Before today, many media links requires the launch of iTunes.  For people who do not have iTunes installed on their computer, the links simply do not work.  Not any more.  Now the song/album links directly to a web page that is viewable by any web browser.  However, this preview page currently only works with song and album links.  It does not work with music video or iPhone/iPod Touch App Links.

Michael Jackson is still topping the charts, but it has dropped a bit for as most popular songs on iTunes:  only 3 out of top 10 songs are from him.  He is still dominating the music videos.  9 out of 10 music videos are from Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is dominating the iTunes charts:  7 out of 10 top songs, 7 out of 10 top albums, and 9 out of 10 top music videos.

It happend again.  Apple changed the RSS feed format again within the last six weeks.  Now only the raw content is working.   Back in March, the feed was turned off for Flash and ASP.Net access.  Then on April 2nd it started variable pricing, which broke the pricing data on the feed. now this.

(Update) It turned out to be a simple URL change.  I've changed the URL and now everything is working again.