The weekly production of the English music rankings - at the level of singles and albums - could have a new look to take into account: the number of times a song is heard for free on the web.
He explained Martin talbot, Director in charge of all this, "it's just a matter of time”…
Currently, these weekly lists are defined by the amount of 'physical sales' and downloads of songs sold: they do not yet consider the large number of people who listen to a song or an album in its entirety, from sites that offer this possibility internally (We7, Spotify, etc.).
Although he said that no immediate plans of their inclusion in the count, Talbot admitted that this is something unavoidable because the popularity of the pages that offer this service is constantly increasing ...
"I'm sure we'll have to do it sooner than we expect, although none of us know for sure when it will happen.
I think it is something that will happen anyway ... but it may take five, ten or perhaps twenty years to institute".
Via | with the BBC