Club 40
Club 40 is a French weekly music chart that reflects spinning of tunes in French clubs. It was established by Yacast France Institute in collaboration with
Broadcasts
Club 40 chart commenced in September 2002. It was initially broadcast September 2002 on Europe 2 on Saturday from 10 pm to 1 am[1] by Christophe Marceaux in two parts: a top 5 a general chart encompassing all styles (including R'n'B and electro), followed by a top 40 of Techno and House music. Europe 2 stopped its broadcasting of Club 40 chart on 31 July 2004.
The chart was picked up in September 2005 by French Fun Radio under the alternative title Fun Club 40 , and was broadcast Saturdays from 5 pm to 7 pm and was presented by Mico. The broadcast consisted of two parts, the top 5 Fun Club 40 being the previous week's chart toppers followed by the Club 40 chart of the week.
Since September 2008, Club 40 chart has been broadcast on French
Starting 2010, the chart is also being broadcast on French MTV Idol Saturday midnights until 1:30 am.
Methodology
Yacast France Institute publishes Club 40 chart weekly based on spinning of the songs in 80 selected French discothèques deemed a representative sample of such clubs. Monitoring is done through "black boxes" attached to DJ mixers in these clubs on week-end shows running Fridays and Saturdays from 11:45 pm to 4:30 am with recordings relayed to Yacast production center for analysis and classification.
See also
References
- ^ Broadcast times of Club 40 on Europe 2 Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine