January 9, 201313 yr If there's a chance that this week's biggest selling track can't make number 1 then they should urgently look at a change of rules, and they did set a precedent for changing eligibility rules "on the hoof"- at the end of 2006 Fairytale of New York should have been chart ineligible as it had already had the maximum 52 chart weeks allowed following the 2005 physical re-release, and before the chart rules changed at the start of 2007 to allow all downloads regardless of a linked physical release. But it was included in the last chart of 2006 to avoid a hard to explain sudden disappearance from the chart, when it could have re-entered the following week anyway. Wow, never realised the UK chart had a recurrents rule :o At the end of the day record companies and acts know the rules and if they choose to flout them then they and their fans don't really have a genuine grievance. There is a case for not excluding sales of those copies paid for separately as a "single" but certainly not the ones sold as part of the album preorder. True, but surely the chart position only represents the individual sales? Copies sold from the pre-order wouldn't go into the main chart, or Madonna and Coldplay would have gone much higher based on this surely.
January 9, 201313 yr This case is unique and I'm sure record companies have not been bothered before but David Bowie is currently #1 and #71 in the charts based on the pre-orders of the 2 different versions of his albums so if sales keep up is looking at a Top 5 hit at least? Maybee the record company will put pressure on the OCC? The flipside of that of course is if iTunes didn't allow a pre-order song to be included in the tracks chart we would have no idea how well it was doing and this discussion would not be happening.
January 9, 201313 yr Wow, never realised the UK chart had a recurrents rule :o True, but surely the chart position only represents the individual sales? Copies sold from the pre-order wouldn't go into the main chart, or Madonna and Coldplay would have gone much higher based on this surely. very briefly during the hybrid period 2005-07 there was a recurrent rule but it's long forgotten now. in the other matter I think the problem is that the OCC say they can't distinguish between the sales of the track as part of the album preorder and those people who buy the single only so they make all sales ineligible, however as far as I'm aware the I tunes chart doesn't separate the two sales either in terms of where it places the song, so maybe if the breakdown was shown on the I tunes chart Bowie wouldn't be no 1?, but I could be wrong on that one.
January 9, 201313 yr Some midweek news on Twitter - Donae'O Zephron (@Donaeo) tweeted at 12:55pm - 8 Jan 13: Top 20 in the midweek chart lets get a top ten pls buy Not A Saint @vatogonzalez @LethalBizzle
January 9, 201313 yr Would quite like to see Bowie get to number 1 but if that can't happen then I'd be happy for the consolation of adding a new track to the trivia list of supposedly denied number 1's like Groove Is In The Heart, God Save The Queen and Stop the Cavelry.
January 9, 201313 yr Looks like as we thought the Bowie track is excluded - DEATH2DISCO (@DEATH2DISCO) tweeted at 10:35am - 9 Jan 13: is there a reason why the bowie single is #1 on itunes but not showing in the midweek charts ? just wondered
January 9, 201313 yr Looks like as we thought the Bowie track is excluded - If that person has only seen the top 40 it doesn't necessarily follow that it has been excluded. It was only on sale for less than a day by midnight last night.
January 9, 201313 yr It was just fun chill I don't think he was reacting badly, he's just saying he has better taste than you.
January 9, 201313 yr If that person has only seen the top 40 it doesn't necessarily follow that it has been excluded. It was only on sale for less than a day by midnight last night. But surely that would have easily been long enough for it reach top 40 judging by how well it's now doing?
