Posted January 3, 200719 yr New chart rules mean big hits return Source: Music Week Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars is on course for a return to the Top 10, months after the physical version of the single was deleted, thanks to the new chart rules which came into effect this week. With new rules meaning all digital sales count towards the chart, regardless of the availability of a physical equivalent to buy in the shops, early retail reports put the Snow Patrol single firmly inside the Top 10, long after it was deleted by record company Polydor in order to boost album sales. It is joined in the Top 40 by other long-since physically deleted singles, such as Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, Nelly Furtado’s Maneater and The Automatic’s Monster. However, the extra lease of chart life these singles are receiving is not proving sufficient to dislodge last week’s number one from the top spot, with X Factor winner Leona Lewis still comfortably outselling nearest challenger Take That. Eric Prydz Vs Floyd’s Proper Education makes a march into the Top Five from last week’s 77 following the physical release of the single this week. U2’s Window In The Skies is new inside the Top 10. The new rules have also thrown some unusual new entries into the chart. The Kooks’ digital-only Live At The Astoria EP is new at 27, while an act called Gay Gordon & The Mince Pies have a version of Auld Lang Syne in the Top 75. Singles 01 Leona - A Moment Like This 02 Take That - Patience 03 Eric Pyrdz vs. Floyd - Proper Education Top 10 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Re-Entry) U2 - Window In The Skies (New Entry) Razorlight - America Top 25 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Re-Entry) Top 30 27 The Kooks - Live At The Astoria EP (New Entry) The Automatic - Monster (Re-Entry) Top 40 Nelly Furtado - Maneater (Re-Entry) Top 45 Lily Allen - Smile (Re-Entry) Top 75 Gay Gordon & The Mince Pies - Auld Lang Syne :lol: ======================================== Albums 01 Take That - Beautiful World 02 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 03 Razorlight - Razorlight Top 5 Pink - I'm Not Dead Top 10 Oasis - Stop The Clocks Girls Aloud - GHs Top 20 Take That - Ult. Col. Westlife - Love Album Top 20 Info courtesy to Andy70 @ havenforum
January 3, 200719 yr Gay Gordon & The Mince Pies have a version of Auld Lang Syne in the Top 75 :lol: god bless downloads thx for the news :D
January 3, 200719 yr Thanks for the update ;) I'm still very impressed by Take That's "Patience"!! :huh: Will it ever go down? lol 3 new entries in the top10... GA may get a third week in the top10, but I doubt it :lol: I hope we'll get something about the album!!
January 3, 200719 yr Hopefully 2 GA singles in top20 :) And a top10 for the album I pray! :) Should do 700k by the end of this week!
January 3, 200719 yr Random to see a live Kooks EP in there lol... Good for Leona and Take That and nice to see all those old hits back!!! Perhaps Gnarls chart run will now go 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-OUT-29 or something just as ridiculous Pretty bad for U2 as well on a low sales week...
January 3, 200719 yr Pretty bad for U2 as well on a low sales week... I think there's some confusion about its release date. On Amazon you can't buy it, you can only pre-order it.
January 3, 200719 yr Author They should not include album tracks and EPs, the chart looks diabolical, they seem to have thrown everything in, including the kitchen sink http://www.hometips.com/images/sunset/kitch_sinkmain.jpg
January 3, 200719 yr I think there's some confusion about its release date. On Amazon you can't buy it, you can only pre-order it. I just realised that you can only download the song on iTunes if you buy the whole album :o
January 3, 200719 yr Top 10 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Re-Entry) Top 40 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy (Re-Entry) Nelly Furtado - Maneater (Re-Entry) The Automatic - Monster (Re-Entry) Glad about the new rule. It means all those songs may get decent chart runs considering they were huge hits, and all are great songs.
January 3, 200719 yr Thanks, Mikey. Brilliant to see Snow Patrol, Gnarls, The Automatic and Nelly Furtado re-entering where they should be. Love that Gay Gordon title though :lol:
January 3, 200719 yr Author Anyone knows what tracks are featured on the Kooks EP track by any chance.
January 3, 200719 yr I expect Gnarls Barkley, Nelly Furtado and The Automatic will spend most of the year in the top 75 now.
January 3, 200719 yr Anyone knows what tracks are featured on the Kooks EP track by any chance. Ooh La, Naive and She Moves In Her Own Way are all on it, along with a couple of others
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