The UK singles chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British See more

Early
Before the compilation of sales of records, the music market measured a song's popularity by sales of sheet music. The idea of compiling a … See more

The BBC aired Pick of the Pops on its Light Programme radio station on 4 October 1955. Initially airing popular songs, it developed an aggregated chart in March 1958. Using … See more

In 1999, the chart was sponsored by worldpop.com with the company receiving name recognition during the BBC programme. The deal ended when the website went out of business in late 2001. As part of an agreement with Billboard to publish the UK … See more

The full regulations may be downloaded from the Official Charts Company website.
To qualify for inclusion in the UK singles chart, a single must … See more

Since February 2016, the Official Charts Company have published the Official Trending Chart. Published every Tuesday morning (a day after the full midweek chart comes out at 5:45pm) the chart is based on the first three sales days of each week, highlights new and … See more

With no official chart before 1969, a number of periodicals compiled their own charts during the 1950s and 1960s. Pirate radio stations … See more