what day do singles come out in U.S

[russtcb]

If singles aren't released anymore in the US, what are charts based on then? The Billboard Hot 100 doesn't go by sales?

I'm not an expert on this, but I believe the US Singles chart is based mostly on radio plays which are somewhat dictated by requests.

I know that the online sales do factor in somewhere too.

if thats the case that means that record companies/ artists could bribe djs to play their song heavy rotation and essentialy buy their way to no.1................im figuring a lot of people hate GnR (with no good reason) so that may hamper the chart sucess?

I think there are alot of things in place to stop that from happening. There was a huge scandal in the 50's or 60's that stopped it for a while. Sony/BMG got in big trouble a year or two ago for the same type of thing as well.

[polluxlm]

If singles aren't released anymore in the US, what are charts based on then? The Billboard Hot 100 doesn't go by sales?

I'm not an expert on this, but I believe the US Singles chart is based mostly on radio plays which are somewhat dictated by requests.

I know that the online sales do factor in somewhere too.

if thats the case that means that record companies/ artists could bribe djs to play their song heavy rotation and essentialy buy their way to no.1................im figuring a lot of people hate GnR (with no good reason) so that may hamper the chart sucess?

I think there are alot of things in place to stop that from happening. There was a huge scandal in the 50's or 60's that stopped it for a while. Sony/BMG got in big trouble a year or two ago for the same type of thing as well.

That don't mean they stopped doing it. One door closes, another opens.

[colma]

not to get too off topic, but yeah the Payola Scandal. ?more info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola

I could see a single being an iTunes release exclusive at first, just to create some buzz

[Goddamn_Electric]

Well, my radio contact turned out to know less than we do.  It was worth a try, though.

[cybercurves]

Tour starts October 20th, do you thnk radio stations will get the single the same time?  Who knows??

[HamsterDemocracy]

Tour starts October 20th, do you thnk radio stations will get the single the same time?  Who knows??

No I don't think so.

[russtcb]

Tour starts October 20th, do you thnk radio stations will get the single the same time?? Who knows??

No I don't think so.

More and more I'm thinking we may not even get a single. I personally think that wouldn't be a good idea. Although billboard has a story about Jay-Zs album coming out on November 21 saying that his single is coming out Oct 16.

Again, not that GN'R has to or will do things like any other artist, but that's what J's doing.

[The New Fiona Apple]

For high profile and high priced album like Chinese Democracy. It's definately needs a single to reap some of the monetary benefits.