I wasn't too happy with this news when I saw the headline earlier this week as it's always been on a Sunday afternoon and thought it would be such a shame to move it. I was more convinced when I read the article however.
Friday is to be made a global release day for music in order to try and combat piracy so the chart is changing to fall in line with this move. Illegal downloading is a massive problem for the music industry the world over so it's a good move by the industry to do something globally. Every country needs to have in place measures to stop illegal downloading in its own country but there is nothing to stop a UK resident using a foreign website so it's not enough to have these measures alone.
Currently in the UK music is released on a Monday so it will be interesting to see if sales figures alter by moving the release date to the end of the week, right before the weekend.
Here is the full announcement from the Official Charts Company.
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