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Billboard online downloads chart

Looks like Billboard has launched their chart for online downloads. Should be interesting to watch this and see how it compares to the offline version. Although it also looks like they've already been posting charts on an individual service basis, looks like this new chart is a premium content option on their website.

What's really interesting, the Slate article mentions that the No 1 song ("Crazy in Love," by Beyoncé with Jay-Z) only had 1,500 paid downloads compared to 317,000 album sales in the same period. They also mentioned that an influential blogger could probably put a particular track into the number one spot. It'd certainly be funny to see some one try.