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Points

  Chart Points

  • Genre Singles - If any of your musicians appear in the top 3 'Rock', 'Dance' or 'Indie' singles charts, as per the BBC charts, they score 10 points regardless of their position.

  • Albums and Singles - If your artist appears in the top 40 album or main singles chart they score 15 points for a No.1-5 placing, 10 points for 6-10, 5 points for 11-20, and 3 points for 21-40.

  • If one of your band members has a single that appears in more than one of the charts, they only score once (their best score).

  • The small print - You will not score album points for any 'live', 'best of', 're-issues' or 'compilation' releases of old material. New albums containing a mix of B-sides, live tracks, rarities etc, where a decent amount of the content is new will score points though. Original single releases to promote a 'best of' release or compilation will also score points. Also, if ones of your artists guests with another group on a single, they will score points.

  Breakthrough Artist

  • Your 'breakthrough artist' will be one of your three new artists. They will earn you a 20% bonus on all points scored.

  Returning in 2010

  • The bands and artists listed are all allegedly releasing an album during the first part of the year. Please do your own research though, as if we are wrong in any way then please do not consult Benn & Associates!

  Other Points

  • Live bonuses - If you see any of your band members in concert, you score
    100 points. If anyone else sees a band member of yours, or you see someone else's band member you score 50 points (max 100 points per gig - in case
    we're all there!). Festival points are halved so no one gets a huge amount of points from just a weekend away.
    A gig review on the forum is required as proof, and we will trust everyone to be honest!

  • Glastonbury Festival

    If you are on the official line-up when they are first revealed you score points for an appearance:

    Main stage 40 points, other stage 30 points, elsewhere 20 points

    This only applies to the first official line-up released prior to the festival weekend, so you will score points then, not during the festival. Should your band member have to withdraw you will still score points, and if you are a late (or secret) addition, you will score so long as their manager provides evidence that they performed.

  • NME Reviews

    Albums and single reviews get marks out of 10 in the NME. Your artists will score 10 times their review score (NME.com reviews dated after Feb 14th only).

  • Later With Jools Holland

Perform (as a guest) on the show during the competition and you earn 50 points.

  • X-Factor

If you pick an X-Factor "star", they start on -1,000 points!

  Guidelines

  • Make sure you are familiar with the band guidelines before choosing your
    line-up.