I often see how some people are taking comparisons and say about some country which has the best charts judging by the quality of songs in them.

 

Now let's rule out which charts are the most popular among Buzzjack. :P

 

I included the main charts from Europe and the World. The poll is a bit *too* long though. :lol:

 

I *HOPE* I didn't miss something important.

Edited September 16, 201014 yr by Dré

I chose UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Spain. :P

 

UK - We've had some great #1's here, maybe not in the last couple of months though (apart from Cali Gurls). :)

 

USA - I love how a song e.g. Rihanna - Only Girl can shoot straight to #1 on the iTunes Chart when it only premiered about 5 days ago.

 

Australia - I visit the Aus iTunes often and i've found some great singers/bands that i hadn't heard of before, e.g. Vanessa Amorosi. :)

 

Canada - Same reason as USA.

 

Spain - Because Waka Waka was #1 for WEEKS! :D

Edited September 15, 201014 yr by Chriss_S

The best chart? I don't really understand the meaning of the poll. Is it about the way of compiling or do you mean the music a chart contents?

The latter. I talk about the content. There aren't a lot of compiling ways and they aren't very different in countries.

I think Arrs means in which countries do your fave songs tend to chart the highest.

 

I'm ruling out the UK straight away - we have far too many one week wonders, and 2010 has been a terrible year of "one week non-entities" where songs have surely only been getting to no. 1 because of the artist rather than quality of song. 'Dirtee Disco' was no. 1 because it's Dizzee Rascal. Same could be said of 'Shout' as that featured James Corden too. 'Gettin' Over You' got to no. 1 because of Fergie? 'Beautiful Monster' got to no. 1 purely because it's Ne-Yo rather than the fact any of these songs are actually really good and hit #1 on musical merit alone.

 

Hence step forward Germany. Look at their #1 singles over the last 18 months. Incredible; 'Jungle Drum', 'If A Song Could Get Me You', 'Alors On Danse', 'Satellite' and 'I Like'. Plus the best international hits (imo) like 'Bad Romance', 'TiK ToK' and 'Poker Face' have also topped the German singles chart. So straight away I vote Germany for this fact alone.

 

The French "singles" chart are absolutely shocking - slower than the UK charts in 2008 and with, imo, a lower quality of no. 1 hits overall. France seem to be obsessed with high pitched cartoon characters singing nursery rhyme style pop songs and getting to no. 1 - just listen to 'Mignon Mignon' (their current #1 to see what I mean). I blame Crazy Frog!!! <_< Yet people slag off UK when Bob The Builder gets to no. 1 - at least it rarely happens in the UK, and he beat Westlife to #1 in 2000 so bonus points too.

Germany - generally have the best #1's list - I basically echo what Hits said.

 

Sweden - If I listened to every song in the Swedish top 60 on any given week, I would dislike probably 1 or 2 at most - AMAZING music taste.

I went for Sweden, Australia and Germany.

 

I wont claim to be a chart expert and who knows, there are probably numerous other countries with charts I'd enjoy but these are the three I'm aware of.

Australia's looks quite a bit like ours just without the rubbish, and Germany as pointed out by Hits have given some brilliant songs the #1. Sweden too chart some great songs.

Where's NZ?

 

Anyway, Spain, Germany and New Zealand are my top 3 favourite charts ATM.

New Zealand have flashes of brilliance occasionally (Brooke Fraser/Naked & Famous to name two) but from what I can see they're usually 95% dominated by US acts, which is shocking. Thank god the UK charts haven't *quite* got to that stage, although about three quarters of our YTD top 20 singles are American. It's the UK singles that tend to be the flash in the pan #1's :/

New Zealand have flashes of brilliance occasionally (Brooke Fraser/Naked & Famous to name two) but from what I can see they're usually 95% dominated by US acts, which is shocking. Thank god the UK charts haven't *quite* got to that stage, although about three quarters of our YTD top 20 singles are American. It's the UK singles that tend to be the flash in the pan #1's :/

 

Are we all forgetting that New Zealand #1 hit from a couple of years back that was basically silence for 3 minutes claiming only dogs could hear it? :lol:

 

It's true though, US act dominate in New Zealand. If you love the US Billboard Hot 100 then chances are you'd like the NZ singles chart.

Are we all forgetting that New Zealand #1 hit from a couple of years back that was basically silence for 3 minutes claiming only dogs could hear it? :lol:

 

It's true though, US act dominate in New Zealand. If you love the US Billboard Hot 100 then chances are you'd like the NZ singles chart.

 

I played that to my dog on youtube and she had no reaction to it whatsoever, just three minutes of silence brought by foolish people because it was 'for charity'. Just give the money to charity instead, they won't get as much from the proceeds of the single, and why buy an empty CD!?!

