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HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo is reported to have said that a “top 10 made up entirely of their [Beatles] music would be almost guaranteed”. This came about after it was rumoured that EMI is considering releasing The Beatles’ back catalogue as downloads for the first time.
According to the BBC, this is due to the change in the UK charts which allows any song purchased online to go towards the singles chart.
“Until now downloads only counted towards chart positions if they were purchased within a week of the physical single being released and two weeks of it being deleted. But this week’s Top 40 sees several deleted songs re-entering the chart, including Crazy by Gnarls Barkley which was the biggest selling single of 2006, and is now at number 30.”
Industry experts believe the charts will never be the same again. “Under the new rules, anything and everything is eligible,” Castaldo.
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