iPhone app to spotlight UK music charts
The UK’s Official Charts Company (OCC) has launched an iPhone application called Official UK Music Charts, which will let music fans get the new chart every Sunday evening just after it’s been broadcast on Radio 1.
It costs £1.79 to download the app, although this will soon rise to £2.99. But hang on, any savvy iPhone user can simply visit the Radio 1 website every Sunday and get that info for free. Why pay simply to have an application serve up the same data?
Well, the OCC is hoping its app’s extra features will make it tempting, with the ability to preview and buy tracks on the iTunes Store, stream videos for some tracks from YouTube, browse that week’s new releases, and click through to artist websites.
The app includes several charts – the Official Singles Chart, Official Album Chart, and a new chart called the Official Mobile Download Chart, based on OTA sales of songs to mobile handsets.
The app is the first in a series of planned charts-related products from the company this year – it’s promising a revamped website and various web apps and widgets. Interestingly, the app will be made available in several languages and sold in more than 40 countries around the world.
You can get the app by clicking here.
Tags: app store, iphone, official charts company
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