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If Madonna's 'Hung Up' is classed as dance, then surely Kylie Minogue 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' should be classed as dance too? Kylie's definitelu dance and I personally think Gnarls Barkley is too, plus Kylie came out in 2001 sho can be counted. Also, where's fragma? those three would have totally changed the top 10 if included.

Just thought this was interesting, found it on DVDfever.co.uk, sorry if it's been posted before: MORI Findings Show the British Public Turning Increasingly to the Internet for Affordable Music Many British music lovers increasingly see the Internet as their first choice for getting affordable and instantaneous music, according to top research house, MORI. In the findings of a recent MORI poll, well over half of those surveyed said that the significant cost reduction associated with downloading music from the Internet meant they got better value compared to buying CDs from high street stores. Creative Labs commissioned the MORI survey in order to gain a solid understanding of home audio technology trends, and to assess how far the Brits had entered into the 'second stage' of digital music. Creative also wanted to discover what the public really thought of the technology which will change the way we listen to music forever and will force companies to change the way they sell music. Of those questioned, 49 per cent also cited being able to listen to the music before buying as a major advantage of using the Internet, and a similar number preferred the Internet as a medium for obtaining rare music. Almost 40 percent raced to find new music on the Internet whilst 14 per cent saw music downloading as a way of rebelling against the perceived might of the music industry. Duncan Jackson, director of retail Europe, Creative Labs, said that the findings closely reflected the company's expectations. "It's not an overstatement to say that compact discs are likely to face obsolescence within the next five years, as more Internet users download music onto portable digital audio devices that can carry thousands of tracks. The superior sound quality of PC audio is supplanting the hi-fi as the main home music system, but finding more unusual tracks and getting to them first is a major motivation of downloading music and the Internet will be the vanguard in driving down the costs for all involved." Simon Miller, new business director of peoplesound.com, Europe's largest free Internet download site for unsigned music talent agreed, "The Internet allows consumers the chance to download their favourite music in digital format and play it at CD quality on PCs, portable Digital Audio Players or via their hi-fi equipment. It is no surprise that people have already started to adopt a cheaper, faster and higher quality way of buying and listening to quality music." The survey also indicated that over a third of all people aged between 15 and 24 believe they will stop buying CDs within five years, and 33 per cent of Internet users questioned could envisage storing ALL their music on a pocket-size portable device within the same time frame. Research Summary: For this survey, MORI interviewed 1,629 adults aged between 15 and 65 between 6 and 11 July 2000. What motivates you to download music from the Internet? * It's a cheap way of obtaining music - 59% * Can listen before buying - 49% * Allows you to find rare music - 49% * Allows you to find new music - 38% * Being the first to find new music - 15% * Rebelling against the music industry - 14% Thanks to DVDfever. Looks like the end is nigh, not just for CD singles but possibly CD albums soon?

yea, but didn't she have something like a million hits on her myspace website before she started gaining any real amount of attention from the media? i know a couple of people who were really into her stuff before i'd even heard about her.

beyonce, this was an awful comeback, even including the fact that i wasn't a massive fan of the stuff from her last album and the last destiny's child singles were beyond c**p. atleast chico knows he's a novelty act!

Best: Nelly, Madonna, Gnarls (tho overplayed), Lily Allen Worst: Beyonce, Chico- how these two got to no.1 i don't really understand.

no, that kinda thing doesnt mean you're gonna sell records, having a good album does and catchy songs does. anyway, my point was that she was found on the internet first and got word of mouth behind her, before her songs were successful.

lily allen, sandi thom, arctic monkeys... you have to have pretty good word of mouth to get noticed by most people anyway, very rarely do you see a new british act with a massive amount of publicity behind them, usually they build in popularity through word of mouth. only american acts usually start off with a blitz of publicity, or pop acts. any indie kinda acts need to impress the fans first.

'The technology would also enable Warner to review homemade videos and decide whether to approve or reject them.' does this mean that warners will effectively be able to delete any video's whose content they dont agree with? seems very draconian and authoritarian to me and obviously compromises youtubes individualism

'Jamelia is at #11 and is apparantley selling more copys this time this week than last week!' a lot of acts seem to be increasing their sales week on week: shakira, snow patrol, cascada. the feeling, pink and now jamelia. it seems the 80's are coming back!

good, it makes complete sense to have downlaod only singles included, physical singles are dead, have been for ages. hopefully this will mean they're getting rid of the deletion rule, as it would be stupid to keep it, and the 52 week rule as the problem with that was downloads making an old single re-enter without physical product?

It won't get like America, with acts hanging on for 30wks in the top 10 or more because our chart is based on sales alone and its very unlikely in a country as small as Britain to see people only hearing a song in its 30th week so going out and buying it.

Just by creating a new set of laws won't suddenly make people respetful of their elders and swear off drink. When England was a very Christian country there was still a hell of a lot of 'sin' going on, you just have to look at the image of paedophile priests to see that. Also, just because Sharia law controls most Muslim countries doesn't make them some utopian ideal, with no crime and 'respect' for everyone. Just look at the women in Iran and Afghanistan who are put to death for 'adultery' after being raped, with the way they treat women and minorities overall being appallingly bad. The laws to stop the kind of behaviour that has been mentioned on this board already exist, but that doesn't stop people acting the way they do. Introducing a totally alien and medieval form of law wouldn't improve that situation. By stating that Sharia should be made law in this country, Muslim leaders are just scare mongering and attempting to increase Islamaphobia. All this is a moot point anyway because there is no way in hell that Britain would ever become a Sahria law state anyway.

'the OCC trying to merge downloads into (th eisngles chart) - while it is boosting the market as a whole - clearly hasn't done anything to help chart sales' It has definately helped it by making it more relevant and increasing sales. Without downloads singles would be selling about 15,000 copies to get to no.1 and we'd have Paris Hilton at no.1 in the main chart when she obviously isn't the nations favourite song as her official position shows. Allow all downloads in the chart whenever, the physical single is dead, only downloads matter now. The major problem is convincing kids who have been downloading for free for years that music should be bought.

its getting harder and harder for this kinda dross to go top 20, let alone top 10, just look at chris brown. top 30 i say.

all of the videos from the 2000's are pretty c**p in my opinion and consist of people dancing in a video, hardly groundbreaking stuff. also MTV has been a fully reality tv channel for years, cant remember the last time i saw a song on there that wasnt on a ringtone advert. Youtube for music videos all the way!