:) It's both for me. I have loved music from a very early age and started listening to the charts around about 1991 when i was 12. Then every Sunday from Jan 1994 to the present day i have copied them down.

I just love the movement of the British charts and the way there are many different genres of music to listen to each week.

It is purely the best chart in the world. B)

I decided to buy the no 1s for the rest of that year and..... welll let's just say it's been a very long year! :)

 

The last 10 years must have been really expensive. It looks like adding downloads is going to return Number 1 turnover to normal (70s, 80s, early 90s) standards, so it should at least become a little cheaper. ;)

 

And I guess this means we have you in part to thank for keeping Bob the Builder at No. 1 for the 2nd week. :lol:

Edited November 8, 200717 yr by simjam1972

I should point out that I waited till Westlife hd dropped from the top in all cases so I'm not to blame for any of their number 1s! :)

Both really, the charts and stats really interest and fascinate me. It's also nice to see who's doing greatly and miserably, and to follow my favourite artists and see how well they're doing (or not so nice if they're not :lol:).

Stats and figures and sometimes because of certain artists but I voted for stats and figures :P

It's definitely both for me.

I started following the charts in 1998. I was in the car with my mum and dad while we were going somewhere, I was waiting in the car and listening to the chart show. I was only seven then, but I instantly became interested in them. I really don't know why though! After that I became obsessed, and wrote the whole top 40 down in a notebook from then to the end of 2001. By 1999, I had even made a separate notebook where I could rank my favourite songs in the top 40 in order (back then though, once a song left the top 40 it dropped out of my 'personal chart') :lol: I stopped writing the charts down in 2002 when I discovered the internet, however I still follow them religiously.

 

So to answer the question, I guess its a combination of both. I like stats and figures and to see my favourite artist do well of course, but if my favourite artists got dropped or stopped releasing music I wouldn't stop listening to the charts.

 

Sorry for rambling on by the way. :cry:

I have collected singles charts for years. Not just the UK but many countries.

 

My dad before me collected charts and so it probably stems from his original interest.

 

I'm not just interested in the Top 40 though, I take an interest in the complete charts.

 

I did find the UK singles chart boring from around 1995 to 2005. This was because nearly every new entry entered at its peak position (and the only move was down) and climbers were few & far between. Also that there was a new entry at No.1 nearly every week.

 

Now with dowloads included and the new rules the chart has become interesting again.

 

I have lots of charts pages from the now defunt Record Mirror magazine that I used to buy and also my dad bought before me. This used to list the Top 50 from March 1960 to Feb 1978 when the chart became a Top 75 and then Top 100.

 

When Record Mirror ceased publication in April 1991 I then went to the library every week and wrote them down for their copy of Music Week. Since 1999 however i've been getting them from the internet.

 

A friend had copies of the NME singles chart from 1952 to 1960 and gave me a copy. So apart from just the odd week here & there I have 55 years worth of them.

I also have all the US singles charts from 1940 to the present. And German Charts from 1960 to present with about 2 or 3 years missing which I am trying to get hold of.

Edited November 11, 200717 yr by Euro Music

Much like everyone else around here, a bit of both for me. :)

 

I can't really remember why, though.