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Topic History of: Totally static top ten chart
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Author	Message
Al James	Maybe reality music tv shows has ruined the music business. If there are people voting in their hundreds and thousands then putting a record out for the artist is a no brainer. Why would a record company otherwise take the old route of signing an unknown and trying to Market them?
JC	I listen to the DLT show on Magic and it's amazing how many kids get involved in the phone-in competitions and are regular listeners. He does have a better personality than many other presenters and he plays pretty good music too.
JK2006	Yes, the downloads revolution was intended to change the playing field. It simply hasn't. Majors still hype the chart and dominate brain dead programmers (always a stupid breed). And since employees of majors tend to be stupid cowards - worse these days than ever - their selection of priorities get worse and worse. So radio is unlistenable; kids no longer turn it on but devote themselves to computer screens.
Oggie	I don't think everyday people even take notice of the top ten anymore, which is a bit sad.. we need a regular chart rundown show again and a music show other than x factor on prime time tv.
giles2008	I believe that when downloads were introduced it was going to make the charts more varied. Looking at that top ten it has obviously failed and im wondering just how long it will be before allegations of chart fiddling start being thrown around once again. How many sales does it take nowadays to get a number one? And how does a track like Sex On Fire still remain in the top 40 almost six months after its release even going up a place this week. Something doesnt seem right about the whole thing. Could it be that the sales figures for the lower reaches of the chart number just a few hundred downloads per track?