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Topic History of: Dixie - help!
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PaulB	dixie wrote: 100 downloads from, say I-Tunes, to the same user only counts as 1 sale, as the service recognise you already own the song. As you say, you know a "silly girl"! Yes, asking around I don't see how it's possible to get 100 copies on one account, so I think she must be exaggerating a bit. Maybe a copy on each of several digital shop accounts, but even then it seems a bit fanatical. I'm stuck in time and still prefer vinyl where it's available, or CD then it's not. I see Stone Roses were No.1 in the vinyl single chart last week.
JK2006	Both clearly real hits and looks like Lukas might actually have the biggest seller of the year as well as the best - first time that's happened in ages!
dixie	JK2006 wrote: My Record of the Year for 2016 (so far) is Once I Was Seven Years Old by Lukas Graham. My 2015 one was Shut Up And Dance. How many did they sell? Seven Years has sold 1,350k to date. (600k downloads 75 million streams) Shut Up has sold 1,056k to date. (502k downloads 55 million streams)
dixie	PaulB wrote: I know a silly girl who bought 100 copies of a Justin Bieber song to help keep it at No.1., and she says many of her 'Beliebers' friends did the same. Of course they were downloads so no worries about shelf space, and the price for downloads is less than the physicals. It's difficult to compare modern digital (no effort required) sales with the old physical sales. There have always been ways to manipulate chart positions. I remember the old 'chart shops' that were targeted by artists - with freebies etc - but I think chart positions mean even less now than they used to. 100 downloads from, say I-Tunes, to the same user only counts as 1 sale, as the service recognise you already own the song. As you say, you know a "silly girl"!
PaulB	I know a silly girl who bought 100 copies of a Justin Bieber song to help keep it at No.1., and she says many of her 'Beliebers' friends did the same. Of course they were downloads so no worries about shelf space, and the price for downloads is less than the physicals. It's difficult to compare modern digital (no effort required) sales with the old physical sales. There have always been ways to manipulate chart positions. I remember the old 'chart shops' that were targeted by artists - with freebies etc - but I think chart positions mean even less now than they used to.