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29-854: Since 20 November 2020, only the Scottish Albums Chart has been published by the OCC, and it has been based on physical sales only, with the OCC only publishing the albums chart on their website since 11 December 2020. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Radio & Record News and Record Business magazines compiled Scottish charts which were broadcast on Independent Local Radio stations such as Radio Clyde and Radio Forth ; these showed particular favour for hard rock , punk and new wave while soul and other "black" styles would fare less well; for example, on 23 June 1978, Radio & Record News placed Heatwave at number 15 UK-wide but number 40 in Scotland,

58-650: A Scottish indie rock band formed in 2015, originating from West Lothian , Scotland. They have performed across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The band consists of Jack Cochrane (vocals and guitar), Joe McGillveray (guitar), Callum '29' Wilson (bass) and Jordan 'Joko' Mackay (drums) and was formed when the members were in school. Wilson, McGillveray and McKay went to primary school with each other and they met Cochrane at secondary school. Wilson has said "we’ve only ever really played music together so I can’t really imagine it any other way". They have been influenced by

87-615: A couple performances in Mexico. The Snuts opened for Tomlinson again in 2023 on the North America leg of his Faith in the Future World Tour . From 28 June to 1 July 2022, the Snuts were the opening act for Kings of Leon during the latter's When You See Yourself tour. In July 2021, the Snuts announced that they had already written their second album. In November, the first single, "Burn

116-634: A cover of the Lovin' Spoonful 's " Summer in the City ". Like their previous cover song, this was a Firepit session. It was also featured in an advert for Strongbow cider in August 2020. The following single "Elephants" was released in June 2020 and was produced by Tony Hoffer . It topped the iTunes Singles Chart on the day of its release. Cochrane described it as "another twist on our ever-growing diverse catalogue". In August,

145-502: A music TV show with as much international appeal as the then-popular DEF II series Rapido . From 20 September 1991, a short weekly TV programme based around the Scottish chart was broadcast by BBC1 Scotland on Friday nights, hosted by Nicky Campbell , then of Radio 1 and the chart continued to be broadcast on Monday nights on BBC Radio Scotland although it was dropped, along with other night-time music programmes on that station, during

174-594: A new single, "Somebody Loves You" was released in support of the Scottish Refugee Council , with the band donating the budget for the music video to the charity. Before its release, the Snuts performed the album at Stirling Castle and it was later released as a live album. W.L. debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, making the Snuts the first Scottish band to do so with their debut album since The View in 2007. Because of COVID-19 restrictions,

203-551: A top 60 album chart, introduced in June 1978, and a Disco Chart, introduced in October 1978, which at the time was the UK's only sales-based chart for the genre. In January 1980, Record Business also started publishing the first independent singles and albums charts , compiled by Barry Lazell. Record Business published its final issue on 14 February 1983, after which it was absorbed into Music Week . The Snuts The Snuts are

232-499: A top 75 in May 1978. Record Business subsequently extended their singles chart three times, providing a "Ones to Watch" section from 31 July 1978 for positions 101 to 120, then extending it up to position 130 from 9 February 1981, and then up to position 150 from 1 February 1982. Record Business also compiled their Airplay Guide chart, which was the first in the UK to provide a "proper evaluation of radio action". Other charts included

261-623: The EP Mixtape was released. The EP consists of 5 songs which showcase different influences and 4 interludes, which are studio outtakes , giving a kind of informal feel to the EP. The EP peaked at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart and also topped the Scottish Albums Chart , as well as the UK Vinyl Albums Chart . Following the success of Mixtape , the Snuts quickly released their next single,

290-521: The Empire peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. Following the release of Burn the Empire , the Snuts decided not to renew their contract with Parlophone. Instead, they decided to leave and set up their own label, Happy Artist Records, with distributor The Orchard . On leaving Parlophone, Cochrane said that "throughout the last campaign it was clear our vision as artists and that of the label, had drifted apart significantly" and that "The Orchard felt like

319-472: The Empire", was released. Several other singles were released in 2022, including a collaboration with Rachel Chinouriri entitled "End of the Road", and their album Burn the Empire was announced in June 2022 and released on 7 October 2022. However, in early September, following an online campaign by the band to make Parlophone release the album earlier, the release date was brought forward to 30 September. Burn

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348-595: The King Tut's Stage. In September, "Manhattan Project" was released, produced by Dave McCracken . In November 2018, the band signed with Parlophone Records. In March 2019, the band made their US debut at the South By South West festival in Austin , Texas, and their first single under Parlophone, "All Your Friends", was released in May. It was produced by Inflo and was the first single from their second EP Mixtape . It

377-643: The O'Jays at number 21 UK-wide but not in the Scottish Top 40 and Bob Marley at number 26 UK-wide but not in the Scottish Top 40, but AC/DC at number 38 UK-wide and number 20 in Scotland, the Clash at number 62 UK-wide and number 22 in Scotland, and the Vibrators at number 65 UK-wide but number 39 in Scotland. In the late 1980s, as frustration in Scotland at perceived isolation from the Thatcher government grew, pressure

406-768: The Silencers at number 6 in the album chart (only number 39 UK-wide) and the Simpsons ' album higher than the Inspector Morse soundtrack, which was 11 places higher UK-wide. The launch of this chart was heralded by Neil Ross of the Scottish Record Industry Association, who again suggested that the UK charts were disproportionately slanted towards sales in London and the south of England, while music manager Bruce Findlay suggested that Scotland could potentially produce

