UK music charts

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The UK music charts are a collection of charts that reflect the music-buying habits of people within the United Kingdom. Most of them are produced by the Official Charts Company.

Main charts[edit]

All-genre charts[edit]

Afrobeats[edit]

Asian[edit]

  • Asian Music Chart - Chart of the biggest selling Asian singles.[10]
  • Official Punjabi Music Chart - Chart of the biggest selling punjabi singles.

Classical[edit]

Country/Roots[edit]

Dance[edit]

Hip Hop/R&B[edit]

Jazz/Blues/Gospel[edit]

  • Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart - Chart of the biggest selling jazz and blues albums.
  • Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart - Chart of the most popular christian and gospel albums in the UK.[12]

Rock/Metal[edit]

Other charts[edit]

Further genre, format and regional charts are produced by OCC and other compilers.

Classic FM introduced a classical music chart and the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame. In response, BBC Radio 3 introduced a specialist classical chart that lists only "serious" classics, and devoted some of its Tuesday morning programming to this chart.[13]

On March 10, 2024, the UK Country Airplay chart debuted, the first ever genre-specific airplay chart. Monitored by Radiomonitor and the UK wing of the Country Music Association, chart rankings collate information from a range of participating radio stations to identify the most listened to country music single in the UK each week. The chart itself is posted on Holler Country.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kreisler, Lauren (22 June 2014). "UK's Official Singles Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ Copsey, Rob (11 February 2015). "UK's Official Albums Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. ^ Barnett, Emma (22 May 2009). "The 'Top 10' singles go real time in iTunes deal". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. ^ Wells, Matt (2 September 2004). "Record industry produces first chart of legal downloads". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ^ West, Dave (9 April 2006). "Album chart allows downloads from Sunday". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ Langshaw, Mark (10 May 2012). "Official music streaming chart launching in UK". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Album charts to count streamed songs". BBC News. BBC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ^ Official Music Video Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company
  9. ^ a b Siddique, Haroon (13 April 2015). "Vinyl records get into groove with own charts". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  10. ^ "BritAsia In Conjunction With The Official Charts Company Launch - The UK Punjabi Chart". Daily Ent Xpress. 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Mumford and Sons fail authenticity test as first UK Americana chart launches". The Independent. Independent News & Media. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "BBC - Podcasts and Downloads Rights Restrictions". bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ Eames, Tom (March 11, 2024). "Conner Smith tops UK's first ever Country Radio Airplay Chart". Smooth Radio.
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