Indie Bands Get A Fighting Chance - Bandcamp Sales To Count Towards ARIA Chart Figures

ARIA has today confirmed that it is now including figures from online music store Bandcamp’s own sales for charting purposes.

"We are very excited to be able to include bandcamp sales into the ARIA Charts," an ARIA spokesperson said to theMusic in a statement.

"This platform that has become increasingly integral for artists, in particular independent artists, to sell their music to their fans so it is important that the ARIA Charts can reflect these sales."

Earlier today, Bandcamp curator Andrew Jervis revealed to FasterLouder that their figures have been used in the ARIA Charts for the past three weeks .

"Hopefully that helps out the King Gizzards and Courtney Barnetts who do sell a lot of music on Bandcamp."

Jervis is set to hit Australia next month for the annual Face The Music conference.

For more details on the conference, click on theGuide.