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Topic History of: Chart now utterly and completely pointless
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Notcyrilshane	"In an environment where singles sales are booming, the chart still is very relevant," says the Official Charts Company: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-202955 Well they would wouldn't they?
GG	How long have I been saying that the charts are no longer relevant and a number one is all but meaningless to a career except for the photo op? I think it was a Beyonce record that was the benchmark of this where the lowest number of sales in history to have that record go in as number 1. The number was in the 50,000's (correct me if I am wrong) The whole theater of the absurd circus comparing Katy Perry to the Beatles recently as far as chart performance was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard or seen. ...But the public buys it because they simply don't understand it isn't the same thing. Perception is reality in 2012. This is why Cowell can now have Britney Spears (a desperate throw the net for ratings ...no pun intended) along with a D-list Disney Channel non-talent whose career is dead (trying for the tween vote) co-hosting the next edition of American X-factor. I think Cowell and LA Reid, both of whom I've known for at least 15 years, are completely off their meds, or more likely they are no longer record executives but TELEVISION executives. They can push a record to number one from TV exposure and it will fall off the charts in two weeks.
K	Notcyrilshane wrote: "Over-produced bleeping & farting synths with some girl "singing" the same pointless phrase over & over with no discernible melody." That's what many people aged 9-25 like. There's drivel everywhere unfortunately, not just on cloistered Radio 1. Agreed, Radio 2 plays some terrible new music too but my experience of that age group isn't so. Yes you get the hoards of sheep, you always do but I have also found from research on the net that this age group aren't interested in this pap and searching out other music, particularly on Youtube. They're not interested in what Radio 1 have to offer. Just ask JK and Alex Day. I find the same when speaking with friends children and family members of that age group too. Unfortunately Radio 1 are as much to blame for the hype as the labels, plenty of back scratching going on.
Pumpkinhead	Notcyrilshane wrote: "Over-produced bleeping & farting synths with some girl "singing" the same pointless phrase over & over with no discernible melody." That's what many people aged 9-25 like. There's drivel everywhere unfortunately, not just on cloistered Radio 1. Most people aged 9-25 like a variety of music. It's that some people seem to think we shouldn't have brains or likes of our own. If you give people a choice of either rubbish or rubbish they will mostly choose rubbish.
DJones	Jonathan King's Crystal Balls wrote: I think we're missing the main reason why - it ceased to be relevant when TOTP was axed. Even your parents would know what was No.1 thanks to that show. I think it's the other way round: TOTP was canceled because the charts were no longer relevant. The mainstream is now just another market niche. Here's a first analysis of the new UK streaming chart: "In the move from music ownership to music access, how might popularity evolve? Anyone expecting to see a radical change in listening habits may be disappointed. The first ever weekly top 100 chart of streamed plays, released by the UK’s Official Charts Company on Monday, is broadly similar to the chart of downloads purchases and, therefore, the overall singles chart." Streamed music chart has short long tail