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Old 03-09-2014, 20:09
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I reckon the OCC should abolish the compilation chart and allow compilations to chart in the UK Albums Chart.
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Old 05-09-2014, 11:26
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I think they should just include compilations in the normal chart as well.
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Old 05-09-2014, 11:30
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I reckon the OCC should abolish the compilation chart and allow compilations to chart in the UK Albums Chart.
And we'd have a NOW CD at #1 for pretty much every single week of the year. That would be fantastic wouldn't it.
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Old 05-09-2014, 11:56
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And we'd have a NOW CD at #1 for pretty much every single week of the year. That would be fantastic wouldn't it.
But at least it wouldn't be six months at number 1 like Adele's album or two months at number 1 like Ed Sheeran's album
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Old 05-09-2014, 12:26
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The UK Charts Company decided to exclude Multi Artist Compilations & Film Soundtracks
from the Album Chart from W/E 14th January 1989 onwards.

And the Compilation Chart was created to put Multi Artist Albums & Film Soundtracks in.

There is no way that, that decision will ever be reversed.

The reasons why it was made were because when the 'Now' Albums first started in late
1983, they were forever taking over the No.1 spot. As were Albums in the 'Hits' series.

It got really boring to see Compilations at No.1 all the time. It also stopped proper
Artists from being No.1 as often as they could have been. For example, in 1985
the 'Like A Virgin' Album by Madonna would have been No.1 for 7 Weeks. It only
had 2 Weeks at No.1 due to 'Now' Albums holding it at No.2.

And if we allowed 'Now' etc. Albums back into the main Album Chart they would
forever go to No.1 all over again. This is obvious, as there are many Weeks when
the No.1 Album in the Compilation Chart outsells the No.1 Album in the main - 'Artist'
- Album Chart. (There is no chance on Earth that the Chart Company will ever add
the Compilation Chart to the Artist Chart again. It will never happen. And I - and
many other people - are glad that it will never happen).

Thanks to Film Soundtracks being allowed into the main Album Chart, in the
1950's & 1960's, the UK's Top 3 Albums - based on Weeks at No.1 - are all from
that period - and all 3 are Film Soundtracks.

1) SOUTH PACIFIC (SOUNDTRACK) - (1958) - 115 Weeks at No.1

(Over 2 Years at No.1! Including all of 1959)

2) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (SOUNDTRACK) - (1965) - 70 Weeks At No.1

3) THE KING & I (SOUNDTRACK) - (1956) - 48 Weeks At No.1

The nearest Artist Album is 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel.
(1970). That was No.1 for 33 Weeks from 1970 to 1971. But - as you can see - it is
no-where near the Top 3 Albums with the most No.1 Weeks.
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Old 05-09-2014, 12:57
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The Now! CD's are the biggest selling albums of the year. They'd be number one all the time. It would be so incredibly boring if that was reversed.

Silly idea.
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Old 05-09-2014, 13:14
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But at least it wouldn't be six months at number 1 like Adele's album or two months at number 1 like Ed Sheeran's album
So instead of Adele's album being number 1 for 'six months' (it wasn't number 1 for anywhere near that long but we'll go with what you say for the sake of argument) you'd rather have a Now CD number 1 for the majority of the year?

I love your logic, it's really inspired
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Old 05-09-2014, 14:17
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So instead of Adele's album being number 1 for 'six months' (it wasn't number 1 for anywhere near that long but we'll go with what you say for the sake of argument) you'd rather have a Now CD number 1 for the majority of the year?

