Posted May 6, 200817 yr The top 40, without downloads only 8th May 08, as of 5pm. Remember downloads, are only included, if a physical copy, is available! 01 01 Madonna 02 ne Wiley 03 02 Sam Sparro 04 ne Will I. Am 05 03 Usher 06 04 Estelle 07 06 Flo rida 08 05 September 09 ne Kylie 10 07 Pendulum 11 08 Scouting For Girls 12 09 Mercy (Duffy) 13 ne Kelly Rowland 14 ne James Fox/Cardiff City F.C. 15 10 Alphabeat 16 11 Chris Brown 17 13 script 18 12 Nickelback 19 18 Gabriella Cilmi 20 14 Mariah Carey 21 16 Adele 22 15 Leona 23 19 Britney 24 24 Girls Aloud 25 22 Kooks 26 20 Utah Saints 27 21 Hoosiers 28 ne Wideboys/Shaznay Lewis 29 25 Stop And Stare - One Republic 30 ne Santogold 31 17 Jay Sean 32 23 Robyn 33 27 Black Kids 34 30 Panic At The Disco 35 29 Basshunter 36 28 H Two O 37 37 Rihanna 38 33 Taio Cruz 39 32 Cahill 40 ne Captain (Keep An Open Mind) So, missing from this top 40, Coldplay (Violet Hill) is in the top 10 there is Coldplay (Viva La Vida), Nelly and Duffy (Warwick Ave), Sara Bareilles, Pigeon Detectives, Neyo and Ashlee Simpson are also missing. Meanwhile, Lil` Wayne, would be in the top 50 if we put download onlys in. So, currently there are 9 download only tracks in the top 50 (technically Violet Hill, is available physically via a free 7 inch copy, in this week`s NME). The saga of Coldplay has been cleared up, after checks yesterday by OCC. Both tracks will be eligible. The speculation of Buy One Get One Free, concerns the album, which is offering a free track, to those that purchase the album via download, itself.
May 6, 200817 yr Author I'm a bit dumb. So is this chart physicals only? No, it`s a regular list, but doesn`t include Downloads, that haven`t yet been released physically. Get it? It is a Tues - Thurs thing, only available through various Radio Stations computer links.
May 6, 200817 yr No, it`s a regular list, but doesn`t include Downloads, that haven`t yet been released physically. Get it? It is a Tues - Thurs thing, only available through various Radio Stations computer links. So physicals + downloads but, no downloads only :) OK get it :lol:
May 6, 200817 yr Question? Is that the same James Fox from Fame Academy and represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest a couple of years ago, as it has been bugging me for a while.
May 6, 200817 yr Author Question? Is that the same James Fox from Fame Academy and represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest a couple of years ago, as it has been bugging me for a while. Absolutely! I think this could be why the single is proving quite popular. I was amazed when the pre-orders in HMV of this even outsold both Madonna, and Kylie! It might even go much higher.
May 6, 200817 yr Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music is back in the top 40 in the official chart but it's not here although the downloads only songs aren't there. Strange. :o
May 6, 200817 yr Author Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music is back in the top 40 in the official chart but it's not here although the downloads only songs aren't there. Strange. :o It probably won`t figure in the mids top 40, tomorrow either.
May 6, 200817 yr Author Just for interest the top 10, at HMV over the last 2 days 01 Kylie - In My Arms 02 Madonna - 4 minutes 03 James Fox/Cardiff City 04 Usher - Love in this Club 05 Estelle - American Boy 06 September - Cry For You 07 Sam Sparro - Black and Gold 08 Will I. Am - Heartbreaker 09 Wiley - Wear My Rolex 10 Low - Flo rida If it`s anything to go by, Wiley can not possibly even touch Number 1, at all. The sales of all versions of Kylie`s,"In My Arms", are all combined, as are Madonna`s. I should add, the above top ten are of course, totally physical sales. A mathematical equation, on a download only chart (where the physical is selling better), is too divide the download position by 3, to give a very rough estimate, of a combined position. This can also work on a physical only chart, where the download is selling better, i.e. Wiley at number 9 divided by 3 = 3, Kylie (on iTunes) 36 divided by 3 = 12. If you go further with Sam Sparro, 7 divided by 3 = 2.333recurring, so = 2. It won`t always work with physicals and downloads, that are almost 50/50 combined, sometimes if you divide by 2, it works, as in Will I. Am here, number 8 physical divided by 2 = number 4. Try with James Fox/Cardiff F.C. (on downloads it only ranks at 81 on iTunes), divide that by 3 = 27 (so it could go that high, by mathematics).
May 6, 200817 yr If it`s anything to go by, Wiley can not possibly even touch Number 1, at all. The sales of all versions of Kylie`s,"In My Arms", are all combined, as are Madonna`s. I should add, the above top ten are of course, totally physical sales. A mathematical equation, on a download only chart (where the physical is selling better), is too divide the download position by 3, to give a very rough estimate, of a combined position. This can also work on a physical only chart, where the download is selling better, i.e. Wiley at number 9 divided by 3 = 3, Kylie (on iTunes) 36 divided by 3 = 12. If you go further with Sam Sparro, 7 divided by 3 = 2.333recurring, so = 2. It won`t always work with physicals and downloads, that are almost 50/50 combined, sometimes if you divide by 2, it works, as in Will I. Am here, number 8 physical divided by 2 = number 4. Try with James Fox/Cardiff F.C. (on downloads it only ranks at 81 on iTunes), divide that by 3 = 27 (so it could go that high, by mathematics). That's too techno for me :lol:
May 6, 200817 yr Author That's too techno for me :lol: It`s a good thing to know though :D Just imagine if you regularly take part, in a prediction game...if you loop into a download only top 200, it`s possible to work out a lot of the prospective positions, and then slip in the missing ones, by looking at the previous weeks combined chart.
May 7, 200817 yr Author Is there a reason why Coldplay was DSQed :mellow: I spoke to a colleague, this evening, he stated that a final decision for the download only track has not been reached. But on checking, with another source, I was told that both tracks by Coldplay are likely to be disqualified because of a Buy One, Get One Free new offer. So, that could be it, with "Viva La Vida", being disqualified too. I will find out more tomorrow, watch this space.....
May 7, 200817 yr Thanks for that info, davetaylor. Please keep us informed I want Coldplay to be DSQ, but only because if they are in danger of reaching #1 it would mess up people's physical number 1s collection
May 8, 200817 yr I'm pleased Kylie is top 10. I hope that f*cking Coldplay songs won't knock her out of the top 10. Dave what do you think, will James Fox climb or rather fall by the weekend?
May 8, 200817 yr I like this much better than the mids because theres no COLDPLAY :yahoo: :cheer: :w00t: :P :lol:
May 8, 200817 yr Author I'm pleased Kylie is top 10. I hope that f*cking Coldplay songs won't knock her out of the top 10. Dave what do you think, will James Fox climb or rather fall by the weekend? It is more likely to fall, but it might hang around a couple of weeks, because the Cup Final is not this week. From Mon 12th May (next week), we will probably find that rather dodgy "Do The Ayatollah", by the Cardiff City Fans selling too! :lol:
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