Weekly music charts for 2016

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Come on SteveO....

Where are the Bowie singles/albums in the Canadian charts mate...

And Ruby, the South African charts???

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Canadian singles chart....Bowie positions:

#14 Lazerus

Canadian album charts....Bowie positions:

#1...Blackstar

#4...Best Of Bowie

#22.The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust....

#43.Hunky Dory

[Music Head]

Charts are made up from streaming, digital and physical purchases.

bet you are getting tired of me bringing this up
my confusion this time has to do with
why there are zero singles (other than from the new album) on the U.S. chart
yet there are old singles on the others
in the digital age how are different countries charts even distinguished?
example: if I download a Bowie song, whose chart does it show up on?
does it depend on where I reside or where I purchased it from?
I have always questioned the validity of charts

[Jerome]

or maybe now

on the singles side there are only 2 Bowie's
both from the new album

which just brings up more questions about how they are compiled

on the album side

1. Blackstar
4. Best of
21. Ziggy Stardust
57. Hunky Dory
65. Platinum Collection
68. Nothing Has Changed
90. Let's Dance
134. Aladdin Sane
143. Low
151. The Next Day

Final Score
New Zealand - 11/40 = 28%
Australia - 13/50 = 26%
United Kingdom - 19/100 = 19%
United States of America - 10/200 = 5%

does Jerome read this thread?

No MH, I don't really look at the charts. It's too bloody convoluted and confusing to me. I like straight and simple.

[Music Head]

No MH, I don't really look at the charts. It's too bloody convoluted and confusing to me. I like straight and simple.

yea, I didn't figure you were a chart man
I was referring to this thread though
but I guess you answered my question by posting

[CRAZY-HORSE]

okay
from what I can gather with digital sales and streaming is this(and I could be wrong but it makes sense to me)

when you sign up for places like iTunes and streaming sites like Spotify, they ask for you location...

I guess anything you download or listen to automatically is counted on the location you nominate as your location.

with Bowie,
I guess US residents are more inclined to purchase/stream albums as opposed to individual tracks than people in other countries.

but then that still doesn't make sense because when some artists release albums you find eight or nine tracks make the singles chart the following week...
is this because they are purchasing individual tracks off an album one at a time, and partially streaming albums????

its all too confusing for me because when I think something makes sense I think of the other side of the coin which debunks my theory???

either way, im still surprised only two Bowie tracks make the top200 singles chart this week.

the singles charts should really be renamed 'track charts' IMO because most of the songs really aren't singles in the true sense of the word.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

No MH, I don't really look at the charts. It's too bloody convoluted and confusing to me. I like straight and simple.

I only really look at the charts to see what is new and try to hear something ive not heard previously...

also, im pretty big on 'chartifacts', I like to know the trivia of it.

[Music Head]

^^
totally agree with your last line
another word that its meaning has been changed without my approval

btw our singles chart only goes to 100

[Music Head]

^^
lol
my post was meant to go with your previous post

[CRAZY-HORSE]

^^
totally agree with your last line
another word that its meaning has been changed without my approval

btw our singles chart only goes to 100

my mistake MH, its your album chart that goes to 200 right?

how dare they do anything without your approval!
who the heck do they think they are?
and
they obviously have no idea who theyre dealing with...!

LMAO