Guest Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Last week, the Official Charts Company overhauled the way it compiles the Top 40 in an effort to stop A-list artists elbowing newer acts out of the way. The move was prompted by Ed Sheeran, whose new album ÷ [Divide] proved so popular that it propelled 16 tracks into the top 20 in March. Appropriately, he seems to be the main victim of the new rules, with several of his songs adversely affected. Last week, Sheeran had eight songs in the Top 100. This week, he has three. Four of those former hits dropped out naturally, because their sales declined following a brief, post-Glastonbury peak. But another song was excluded from the countdown because, under the new system, artists are only allowed a maximum of three songs on the chart at any one time. Some of Sheeran's other songs tumbled down the charts, apparently the victim of a second rule penalising tracks that are "well past their peak and in steep, prolonged decline". For those songs, the Official Charts Company is applying a new formula, whereby 300 streams count as one sale (for newer songs, the ratio is 150:1). The idea is that the longer a song has been in the charts, the faster it will fall out of the top 100. As a result, Sheeran's former number one Shape Of You, which has been in the Top 40 for 26 weeks, suddenly dropped 12 places after weeks of steady decline. Similarly Clean Bandit's Symphony, which has been in the chart for 16 weeks, dropped 10 places. The upshot of these moves, however, is that newer tracks have been bumped into the Top 40; with more new entries this week than any other in 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40531119 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,950 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Gaga's curse continues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spyro 8,438 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Kosh Tuansi said: For those songs, the Official Charts Company is applying a new formula, whereby 300 streams count as one sale (for newer songs, the ratio is 150:1). Not really sure if I'm a fan of this.... does this mean it's less likely artists will release more singles off their albums? Spyro the Dragon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloody g 31,746 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I'm a simple man: I see a negative thread towards Ed and I click 『𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝』 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeshy Keety 9,908 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I thought we were done talking about this human sized guinea pig But slay at him getting what he deserves They / Them 🏳️🌈 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 we been knew, old news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckles 2,549 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I think this is a great proposition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 106,587 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 This is so stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chromatislaps 34,851 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 inb4 Ed is like to the Official Charts Company on Instagram (cuz we ended ha twitter) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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venusfly 17,885 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 18 minutes ago, Spyro said: Not really sure if I'm a fan of this.... does this mean it's less likely artists will release more singles off their albums? It would mean they'd release more if anything I'd think If older songs get pushed down the charts more forcefully surely artists will release newer singles that are easier to chart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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