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Originally posted by TheReign
Trembing? I have a secret to tell you.
The beatles catalog can not be counted for Billboard Hot 200 albums. It will be charting on the pop catalog album chart
Do some research, hun! Have a nice day!  |
Chart Watch Extra: Jackson Blitz Prompts Chart Change
Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:00pm PST by Paul Grein in Chart Watch
Billboard has seen the light.
Starting in two weeks, the magazine's flagship The Billboard 200 album chart will include older "catalog" albums. The move was prompted by Michael Jackson's phenomenal success this year, little of which was reflected on The Billboard 200. Jackson's Number Ones was the best-selling album in the country for six weeks this summer, but because the 2003 release was a catalog album, it wasn't allowed to appear on the big chart.
"The events of 2009, and the continuing creativity in the repackaging of catalog titles, have led us to conclude that the Billboard 200 would be best served presenting the true best-sellers in the country, without any catalog-related rules or stipulations, to our readers, the media and music fans" said Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's director of charts.
Starting in two weeks, the magazine will base The Billboard 200 on Nielsen/SoundScan's Top Comprehensive Albums chart (which includes both current and catalog titles) instead of the Top Current Albums chart (which excludes catalog titles). "Catalog" is the industry term for albums that are more than 18 months old, have fallen below #100 on the chart and no longer have a current charting single at radio.
This is a welcome development, and a much-needed move for the Billboard 200 to retain credibility. It means that the album chart that is reprinted in hundreds of newspapers, magazines and websites around the world (including this one) will be a reflection of what's really selling, regardless of when the albums were released.
The new policy will take effect in the issue dated Dec. 5, which is the first week of Billboard's 2010 chart year. The change will be confined to The Billboard 200. The magazine's other album charts (country, R&B, etc.) will continue to exclude catalog.
Catalog albums have become a bigger factor in recent years. Twenty-nine of the 200 best-selling albums so far this year are catalog titles. Just 19 of the 200 best-selling albums of 2008 were catalog titles.
From the beginning of 1994 through the end of 2007, only three catalog albums sold well enough to have appeared in the top 10 on The Billboard 200 (if rules had allowed). But since the beginning of 2008, 13 catalog albums have sold well enough to appear in the top 10.
Much of this is due to two of the biggest names in recording history-Michael Jackson and the Beatles. For two weeks in July, six of the 10 best-selling albums in the country were catalog albums by Jackson. For one week in September, five of the 10 best-selling albums in the country were catalog albums by the Beatles.
............... No, hun... you didn't do your research.