435-415: The Snuts released the self-produced EP The Matador in June 2017. The Snuts released their first 'proper' single, "Seasons" in June 2018, described as 'conventional in a much-needed and refreshing way', a 'total throwback to the last renaissance of alternative music' and 'impeccably pieced together, designed to detonate on impact'. The following month, they then played at Scotland's TRNSMT Festival at

464-509: The UK charts, with indie acts selling particularly well. That autumn, the SRIA voted to set up its own chart, suggesting that the balance of 75 chart return shops in Greater London to 45 in Scotland was unfair. Although a Scottish chart had been broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland beforehand, the first official Scottish Gallup charts were published on 17 March 1991; notably, they placed Scottish band

493-493: The UK singles chart from April 2005 and albums from April 2006, the Scottish charts remained physical sales only until the week ending 10 October 2009 when digital sales were included. This brought how the two charts were compiled in line for almost five years until the week ending 6 July 2014, when streaming was included in the UK singles chart and later in the UK album chart for the week ending 1 March 2015. The Scottish charts remained compiled of digital and physical sales only until

522-630: The band supported the Libertines at a socially-distanced performance at the Virgin Money Unity Arena in Newcastle . "That's All It Is" was released in September and features on the soundtrack to the video game FIFA 21 . A week later, the Snuts released "Always", with Cochrane saying "the song depicts the message of falling in love with someone who in turn allows you to love yourself". "Always"

551-584: The band were unable to go on tour until the end of July, whereupon they began a UK tour. In October, they briefly toured the US, before returning to the UK to continue their tour there. Between January and February 2022, the Snuts supported the Kooks as an opening act for their nationwide tour promoting their upcoming album 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark . In June, they supported Louis Tomlinson along with Californian band Sun Room for

580-604: The last year of Gallup's contract. Frankie Miller 's song " Caledonia ", also included in McEwan's adverts which were only shown in Scotland and Northern Ireland, topped the Scottish chart while only being a minor UK-wide hit. An unofficial Scottish Network Chart was also taken by Scottish commercial stations, including Radio Tay , in the early 1990s. Archives on the Official Charts Company website go back to February 1994, when Millward Brown took over as chart compilers and

609-524: The likes of the Libertines and Arctic Monkeys , and Scottish Ned culture growing up. They have also said that "one of our biggest inspirations is not to sound exactly like everybody else". Before going full time as a band, Cochrane was a joiner , Wilson was a slater / roofer , and Mackay was a mechanic. The band's debut single, the demo "Glasgow" was described as a 'stunning track with heaps of melody' and quickly lead to an ever since growing fanbase. After releasing several other demo singles in 2016,

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638-433: The number of retailers sampled throughout the UK increased. After this relaunch, Scottish Television launched a show based around the official Scottish chart, called Chart Bite . Until 2000, the Scottish album chart included albums eligible only for the compilation album chart at a UK-wide level. How the UK and Scottish charts were compiled diverged several times from 1994. Whereas digital downloads were incorporated into

667-591: The singles charts produced by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) and Gallup (for Radio & Record News ). The majority of the magazine's top 100 was calculated using both sales and airplay data, whereas the top 30 was based purely on sales, obtained from 350 outlets. In response to the launching of the Record Business and Radio & Record News charts, the BMRB extended their top 50 chart to

696-439: The week ending 20 November 2020, when the singles chart was discontinued and only physical sales are counted for the album chart. The final number one single was "Always" by Scottish band the Snuts . Record Business Record Business was a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a weekly print magazine between 1978 and 1983. It was published by Record Business Publications Ltd. Record Business

725-458: Was applied for the creation of an official Scottish chart; Brian Guthri of the Scottish Record Industry Association claimed that the official UK charts did not pick up many sales by Scottish acts as they were not polling enough shops in Scotland, citing Win 's "You've Got the Power" (the theme song from McEwan's Lager adverts) as an example and a month of research determined significant differences from

754-543: Was described as having "an irresistibly catchy raw edge and a massive chorus" and Cochrane explained that it was a "new twist on a familiar social stigma around the drug epidemic that nobody seems to want to talk about". In July 2019 they performed again at TRNSMT, this time on the Main Stage; in August they performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals and also at Victorious Festival . The band's next single "Maybe California"

783-602: Was launched on 20 March 1978 as a weekly trade publication for the UK record industry and a rival of Music Week . It was established by the former Music Week editor Brian Mulligan, with backing from the head of the British printing company Garrod and Lofthouse , Norman Garrod. An announcement of a new trade publication, with the provisional title Record Dealer , was made as early as November 1977, although Mulligan retained his position with Music Week until January 1978. The magazine compiled its own top 100 singles chart to rival

812-617: Was released in September 2019 and was produced by Rich Costey . "Juan Belmonte", named after the Spanish bullfighter , and also produced by Costey, was released in October. In January 2020, the Snuts released a cover of Bruno Mars ' " When I Was Your Man " from sessions at the Firepit Recording Studios in London. Two further singles, "Fatboy Slim" (in "homage of Fatboy Slim 's notorious set at Brighton beach" in 2002) and "Coffee & Cigarettes" were released before March, whereupon

841-569: Was the final number one single on the Scottish Singles Chart before it was discontinued in December 2020. In December, the band announced the release of their debut album W.L. on 19 March 2021, later pushed back to 2 April. It includes 10 previously released singles, three of which featured on the EP Mixtape , and three previously unreleased songs. The deluxe edition also includes four previously unreleased bonus tracks. In February 2021,

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