british singles charts

As for the obsession - well the Brits on this board aren't typical of everyone else.

In the past, where 'pop' music exposure in the media was fairly limited in the UK, a consumer would buy one single rather than risk an album purchase. In the US, an album would get more exposure as there were more outlets.

That looks like gib up there. sorry. But do you get my general

-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), March 4th, 2004.

Sorry, I just had to see that again.

I'm sure if the media didn't find it so important (or just easy for a lazy journalist to squeeze a news story out of it) then the singles chart wouldn't be so significant.

It's a forum where your voice is as loud as anyone else's - you buy or you don't buy, and as far as having your opinion on music felt, that's pretty valuable.

Success there means longevity for pop artists, and if you've never rooted for your favourite artist to go top 20 or something, you'd understand that. That's what it means to me as an outsider who follows.

Not necessarily. It takes so few singles to get anywhere in the top 40 now that its only worth is for the additional airplay/press coverage so that albums might sell more.
There's been loads of high(ish) singles artists who are being dropped.. like Amy Studt

Amy Studt had two top 10 singles, but two others missed - her last single was a disastrous flop. And a lot of money was spent on her, so her success was limited compared to the record company outlay.
Of course, if said record company had put out Ladder In My Tights, this would be a moot point. Fact is, she didn't shift albums, and the money got pumped into the singles to do that, so they failed.

As the UK chart is 'sales only' where US charts are 'airplay plus', people regard that as more important as there is 'less' direct control of it...

i'd take issue with what London Lee said tho'. yes, LPs are more expensive in the UK than elsewhere, but i don't think that is why people don't buy singles so much in other countries. the relatively price differential between LPs and singles would presumably be much the same. you've also got to factor in relative levels of disposable income, how much other things cost and so on. but beyond all that, singles were once bought in large quantities in many other countries, so why did that change? not sure prices were the main factor

But apart from the mega-sellers, has the UK singles chart ever been profitable? I remember reading a few years ago before the sales drop-off that singles were a loss-leader to get consumers into the album (or gigs, or clubs, or whatever made the real money) and thus part with the big bucks.

A few years ago, when many CD singles were available in the first week for £1.99 or even 99p, I think the differential in the UK was definitely greater than that elsewhere.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21988418

TV hosts Ant and Dec are celebrating their first British number one single with a re-release of their 1994 hit Let's Get Ready to Rhumble.

The song made it to number one after the duo performed the track on their ITV1 show Saturday Night Takeaway last weekend, prompting fans to download it.

The pair had several hits in the 1990s as PJ and Duncan, the names of their characters in TV drama Byker Grove.

The original Let's Get Ready to Rhumble single got to number nine in 1994.

It was their most successful release as PJ and Duncan, although they later re-named themselves Ant & Dec and made it to number three with Fifa's official 2002 World Cup song, On the Ball.

The pair, whose real names are Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, announced earlier this week that they will donate profits from their number one record to ChildLine.
'Bit harder'

Speaking on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, McPartlin said: "I've been trying to push it under the carpet! People are still buying the track, so we've just decided that any money we make out of it will be put towards ChildLine, as we're patrons of that."

On performing the routine, Donnelly said: "At 37 it's a little bit harder than 19, it felt a lot quicker than in 1994!"

He added that its new success has "been bewildering".

The pair also had a number five album in 1994, titled Psyche.

Their other hits included Stepping Stone and Stuck On U.

After rising to fame on BBC children's series Byker Grove and enjoying their stint as pop singers, they joined ITV in 1998 presenting the Saturday morning shows SM:TV Live and CD:UK.

They have fronted several entertainment shows for ITV1, such as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Britain's Got Talent, and have won the National Television Award for best entertainment presenter(s) 12 years running between 2001 and 2013.

Like to think that plug.dj/ILXORS played a role in this.

just one - turrican.

was it ever actually re-released ?
surely it was just sat there in the itunes library, and people clicked the link after last weeks show ?

