to stores - I buy the cards.
July 26, 201014 yr Funny how they're "launching" now, the site has been up for at least a month or so right?
July 27, 201014 yr The reason so many people hate iTunes is a similar reason to why people hate Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Facebook, Youtube, etc. The people that don't like them are more vocal about it, since they're so popular (whether they deserve to be popular or not is not the issue, there'll always be the people that whine, whatever software/website dominates the market).
July 27, 201014 yr Not a single one of them places will be the same on Sunday's chart, HMV must have less than 5% of the Singles Market, iTunes must have over 80%. They don't have anything remotely near 80% - they only had 70% *before* Amazon began...
July 27, 201014 yr That's because HMV don't do popularity bars :lol: But as long as you download iTunes, you can access the popularity bars without buying anything... :P
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