Posted May 20, 200619 yr Chart split rocks pop Cameron Adams 19may06 THE Australian pop charts are at the centre of a music industry war that has spawned a rival list. Music retail chains Sanity, HMV and Virgin have withdrawn their sales figures to official chart compiler ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association. The battle over technology throws the weekly ARIA chart into disarray. Sanity, HMV and Virgin Megastore, all owned by Brazin, will stop sending their CD sales information to ARIA today and instead produce their own rival instore chart. That means any CD sold from any of Brazin's 340 stores across Australia will not count towards the ARIA chart. ARIA issued a statement yesterday saying it was disappointed with Brazin's decision but insisted it will not affect the production or accuracy of its weekly charts. Brazin CEO Greg Milne said he doubted ARIA would be able to produce accurate charts. "I don't know how they can say that considering HMV, Sanity and Virgin account for a fairly big chunk of the market," he said. "I'm not sure how it won't impact." Brazin used data-compiling company GFK to track sales through its stores. Mr Milne said GFK's systems were more sophisticated than ARIA's. "Rather than a chart that will be a week old before it hits the street, we'll have a chart that will be updated every day," he said. "In today's world it's time we took it to the next level." Mr Milne denied industry rumours his company wanted to charge ARIA for its sales figures. "There's no ulterior motive. We're not trying to steal the industry away," he said. The ARIA charts will be compiled from sales at more than 850 shops, including JB Hi-Fi, independent music retailers and department stores Target, Big W and Kmart. Industry insiders said the Brazin-free ARIA chart could reflect music from an older demographic if it relied on sales mainly from department stores, which are usually slow to stock new or alternative music. "This is bad news for new Australian rock acts," Undercover music website owner Paul Cashmere said yesterday. "They will be struggling even harder for a chart position."
May 24, 200619 yr This doesn't affect anyone outside of Australia just thought I'd say. So if you want an Australian version of any Delta single, album, DVD ... still buy them from HMV, Sanity, Virgin -_- Some ppl have been under the wrong assumption on the official forums that for instance if you live in the UK and have ordered Aus singles that it counts towards ARIA charts which it doesn't so yea - still use those websites cos nothing has changed for ppl importing. I mean where else can we get Aus Delta stuff if we don't use HMV, Sanity or Virgin!! -_- We shouldn't have to keep on importing if we want something - it would be nice if we could actually have a release here!! :rolleyes: But i suppose there's more chance of pigs flying than there is Delta releasing anything here for a considerable amount of time. Love, Kirsty xx Edited May 24, 200619 yr by Miss Analyst
May 24, 200619 yr I guess Delta's fans in Oz (the obsessives anyway ;)) will now be making sure to buy copies from HMV/Sanity etc to get onto the Brazin chart and copies from the other stores to get on the ARIA chart!!
May 24, 200619 yr Author I guess Delta's fans in Oz (the obsessives anyway ;)) will now be making sure to buy copies from HMV/Sanity etc to get onto the Brazin chart and copies from the other stores to get on the ARIA chart!! Some people have more money than sense. And there's little sense on that forum!
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