tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post3240989641561913358..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Galaxy told to shut up about iTunesSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-6985154591105238362009-12-11T20:18:22.364+00:002009-12-11T20:18:22.364+00:00Why would you need to keep buying a song when you&...Why would you need to keep buying a song when you're busy listening to the radio and you know it's the song is about to be played? It's a requests programme gone daft!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-32635352696395844462009-12-11T18:30:22.159+00:002009-12-11T18:30:22.159+00:00Yes - never mind Rage Against The Christmas, you c...Yes - never mind Rage Against The Christmas, you could really have fun by orchestrating a few thousand people to buy en masse whatever's number 40 in the chart while the programme is broadcasting, catapulting it up to number one as well.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-8167311279351867752009-12-11T10:27:20.378+00:002009-12-11T10:27:20.378+00:00Can this not mean that a song can be at, say, numb...Can this not mean that a song can be at, say, number 12 and number 10 in one week?mkbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-44608730885781467852009-12-11T09:00:57.799+00:002009-12-11T09:00:57.799+00:00Doesn't this make for a maths nightmare around...Doesn't this make for a maths nightmare around the place where the twenties gives way to the tens, for example?<br /><br />I've never understood why airplay is added in to some charts. Well, I do - obviously, it's a way of making sure the same poorly-chosen records off the playlists appear in the charts, thereby retrospectively justifying their having been on the playlists. "See? They're popular, that's why we've been playing them."Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-75951955582582477362009-12-10T21:30:01.195+00:002009-12-10T21:30:01.195+00:00The rundown of the Big Top 40 is this:
* Position...The rundown of the Big Top 40 is this:<br /><br />* Positions 11-40 are based on weekly Sunday-to-Sunday iTunes sales + radio airplay figures from the stations that carry the show. I don't exactly know the percentage balance of it, but I know that there is an adjustment leaning towards sales every ten positions.<br /><br />* Positions 1-10 are entirely based on iTunes sales, but with a twist: the rankings aren't finished until the very moment the Top 10 starts to be revealed. Hence why the "listeners have been encouraged to head over to iTunes to buy downloads and 'influence the charts' right up to the last minute" bit."<br /><br />Hope this helps.Danielnoreply@blogger.com