Should the singles lists have some kind of age weighting for download stats?

I mean, look at the singles lists in any country now, and you'll find a zillion Michael Jackson singles riding high. Of course this has become particularly evident at a time of year when the number of new releases is rather modest, but I have seen the trend before too, not least on the Norwegian lists, where downloads of old classics are taking away the attention from newer material.

Surely, as a fan of "old" music rather than new, I should maybe appreciate this, but it also seems a bit stagnant when old hits do so extremely well in the lists, and dominate them to such an extent. The Norwegian Top 20 this week contains no less than 8 Michael Jackson tracks - 9 if you count "We Are The World", which has also obviously gotten into the list on the back of Jacko's death.

Or does this only show how unique Michael Jackson was as an artist? Will Madonna's death in, say, 20-30 years time lead to a similar invasion of Madonna hits into the charts?

Recurrent songs are removed from the U.S. lists, don't know how other countries deal with that, if they do at all (semms Norway doesn't).

I really feel like ILX is the last place on earth where anyone gives a flying fuck about chart placement.

ILX and american top forty, i guess.

Recurrent songs are removed from the U.S. lists, don't know how other countries deal with that, if they do at all (semms Norway doesn't).

Obviously UK doesn't either. "Man In The Mirror" is at UK #3 this week, and several other Jackson hits are also riding high.