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So up to now, the OCC has used 5 different streaming-sales ratios in their calculations?!!

Are sales totals given prior to the introduction of these streaming/sales ratios recalculated using this formula?

OCC and the word consistency shouldn't be in the same sentence

Ah yes, forgot about the change

For LM, the #1 may be all down to YouTube...

Isn't that 93 sales with 1:150 sales:streaming ratio

When it was announced by the OCC that tracks over 3 years old would be subject to ACR I emailed the OCC and got this reply... " The 3 year restriction does not prevent older Christmas tracks entering the top end of the Official Singles Chart, but it does stop seasonal activity flooding the Official Chart. As an example in week 52 last year there were 8 tracks in the Top 10 and 13 in the Top 20. under the new rules there would have been 3 in the Top 10 and 8 in the Top 20. Under the new rules, Wham! would have charted at #3 in the Christmas chart (week 51), which is the same position it achieved under the old rules. In week 52, instead of peaking at #2, it would have been at #5.

Just received this reply from the OCC: The 3 year reset restriction does not prevent older Christmas tracks entering to top end of the Official Singles Chart, but it does stop seasonal activity flooding the Official Chart As an example, in week 52 last year there were 8 Christmas tracks in the Top 10 and 13 in the top 20 Under the new rules there would have been 3 in the Top 10 and 8 in the Top 20 If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me

Then I'd rather they remove them completely than give a false representation of their populaity

But that IS what's popular at Christmas

DVD singles are counted, so why not video purchases/streams? Whats the difference?

I remember in 1995 I had a magazine which came in addition to my subscription of Billboard - it may have been ‘Music Monitor’ and they printed a UK HOT 100, I remember ‘Search For The Hero’ by M People peaking at #1. Does anyone have access to these charts?

What are the all time sales for ABBA Gold and Bob Marley Legend? Are those total sales only from 1994 onward?

Only because the album was repackaged. In its original form if fell 31-46 on its 53rd week in the albums chart, prior to its repackage.

The Dirty Dancing soundtrack has reported total sales of 3.15 million in the UK, so those separate certifications do not tally... Also Thriller had sales reported by OCC in 2012 of 4.273m yet it is awarded a 13xplatinum award, not 14...