First of all, I was looking at the Catalogue Albums chart in tandem with the main one and I saw something quite strange: some albums that common sense should tell you are now "catalogue" don't appear on the respective chart. Furthermore, there's the quite odd occurrence of what I might call "exchanged positions" - album which are higher than others on the main chart, but then appear the other way around on the Catalogue chart!

So what's happening here? Is there some method to the Catalogue charts that's escaping me?

 

Another question: how many weeks on chart/years of first release must an album or song have to qualify for catalogue status?

 

Thanks in advance. :)

Edited July 26, 201113 yr by jaxxalude

Anyone?...

As far as I know the criterion for the catalogue chart is based on the release date rather than chart weeks. Other members may know more about exactly how the chart is compiled.

I believe the qualifying period is 2 years.

 

On the Catalogue Studio Albums chart, "19" by Adele has been number one for the past 36 weeks! She climbed to #1 on Sunday November 21 2010 and has been there ever since. And "The Fame" by Lady Gaga has been the #2 album for the last 27 weeks, since it entered the chart on 23 January 2011

 

What albums are higher on the Catalogue Albums charts than on the the main album chart? And which albums are missing? There are two Catalogue Albums charts - a Catalogue Studio Albums chart and a Catalogue Greatest Hits Albums chart.

I believe the qualifying period is 2 years.

 

On the Catalogue Studio Albums chart, "19" by Adele has been number one for the past 36 weeks! She climbed to #1 on Sunday November 21 2010 and has been there ever since. And "The Fame" by Lady Gaga has been the #2 album for the last 27 weeks, since it entered the chart on 23 January 2011

 

What albums are higher on the Catalogue Albums charts than on the the main album chart? And which albums are missing? There are two Catalogue Albums charts - a Catalogue Studio Albums chart and a Catalogue Greatest Hits Albums chart.

Oh, so that explains why Bob Marley's Legend or ABBA's Gold aren't on the Catalogue Albums chart I saw through the OCC's official site - it was the Studio chart, then.

 

Well, if you go to the OCC site then, you'll see how Kings of Leon's Only By the Night is higher on the main chart than Beyonce's Dangerously in Love; but it's actually the other way around on the Catalogue Studio Album chart. I'm dead serious! Check it out.

Oh, so that explains why Bob Marley's Legend or ABBA's Gold aren't on the Catalogue Albums chart I saw through the OCC's official site - it was the Studio chart, then.

 

Well, if you go to the OCC site then, you'll see how Kings of Leon's Only By the Night is higher on the main chart than Beyonce's Dangerously in Love; but it's actually the other way around on the Catalogue Studio Album chart. I'm dead serious! Check it out.

 

I'd guess the Catalogue charts don't include downloads for some reason. That seems like the only good explanation of that...