On a side issue : are there actually fewer new releases than there were in the mid-00's, or have download-extended chart runs blocked out some songs that would otherwise have charted?

 

OK, I've just done a rough calculation : in 2004 there were an average of 11.5 NE's/wk into the T40, but in 2012, there were only 4.8/wk! :o

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But in a world where people primarily buy music as downloads, there's not the same issue of waiting for stock to become available and having to worry about the right amount being shipped out each week to meet shop demands (both high and low demand) - the tracks don't exist as physical entities and they really can be added to iTunes / Amazon / Bandcamp / your own website at any time at all.

 

For the record - literally - I tend to download an album as soon as I can from whatever means are available and buy the LP some weeks later.

On a side issue : are there actually fewer new releases than there were in the mid-00's, or have download-extended chart runs blocked out some songs that would otherwise have charted?

 

OK, I've just done a rough calculation : in 2004 there were an average of 11.5 NE's/wk into the T40, but in 2012, there were only 4.8/wk! :o

 

 

But surely 2004 is a bad example as it only took on ave 25-40k for a no1 single so a high amount of NE were inevitable?

But surely 2004 is a bad example as it only took on ave 25-40k for a no1 single so a high amount of NE were inevitable?

 

That's precisely *why* I used it as an example. :P

 

However, higher sales does not invariably mean a slower chart - just look at the 1997/98 period. The main difference between then & now was fast replacement. High sales in the upper regions of the chart were caused by that (and time-limited availability), rather than sustained sales for a few especially popular songs at the expense of swiftly-selling fanbase hits.

^^ Yeah the more you think back to that Simon Cowell created era the more corrupt it was as a chart although alot of great songs did do well i suppose!

^^ Yeah the more you think back to that Simon Cowell created era the more corrupt it was as a chart although alot of great songs did do well i suppose!

 

The Cowell aspect didn't even occur to me! :o

I just made it up as it seems like when he became a big record executive the chart seemed to be about marketing and not songs climbing to their peaks lol #Robson&Jerome1995