The Official Charts Company has launched the Official UK Afrobeats Chart, a new Top 20 weekly rundown spotlighting the rising scene in the UK.
Understood to be the world’s first ...
The UK's Official Charts Company (OCC) is celebrating after delivering record-breaking digital engagement in the second quarter of 2020.
OfficialCharts.com has passed three million consumers per month, reaching 3.15m unique users in ...
Already the focus of a fundraiser which has amassed almost £30m for NHS charities at the time of writing, Captain Tom Moore now becomes the most unlikely of pop stars. ...
More industry figures and fellow retailers have paid tribute to former ERA chairman Paul Quirk.
Earlier this month, Quirk died, aged 71, after a short battle with cancer.
Since the mid 1980s, the Official UK Charts' rules and regulations have undergone numerous revamps. Formats from vinyl to cassette to CD to downloads to streaming have ebbed and ...
Label execs have told Music Week that moving soundtracks to the compilations chart will benefit UK talent and help to break artists.
The Official Charts Company quietly made the switch ...
As part of Music Week’s 60th anniversary celebrations, former editors of the world’s greatest music business magazine have been reminiscing about their time in the hotseat.
So far, Steve Redmond ...
BBC Radio 1 is to launch a new Sunday Official Chart Show to “build anticipation” ahead of the final singles chart the following Friday.
The station is partnering with the ...
Last week, for the first time in history, time stood still on the Official Singles Chart, with every record in the Top 10 a non-mover.
Back in the day, ...
The OCC caused a stir on Sunday night (June 24) when Music Week broke the news of a big change in the chart rules. From July 6, the Official Charts ...
