U.K. music charts make way for downloads

Britons may soon be buying more music singles over the Internet than the counter, forcing the U.K. chart into its biggest shake-up in more than 50 years of tracking and ranking sales.

Early next year the singles chart apparently is set to be merged with the download version launched in September, reflecting rapid changes in how people are listening to music.

Already between 200,000 and 250,000 singles are bought via music download services every week in Britain, approaching physical sales that regularly drop below 400,000, according to the Official U.K. Charts Co.

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Story by Reuters