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26-548: The main chart contains the Top 200 downloads (which are published in UKChartsPlus ), with the top 100 published on the OCC website. The chart only uses sales of permanent digital downloads , that is single-download tracks on non-subscription online music stores . Some downloading services offer a monthly fee plan where generally an unlimited number of tracks can be downloaded within a month for

52-502: A Year to Date collection of all the current year's Top 200 albums and singles. Since then, it has expanded to include the BPI silver, gold or platinum sales awards, predictions of the success of forthcoming releases, Budget Albums Top 50, Airplay Top 100, and Downloads Top 40 . The Welsh Singles and Albums Top 75s and the Scottish Singles and Albums Top 75s are published in reference to

78-573: A certain price. Tracks downloaded in those instances do not qualify. An album equivalent, the UK Album Downloads Chart , was launched in April 2006. Before the inauguration of the download chart, only sales of physical formats—such as CD , vinyl and cassette tape —contributed towards a single's position on the UK music charts. From the late 1990s onwards, these sales began to significantly decline. By

104-762: A new colour scheme. It now also features a singles index and an albums index showing each entry's chart positions across all charts featured in UKChartsPlus . The range of charts (chart provider, in parentheses, Official Charts Company unless otherwise stated): Other features: Occasional additions: As of February 2011, there are two subscription services available, the full and the express versions (downloads: only Top 50, Year So Far: only Top 75s, no UK TV Airplay Top 40, The Big Top 40, Indie Breakers, Vinyl Top 40, Index). Back issues are available, separately, or in quarterly or annual batches. British Phonographic Industry British Phonographic Industry ( BPI )

130-857: Is the British recorded music industry's trade association . It runs the BRIT Awards ; is home to the Mercury Prize ; co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association; and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies, including ( Sony Music UK , Universal Music UK , Warner Music UK ), and over 500 independent record labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. The BPI council

156-616: Is the management and policy forum of the BPI. It is chaired by the Chair of BPI, and includes the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer (COO), General Counsel, Chief Strategy Officer and 12 representatives from the recorded music sector: six from major labels – two each from the three "major" companies – and six from the independent sector, who are selected by voting of all BPI independent label members. BPI has represented

182-718: Is the recognised charitable arm of the BPI. It was conceived in 1989 by BPI and a collection of music industry individuals. The BRIT Trust is the only music charity actively supporting all types of music education. Proceeds from the BRIT Awards and The Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS) go to the BRIT Trust, which has donated almost £30m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation. As of 2024, beneficiaries include The BRIT School , Nordoff and Robbins, East London Arts and Music , Music Support, and Key 4 Life . Opened in September 1991,

208-755: The BRIT School is a joint venture between The BRIT Trust and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Based at Selhurst in Croydon, the comprehensive school describes itself as the leading performing and creative arts school in the UK and is completely free to attend. It teaches over 1,400 students each year aged from 14 to 19 years in music, dance, drama, musical theatre, production, media and art and design. Students are from diverse backgrounds and are not required to stick to their own discipline; dancers learn songwriting, pianists can learn photography. In August 2023,

234-466: The Classic BRIT Awards . The organising company, BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has distributed almost £30m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989. In September 2013, the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Elton John . The BPI also endorsed the launch of

260-552: The Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year in 1992, and since 2016 has organised the Prize. The recorded music industry's Certified Awards programme, which attributes Platinum, Gold and Silver status to singles, albums and music videos (Platinum and Gold only) based on their sales performance (see BRIT Certified Awards ), has been administered by the BPI since its inception in 1973. The BRIT Trust

286-454: The Official Charts Company . It began after Hit Music , a sister publication of Music Week , ceased publication in May 2001. The new newsletter was established totally independent of Music Week , licensing the chart data directly from Official Charts Company and other chart providers. Initially, the newsletter covered: It also included a New Entries Spotlight on all new top 200 singles, and

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312-693: The Department for Education approved BPI’s plan to open a new specialist creative school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, inspired by the successful model of the BRIT School in Croydon. The BPI administers the BRIT Certified Platinum, Gold and Silver awards scheme for music releases in the United Kingdom. The level of the award varies depending on the format of the release (albums, singles or music videos) and

338-529: The UK Downloads Chart and the UK Singles Chart at the same time. In 2024 Coldplay became the 500th song to top the chart with " We Pray " UKChartsPlus UKChartsPlus is an independent weekly newsletter about the UK music charts. It was first published in September 2001 as ChartsPlus in order to authoritatively record the official music chart information in the UK, as compiled by

