Do you think that the general publc don't care about the chart anymore? Are people not bothered about who is number one these days? Could it be because there is so much more variety these days and that nobody cares who is number one because they prefer who they like to listen to? Would people rather download illegally? or do you think the chart should be cherished? ...Alot of questions there :lol:

Couldn't care if the singles chart lives or dies tbh

 

Haven't given a $h!t about the charts since the late 80's early 90's and haven't listened to a Top 40 show in the best part of a decade so the charts mean nothing to me anyways

 

Albums chart is the only thing that matters to me as I only ever buy albums

Edited March 7, 200718 yr by Vic Vega

I only buy albums too, very rare i buy a single.

Tbh I think the singles chart are all over the place. -_- I only buy singles if like, if Im a big fan of an artist, like "collectors" etc.

I don't understand why paid for downloads get people so excited though, buying a CD and seeing it and feeling it and touching it and actually buying something physical is a lot better than right clicking on "download this file" and saving to disc, I will never buy paid for albums will only ever buy CD albums

i dont care about the chart anymore its rubbish now

I couldn't care less.

I have no idea what's even in the chart, ask me what's in the top ten and I couldnt tell you.

Just wondering what people thought, seeing that the site is chart based :lol:

seeing that the site is chart based :lol:

 

Is it though :unsure: I see it as an entertainment board, music/films/tv/politics/sport and so on, I never consider or think of it as a music board

Edited March 7, 200718 yr by Vic Vega

Good question, but I think its in the wrong forum, I reckon the thread will get more constructive opinions in the chart forum. ;) :P

Good question, but I think its in the wrong forum, I reckon the thread will get more constructive opinions in the chart forum. ;) :P

 

Yeah I was thinking that. The people who are really intrested in the chart tend to generally be around Chart Chat rather than The Lounge, so you'll probably get a better response in there. :P

I'm a collector of CD singles, but since the beginning of 2007 the Uk chart is a bit strange :unsure: So, I started watching the HMV chart (soon, on Buzzjack too, by my presentation).

So, indeed, the Uk chart is passing a crisis ATM, but I'm sure they know how to solve it, after a more than 50 years history xox.

Even my friends who arent music obsessed always mention what is no.1 or whatever, the chart is everything still in terms of singles, IMO :)

Yeah, it is best suited in the chart forum but it is always best to see what the whole forums feeling about a topic like this, and the lounge is the best place to get those views and then maybe move to the chart forum. ^_^

I'm still interested in the charts - but that's a given I suppose as I'm Chart Chat mod! :lol:

 

Even my friends though are interested in what's number one etc, and some will actively hunt out a song to download it they know it's number one. So I think they are still very much relevant :D

im still very interested in the charts and always look forward to seeing the new chart each sunday

I care somewhat about the charts. It's interesting to see what flops and what doesn't. :(

I've been following the charts since around 1981 but had lost interest in the last couple of years due to a couple of reasons - the chart shows (both on Radio 1 and Hit40UK) were $h!t and I could go online at 7pm on a Sunday and see them straight away. However since the new rules came in back in January I started listening in again each week and follow them closely again.

Is it though :unsure: I see it as an entertainment board, music/films/tv/politics/sport and so on, I never consider or think of it as a music board

The amount of users online on a Sunday says differently ;) I'm still as obsessed with the charts as I've always been! Where my favourite artists get into the chart is still a big issue for me, if there wasn't a chart anymore I certainly wouldn't come on Buzzjack half as much as I do as the midweeks and the sales and Top 75 on Sunday were the reasons I joined in the first place.

The music business has always been an uneasy alliance between 'music' and 'business'. The charts often tell us more about the business than about the music. Records companies have been the primary consumers of charts because they give useful feedback that could be factored into business decisions.

 

But the old business model that is now slipping into history gave the record companies tight control over what music was available to the public. They hated the new on-line technologies because their emergence broke that stranglehold. Chart rules have finally changed to reflect the new reality. We are getting a better picture of 'what people are prepared to buy' and less amplification of 'what record companies want to sell'. But if the charts are eventually seen by record companies as 'less useful' than before, who will then pay for them to be compiled?