I love your logic, it's really inspired
Adele's album actually spent 23 non-consecutive weeks at number 1. 19 in 2011 and 4 in 2012.
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Old 05-09-2014, 14:28
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I agree, they should be added to the main chart
They are in the US
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Old 05-09-2014, 14:42
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I think it's an awful idea. As already posted, the NOW! albums are usually the best sellers of the week so the chart would very rarely change, until the new edition of NOW! comes out of course
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Old 05-09-2014, 14:56
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I think it's an awful idea. As already posted, the NOW! albums are usually the best sellers of the week so the chart would very rarely change, until the new edition of NOW! comes out of course
Not necessarily. In 2011, sales of Adele's album were strong enough to keep NOW 78 off number 1 or maybe, NOW 78 would have only managed a week at number 1 if the compilation chart wasn't created.
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Old 05-09-2014, 15:27
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Not necessarily. In 2011, sales of Adele's album were strong enough to keep NOW 78 off number 1 or maybe, NOW 78 would have only managed a week at number 1 if the compilation chart wasn't created.
Ok, so Adele is the only exception in recent years to the Now CD domination. But unless we have another album reaching the success of Adele's 21, 'Now' will still dominate.
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Old 05-09-2014, 15:41
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I don't think the record labels would like it either. Much fewer artists would be able to get #1, which would make them more difficult to market.
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Old 05-09-2014, 15:47
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Ok, so Adele is the only exception in recent years to the Now CD domination. But unless we have another album reaching the success of Adele's 21, 'Now' will still dominate.
Not just Adele. In 2010, sales of Take That's complete reunion album Progress were strong enough to keep NOW 77 off number 1.
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Old 05-09-2014, 16:04
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Not just Adele. In 2010, sales of Take That's complete reunion album Progress were strong enough to keep NOW 77 off number 1.
So you get a couple albums per year beating the compilations to the top? What is the point, that is exactly why a compilation chart was created. Compilations are full of singles which have had their chance to chart on the Singles Chart, why should they dominate the albums chart too.

It will destroy albums. Numerous dates throughout the year will be blacklisted to release an album and nobody is going to want to release an album within 2-3 weeks of a Now album being released. Also Mothers Day, Easter, etc when special compilations are released will see the same old album hitting the top spot. Same thing with Now Christmas which gets a huge amounts of sales every year.
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Old 05-09-2014, 16:26
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It's not just numbered NOW albums. They also release spin offs as well just before the numbered release but some of the spin offs seem to fail in the chart
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Old 08-09-2014, 17:22
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So you get a couple albums per year beating the compilations to the top? What is the point, that is exactly why a compilation chart was created. Compilations are full of singles which have had their chance to chart on the Singles Chart, why should they dominate the albums chart too.

It will destroy albums. Numerous dates throughout the year will be blacklisted to release an album and nobody is going to want to release an album within 2-3 weeks of a Now album being released. Also Mothers Day, Easter, etc when special compilations are released will see the same old album hitting the top spot. Same thing with Now Christmas which gets a huge amounts of sales every year.
17th November, NOW 89 and One Direction's fourth album are both being released. If compilations still charted in the album chart, One Direction's album might beat NOW 89 to number 1.
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Old 08-09-2014, 19:06
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17th November, NOW 89 and One Direction's fourth album are both being released. If compilations still charted in the album chart, One Direction's album might beat NOW 89 to number 1.
Still quite unlikely unlikely. Now 88 (which was released at the slump period of the year) managed 225,000 copies sold in its first week. The most a studio album has achieved so far this year in its first week is Ed Sheeran with about 130,000.

One Direction's last album managed 237,000 first week sales (during the highest selling period of the year) compared with Now 86 selling 270,000 copies in first week.

It's pretty much impossible for anyone who isn't at global level like 1D/Adele etc to get a number one if compilations were reintroduced.
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Old 08-09-2014, 19:16
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Still quite unlikely unlikely. Now 88 (which was released at the slump period of the year) managed 225,000 copies sold in its first week. The most a studio album has achieved so far this year in its first week is Ed Sheeran with about 130,000.

One Direction's last album managed 237,000 first week sales (during the highest selling period of the year) compared with Now 86 selling 270,000 copies in first week.

It's pretty much impossible for anyone who isn't at global level like 1D/Adele etc to get a number one if compilations were reintroduced.
Ed Sheeran's album actually sold 183,000 copies in its first week. As for One Direction, they'll most likely beat that record as their album is released near the Christmas market and during that time, album sales will increase.
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