BBC Launches Downloaded Music Charts

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BBC Launches Downloaded Music Charts

Posted by michael on Wednesday September 1, 2004 @11:18AM from the casey-casum dept.

PReDiToR writes "The BBC today aired its first chart rundown of downloaded music. 'The Official UK Download Chart is based on the most popular, legally downloaded tracks in the UK. It's compiled from the sale of permanently owned single track downloads and doesn't include streamed downloads, subscriptions or free downloads.' The Chart played on Radio 1, the UK's most listened to station, and will be a regular feature."

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Good Statistic?? by artlu · 2004-09-01 11:21 · Score: 5, Insightful

Can this be a reasonably good statistic? Most of the music that I listen to online either comes from online radio stations, Poisoned (mac app), or iTunes. What clout would this have over any other song statistics?

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Re:A Hit Chart... by th1ckasabr1ck · 2004-09-01 11:22 · Score: 5, Insightful

...as well as The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and every other band that matters.
Re:A Hit Chart... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-01 11:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Dad?!?
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More Information by Feneric · 2004-09-01 11:24 · Score: 5, Insightful

It would be nice if they posted a bit more info. Like for example exactly how the figures are tabulated -- is it a straight weekly sum, or are past results worked in somehow either through strict accumulation or a weighted average... Furthermore, do audio books get tossed into the mix (not that one is apt to win)? It would also be neat to see what formats people were downloading the music in.
Re:A Hit Chart... by dpfau · 2004-09-01 11:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

Not to mention The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Clash, The Smiths...

I can keep going.
I wonder... by jmcmunn · 2004-09-01 11:28 · Score: 5, Insightful

I wonder how long it takes for music companies or artists to artifically inflate the "legal downloads" of their music so that people think it is "popular" when they hear it on the radio on the Top 20.

And of course once it is "popular" people will start buying it to see what the fuss is about, thus selling more. Maybe I'm just a skeptic, but it seems like another way to get the same stuff to sell even more. Oh well.
Official Downloads Sites: by usefool · 2004-09-01 11:29 · Score: 5, Informative
At the bottom of the article is a list of "Official Downloads Sites", it'll be interesting when we can get the sales figures from each one of them for the complete chart.
- iTunes
- Napster
- MyCokeMusic
- Streets Online
- 7 Digital Media
- Playlouder
- MSN Music
- Big Noise Music
- HMV
- Virgin
- Tiscali Music
- Sonic Selector
- Wanadoo
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Re:A Hit Chart... by fiannaFailMan · 2004-09-01 11:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah. I'd rather have a chart from the country that brought us Britney Spears, such prolific artists as Vanilla Ice, and a legion of sentimental teenage dramas.
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Re:Wouldn't it be cool by emm-tee · 2004-09-01 12:03 · Score: 5, Informative

Yeah, they entertain. They wouldn't claim anything else. They come from a shit town, and they take the piss out of it, themselves, and anyone else that strays near. They've been making records for years, giving them to their mates, having a laugh.

Now the media has picked up on the comedy (and genius), so they get their moment of fame. I think they're pretty realistic about it though. As they say, they're out for a laugh, they fully expect to be back working the tills in supermarkets before long.

They're fucking funny though. If you don't knows it, download some of their stuff, it's funny as fuck. Their website is http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/.
Re:I feel old by Frogbert · 2004-09-01 12:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't worry they are exactly the same as the ones you know, just with rap lyrics.