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Originally posted by Dream
But are they going to know that the song has been #1 for 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100? Nope. They're just going to think, "damn that song is everywhere!" And they can think that about a song that is not top 10 or even top 20.
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Right, but the point is that the charts serve as a reflection and measurement of that popularity.
It doesn't matter that the public is unaware of a song's chart stats any more than the public's ignorance of a retailer's internal sales data has bearing on that retailer's industry ranking.