Rock band Snow Patrol are back in the UK top 10 after rules were changed to allow any song purchased online to be counted towards the singles chart.
The group have reached number nine with their single, Chasing Cars, which first charted at number six last July.
Previously, downloads only counted towards the chart if a CD of the song was available to be purchased. The new chart rules have been hailed as the biggest shake-up in the charts since its inception in 1952, and could mean old favourites might make their way back into the charts.
Until now downloads only counted towards chart positions if they were purchased within a week of the single being released and two weeks of it being deleted.
Industry experts believe the charts will never be the same again because downloads will change the pattern of how tracks climb.
"Under the new rules, anything and everything is eligible," said HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo.
"The charts will now offer a much broader representation of the nation's music tastes," he added.
It is rumoured EMI is considering releasing The Beatles' back catalogue as downloads for the first time.
Castaldo thinks if that happens then a "top 10 made up entirely of their music would be almost guaranteed".
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