bumrushthecharts.blogspot.com — The iTunes music store charts usually change at least once, if not more, every day. Since Bum Rush the Charts, is Apple hiding something? If every record label knew what # it took to get to #1, would Apple try to block that information?
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guyhershMar 24, 2007
Odd.Black Lab is #99 on the Top 200 chart:<a class="user" href="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/limit=200/rss.xml">http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/limit=200/rss.xml</a>But is non-existent on the Top 100 chart:<a class="user" href="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/limit=100/rss.xml">http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/limit=100/rss.xml</a>So somethings weird with their charting system currently. I dont think anyone looked closely enough before to notice the discrepancies.
adc86Mar 24, 2007
Yeah, and Math too. And cheese.
steven_Mar 24, 2007
How about a Report this: "because no-one cares/gives a stuff!" button?(I guess the "OK, this is lame" is close enough)
chicagobikerMar 24, 2007
Well mostly because the record companies know that piracy doesn't matter. They don't really care. They've put up a fence around it with DRM and believe CD sales are 90% of their business. They're also convinced that the online indie market is too small to matter anyway.iTunes will never loose it's DRM because it's a win/win for them right now. Without it the labels pull out and with it all music purchased at their store only plays on iPods. And the iPods are what subsidizes the iTunes Store. That's why all the other online music stores are failing or loosing money and iTunes in unaffected. The iTunes store is a loss leader for iPod sales.
marcuschiMar 24, 2007
hows this for a theory: Nobody cared so nobody bought the song...? Just a thought.
Closed AccountMar 24, 2007
anyone who participated in this is a sucker. its guerrilla marketing at its finest - someone call the Boston police.
actorboyMar 24, 2007
Could be wrong, but it seems they would be obligated to show an accurate purchase count, regardless of why purchases were made. You spend your $1, you get your vote.
indnickMar 24, 2007
Obviously the conspiracy theorists don't check the charts on a regular basis, or they would know the iTunes charts don't move that much from one day to the next. The BRTC people estimated about 10,000 copies of "Mine Again" were purchased. Problem is, 10,000 songs is what iTunes sells in just a few minutes everyday. Do the math.And why would Apple "freeze" the charts? That's ridiculous. They don't give a damn about the whole operation. My guess is, they have other priorities.
sabotMar 25, 2007
If this is not a scam, it really should be. Get a whole bunch of morons to give money to itunes: brilliant! I think the key to all our problems is to spend more money!