usa won't wait 3 months for a song, so no.

Songs in the UK normally have next to no longevity and fall very quickly from their peak position plus if you don't debut at number one then you most likely won't reach it later on so no

I don't think so

No market for it imo.

No, it makes it much harder for smaller acts to make it big. Payola and promo are huge parts of the UK chart system whereas in the US, we have more cases of one-hit wonders that usually go nowhere but at least kickstart more careers and get them fans.

The only reason I'd want that is just for the stan in me that likes to have physical single CDs. I see no benefits charting-wise.

Nope, it would be a mess. I also have to wonder if that would decrease a song's total sales/longevity?

Actually, yes. It more accurately shows what people want to buy and regardless of whether that means more number ones or not, songs will reach number one if enough people purchase it. The fact that we only have like 8-9 number one singles a year is enough reason to change It could really help certain people's faves in promo as well. People seeing a "Single" released to iTunes instead of it just being left as a random album track will draw more attention to it. I remember US iTunes doing that back in 05/06 a lot.


Edit: People here are too obsessed with longevity. Like who wants a song to remain popular for 4-5 months Any song gets old after two months max.