Ah, this is interesting. MusicWeek reports that Universal is supporting moves to switch music release day from Monday to Friday, based on the idea that a release day at the end of the week would boost sales during the busy weekend shopping period. Personally I'm not convinced such a move would actually help stop flagging CD sales, but I think that's the reason behind the proposed move. Whether a shift in release day would mean the retail charts would be moved to Thursday I don't know. Imagine that - a new chart on Thursday nights. They could have some kind of TV show counting down the charts just before the Thursday edition of Eastenders. That would be good.
May 1, 2007
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Moves afoot to shift release day
Universal is reportedly backing a move to switch music release day from Monday to Friday, in the hope of boosting weekend sales.