UK music charts

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

All-genre charts

Afrobeats

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

Classical
  • Official Classical Artist Albums Chart - Chart of the biggest selling classical music albums which have 60% or more of their playing time dedicated to "classical or traditional" music.
  • Official Specialist Classical Chart - Chart of the biggest selling specialist classical albums which have all of their playing time dedicated to "classical or traditional" music.
  • Official Classical Compilation Albums Chart - Chart of the biggest selling classical music compilation albums.

Country/Roots
  • Official Americana Albums Chart - Chart of the biggest selling Americana albums.[11]
  • Official Country Artists Albums Chart - Chart of the biggest selling country music albums.
  • Official Country Compilations Chart - Chart of the biggest selling country music compilation albums.
  • Official Folk Albums Chart - Chart of the biggest selling folk music albums.

Dance

Hip Hop/R&B

Jazz/Blues/Gospel
  • 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

Other charts

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
  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. 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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