Top of the Pops

New chart rules come into force this week which allows songs downloaded from the net to be counted in the charts regardless of when they were released.



Previously, downloaded songs were only included when the physical copy of the record was available in the shops, starting one week before they arrived and being discounted two weeks after they left.

For instance, on exiting the charts the Gnarls Barkley single 'Crazy' continued to out sale most songs through downloads but they were not counted as their label had removed the hard copy of the song from the shops to prepare for their next release.


So we could see the return to the charts of old favourites which are continually downloaded through the net. EMI are rumoured to release the Beatles' back catalogue as downloads for the first time this year.

On that note, I'll just like to remind you that all Ride Out releases can be downloaded from the net at WWW.RIDEOUTRECORDS.COM