From: extreme_spamrice@yaspamhoo.com   
      
   "Jimmy"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns957AC4F9794D4treblephoneyahoocom@216.168.3.30...   
   > The Billboard charts are actually about two weeks behind.Here's why:   
   >   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   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.   
      
       Chris   
      
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