Posted January 16, 201411 yr Coming up on February 1st, is the 20th Anniversary of the Market Research Company Millwood Brown taking over the UK Chart compilation from Gallup, who owned the contract for the previous 10 years back from that (1984), I have emailled the OCC to ask if they will be marking this date, I await the reply. Edited January 16, 201411 yr by smiffj
January 16, 201411 yr Author The do a retro thing called a gem or something, perhaps look back on the first chart a profile some of the top acts in there.
January 16, 201411 yr Knowing what was Number One on the first Millward Brown chart though, I don't think it's a song that needs much more hype.
January 16, 201411 yr Happy 20th birthday to Millward Brown's compilation of the charts and to Eric, the main Millward Brown computer and to Tracey, the back up system who were there at the start! A contemporary report of Millward Brown taking over the compilation of the charts from back in 1994: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business...ad-1395301.html Edited January 16, 201411 yr by Robbie
January 17, 201411 yr Who would have thought it? The official charts are compiled by the Only Way is Essex! :rofl:
January 17, 201411 yr What would they do or you suggest they do? Release their sales data archive? :)
January 17, 201411 yr Thats what i was thinks Vids :) Seriously though, I don't see any reason to keep their data confidential for more than, say a year or two after the date it relates to. Their excuse of it 'being commercially sensitive' just doesn't wash, when the songs/albums are long gone from the charts (or at least *long* past their peak sales).
January 17, 201411 yr Seriously though, I don't see any reason to keep their data confidential for more than, say a year or two after the date it relates to. Their excuse of it 'being commercially sensitive' just doesn't wash, when the songs/albums are long gone from the charts (or at least *long* past their peak sales). Makes the sales less believable imo!
January 18, 201411 yr Millward Brown's Warwick office, from where the charts are compiled http://goo.gl/maps/dhFwQ
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