364-578: The UK Singles Chart on 17 April 2005, initially on the condition that physical copies were available to buy at the same time. In April 2006, the UK Official Download Chart was expanded to include an album chart . The first album to top the chart was This New Day by English alternative rock band Embrace . By 2007, the UK had become Europe's largest consumer of online music, with almost 78 million tracks being downloaded that year; by 2012, this figure had more than doubled. The single with

390-462: The first number one being " Bam Thwok " by American rock band Pixies . After this ten-week period, the UK Official Download Chart was launched on 1 September 2004, with Irish boy band Westlife achieving the first official number one. The group topped the chart with a live version of their 1999 single " Flying Without Wings ", a move that UK chart commentator James Masterton branded a "stunt". Sales of downloaded singles were finally incorporated into

416-484: The first time. Streaming's contributions to chart-eligible sales totals for singles and albums are calculated using the methodology employed by the Official Charts Company for consumption at title level. In April 2018, a new Breakthrough certification was introduced, pertaining to an artist's first album to reach 30,000 sales. Additionally, the programme was re-branded as BRIT Certified, with public promotion of

442-444: The interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973, when the principal aim was to promote British music and fight copyright infringement . In 2007, the association's legal name was changed from "British Phonographic Industry Limited (The)" to "BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited". In September 2008, the BPI became one of the founding members of UK Music , an umbrella organisation representing

468-400: The interests of all parts of the industry. In July 2022, YolanDa Brown was appointed chair of BPI, replacing Ged Doherty , who had served in that role the previous seven years. In July 2023, Jo Twist was appointed chief executive of BPI, replacing Geoff Taylor, who had served in the role since 2007. BPI founded the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977, and, later,

494-548: The landmark of one billion career UK streams – as calculated by the Official Charts Company. Recipients to date include RAYE , Billie Eilish , Queen , The Rolling Stones , Olivia Rodrigo , Katy Perry , Whitney Houston , Mariah Carey , Wizkid and Coldplay . In Autumn 2023, Ed Sheeran was presented with a special edition Gold BRIT Billion Award, celebrating his achievement as the first British artist to surpass ten billion career UK streams. The BPI have developed bespoke software and automated crawling tools created in-house by

520-486: The last issue published was number 371 (4 October 2008). In December 2008, ChartsPlus was relaunched by new publisher UKChartsPlus ; the first issue under new ownership was number 383 (27 December 2008). Issues 372-382 were issued retrospectively between January and March 2009. With issue no. 463 (10 July 2010) the publication was relaunched under the new title " UKChartsPlus ", featuring a new cover (with hyperlinked index), several new charts, and some expanded charts, and

546-522: The level of sales achieved. Although the awards programme was for many years based on the level of shipments by record labels to retailers, since July 2013 certifications have been automatically allocated by the BPI upon the relevant sales thresholds being achieved in accordance with Official Charts Company data. Since July 2014, streaming media has been included for singles and from June 2015 audio streams were added to album certifications. In July 2018 video streams were included in singles certifications for

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572-619: The longest stay on the Downloads Chart is " Crazy " by Gnarls Barkley , which stayed the top spot for 11 weeks. On the week end 26 December 2009, " Killing in the Name " by Rage Against the Machine became the fastest-selling download of all time. As of 9 September 2014, " Happy " by Pharrell Williams is the most downloaded song in UK music download history. In 2006, McFly became the first band to have two number one singles with " Star Girl " on both

598-619: The main UK Top 200 listings. It also published genre specific charts, for Indie , Dance , Rock and R&B . Some of these charts are exclusive to ChartsPlus and it is the only site that publish the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart positions below 75, as is the case for the Compilation Album Chart for positions below 40. In October 2008, publisher Musiqware Ltd. (formerly IQware Ltd. ) ceased production of ChartsPlus :

624-526: The programme being assumed by the BRIT Awards' social media outlets and digital properties. Former Chief Executive Geoff Taylor justified the change by stating that it was part of an effort to cross-promote the certifications with "the UK's biggest platform for artistic achievement". In May 2023, BPI launched an expansion of the BRIT Certified Awards Scheme with BRIT Billion, which celebrates outstanding achievement in recorded music by surpassing

650-474: The same 2004–05 period, sales of downloads grew by 743%, and overtook physical sales in December 2004. The following year, the UK's online music revenue reached £ 42.1 million . As a result of this growth, the OCC were commissioned in 2004 to compile a new music chart based solely on the UK's download sales, which was initially sponsored by Coca-Cola . A "sample" download chart was trialled for 10 weeks, with

676-412: The start of 2004, they had dropped to their lowest level in over 35 years, with singles needing to sell only 35,000 copies to reach number one. One year later, a limited edition re-release of " One Night " / " I Got Stung " by Elvis Presley topped the chart with 22,000 copies, making it the lowest selling number-one single at that time. Conversely, the music download market was growing considerably: during

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