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dark water · Post by **dark water** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:00 pm

Somewhat amusingly and surprisingly, Rick Astley has returned to the top of the UK album chart after a gap of 29 years.
His previous chart topper was the (internet rick-rolling famous) ''Never Gonna Give You Up''.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36561862

Whilst not my cup of tea, ''50'' isn't too shabby as a pop-gospel album:

jacqueslacouth · Post by **jacqueslacouth** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:51 pm

Really good songs and time has been kind to his volca chords!

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:05 pm

i kept expecting to be rickrolled at some point during the video....

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:09 pm

dark water wrote:Somewhat amusingly and surprisingly, Rick Astley has returned to the top of the UK album chart after a gap of 29 years.

How many CD 's do one need to sell to be top of the chart at this time, more or less than 100 per week?

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:18 pm

jacqueslacouth wrote:Really good songs and time has been kind to his volca chords!

...and his hair.

funky lime wrote:i kept expecting to be rickrolled at some point during the video....

Me too.

oxygenmask · Post by **oxygenmask** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:24 pm

I made sure my kids weren't in the room when I clicked. I would never have lived a Rickroll down.

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:27 pm

Numanoid wrote: How many CD 's do one need to sell to be top of the chart at this time, more or less than 100 per week?

100,000 - 200,000 at a guess including streams & downloads

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:33 pm

ere2learn wrote:including streams

Streaming an album via Spotify adds to the sale numbers?

What if a listener via stream abandons the album having listned half way through, does it still count as 1 sale ?

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:36 pm

For singles its 14 streams = 1 purchase & there is a minimum time it has to be streamed maybe 60 seconds or so,not too sure if its the same for albums

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:42 pm

ere2learn wrote:For singles its 14 streams = 1 purchase & there is a minimum time it has to be streamed maybe 60 seconds or so,not too sure if its the same for albums

So it is a bit like BitCoining, if Rick's managment got enough computers they could stream that album up the charts...

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:44 pm

My numbers were slightly way off

Charts wrote:100 streams on audio services like Spotify as equivalent to one single

Each track will have to be played for 30 seconds before it counts as one stream.

To avoid fans "gaming" the system, only 10 plays will be counted per user, per day.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:27 pm

And it sounds like it could be by any other Cowell factory mugshot

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:44 pm

I miss the old rick roll.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:48 pm

He need to have a more street cred name, I mean John Beverly didn't go around calling himself that, it was Sid Vicious

So Trick Gastley, that is it the way to go

t3toooo · Post by **t3toooo** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:57 pm

Interesting

, http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-Rick Astley: 'I didn't mind being called Dick Spatsley'

Never Gonna Give You Up star Rick Astley tops UK chart with new album ''50''