why do singles get released earlier in ireland than the UK?

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  cnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681

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  27/05/13 - 02:20 #2

  I don't know why, but I love getting new music earlier than in the UK The wait can be too much sometimes...

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  ashtray88 Posts: 1,531

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  27/05/13 - 02:38 #3

  It's probably because building up listeners through Radio play is more important in the UK. Although apparently that's not true for Jessie J.

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  Hollie_Louise Posts: 39,991

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  27/05/13 - 02:40 #4

  I've never really noticed.. I know their scheduled release date is a Friday as opposed to the Sunday (Download) and Monday (Physical) in the UK.. I suppose it's the same as when tracks get released earlier in the US than the UK
  
  Maybe international acts see Ireland as a testing ground for the UK, if it can do well there it can do here too?

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  So 3008 Posts: 2,052

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  27/05/13 - 02:52 #5

  I don't know about Ireland, but we rarely do OA/OS in the UK.
  
  (although I do know Avril Lavigne's latest single was released in Ireland as soon as it premiered compared to us who have to wait until late June).

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  mooneus Posts: 543

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  27/05/13 - 03:45 #6

  I never really heard about singles being released weeks earlier, but I do know the Irish chart is announced on a Friday as opposed to a Sunday in the UK. Therefore, most singles and albums are released 2/3 days earlier in Ireland. I don't know if it's purposely like that so people can get an indication of what will do well in the UK - let's face it, the UK and Irish charts are almost always identical. Also, I think artists don't really care about the Irish market as it is a very small country, I'm pretty sure you'd only need to sell 5,000 in a week to get a number one there, so the theory about it being a testing ground is a very valid one in my opinion.

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