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You're right. This is a more exact representation of what people are listening to.
The charts based on "airplay" during the nineties were meaningless in my opinion. They were created,essentially, on what radio programmers thought listeners wanted to hear.
Having said all that....isn't the appeal of a top 40 countdown long gone?
It was all so different "IN MY DAY!"
...we had to smuggle radios past school caretakers and dinnerladies to hear the Tuesday afternoon first countdown of the new chart. Then you'd still tune in on Sunday afternoon to hear Tony Blackburn give you the same information....only in stereo VHF this time!
IanPolmear | 08.01.07 - 1:27 a.m. | #
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I didn't dare look here until I'd finished my report on the same thing, as I had a feeling you'd be writing about it too. Thankfully, we've approached it from different angles.
Just one clarification on the Eminem (etc.) single:
My understanding is that the free sticker STILL means that sales of the CD don't count, so I think this number 32 position is entirely from download sales. I doubt if there are many CDs of that one left in the shops anyway.
So I could be wrong, but I don't think they've relaxed the rules on free gifts, or we'd be back to the days when I once bought a Haircut One Hundred single in order to get the t-shirt that came wrapped around it. A t-shirt! Those were the days...
Chart Chig | Homepage | 08.01.07 - 1:30 a.m. | #
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Ian, I did that too, but my radio was 'tolerated' on Tuesdays by the teachers as they knew I was obsessed by the chart!
I don't know what you mean about the airplay element though. Thankfully, there's never been any airplay consideration in the UK's official chart. Never ever. You've been listening to commercial radio, haven't you? Admit it. 
Chart Chig | Homepage | 08.01.07 - 1:33 a.m. | #
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Albums, though, are still only eligible on the week of physical release. Rule 4.4, Album Chart Rules.
Another Andrew | 08.01.07 - 6:33 a.m. | #
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Chig: He's refering to the airplay-driven chart used by independent radio. What we called "the ITV chart" in our house.
Scaryduck | Homepage | 08.01.07 - 9:16 a.m. | #
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We call it the irrelevant chart in our house...
Chart Chig | Homepage | 08.01.07 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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I think this new chart could be really interesting even if it throws up a few anomalies like High School Musical. Apparently if EMI releases the Beatles back catalogue for download, then they could get all Top Ten positions.
Essexgirl | 08.01.07 - 10:56 a.m. | #
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Hi Chart Chig. Yeah, sorry, I listened to commercial radio. Sooorrree!
The chart (apart from the top 10) was partially made up...based on how many times a song was played on commercial ILR stations.
I always thought this distorted things since the songs ILR stations (and most other stations) played were chosen by a programme controller
Ian | 09.01.07 - 12:53 a.m. | #
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Hi Ian. That's exactly why no one ever takes any notice of the commercial radio chart. It has no relevance to what people are buying, which is the only thing of interest to most people. Commercial radio needed tracks to stay in the chart for longer, as their listeners get frightened by unfamiliarity, so they had to slow the movement down by introducing the airplay factor. As you say, that's dictated by a small number of programme controllers, so it's no reflection of the democracy that you get by counting sales. (The ILR chart is also very boring.)
Chart Chig | Homepage | 09.01.07 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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