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UK Singles Chart - the official hit parade of singles Britain, sorted according to the results of sales for the week. An since 1952 as an analogue of the American Billboard Hot 100.

History 

Unlike the U.S., for the right to publish the hit parade of singles as a result of sales in the UK fought several music publications. The first hit parade published November 14, 1952 magazine New Musical Express, but soon followed his example and competitors, led to the publication of Melody Maker. In 1960, their tops began to print the weekly Record Retailer, converted in 1972 in Music Week. 

The rivalry between the hit parade led to awkward situations where radio BBC Radio 1, is traditionally the first read out the hit parade for a new week and recognized the winner of two or three singles. In February 1969, BBC has reached an agreement with the Record Retailer that the «official» hit parade will be published in this edition, and to calculate the results of sales will now be involved in the independent auditor. 

Following this decision, changes in the compilation and publication of charts for two decades have been minimal. Hit parade traditionally consisted of 75 positions (now expanded to one hundred). To publish an annual directory of Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, which contains detailed statistics from year to year. Data on the fiftieth year appear on the hit parade New Musical Week, in further preference is given to the hit parade Record Retailers / Music Week. 

Because of the relatively small size of the British music market of the local hit parade more sensitive than the U.S., responding to the ongoing public relations campaign and political events. For the 1990's. characterized by a certain self-isolation of British from the American market, which shows dominance at the top of the local teenage teams like Take That and Westlife. Typically, the most fierce competition between the singles set in predrozhdestvenskuyu week when sales of music reached its peak. 

In 2005-2007. after much debate was upgraded British charts, which now takes into account the results of the on-line sales. The consequence of this reform was to change the appearance of charts: if the earlier singles, as a rule, just debuted in first place, it now takes a few weeks before they arrive in stores on physical media, and sales reached their peak.

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