April 24, 20187 yr I have a chart question, for anyone who might know how to research this; Has there ever been a time in UK chart history when the entire Top 10 is made up of #1 singles? :huh:
April 28, 20187 yr There's one thing I've been dying to get a definitive answer on for so long. Spotify streams. Are the daily stream figures (i.e. the ones specified in the Spotify chart thread) based on the 10 per day cap, or is it based on the actual streams it got (even if someone had streamed it more than 10 times)? The logical thing would be for the cap not to be applied. It makes more sense for the OCC to receive all the data and then make the adjustments themselves. Otherwise, every streaming company would have to make changes if the 10-per-day cap was changed.
April 28, 20187 yr Why is it so difficult to report streaming? Surely Spotify have very sophisticated computers? That is the great unanswered question. There is no obvious reason why they cannot report Thursday's streams within minutes of the clock striking midnight.
April 28, 20187 yr it shçuld take 1 nanosecond to report the data, I think the occ should put pressure on spotify, it's silly that the occ has to estimate thursday's data when there's plenty of time for the data to be reported
May 23, 20187 yr I have a chart question, for anyone who might know how to research this; Has there ever been a time in UK chart history when the entire Top 10 is made up of #1 singles? :huh: I still didn’t get an answer to this and I am sure someone within the community must know the answer! To rephrase, has there been a time when the Top 10 singles had all peaked at #1 at some point in time?
May 23, 20187 yr I still didn’t get an answer to this and I am sure someone within the community must know the answer! To rephrase, has there been a time when the Top 10 singles had all peaked at #1 at some point in time? This is why I'd love to have a full chart database. Getting an answer to this question would be relatively straightforward.
May 23, 20187 yr Was there any factors contributing to why in the mid 90s the charts’ movement had shifted from singles climbing to their peak to singles debuting at their peak? Because I never understood it and it still baffles me today, might be a stupid question
May 23, 20187 yr Was there any factors contributing to why in the mid 90s the charts’ movement had shifted from singles climbing to their peak to singles debuting at their peak? Because I never understood it and it still baffles me today, might be a stupid question Because the record industry got greedy!
May 23, 20187 yr Was there any factors contributing to why in the mid 90s the charts’ movement had shifted from singles climbing to their peak to singles debuting at their peak? Because I never understood it and it still baffles me today, might be a stupid question That's when there was a shift from singles being on sale within a week or two of being played on radio to a gap of six weeks or more from the first radio play to the actual release. Demand for the single built up over that period leading to huge sales in the first week. Singles were also often sold at a reduced price in the first week, increasing sales even more.
May 23, 20187 yr Why did single sales decrease so much after 1985? After Jennifer rush there was no million seller until Bryan Adams in 1991. It can't be just because S/A/W dominated the chart so much between 87-89, but in 1984 I think there were about six million sellers, so something must have caused the decline. Also I noticed around 1995 and after songs debuted at no.1 with high first week sales than dropped, but contrast that to the 80s where songs climbed to no.1 than increased sales the week after. Why did Madonna never have a million seller in the 80's also? Can someone also clear up the issue of why "hand on your heart" by Kylie minogue didn't make chart history, I know sales were discounted because of cassettes but surely that problem should have been sorted out by the Sunday chart. And last one, why were Jive Bunny and the mastermixers so successful in 1989? They were the biggest singles act of that year, were people tired of S/A/W chart domination or something?.
May 23, 20187 yr And last one, why were Jive Bunny and the mastermixers so successful in 1989? They were the biggest singles act of that year, were people tired of S/A/W chart domination or something?. Many of us asked that question at the time :lol: There's always been an appetite for nostalgia. Jive Bunny seemed to tap into that even though they destroyed some great songs.
