April 2012 site update: Year charts released soon!

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March was a very important month for the site. BEA has now upgraded to much more powerful servers which will allow the site to expand with new features, and better cope with increased traffic volumes. Moving to bigger servers this early in the year was a little unplanned, and has shifted the roadmap back by about a month, but hopefully progress will speed up now that the migration has happened.

Year charts
Year charts have just been released for testing, and will soon be available to Level 6 members. Year charts will be limited to 50 entries, and a top-placed album will contribute a maximum of 5 points to the overall rankings.

Filter and sort the list of charts
To better navigate the increased volume of charts on the site, you are now able to filter the list of charts by source (user or recognised list) and/or by chart type. You can also sort the list by date to more easily see recently added or updated charts.

Filter and sort the rankings for each album
On each album page, you can now filter the rankings to show overall, decade or year chart appearances. You can also sort each column in the rankings table to view the rankings by age, the ranking within each chart, and the rank points awarded from each chart.

Support us
If you'd like to support BEA, you can do so in any of the following ways:

• Link to BEA from other websites. Talk about us on other websites, create a buzz and get people to check us out (but be careful not to do this in a spammy way!)
  
• Buy your music via BEA. If you discover a new album or track, with help from BEA, use the iTunes, Amazon and eBay buttons on this site to buy it from your favourite store. BEA gets a small commission (pennies), and it helps to pay our hosting fees.
  
• Subscribe to our newsletter. Keep up to date with the latest site news by subscribing to our FREE newsletter.
  
• Use our chart widget. Share your chart on Facebook (or any other website)! You can find our chart widget on the resources page.
  
• 'Like' us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Liking us on Facebook is a great way to promote BEA! If some of your friends see that you 'like' us, they might check us out too!

Enjoy the site and more soon...

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