Chart-Fixing Downloading Discovered, Disallowed

Over-eager fans of a band tried to promote the group by buying multiple downloads of the group’s new recording to boost them in the charts. But the buying was discovered and disqualified. “Due to over-enthusiastic members of the band’s fans and family, an unacceptable number of records were ordered per person online. Sadly, rather than these sales ending up supporting the band, this has resulted in The Modern’s chart position of number 13 being deemed invalid according to The Official Charts Company’s strict rules and regulations.”