May 24, 20187 yr I think that every single that I owned I paid at least 2.99 for them or more even in the first week and I’d usually purchase in the first week I never noticed anything cheaper unless they were in bargain bins
May 24, 20187 yr Why did single sales decrease so much after 1985? After Jennifer rush there was no million seller until Bryan Adams in 1991. It can't be just because S/A/W dominated the chart so much between 87-89, but in 1984 I think there were about six million sellers, so something must have caused the decline. Also I noticed around 1995 and after songs debuted at no.1 with high first week sales than dropped, but contrast that to the 80s where songs climbed to no.1 than increased sales the week after. Why did Madonna never have a million seller in the 80's also? Can someone also clear up the issue of why "hand on your heart" by Kylie minogue didn't make chart history, I know sales were discounted because of cassettes but surely that problem should have been sorted out by the Sunday chart. And last one, why were Jive Bunny and the mastermixers so successful in 1989? They were the biggest singles act of that year, were people tired of S/A/W chart domination or something?.The decrease in singles sales from 1985 onwards happened at the same time as album sales began to increase dramatically. The more casual singles buyer (i.e. usually the older singles buyer) was moving to buying albums with only younger record buyers buying singles in great numbers. Also the success of the Now and Hits album series, where current hits were included on the album, also bit into the singles market. Madonna's most successful era (1985 - 1990) coincided with this period where singles sales dropped away dramatically. What she lost on singles sales she more than made up for on her album sales. All cassette sales of 'Hand On Your Heart' by Kylie Minogue were chart ineligible. Cassette singles were a valid chart eligible format, however at the time HOYH was released pricing rules meant that the dealer price, the price labels sold the single to shops at, was the same price as a 12" single rather than a 7" single. PWL deliberately sold the cassette at the same price as a 7" with the release exactly matching the same track listing as the 7" release. It was done to force the hand of the BPI - of whom the PWL label was not a member - to lower the dealer price for cassette singles which contained the same two tracks as the 7" on each side. Had the sales counted then Kylie would have entered the chart at number 1 and would have made chart history by becoming the first female solo artist to enter at the top. Instead it would be 5 more years before this feat was achieved (by Mariah Carey with 'Without You' in February 1994). A few weeks after HOYH was released the chart rules were changed to lower the dealer price for cassette releases which had the same track listing and running times as a 7" single. Edited May 24, 20187 yr by Robbie
May 25, 20187 yr I think that every single that I owned I paid at least 2.99 for them or more even in the first week and I’d usually purchase in the first week I never noticed anything cheaper unless they were in bargain bins In the mid-1990s I often paid £1.99 for a CD single or sometimes £2.99 for two - always for new releases. I used to buy the 12" vinyl versions when they were available, but can't remember how much they usually cost.
May 25, 20187 yr The decrease in singles sales from 1985 onwards happened at the same time as album sales began to increase dramatically. The more casual singles buyer (i.e. usually the older singles buyer) was moving to buying albums with only younger record buyers buying singles in great numbers. Also the success of the Now and Hits album series, where current hits were included on the album, also bit into the singles market. Madonna's most successful era (1985 - 1990) coincided with this period where singles sales dropped away dramatically. What she lost on singles sales she more than made up for on her album sales. All cassette sales of 'Hand On Your Heart' by Kylie Minogue were chart ineligible. Cassette singles were a valid chart eligible format, however at the time HOYH was released pricing rules meant that the dealer price, the price labels sold the single to shops at, was the same price as a 12" single rather than a 7" single. PWL deliberately sold the cassette at the same price as a 7" with the release exactly matching the same track listing as the 7" release. It was done to force the hand of the BPI - of whom the PWL label was not a member - to lower the dealer price for cassette singles which contained the same two tracks as the 7" on each side. Had the sales counted then Kylie would have entered the chart at number 1 and would have made chart history by becoming the first female solo artist to enter at the top. Instead it would be 5 more years before this feat was achieved (by Mariah Carey with 'Without You' in February 1994). A few weeks after HOYH was released the chart rules were changed to lower the dealer price for cassette releases which had the same track listing and running times as a 7" single. Wow! Thanks for clearing up the Kylie situation, she also nearly made chart history a year before with the locomotion, but was thwarted by Yazz, by 2,000 sales. WK ending 6 August 1988
May 26, 20187 yr Here's one for you: Why is the song 'YRF' credited to GRM Daily when Youtube credits the artists as Fredo and Not3s?
May 26, 20187 yr It's credited to GRM Daily on Spotify and iTunes. I believe GRM Daily is a collective of urban artists. The reason why they have featuring credits is to give those particular artists the spotlight Edited May 26, 20187 yr by soundseekerz
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