UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by "The Official UK Charts Company". on behalf of the British record 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.

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The Official UK Charts Company - Monday

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The main chart contains the top 250 singles combining record sales and downloads, of which the Top 75 is generally considered as the official chart (although only the top 40 are of interest to a wider public). Some 6,500 UK retail outlets contribute sales data. No airplay statistics are used for the official UK Singles Chart. As of October 8th 2005 1,019 singles had 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 current number 1 is "Push the Button" by Sugababes.

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Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - Sugababes

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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.

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BBC Radio 1 - Mark Goodier - Bruno Brookes - Wes Butters - JK and Joel

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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.

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BBC - Adrian Dickson - Konnie Huq - Andrew Hayden-Smith

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The entire UK top 75 can be found online on Yahoo! Music UK (formerly Dotmusic) at The Official UK Top 75 Singles along with weekly commentary by James Masterton. The complete UK charts incl. Top 250 Singles, Top 200 Artist Albums, etc. is published by independent chart newsletter Charts Plus.

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Yahoo! Music - Dotmusic - James Masterton - Charts Plus

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