Page 1 of Any song downloaded will be eligable for the Uk top 40 singles from next week

Well okay not all (because not everyone pays :o ).

I hadn`t heard about this until I just now, but from next week all songs downloaded will be eligible for the top 40, whereas at the moment the single has to be backed up by a physical single available in the shops.

It`s a good idea, but surely a lot of people who pay for a track by someone will get another track by the same artist at the same time, even if it is just out of curiosity and they think it`s crap afterwards. So potentially there could end up one or two artists with most of the top 20.

I don`t pay any attention to the charts usually but could be interesting now.

Last.fm is still better though ;)


Edit- Wrong forum, should have been in the music forum.

My DVD collection

This item was edited on Friday, 5th January 2007, 20:06

I think that`s potentially a good idea, but it effectively means the end of the single...

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And those who dance will spin and turn,
And those who wait will wait no more,
And those who talk will hear the words,
And those who see will fade and die,
And those who laugh will surely fall,
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall...

Note that they`ve also - far too late of course - reverted the ludicrous 3-track CD single limit (above that, singles were disqualified from the chart) to 4 tracks now. The maximum running time for chartable CD singles has also finally been extended from 20 minutes to 25 minutes (remix CD singles [one song, multiple remix tracks] are still limited to 40 minutes for some bizarre reason, but can now have as many tracks as they like [I doubt many would have more than the previous limit of 8]).

I think these ludicrous CD single chart rules is why CD singles have steadily declined in recent years (yes, before downloads became popular). I used to be able to buy 4 songs on a CD single for 99p or 8 remixes for the same price - now you get 2-track CD singles (one of which is an album track!) for 3 quid and 3-track CD singles for 4 quid. No wonder people have been abandoning them in droves!

If you want to marvel at the crazily complex UK single chart eligibility chart (just revised), look no further than this official document (PDF), but be prepared to get a headache... :)

This item was edited on Friday, 5th January 2007, 21:13

I hope staff in record shops are geared up for all the confused people going into the shop asking where the record thats in the top 10 is as there are no actual CD`s on the shelf :/