A new campaign to 'fix' the pop charts and a band with enough ideas for two whole websites get Chris Salmon's clicksSince downloads began counting towards the UK chart in 2005, there have been countless campaigns to sock it to The Man by getting old/cult/meaningful songs into the Top 40. The majority fail, largely because singles sales are now much higher than they were when buying one involved traipsing to Woolworths. In 2009, a record 152m singles were sold, 32% up on 2008 figures. So, for eve...
Guardian Music — A new campaign to 'fix' the pop charts and a band with enough ideas for two whole websites get Chris Salmon's clicksSince downloads began counting towards the UK chart in... more info