So the idea of a singles or albums chart has been diluted. These have evolved into sub-genres. Officially there's classical, rock,Urban and dance, plus country, world, Asian, regional, alternative, and now heritage. [Alternative....always interesting that a genre is defined by what it is not].
Add to that variety a range of different media and it all gets a bit more complicated. So having evolved from CD to music downloads, now evolving to include streaming charts.
So the reality is there's three dimensions at work here now... the music genre, the source (single or album) and the media. So underneath there's lots of micro charts all being distilled, and mostly automatically too.
And not forgetting the significance of the video charts now too - with DJs becoming VDJs - so there's that mix of genre and format ... DVD, Blue-Ray, children's, film, TV, sport....
And not forgetting the significance of the video charts now too - with DJs becoming VDJs - so there's that mix of genre and format ... DVD, Blue-Ray, children's, film, TV, sport....
