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Originally Posted by Smithy
The UK charts is a sales chart though, not a popularity chart  |
Officially yes, in reality no. It's a barometer of success. There is a prestige to having a top 10 single/album. It's how record labels view success. Sales have been on the decrease for a long time in the digital era with the switchover to iTunes replacing traditional outlets like buying physical copies from HMV etc. It's time the charts were updated to reflect 2014; people stream music more than they buy it. YouTube plays really ought to be added too IMO; people play a lot of music through Spotify and YouTube and I think those two things should be taken into account, seeing as radio already gets taken into account. What's the difference between radio and personal streaming? Surely what you want to listen to, and not what the radio dictates you listen to, is a more accurate representation of what should be in the charts?