January 9, 201313 yr Thumbs up for Bowie's comeback, though it's hard to believe that kids who buy Rita Ora and Carly Rae Jepsen, pre-order his new album and get the song for free... Edited January 9, 201313 yr by radio2323
January 9, 201313 yr Author Midweek Charts: will.i.am screaming way to top Source: MW by Paul Willams Will.i.am featuring Britney Spears' Scream & Shout could finally top the UK singles chart this Sunday after taking charge of the latest midweeks. The Interscope/Polydor single has to date spent 4 weeks inside the top three, holding at No 2 on last week's chart, but has this week opened a 25% sales lead at the top, according to the Official Charts Company. Its success relegates James Arthur's Impossible single to No 2, but the X Factor winner will be compensated this week with the track set to sell its one-millionth copy. Up to the end of business on Tuesday it was around 10,000 sales short of that target. One track not registering presently in the midweeks is Where Are We Now?, the surprise comeback single from David Bowie and being released by Sony's Columbia label. This is because of an issue over its sales data between the Official Charts Company and iTunes, which is selling it exclusively. It is hoped the matter will be resolved in time for the track to register in the full-week chart on Sunday. It is hoped the matter will be resolved in time for the track to register in the full-week chart on Sunday. Without Bowie there are no brand new entries among the Top 10 singles, although Columbia act Calvin Harris makes a 15-8 move in the week so far with Drinking From The Bottle. The track's sales are 38% up on the week as Harris faces another close battle with Emeli Sande to top the UK artist albums chart. Harris's 18 Months topped the chart last Sunday, but Sande's Virgin-issued Our Version Of Events now has the upper hand, although is fewer than 150 copies ahead at the moment. Jake Bugg's self-titled Mercury album rises 4-3 with sales up 4% following his performance on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 show last Sunday. Def Jam/Mercury's Rihanna is up 7-4 with Unapologetic, despite weekly sales dropping 25%, while Ed Sheeran's Asylum/Alantic album + drops 3-5, The Lumineers' eponymous Decca album progresses 12-6 as Atlantic's Bruno Mars slips 5-7 with Unorthodox Jukebox and Island's US rock band Black Veil Brides crop up as a new entry at 8 with third album Wretched And Divine - The Story Of The Wild Ones. With One Direction's Syco album Take Me Home dropping 8-10, Mercury's Taylor Swift is back among the Top 10 sellers with Red rising 16-9 as sales increase 7%. Its improvement comes as the cut I Knew You Were Trouble rises 5-3 on the midweek singles chart. Below it Rihanna continues to have two of the Top 10 biggest singles with her Def Jam/Mercury effort Stay featuring Mikky Ekko up 7-4 and Diamonds down 8-9. Bruno Mars' Atlantic single Locked Out Of Heaven drops 4-5 as Pitbull's featuring Jr's London single Don't Stop The Party is up 12-6 with sales increasing 16%. Island's PSY falls 3-7 with Gangnam Style, while below Calvin Harris and Rihanna Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida's Epic single Troublemaker dips 6-10. On the back of soundtracking a Beats By Dre TV ad, Polydor act Ellie Goulding's Anything Could Happen is enjoying something of a revival, up 38-18 on the latest midweeks with sales increasing 16%. It previously peaked at No 5 last year. Directly below Goulding on the midweeks are two brand new arrivals: the New State-issued Not A Saint by Vato Gonzalex Vs Lethal Bizzle at 19 and Mercury act Bon Jovi's Because We Can at 20. The track is aken from the New Jersey band's forthcoming album What About Now. Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 1 will.i.am/Britney (24k - 5k ahead) 2 James Arthur (19k) 3 Taylor Swift 4 Rihanna 5 Bruno Mars 6-10 6 Pitbull 8 Calvin Harris/Tinie Tempah 11-20 11 The Lumineers 14 One Direction 18 Ellie Goulding 19 Vato Gonzalez vs Lethal Bizzle & Donae'o 20 Bon Jovi 21-30 21 Disclosure 23 Emeli Sande (Read It All About It) 28 Jake Bugg 29 Haim 31-40 34 Kanye West/Jay-Z/Big Sean http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/w...o-number-1-1806 =================================================== Top 40 Albums 1 Emeli Sande 2 Calvin Harris 3 Jake Bugg 4 Rihanna 5 Ed Sheeran 6-10 6 The Lumineers 8 Black Veil Brides 9 Taylor Swift 11-20 19 Jools Holland 21-30 21 Alt-J 22 Frank Ocean 23 Kelly Clarkson 24 Michael Jackson 27 David Guetta 31-40 33 P!nk 34 Been Howard 35 Of Monsters & Men 36 Foo Fighters 38 Adele [21] http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/e...ums-chart-1805/
January 9, 201313 yr Bowie definitley not chart eligible http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a44...t-eligible.html
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