UK Singles charts will soon begin counting legal downloads alongside cd sales, and the songs that make the Top 40 are sure to change. “In the first three months of 2005, 4.5 million songs were downloaded legally in the UK – compared with 5.8 million bought over the counter. Many of the fans who stopped buying singles are now keen on downloading – and while single-buying is largely left to teenage girls, downloaders are overwhelmingly male and more mature.
So their return to the chart returns could have a big impact on the Top 40.”
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