How Do Music Charts Differentiate?

[flobadob]

I'm confused here about how the different music charts work. For example, Berserk by Eminem is at number 2 in the Official Music Chart but it is at number 9 in the Urban Chart. How can this be? Surely if it sold enough copies to get to number 2 in the main chart, then by default it must have sold enough to get to number one in the urban chart. What gives?

[factor-fiction]

I thought Eminem and beserk was number 2 about 3 weeks ago and has dropped a lot since (and he's had a newer record out). Are you looking at the same 2 weeks?
Maybe they just go off sales in certain stores.download sites for the Urban chart

[jomifl]

There was an entertaing prog. on't telly a few weeks back about the record industry at the beginning of the music chart era. When the charts were based on record sales from certain shops the record companies used to promote records by giving them free copies of their latest issues. This resulted in the shops virtually giving them away so the charts were, to say the least, innacurate and they still are.

[factor-fiction]

Most sales now are downloads and these are much easier to track (although they don't account for illegal downloads which probably far outweigh legal ones), and shop sales are easier to track via online systems. So overall the charts do reflect paid-for sales.
I think the specialist charts such as Urban, Rock etc may be based on sales in certain stores as well as downloads and may also be based on airplay. You could email the Chart Company for more info
http://www.officialcharts.com/faqs/

[andy-hughes]

Specific charts - Urban / Rock / R 'n' B and so on, measure artists of a like genre, and their popularity based against artists who make similar music.

This will give a different picture than a mainstream chart which is calculating sales and airplay for ever style.

So, Keith Urban could be expected to chart at the top of the Country Charts, but maybe not feature at all in the mainstream charts.

it still comes down to wether or not you like the music being rated - if not, it doesn't matter where it is in any chart.

[flobadob]

Hmm, interesting.