thats why they give free downloads
yeah "free downloads", mostly you can't do shit with the free downloads, cause you don't get any rights
it's not just about plays. Sound Click has a secret formula to calculate chart positioning that takes into account, plays, unique hits, downloads, rating, comments ext....
That 40-60k number is misleading - I don't think he's asking about total plays for all songs on his page. It's the number of plays on your beat in the charts that matters. I've gotten to number 1 with 11k, but that was a while ago. I'm guessing it's closer to 13-15k now.