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   Didn't know that had changed since then! Thanks for the info!   
      
      
      
   "Chris Brown"  wrote in   
   news:ck4hap$276$1@titan.btinternet.com:   
      
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   > "Jimmy"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns957AC4F9794D4treblephoneyahoocom@216.168.3.30...   
   >> The Billboard charts are actually about two weeks behind.Here's why:   
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   >> English charts are figured from Friday to Friday. [British release   
   >> dates are on a Friday, same principle as above.] Don;lt know the   
   >> methodology of whatever chart you saw.   
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   > Actually the UK chart week is now Sunday-Saturday, with the   
   > announcement on the radio and online the following afternoon. Thus   
   > records are now almost invariably released on a Monday (except for   
   > things like that Metallica album last yearear, where they're desperate   
   > to keep the international dates aligned). However, by convention the   
   > date used in reference books is the Saturday after the chart is   
   > published; thus the present chart, with Smile as a new entryat 7, is   
   > the chart dated 9th October 2004, but is based on sales from 25th   
   > September to 2nd October. Confused? You will be... Records were   
   > released on Fridays in the sixties, when the calculations took longer.   
   > BTW, they usually still come out in the Republic of Ireland the Friday   
   > before the UK release, presumably to discourage people from crossing   
   > into Northern Ireland to buy them.   
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   >     Chris   
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