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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by the http://www.theofficialcharts.com Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being compiled on Sunday afternoon. Most UK singles are released in record shops on a Monday. The main chart contains the top 200 singles, of which the Top 75 is generally considered to comprise the main chart (although only the top 40 are generally of interest), and uses only sales figures. No airplay statistics are used for the official Top 200. As of March 14 2005 1,008 singles have topped the UK singles chart according to the Official UK Charts Company's statistics. The precise number is debatable due to the profusion of different competing charts during the 1950s and 1960s, although the usual list used is that endorsed by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and subsequently adopted by The Official UK Charts Company. The Top 40 is currently, and always has been, sold to BBC Radio 1, who broadcast all the songs from the Top 40, in reverse order, on Sundays from 4 to 7pm. Mark Goodier and Bruno Brookes are famous for having been the presenters of this chart show for many years, but in 2003 Goodier was replaced by relative newcomer Wes Butters who left the show in January 2005. From March 2005 the chart has been revamped with only the top 20 singles actually getting played and now presented by JK and Joel. The television version of the chart show, called "The UK Top 40", began in 2002 on CBBC (Children's BBC), part of BBC Television, which broadcast selected video highlights and the entire top 10 countdown. It was hosted by Adrian Dickson and Konnie Huq from its inception until September 2004, and then by Andrew Hayden Smith until the last edition on 12 June 2005. The entire UK top 75 can be found online on Yahoo! Launch UK (formerly Dotmusic) at http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/c/uk/single_charts.html The Official UK Top 75 Singles along with weekly commentary

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UK Singles Chart

I'd like to add something about the forthcoming launch of the official UK download chart... :Go for it. Bonalaw 08:44, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC) ---- Things to add to the article:

Controversy, e.g. Chart hyping, "Danger Games" affair, Roger Cook silliness, Deee-Lite/Steve Miller tie, "God Save The Queen"

changes in chart rules over the years Bonalaw 15:00, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC) I have tried to do my best to add the controversy section under Number One Quirks. I don't know whether you want to change the article section title and possibly change the article quality, as it is probably not as good as the rest. Ultimate Star Wars Freak 21:16, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Recent History

I was surprised to see that the history section ends in the 1980s. I'm not an expert on the UK singles chart, but it seems to me that one of the most substantial changes in its history came in the mid-1990s. It was then that record labels began sending promotional singles out to radio to get airplay long before releasing them commercially. The result is that singles now tended to deubt in their peak position and only decline after that. Before the mid-90s, it was common for a single to debut low in the top 40, climb for several weeks, hit its peak, and then descend down the chart. Now, a single almost never climbs above the position it debuts at. It is rare for a single to climb at all, and singles tend to spend less time on the chart now. Singles are also selling in significantly smaller quantities than they were a decade ago. I think that all this should probably be included in the chart history section. Any thoughts? Acegikmo1 17:25, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC) :That's touched on in the "Charts and the music industry" section, but could use a bit of expansion. I think Take That were the act who really pushed back the boundaries on pre-promotion, with some considerable success. -- Bonalaw 15:05, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Copyright?

What about the WIPO Copyright Treaty, it covers databases,

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List Of Number 1 Singles (UK)

This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Singles Chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present. The sources are the ''New Musical Express'' chart from 1952 to the end of 1966, and the ''Record Retailer'' chart thereafter.

List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK)

List of Number 1 singles from the 1960s (UK)

List of Number 1 singles from the 1970s (UK)

List of Number 1 singles from the 1980s (UK)

List of Number 1 singles from the 1990s (UK)

*1997 in music (UK)

*1998 in music (UK)

*1999 in music (UK)

List of Number 1 singles from the 2000s (UK)

*2000 in music (UK)

*2001 in music (UK)

*2002 in music (UK)

*2003 in music (UK)

*2004 in music (UK)

*2005 in music (UK)

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