August 9, 200618 yr The charts are important enough to the public and record comanies to stay around for a fair few years, imo. Although at the moment, i would like 2 changes to the singles chart from the OCC - firstly, allow downloads to be counted from when they are avaliable, and secondly, get rid of the delted rule, I HATE that rule, as it falsely represents the charts.
August 9, 200618 yr Yes i agree i also hate the fact they have taken complination albums away from the Album Chart When did that happen!!! :arrr:
August 10, 200618 yr Yes i agree i also hate the fact they have taken complination albums away from the Album Chart When did that happen!!! :arrr: Been quite a while, some time in 1989 I think!
August 10, 200618 yr The problem is the silly chart rules by the OCC. The only rule that there should be is that different mixes of a single should all be bungled together as one for chart purposes. Otherwise a sale is a sale physical or download.
August 10, 200618 yr Yes i agree i also hate the fact they have taken complination albums away from the Album Chart When did that happen!!! :arrr: That was due to the fact that there is a seperate compilation chart. The reason they did this was because compilations were dominating the Album chart. Edited August 10, 200618 yr by Euro Music
August 10, 200618 yr The charts are important enough to the public and record comanies to stay around for a fair few years, imo. Although at the moment, i would like 2 changes to the singles chart from the OCC - firstly, allow downloads to be counted from when they are avaliable, and secondly, get rid of the delted rule, I HATE that rule, as it falsely represents the charts. I totally agree. c**p like Angels by Robbie Williams would always buzzing around the lower end of the charts on download sales, but that's what people are buying...so it should be in the chart. Scrap the format rules (2 format minimum to chart precludes download only or 12" only dance releases), scrap deletion, include downloads from the moment they become available until the end of time. Whoever said including downloads does not represent what we're buying is an idiot. People buy downloads don't they? Illegal downloads don't count...therefore they are counting. ...and as for it making the charts predictable I don't understand your logic? The old system was even more predictable, and kept giving us a new number one every week. Adding downloads from the word go would give singles a longer run in the charts...entering around 75 and eventually climbing to number 1 in the second week of physical sales perhaps? The single will die as I for one, and probably many people on here, don't like having to buy a cd single for 1 track...I enjoy keeping my albums in a rack, but cd singles mean squat to me. Finally, record companies, PR and the media are the ones to blame for songs not climbing. Releases are tactical now, videos and radio promos sent out up to three months before they come out. This is what needs to stop. But it works, it sells more records, so it won't. They're the ones who've killed the chart...not technology.
August 12, 200618 yr I may be alone in thinking this, but the new rule to allow a download only single in the chart a week before release ruins it for me. :( no the taking out a record 2 weeks after it has been deleted. should only go when it drops out of the 30
August 12, 200618 yr Yes i agree i also hate the fact they have taken complination albums away from the Album Chart When did that happen!!! :arrr: well if you want compilations. how about budget albums as well. make it a free for all :lol:
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