 

As for the US, they are occasionally great - moreso this year than ever before as they seem to be branching out from urban into other genres (just as the UK seem to be closing ourselves to other genres and only buy urban). However, I will never agree with their factoring in airplay, particularly not making it as influential/more influential(?) as sales. Ridiculous. The UK has near perfect rules, it's just a shame that the quality of music in the top ten this year has nosedived. 2006/2007 was great for the UK - medium paced turnover, great variety, brilliant music at the top - if this was combined with high sales it would have been perfect.

LOL, there was New Zealand but instead I occasionally typed France above it somehow for the second time... :( Could the mods edit the poll however they like? :lol:

Edited September 15, 201014 yr by Arrs

New Zealand have flashes of brilliance occasionally (Brooke Fraser/Naked & Famous to name two) but from what I can see they're usually 95% dominated by US acts, which is shocking. Thank god the UK charts haven't *quite* got to that stage, although about three quarters of our YTD top 20 singles are American. It's the UK singles that tend to be the flash in the pan #1's :/

Actually, that's the airplay effect, 75% sales 25% airplay. On iTunes, NZ acts do much better, you'd think that local acts would get good airplay... :huh:

UK and US are excluded for lack of variety.

 

Not familiar with Japan, Russia, Ireland, Canada or Poland. Or African and Asian countries.

 

Spain and Italy are far too slow with little movement. However Spain does seem to eventually catch on with the best hits around - Italy less so.

 

Out of the Nordic countries, I find Denmark has the best charts, nice flow to it, and mix of genres. Norway is far too slow and boring, and the Swedish chart is far too volatile. Finland mostly consists of songs that I don't know, although the international hits that do well there are great ones.

 

France is ruled out due to low sales and very slow movement. However, it's great when it comes to dance music charting well.

 

Belgium has a pretty great chart overall, and nice national music - 1 vote for it.

 

Netherlands really does depend on the chart. They seem a bit R&B obsessed, although lately it's been ruled by dance. However, a lot of 1 week chart toppers in the top100, and the top40 is generally slow and dull.

 

Greece generally has a pretty great digital chart, and it embraces european music a lot - 1 vote for it.

 

Germany while is nowhere near as good as it used to be, I remember when pop and eurodance/trance used to rule their charts, at least its still capable of accepting european hits ocasionally, although it's a bit too obsessed with mor music. But i'll give a vote.

 

Australia has been notorious for great music, but for me, while their charts are really good, the lack of european music is a big negative.

 

Eastern european charts easily gets a vote from me. While many of them are airplay based, they jump on new music relatively quick, they love european music, and they are dance dominated in many of them. Definitely a big plus.

UK - Great mix of genres, although rock/alternative has been sadly on the decline for the past 2 years. Almost any type of song can become a hit here.

 

USA - The most important chart in the world. If a song is a hit here, it has truly made an impact.

 

Canada - Similar to the US chart, but pop and rock music is more influential and rap/hip-hop isn't as dominant.

 

Australia - The Australian chart is usually a good indicator if a song from North America can be truly an international hit. If it charts well here, it'll be a hit in Europe.

Germany & Spain i put, should probs have said france too :\ oh well

I would say UK is best, even though it's been seriously awful recently. But it's still the only country where my favourite kind of music can do well occasionally. I'm not much of a fan of the rest of Europe musically - too pop and dance orientated for my liking. I'll give a vote to Denmark, Belgium and Spain but I'm not really crazy over their charts.

 

I'll also toss a vote to Australia as, even though it's very similar to the Hot 100, they do make some inspired decisions of their own occasionally.

 

P.S. I don't think I've ever seen an African country's chart. Anyone have a link? :unsure:

I voted Australia. It seems to have the best variety of all genres, with generally very good turnover.

 

The US chart is indeed improving, although the airplay issue still continues to be a problem. No offense to Alicia Keys but Empire State of Mind has essentially been forgotten, while Bad Romance is undoubtedly one of the biggest songs of the last 5 years -- but airplay kept Bad Romance at #2 even though it was selling significantly more copies than ESOM! Not acceptable. However those kinds of instances are becoming rarer.

This year I've been finding the source of many of my favourite songs have come from Romania ,which has the best produced dance tracks and seems to be getting better and better, Greece, also for dance genre, Jamaica, for Reggae and dancehall sadly neglected these days outside the Carribean but producing great music and probably always has done, and the United States... with so much stuff coming from States some of it has to be good even if it sometimes appears in the lower part of the Hot 100.... and in the US Tropical chart ! The charts of Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Flanders have also produced great homegrown tracks although much of the charts are depressingly similar to the US.

Edited September 16, 201014 yr by moth09

UK of course, even if the past couple of years the charts are getting worse...

but still better than the other charts.

I luv the Lebanese charts too caus' it's kinda similar to the UK charts, and i'm lebanese :lol: