May 8, 200817 yr is this true? I've never heard of this rule before...I thought anything could reach the chart these days if enough copies were being downloaded? Album tracks and the entire album are registered at least 3 weeks before release for chart qualification as you can buy them individually so therefore are chart eligible. If the 3 week registration period for the album 'Viva La Vida' wasn't up yet as the album release is still a few weeks off and they hadn't registered 'Viva La Vida' as a single 3 weeks ago let's say because it was rushed out to make more money after the success of 'Violet Hill' then it would be NCQ'd. However having said that I would be surprised if a major record company hadn't dealt with the chart administration months ago to allow flexibility with the release date if they wanted to move it forwards after a internet leak for instance.
May 8, 200817 yr For the BOGOF surely the sales of 'Violet Hill' will be excluded for the free gift and 'Viva La Vida' for being under the minimum price i.e. free and visa versa?
May 8, 200817 yr For the BOGOF surely the sales of 'Violet Hill' will be excluded for the free gift and 'Viva La Vida' for being under the minimum price i.e. free and visa versa? The mystery of Coldplay has now been solved. Yesterday the OCC were doing a lot of checking following "the freebies" of last week. The matter has now been settled and both Coldplay tracks, will chart in the top 40, this Sunday. The Buy One Get One Free offer, concerns the release of the new album (2nd June), where for people, who buy the Album, they get a free track on top of it (in what forn I have yet to find out.
May 8, 200817 yr Yeah but Coldplay in todays mids havent sold as many as i thought they have! But tomorrow i expect both tracks straight in the Top 10 :cry:
May 8, 200817 yr Yeah but Coldplay in todays mids havent sold as many as i thought they have! But tomorrow i expect both tracks straight in the Top 10 :cry: A lot of artists are giving away free songs now, its a good thing to do. The fact that coldplay are doing well from it is good for them IMO. And i am soooooo hoping coldplay have two songs in top 10 by sunday :yahoo:
May 8, 200817 yr The mystery of Coldplay has now been solved. Yesterday the OCC were doing a lot of checking following "the freebies" of last week. The matter has now been settled and both Coldplay tracks, will chart in the top 40, this Sunday. The Buy One Get One Free offer, concerns the release of the new album (2nd June), where for people, who buy the Album, they get a free track on top of it (in what forn I have yet to find out. I read a report yesterday that the Buy One Get One Free will apply to album tracks when the album is released. Quote: British rockers COLDPLAY are giving fans the chance to own their new album for half the usual price - by announcing a "buy one get one free" offer on Internet downloads. Now, whenever music lovers download a track from new album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, they will automatically get another song of their choice for free. And the band hope it will persuade more people to pay for their music. Frontman Chris Martin says, "Buy one get one free, it comes from working in Kwik Save (British budget supermarket), I think. "As I said before nobody buys albums any more, certainly no body buys full albums and we've made an album that you have to have from start to finish." And the singer insists it was very hard to make a follow-up to 2005's hugely successful X&Y, which gained them their first number one in the U.S. album chart. He adds, "I think we were a bit anthemed out after X&Y. I feel like we've got everything to prove and everyone to prove it to this time." http://www.fanbolt.com/music_newsfeed.php?...mp;returnpage=1 ************************** perhaps it's to stop the songs charting on the singles charts in the UK and US? Also iTunes in the US has a scheme where if you buy a download song from an album you can "chip it in" for the full album, less what you paid for the track, so long as you do this within 6 months of the original track purchase. perhaps it's for that, to encourage people to spend more money by buying the whole album in one go for half the price or to come back and buy the rest of the tracks at a later date and to save money. Edited May 8, 200817 yr by Robbie
May 8, 200817 yr I read a report yesterday that the Buy One Get One Free will apply to album tracks when the album is released. Quote: British rockers COLDPLAY are giving fans the chance to own their new album for half the usual price - by announcing a "buy one get one free" offer on Internet downloads. Now, whenever music lovers download a track from new album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, they will automatically get another song of their choice for free. And the band hope it will persuade more people to pay for their music. Frontman Chris Martin says, "Buy one get one free, it comes from working in Kwik Save (British budget supermarket), I think. "As I said before nobody buys albums any more, certainly no body buys full albums and we've made an album that you have to have from start to finish." And the singer insists it was very hard to make a follow-up to 2005's hugely successful X&Y, which gained them their first number one in the U.S. album chart. He adds, "I think we were a bit anthemed out after X&Y. I feel like we've got everything to prove and everyone to prove it to this time." http://www.fanbolt.com/music_newsfeed.php?...mp;returnpage=1 ************************** perhaps it's to stop the songs charting on the singles charts in the UK and US? Also iTunes in the US has a scheme where if you buy a download song from an album you can "chip it in" for the full album, less what you paid for the track, so long as you do this within 6 months of the original track purchase. perhaps it's for that, to encourage people to spend more money by buying the whole album in one go for half the price or to come back and buy the rest of the tracks at a later date and to save money. Thanks Robbie, that now makes sense! After all the confusion :D
May 8, 200817 yr actually, now I think about it, I think it's just to have people buy the album in one go for half the price. It may be chart eligible in both the UK and US as there's no chart rules to prevent it counting as a whole digital album purchase if all tracks are downloaded in one go. Edited May 8, 200817 yr by Robbie
May 8, 200817 yr Incidentally, that US iTunes scheme I mentioned, about buying a track and then cashing it in and buying the whole album (less the cost of the track purchased) is a good scam, in a way. It makes the track eligible for the Hot 100 and then the album eligible for the Top 200 albums when the track is "cashed in". Billboard ruled on this a few months ago.
May 8, 200817 yr I'm stuggling to work out if this part of your post is serious or not... especially the part about them being "the most interesting rock group ever"? Me too. They're good but not THAT good. The Beatles and Pink Floyd were better.
May 8, 200817 yr I think Coldplay should legible, but the Ting Tings not because that was free on itunes, but Coldplay was free in NME, which you had to buy, and for one week only
May 8, 200817 yr Personally I like Coldplay, but I would hate for the track to go to #1 as its only available on downloads. I know a lot of members that actually collect all the #1 singles (physically), you can't really collect this track as its only available as a download.
May 9, 200817 yr Coldplay's label dismisses 2-1 offer claims (Friday May 09, 2008 08:35 AM) Bosses at Coldplay's record label Capitol are baffled by frontman Chris Martin's claim the band is running a two-for-one promotion on its new album. Martin told the Daily Mirror the band wanted to encourage fans to pay for LP Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends, by offering a deal to those who download it online. He claimed that for every track that a fan downloads, they will get to choose another one free. Martin told the newspaper, "Buy one get one free, it comes from working in Kwik Save, I think. "As I said before nobody buys albums any more, certainly no body buys full albums and we've made an album that you have to have from start to finish." But Capitol executives know nothing of the promotion. A high ranking boss tells WENN, "I checked with their (Coldplay's) management. This appears to be incorrect." Yahoo! Music News Can anyone verify this? Has anyone been offered one of the tracks free when purchasing "Violet Hill" or "Viva la Vida". Has anyone purchased both of the tracks?
May 9, 200817 yr Can anyone confirm the above?? I have purchased both tracks, and paid for both, VH is availible as a single on Itunes, were as VLV is the only pre-release track from the album availible to download. This interview is in this weeks NME, (which I bought for the 7''!) I did wonder when I read it If he says no one buy albums anymore, a stunt like that isn't going to help?! :wacko:
May 9, 200817 yr Can anyone confirm the above?? Spoken to 3 people, who downloaded Violet Hill...one of them downloaded from HMV`s site, they had no free extras. The other 2 went to iTunes, the first one wanted Viva La Vida, the site refused this. The second downloaded Violet Hill successfully, and also did not get a "free" offer of another track. So, it does not seem, that is the case. Viva La Vida, only on iTunes, it seems. Maybe why when it was number 11, on iTunes...that is why it only entered the top 75 official chart at 49. Today, it looks like it was only number 40, when it was number 3 at the same point on iTunes, but are there sales difficulties here? Something does not look right. Apparently when you pre-order the album from iTunes, you recieve free acoustic tracks, of Lost and Lovers-Live in Japan. You can then also download Viva La Vida immediately. But does that mean the track is then given to you free, or do you have to pay for it? This info taken from www.coldplay.com
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