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Old 25-02-2013, 17:32
royllsroyce
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So when a song is aired 47 times a day on capital or banned from Radio 1, it affects the chart.

"The Hot 100 has never been a purely sales-based chart, incorporating data such as radio airplay since the '50s," managing director Martin Talbot told BBC
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ne...tube-hits.html

Who would like to hear a chart purely on sales alone? Obviouly people look up lots of music on youtube so the charts would be too varied if they did include Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP5TsJAyFJc
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:34
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The Hot 100 is the American chart.
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:34
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Who would like to hear a chart purely on sales alone?
Thats what the Official Chart is Lol.
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:35
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The Hot 100 is the American chart, UK base it on sales only
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:36
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I really don't get your point?

the UK top 100 is based on sales alone, the US chart has always been based on airplay and sales and most recently streaming
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:41
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This proves to do your research first
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:58
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god royllsroyce trying to start a thread you know s*** all about lmfao
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Old 25-02-2013, 17:59
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The US charts are very, very corrupt and don't reflect public interest in music because radio airplay is dominated by record labels.
UK radio is also dominated by record labels, however it does appear to be to a lesser extent (UK radio generally doesn't seem to have a problem with publicly blacklisting certain artists or songs), but since the UK charts don't take radio airplay into account it makes little effect. Though you could debate heavy airplay generates more sales and therefore corrupt chart positions.
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Old 25-02-2013, 18:55
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You got a bit confused there didn't you. But Radio play in the UK does still have an indirect effect on the charts. But it also means that if a song gets promoted through another medium or through word of mouth, it can still chart very well, which I think is better. US radio executives have too much power and it goes to their head. They do actually blacklist people on US radio..For example, they did it to Britney Spears, which is why many of her songs charted very low on the top 100 Billboard for a certain period.
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Old 25-02-2013, 20:59
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Radio airplay itself isn't counted in the charts. It still had a lot of effect on the charts though, as radio is the main driving force behind sales. We see it all the time, when a song shoots up the charts as soon as Capital FM playlists it.
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