Fair point, but since X Factor he's done Pop Star to Opera Star, he's now signed to a classical label (Universal Classic and Jazz) and 8 out of the 12 tracks on Classic are either opera or classical crossover songs.

 

Oh. I didn't know that. It could be what Bray said then. Maybe it's a requirement is for every single track on the album to be classical, rather than just most of it, for it to be on that chart.

Because not all of it is proper classical music. The classical charts are *very* strict.

 

Thought I'd seen somewhere that 60% of the album had to be classical to be eligible for the classical charts, but not sure where. Does anyone know if that's true?

I'm pretty sure the genre charts are based on the actual music rather than the artists. If Britney did do a song using a Foo Fighters instrumental I'm sure it would chart on the Rock chart (if it even sold enough to chart there).

I'm pretty sure the genre charts are based on the actual music rather than the artists. If Britney did do a song using a Foo Fighters instrumental I'm sure it would chart on the Rock chart (if it even sold enough to chart there).

 

They can't be. Like the RnB charts, it's almost like anybody who's black charts on it. Or if someone releases an RnB song 10 years ago, everything they do since then can chart, even when they're not RnB.

 

Currently on the chart they have She Makes Me Wanna, On the Floor, Don't Wanna Go Home and S&M, all of which are pure pop. I know there's a lot of combining genres in the chart these days, but none of those songs are RnB, AT ALL. Nothing RnB about them whatsoever. They're completely pop music. No different to Britney Spears and Katy Perry. I'm pretty sure all those songs only charted because the artists have released urban songs in the past.

I found a link on the BBC News website from 4th Feb 2009 (I don't have enough posts to post a link) which explains the difference between the specialist classical chart (100% classical to qualify) and the ordinary classical chart (60% classical to qualify), but it still doesn't help me to understand why Joe McElderry's Classic doesn't qualify for the ordinary classical chart :huh:

This is probably a really stupid question, but does opera count as classical?

This is probably a really stupid question, but does opera count as classical?

 

Yes Opera is classical, 5 of the songs on Joe's album are classed as pop/country/folk.

I found a link on the BBC News website from 4th Feb 2009 (I don't have enough posts to post a link) which explains the difference between the specialist classical chart (100% classical to qualify) and the ordinary classical chart (60% classical to qualify), but it still doesn't help me to understand why Joe McElderry's Classic doesn't qualify for the ordinary classical chart :huh:

This is because there is less than 60% of the songs on there which are purely classical:

 

Canto della Terra

Time To Say Goodbye

Il Mio Cuore Va

Va Pensiero

Nessun Dorma

 

It is a shame but Joe's fans have accepted this.

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If Joe's album did qualify for the classical chart, it would probably be #1 for like 30 weeks or something, surely? :lol:

If Joe's album did qualify for the classical chart, it would probably be #1 for like 30 weeks or something, surely? :lol:

 

I think André Rieu's 'Forever Vienna' and 'Moonlight Serenade' were #1 on the classical chart for about that long. :P

I personally wouldn't describe Il Mio Cuore Va or Time To Say Goodbye as classical.

 

Doesn't stop me loving the album though :)

 

I have a link to what looks like the official "rules" regarding what is classical and what is not but I'm a newbie so I can't post it :(