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    Unless Shakira is still in the top 200 at the end of this year with hips don't lie :rofl: ;)
    though that won't count, the UK charts is still stuck at a top 75 - though she did manage 36 weeks, a record for a female singer...

     

    Avenuen (Mr. Nice Guy) by Trine Dyrholm is currently #1 in Denmark

    Also it is spending its 100th week on the chart there.

     

    Does anyone know of any other single that has spent 100 weeks on the chart anywhere in the world (except for Canada)?

    for consecutive weeks, none that comes to mind. My Way did it in the UK but that wasn't consecutive weeks. In the US the record is 69 (consecutive) weeks. In the UK it's a mere 56 weeks...

     

    Top 2 :puke2: :puke2: :puke2:

     

    Dixie Chicks at 4 :cheer: :wub: :cheer:

    Such a shame they don't get the UK recognition they deserve.

    I agree there, they should be doing far better than they have managed so far in the UK - a #26 being their best so far to date here.

     

    Pussycat Dolls ft. Timbaland - Wait A Minute

    Fergie - Fergalicious

     

    Those two not released.

    Nelly Furtado - Say It Right 37->19

    Beyonce - Listen 60->39->31

    Sophie E-B - Catch You 28->18

    All three on downloads only. See release schedule for physical dates.

    I keep forgetting about that thread! Thanks e-motion, sorry JDL, had I remembered about that thread I would have pointed you there.

     

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    plus none of the last three songs have yet been "released" in the normal sense - they are charting on downloads. If you want the release dates then you can check on them at www.hmv.co.uk

    Many years ago, when there were only physicals, some double sided a sides charted twice - once for each side. Now, that's even harder to figure out.

    the 1950s charts were like this - the record stores would just report on sales of whichever side the customer asked for. I think the NME chart may still have continued this practice into the 60s but the official chart is the Record Retailer chart from 1960 which combined sales of a double A sided release.

     

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    I don't think anyone really knows. I did read on another board that downloads of both sides would count towards the chart position, but all that would do is encourage every act to release double sided (or triple sided) singles otherwise they would be at a disadvantage.

     

    The old rules had just downloads of the main track counting towards the chart position, with downloads of the other tracks ignored but this is definitely not the case now as My Chemical Romance charted the B side track of one of the 7"s of their current single in its own right.

    is it also 40p for physical singles?

     

    and do you know what it is for albums?

    It's more complicated for physical product, it depends on the format:

     

    (these are the dealer price, not the price it is sold to the consumer)

     

    SINGLES:

     

    2 Track CD single - £1.20

    Maxi-CD / DVD / Dual Disc - £1.79

    7" - 50p

    12" - £1.99

    Cassette - £1.20

     

    ALBUMS:

     

    All physical formats except cassette (cassette prices in brackets):

     

    BUDGET PRICE: £0.50 - £4.24 (£0.50 - £2.69)

    MID-PRICE: £4.25 - £5.99 (£2.70 - £3.69)

    FULL PRICE: £6.00+ (£3.70+)

     

    There are separate Budget, Mid and Full Price charts, but for charts released to the public, mid and full price albums are combined into one chart. There is also a separate Budget Albums chart.

     

    DOWNLOAD ALBUMS: £3.75 and over (full price albums only - there are no Budget or Mid-Price bands)

     

     

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    of course, so long as a retailer pays 40p for a digital download, they can sell it for as little as 1p if they wish. However, unlike physical singles, which can be sold by record labels to shops with bulk discounting (ie the shop pays for 2 copies but gets 3, meaning they can discount the price for the consumer) this isn't possible with downloads - every copy that the digital store sells is paid for (to the record company) AFTER the consumer has bought the track, the opposite of how stores purchase CDs etc. Labels don't sell downloads to online retailers in advance!

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    the minimum dealer price is 40p - and that seems to apply to digital bundles as well as individual tracks, unless the OCC mean 40p per track on the bundle - it's not clear.

     

    Just to confuse you, the OCC have this note added to the pricing rules:

     

    Digital Minimum Dealer Price £0.40p : Only tracks with a minimum PPD of 40 pence or more shall be eligible for the Official Singles Chart. In the event that a record company has an alternative business model for the sale of downloads (i.e ., one not based on a published dealer price), the price charged to the online digital retailer should not be less than 32 pence per track. OCC will monitor sales to ensure they are 'genuine sales'. Where OCC judges sales not to be genuine, they may be excluded from the chart at OCC's absolute discretion

    all remixes (and live versions, alternative versions, rerecordings etc) do count towards the overall sales of a song and therefore its chart position. However the running time of a single track download musn't exceed 9 minutes 59 seconds. If a version is longer than this then the download of that version won't count.

    Fresh, is there any chance you could do some tweaking with your website? Rather than have all the charts listed one after another, use a script so I could click on the chart I want to see? eg at the top of your page you list all the countries, it would be good if you could make a link for each country to take me to that chart?

     

    Regardless, it's a good site and most appreciated!