In Ye Olden Days, music generally went on sale around the time it was released to radio stations. Oh the fun we had back then, when you'd see your favourite band on Top Of The Pops entering the charts at number 38, then slowly climb up the charts over the next few weeks. Would they make it up to number 1? Oh the drama! Jumpers for goalposts, whatever happened to Spangles?, etc.
Single sales started falling dramatically in the mid-90s which changed the way the charts work. Singles rarely climbed up the charts; normally their first week position would be the peak. Thus in order to get a number 1, you had to enter the charts at number 1. Record copmany strategy for this was simple: release the song to radio stations early, build up a buzz and get everyone down to HMV on day of release.
It's all changed again now of course. One phenomenon that doesn't get discussed much is that some post-iTunes entries in the singles charts aren't even currently on release as singles. For example, when X Factor released a cover of Hallelujah, angry fans (including myself) bought the Jeff Buckley version instead. It wasn't available as a single, we just bought track 3 from the album Grace. Jeff's version ended up making number 2 that Christmas.
I loved* the rhetoric that was being used while they were debating the prisoners voting issue. I know it's a divisive issue (I'm for, some people I know and love are against), but I want there to be more debate than just the condescending comments that I heard on the radio.
I envisage some sort of a flowchart. "What's wrong? People aren't buying the stuff I want to sell. Conclusion: THEN SELL IT TO THEM, DUMBASS!" I mean, selling things to people who want them is like rule one in capitalism, if you're not doing that, no WONDER your business model isn't working :)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Single sales started falling dramatically in the mid-90s which changed the way the charts work. Singles rarely climbed up the charts; normally their first week position would be the peak. Thus in order to get a number 1, you had to enter the charts at number 1. Record copmany strategy for this was simple: release the song to radio stations early, build up a buzz and get everyone down to HMV on day of release.
It's all changed again now of course. One phenomenon that doesn't get discussed much is that some post-iTunes entries in the singles charts aren't even currently on release as singles. For example, when X Factor released a cover of Hallelujah, angry fans (including myself) bought the Jeff Buckley version instead. It wasn't available as a single, we just bought track 3 from the album Grace. Jeff's version ended up making number 2 that Christmas.
no subject
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
no subject
--
* not necessarily loved
(no subject)
no subject
(no subject)
no subject
(no subject)
(no subject)