I like looking at the Swedish iTunes (where Spotify was introduced much earlier): http://digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143456

 

That'll be our chart sales in a few years time !

I like looking at the Swedish iTunes (where Spotify was introduced much earlier): http://digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143456

 

That'll be our chart sales in a few years time !

Yikes :o

22. This Girl (Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners) - Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners

 

This is having some serious longevity :o

iTunes sales don't even count towards the Swedish chart anymore, it's all just taken from Spotify.

16. That's My Girl - Fifth Harmony

 

We just need radio to get behind this now :D

16. That's My Girl - Fifth Harmony

 

We just need radio to get behind this now :D

And it needs to pick up on streaming too

And it needs to pick up on streaming too

 

Well done, Hadji. It's not even properly getting airplay yet. Nobody is expecting it to go top 10 this week, it won't be high on streaming for a very long time.

 

Anyway,

 

13 Fifth Harmony That's My Girl VERY promising.

22. This Girl (Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners) - Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners

 

This is having some serious longevity :o

 

Littlewoods promo probably helping!

iTunes sales don't even count towards the Swedish chart anymore, it's all just taken from Spotify.

 

Spotify is astonishingly popular in Sweden, the No.1 regularly gets 200,000 plays a day, which is roughly half of what we'd expect a No.1 to get here, and the UK has a population seven times the size!

 

So going by the UK system the No.1 would get about 14,000 chart sales a week from Spotify and about 350 digital sales from iTunes, so it’s really not worth counting.

 

Spotify is astonishingly popular in Sweden, the No.1 regularly gets 200,000 plays a day, which is roughly half of what we'd expect a No.1 to get here, and the UK has a population seven times the size!

I don't think it's such a surprise to be honest. Spotify is Swedish :D

James Arthur lead is insane. Now on Spotify too. He will stay there for a while.

it takes 9 daily sales to go top 100 on itunes in Denmark, 6 in Norway, 3 in Sweden and just 2 sales in Finland :)

 

Scandinavia loves itunes... not :)

I like looking at the Swedish iTunes (where Spotify was introduced much earlier): http://digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143456

 

That'll be our chart sales in a few years time !

 

I don't actually believe we'll get to that stage (unless iTunes closes). At some point the decline will slow. Some people will never convert to streaming.

I don't actually believe we'll get to that stage (unless iTunes closes). At some point the decline will slow. Some people will never convert to streaming.

 

We won't. Sweden's population is about a 10th of ours, and Spotify is actually a proud Swedish company, so it's not really a great comparison. I don't think sales in the UK will decrease much more than they have, probably just a very slow and slight decline.

why not? if all Scandinavian countries have converted to streaming, why wouldn't the rest follow? cannot see the difference between opening your computer then going to itunes and playing an mp3 you've previously bought vs. opening your computer going to a streaming site and play a song... I see a huge difference with owning a physical CD or vinyl but not with an mp3

why not? if all Scandinavian countries have converted to streaming, why wouldn't the rest follow? cannot see the difference between opening your computer then going to itunes and playing an mp3 you've previously bought vs. opening your computer going to a streaming site and play a song... I see a huge difference with owning a physical CD or vinyl but not with an mp3

 

Not everyone only listens to music on a computer. What if you listen to music on your phone but you don't have unlimited data? What if you already have a large iTunes library that you're perfectly happy with and you only buy the odd Now comp or Adele CD to add to it now and then? What if you like burning songs on CD to play in your car? Not everyone wants to pay £10 a month because they don't want or need access to unlimited songs.

 

In some European markets, downloads never really took off in a big way in the first place for some reason. Even before Spotify, iTunes sales in Sweden were quite low.

 

In the UK, we're still downloading 1.5 million tracks a week. I think if streaming was going to completely kill the downloads market it would be a lot lower than that by now. I mean, what are people waiting for?

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Well done, Hadji. It's not even properly getting airplay yet. Nobody is expecting it to go top 10 this week, it won't be high on streaming for a very long time.

 

Anyway,

 

13 Fifth Harmony That's My Girl VERY promising.

At least it's doing something on streaming. It's at #133 on Spotify

13 Fifth Harmony That's My Girl VERY promising.

 

At least its heading in the right direction, just needs pushing on streaming, never been a fan of their music but the track is just amazing with that killer chorus and the funky beats.

i know first week positions don't matter much anymore, but why are Little Mix releasing on a Sunday?

i know first week positions don't matter much anymore, but why are Little Mix releasing on a Sunday?

 

Their reasoning is to "premiere it on X Factor" It makes little sense but I'm sure it'll be huge either way.