I've been revitaliSing the popular stuff in my library, and whilst browsing through the charts, i find it astounding that songs can stay popular and in the charts for so long... It just doesn't make sense to me why the general public would buy a song that was 'in' 6 months ago...
Take this link for example (Australian Aria Charts)
Cinema - Benny Benassi has been in the dance charts for the last 27 weeks! Thats almost 7 months.... And i've seen some of the RnB stuff stay in there even longer!
WHY!?!?! This defies any logic i can understand... Why would people purchase a song that was popular half a year ago? All their friends already have it, and it should have moved on as a phase, as it got overplayed by the radios and at parties etc... But No? It continues to be bought, thus stays in the charts, thus remains 'popular', thus continues to get radio plays, thus gets even more over played. I just Don't understand!
Opinions?
Edit: Even Adele has managed to stay in there for 35 weeks!
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