If "plug dj/ILXORS" did play a role in this then they ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. How fitting this smug piece of crap should go to number one as the welfare state is finally dismantled. It feels like a victory rally for the Right. I'm ashamed of Britain and I'm ashamed of pop.

let's get ready to crumble

the dec is short for DECLINE

(I don't have a point, I'm just drunk. Im sure you're right)

We'll just wreck the mike country, psycke

it's "watch us" not "we'll just"

THIS STUFF MATTERS

Like to think that plug.dj/ILXORS played a role in this.

― Newgod.css (seandalai), Sunday, March 31, 2013 7:33 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Does this mean that the next UK #1 is going to be this!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVR9JykPC-0

But didn't that song already have its revival in the mid-2000's when that video with the dancing midget was making the rounds on the internet?

fucking love MC Miker G and DJ Sven

This is exactly why nothing will change in Britain, no matter what Cameron's Government do. Basic income? Land value tax? No - let's all pretend to like some flaccid turd of an eighties one-hit wonder.

"let's" "all" "pretend"

I'm sure if those 2 posters knew that the state of the nation would be extrapolated from their posts they wouldn't have pretended to like some song on the internet

Love this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0jUDYrLG8

TV hosts Ant and Dec have been forced to relinquish the number one spot in the UK singles chart after just one week by the club hit Need U (100%).

The track, by musician Duke Dumont and featuring the singer-songwriter A*M*E, curtailed a chart-topping run it took the presenting duo 19 years to achieve.

First released in 1994, Let's Get Ready to Rhumble made it to number one after Ant and Dec performed it on their ITV1 show Saturday Night Takeaway.

The original single charted at nine.

Ant and Dec - full names Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - originally released the track as PJ and Duncan, the characters they played in TV drama Byker Grove.

The re-released song - proceeds from which are being donated to the ChildLine charity - drops to sixth place in this week's singles chart.

Dumont praised A*M*E - real name Amy Kabba - for her contribution to Need U (100%), calling her "a fantastic talent to work with".

The London-based singer has toured with Jessie J and The Wanted and was longlisted in the BBC's Sound of 2013 poll.

Pink featuring Nate Ruess are at two with Just Give Me a Reason, while Justin Timberlake's Mirrors moves up a place to three.

The Saturdays featuring Sean Paul are at four with What About Us, while Bastile round out the Top Five with Pompeii.

Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience held onto the top spot in the album chart, holding off a challenge from Night Visions by US indie rockers Imagine Dragons.

Next in the chart comes Sempiternal by British metalcore act Bring Me the Horizon, a new entry at three.

ugh at BMTH charting, Vile band.

"need u (100%)" is bloody good

is that the one that sounds like a 90s house tune?

yup!

wow v dope song

"Forced to Relinquish", I mean...

Whoa, had no idea "Need U 100%" would be anywhere near the charts; here's hoping UK momentum will give it legs in Aus/NZ.

George Ergatroudis, head of music for Radio One, has confirmed data from streaming services such as Spotify will soon count towards chart placement, which could bring some serious changes to the UK's Top 40.

Ergatroudis was speaking at the Radio Academy Playlists: What Makes A Hit? event last night (February 17), as reported by MusicAlly, when he revealed that plays on Spotify and a variety of other music streaming services will soon be incorporated into the UK charts.

Up until now, a seperate chart has been compiled for streaming of songs. In February 2013, following US chart Billboard's announcement they'd be incorporating YouTube plays into its chart data, the Official Charts Company said they wouldn't be following suit.

However, it seems now that streaming software's popularity is at an all-time high - with a revenue of £103m and plays of 7.4 billion in 2013 alone - they've wisely changed their minds.

The UK's current No 1, 'Rather Be' by Clean Bandit, recently became the most-played track in a single week on Spotify, having been streamed more than 1.09 million times in a seven day period. It's been played more than 3 million times on Spotify since its release.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/88641/music-streams-to-be-included-in-the-official-uk-music-charts#BSTRKHXbmR7zFI2p.99