Can charts be altered by false donloads? (PSB example)

[andmaste]

Can charts be altered by false donloads?
example with I'm with stupid

EMI/Parlophone decides that is time for PSB to have a new #1 in the single charts.
So they decide to download 10000 times the song.
It will cost 10000 UKP, but most of this money will come back to them being the label of the author.
Having a new #1 is good for selling more copies of the new album.

Can it be possible?

Andrea

[popfreak]

Possible but its fraud. its the same as them getting 500 people, giving them £5 and getting them to go and buy both cd's.

possible but illegal

[Butters]

Dont think it is illigal, per se. But it is unethical.

[popfreak]

its also against chart rules.

[Mr Madness]

Wasn't there a case recently where a band got disqualified from the chart because it came to light that they'd got friends, relatives and fans to buy multiple copies of their single? I think they got people buying something daft like 50 copies at a time so needless to say it threw up some rather unusual buying patterns which alerted the chart company in to thinking there was something wrong!

[BlueSwan]

Chart rigging is against the chart rules. There have been cases in the past where singles have been disqualified from the chart due to "irregular sales patterns".

[bookshopboy]

Wasn't there a case recently where a band got disqualified from the chart because it came to light that they'd got friends, relatives and fans to buy multiple copies of their single? I think they got people buying something daft like 50 copies at a time so needless to say it threw up some rather unusual buying patterns which alerted the chart company in to thinking there was something wrong!

It was "Industry" by The Modern, which would have got to number 13 but was disqualified because of large numbers of downloads by the same people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4802804.stm

[Shopper]

what is the current PSB fanbase in the UK ? 8000 - 15000 ?

[Technotrancemix]

I downloaded all the mixes/tracks in which I paid 77p for each because I couldn't rip them from my CDs

[spongeg]

interesting

[tottenhammattspurs]

I hate it when old threads get resurrected for no apparent reason

[Nickname]

I hate it when old threads get resurrected for no apparent reason

Yes, it was a thread of 2006.

what is the current PSB fanbase in the UK ? 8000 - 15000 ?

How many is PSB fanbase in 2023?

[daveid]

I hate it when old threads get resurrected for no apparent reason

Yes, it was a thread of 2006.

what is the current PSB fanbase in the UK ? 8000 - 15000 ?

How many is PSB fanbase in 2023?

Twattenhammattspurs knows this already because HE resurrected it. It's the latest thing on this forum and I consider it trolling.

[DopeFiend]

I hate it when old threads get resurrected for no apparent reason

Yes, it was a thread of 2006.

what is the current PSB fanbase in the UK ? 8000 - 15000 ?

How many is PSB fanbase in 2023?

Twattenhammattspurs knows this already because HE resurrected it. It's the latest thing on this forum and I consider it trolling.

Yep, trolling. Though personally I'm not against "necroposting" if the same topic already exists.
Plus obviously it's a very quiet period for PSB so I see it as a commentary on that.

By the way PSB are still posting things online, but discussion-wise there's not much to share opinions and speculation on. The most we have going on is X release is X amount of years old now.

(PSB are posting videos of live performances, but it's the most common clips. They're also posting photos of what N&C are up to, which is lovely but it's not PSB or music related)