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You might not care who’s top of the pops, but even in this digital age, a lot of people still do. It’s especially important to European music industry publication Music Week. That’s why they’ve begun publishing the chart from Last.fm, based on the listening habits of its users.It’s the first time a chart from an online supplier has been used by the magazine.   Last.fm users download a program that keeps track of every song played through the user’scomputer’s music player. That allows users to build their own customized “radio stations” based on tracks they like, and link to similar artists recommended by others.   So what makes that so special to the music industry? In part it’s because it shows how often tracks are listened to after being bought, and that the listening habits are “purer,” not the victimsof marketing and targeted buying that can skew the traditional charts. And the fact that Last.fm has 20 million users could also have something to do with it.  Read more...