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NOT AT ALL!! In fact, that was the magic of the UK chart, something that distinguished it from all the other countries. I fell in love with it back then and still I feel the strong sentiment for the British market in spite of it losing its brand and originality. Right now the chart is much more predictable than ever. Songs hang around for ages, even following midweeks gets boring because 90% of the chart shape is totally expected thanks to i-Tunes charts. 10 years ago the market used to be dynamic and seemed like a battle field for record companies that promoted their stuff with every possible tool (double sided singles, discounts, different formats etc.). A huge number of records released and hyped every week was given to have a variety of styles and artists to choose from. Anyone could be picked up by the consumers and suddenly be discovered (even thanks to 0,99 pounds single's price which drove the song to upper reaches of the chart and then subsequently people were discovering and liking it). Right now the stabilisation and boredom has gotten hold of the market. Nobody cares about promoting new artists, chart battles have lost their excitement factor and the chart is almost as slow as the biggest c**p on the planet namely Billboard Hot 100. Tracks stand plenty of chances of getting to #1. Let's take the example of "4 Minutes" - the top after 5 weeks??? That's ridiculous! 10 years ago "Frozen" had its unique chance and either it succeds or it's lost as there are loads of other good contestants. That's why the battles were so impressive. There were bets on who wins, marketing strategies had to be implemented to help the singles, it was all about the UK chart back then! Other countries tried to follow the British example of releasing singles in their momentum to obtain a high debut. Now the debut doesn't matter a thing which is sad. All the magic has disappeared. The actual chart is most definitely boring and hardly interesting anymore.

As a Madonna fan I always want her songs to topple all the competition however this time is different. "4 Minutes" is absolutely trashy, I'm ashamed my idol is releasing such a lame, recycled song :( It should flop to give Madonna a lesson that it's not the right direction to go musically! Nevertheless it will probably peak at #2... btw. I also dislike Estelle's current hit, Duffy should still rule the chart!

the majority of people in this thread admitted they had bought Kate Nash's single in 3 formats.She can hardly be called a famous artist so what's the purpose of this support? cause it's certainly not about collecting the artist's stuff :rolleyes: Isn't it wasting money spent 3 times on the same product? :unsure: Come on, I'm not gonna believe that people listen constantly to all the bought versions :blink:

Yesterday I bought: - The Thrills - "Let's Bottle Bohemia" - Goldfrapp - "Supernature" - Robbie Williams - "Intensive Care" 3 old albums but they were very cheap :dance: btw. Why do people bother buying 3 versions of the same single? :unsure: :wacko: What's so special about the 7'' format? Isn't it a bit oldfashioned? :huh: And... who is this Kate Nash? :D

what an awful number 1 :puke2:

lol @ Timbaland :lol: I hope he misses the Top 10 :D

I don't like it at all ! I predict #15 though.

gosh! with the exceptions of Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs and maybe Natasha, the Top 10 is vile :puke2: who's buying this American c**p in the form of Timbaland & co? :wacko: :unsure:

The Klaxons by far!

haha I've been waiting impatiently during the whole week to see this :dance: It was worth it :D I knew they would miss the Top 10 but never would have predicted such a dramatic fall :rolleyes: btw. interesting to note that dance music is slowly starting to regain ground in Germany with the Top 5 of Eric Prydz & Cascada, the debut of the horrible Scooter/Fatman Scoop duet as well as Basshunter's belated bow at #23 with "Boten Anna" ^_^

Madonna - The Confessions Tour :wub: :heart: :cheer:

Madonna - Music !!! definitely

BEST: Snow Patrol Feat. Martha Wainwright Set The Fire To The Third Bar WORST: Paris Hilton, Justin Timberlake :puke:

so it means that last week the sales were as follows: albums: #1 - Human Nature - DANCING IN THE STREETS: THE SONGS OF MOTOWN II : 13,151 copies #40 - Christina Aguilera - BACK TO BASICS : 1,881 copies #100 - ? : 544 copies singles: #1 - Sandi Thom - I WISH I WAS A PUNK ROCKER (WITH FLOWERS IN MY HAIR) : about 7,346 units (= 4,554 physicals + about 2,792 downloads) #38 - David Guetta Vs The Egg - LOVE DON'T LET ME GO (WALKING AWAY) : ? units in total of which 295 were physical sales #40 - Panic! At The Disco - I WRITE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES : 839 units #100 - ? : 180 units I hope I got it all right :) Thanks Lifelight for posting!

Is it true there are people in the UK interested in German (and even Finnish!) music? :unsure: wow, that's exceptional :D Are these albums/singles available in Britain? :o

I'll be original :D Madonna - Like A Prayer (album) :wub: I didn't have it on cd

does anyone have the albums chart from Germany (Top 100)?

"Isaac" all the way :D

In the singles charts this week: France: (83) 26 - Get Together (72) 84 - Sorry Sweden: (New) 19 - Get Together Finland: (New) 6 - Get Together Spain: (New) 1 - Get Together (!!!) Italy: (23) 2 - Get Together (29) 37 - Sorry Netherlands: (14) 21 - Get Together (67) 81 - Sorry Switzerland: (25) 26 - Get Together (56) 54 - Sorry (61) 56 - Hung Up Austria: (58) 62 - Sorry Get Together was released last Friday so it will debut in next week's chart as well as in Germany :)

I love the AL album!! It's a shame it did sold so little :( The defining moments of Mad's career are definitely the "Like A Virgin" and "Like A Prayer" singles plus the whole of 1985 :)

I wonder if COADF can return to the UK Top 100 after the release of IGTTYAS... maybe some people will grab them both :D

Woow what a precious piece of information Dear Walrus, do you have the continuation? :)