PODCAST - Week Ending October 31st 2009
Posted Wed 28 Oct 2009 3:13PM GMT by James Masterton in Chart Watch UK
The X Factor infuence on both singles and album charts is profiled in this week's Chart Watch podcast. Plus we talk Cheryl Cole herself and the strange series of errors that hindered the Monday sales and distribution of her debut album.
Oh, and I could swear I missed out numbers in the Top 10 as well. Good job this isn't live isn't it?
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a 'Record year for singles sales'. However - like the UK Press
- you have misinterpreted that. You went on to say that
sales of individual tracks have reached new heights. They
haven't. Individual UK 'Singles', in 2009, are not outselling
Hits from previous Decades. (Overall).
The reason why 2009 'Singles' Sales are so high, is because
they no longer need to rely on being on Vinyl or CD in
UK Stores, in order to keep selling. Downloads can sell
indefinitely. Also, virtually every Hit since 1952 can be
Downloaded - so every Hit Single, that ever was, can now be
bought throughout the Year. No wonder, 'Singles' Sales in
2009 are so high. (It is the cumulative effect - of so many
Hits being available to Download).
For some reason, you made the basic error that the UK
Press made - assumed that record 2009 'Singles' Sales means
that Lady Gaga & so on, are having bigger Sellers than
acts from previous Decades. It just is not so. 'Poker Face'
is currently the Best Seller of 2009 - on about 832,000 UK
Sales. It would only have been the 8th Best Seller of 1984,
when the Top 6 Singles all sold over a Million.
So, 2009 'Singles' Sales are due to 10's of 1000's of Hits
being available to Download - 1950's to 2000's - NOT
due to 'individual tracks' being massive Sellers......
Have a listen to the remix and it's an absolute guaranteed dancefloor filler in your local discotheque or nightclub.
The radio edit wouldn't work so well to a packed Ritzy for example on a Saturday night.