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Old 25-11-2012, 17:52
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Die Young has just been released her and it's been out since September in the US. Also, Girl On Fire and Your Body were out earlier this year and we only just got them. It only seems to be the UK, everywhere else gets them at almost the same time as the US.
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Old 25-11-2012, 18:30
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Because of that weird system you have

Sony Music releases the music 6/7 weeks later than they do in other territories because in the UK the focus is on debuting high. In this way a song can gather (tv)airplay and debut higher. if you had a system like the rest of the world, it'd be so much harder for artists to get to #1 or even top 10
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Old 25-11-2012, 19:20
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I think there's a connection between single releases and album releases here as well. The general rule here seems to be that the supposed 'hit' single will be released the week prior to the album so that it drives up the hype to increase sales.
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Old 25-11-2012, 19:54
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Record labels in the UK haven't really come in to the 21st Century yet. Rather than have the new system that runs in the US where tracks are made avaliable on the day of first airplay, they are released about 4 weeks later, by which time, most people have given up waiting and hear it repeatedly on YouTube and the radio.

Summertime in the City by Scouting For Girls had it's first radio broadcast on 10/07/2012 and was released 27/08/2012. About 6 weeks later they released it, and a uptempo summer song, was released just as Autumn was approaching. Result? It only hit at #73 in the charts. In a way they deserve it for leaving it too late to release it.
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Old 25-11-2012, 20:03
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Record labels in the UK haven't really come in to the 21st Century yet. Rather than have the new system that runs in the US where tracks are made avaliable on the day of first airplay, they are released about 4 weeks later, by which time, most people have given up waiting and hear it repeatedly on YouTube and the radio.

Summertime in the City by Scouting For Girls had it's first radio broadcast on 10/07/2012 and was released 27/08/2012. About 6 weeks later they released it, and a uptempo summer song, was released just as Autumn was approaching. Result? It only hit at #73 in the charts. In a way they deserve it for leaving it too late to release it.
Thats also due to how the charting systems work though. In the USA, the song is released as soon as it gets played on the radio because sales don't count towards the chart. Whereas over here they play it on the radio months before so it builds momentum before release. Of course like you said, they need to update this strategy because not many people wait for the release date anymore.
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Old 25-11-2012, 20:38
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I think there's a connection between single releases and album releases here as well. The general rule here seems to be that the supposed 'hit' single will be released the week prior to the album so that it drives up the hype to increase sales.
They mainly do this because of the airplay being at his highest then

Thats also due to how the charting systems work though. In the USA, the song is released as soon as it gets played on the radio because sales don't count towards the chart. Whereas over here they play it on the radio months before so it builds momentum before release. Of course like you said, they need to update this strategy because not many people wait for the release date anymore.
Sales do count towards the charts? The hot 100 consists of Airplay, Sales and Streaming?
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Old 25-11-2012, 21:29
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The system really doesn't work. After hearing Rita Ora's How We Do on the radio for 2 months before it was on iTunes, I was so sick of it by the time it came out, and I loved it when I first heard it.
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Old 25-11-2012, 21:32
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They mainly do this because of the airplay being at his highest then



Sales do count towards the charts? The hot 100 consists of Airplay, Sales and Streaming?
Airplay is the biggest part of the Billboard hot 100. Which is why it's so false.
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Old 25-11-2012, 22:07
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Because the UK is the only place worth going to and promoting outside of the US.

Anyway 90 percent of songs are released globally or at the same time as everywere else so who cares
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