Posted March 30, 201411 yr How can a song be in the singles chart but not available to buy as a single/song? Quite a few tracks are listed in the singles charts as album only. The only thing I can think of is it's pre-orders BUT I thought they are added to the first weeks sales so it can't be that. I am sure this has been asked loads, and is probably a simple answer, but it has been bugging me.
March 30, 201411 yr In the iTunes/amazon charts those tracks are pre-orders but the sales do not count for the official chart until they are released
March 30, 201411 yr Author Hmmmm so practically they reduce the peak of songs underneath them that are released....hmmmmm
March 30, 201411 yr Hmmmm so practically they reduce the peak of songs underneath them that are released....hmmmmm They don't have any effect on the peak of songs below them. They don't chart officially until the song is released so it won't be affecting anything.
March 30, 201411 yr Yeah so basically they're saving up 4 or 6 weeks of sales to make a bigger impact on their first week of release.
March 31, 201411 yr As a regular Amazon user I have not seen any download track available for pre-order. They are very common on iTunes. You can pre-order DVD's, but you pay upfront, I have currently got 12 Years A Slave on pre-order, it was paid for to pre-order it. Any price reduction is paid back to you when the DVD becomes available. Other tracks on iTunes are album only. If you agree to purchase the album you can have the specific track now for the price stated. So you have paid for the song and can download it. The system seems to be only on iTunes. Amazon do not use this method as far as I can tell. They have never mentioned it in any promo e-mails they send out anyway! In some cases you can purchase these Album tracks on the other download sites without buying the album. iTunes seems to be very privileged when it comes to the Record Industry and will often get records to download that no other site can get hold of. Some download sites don't seem to be able get some tracks that iTunes have at all, even ones that are available to other sites. Release dates are often different too, between sites. It seems that iTunes can get the cream of the crop sometimes. However some of the other download sites have reacted badly to this iTunes bias. Most notably when Beyoncé did her album there. Many download sites, with the exception of Amazon, are still refusing to stock the download album.
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