official charts company previously known as the chart information network cin the official uk charts company and also referred to official charts is a british inter professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the united kingdom including the uk singles chart the uk albums chart the uk singles downloads chart and the uk album downloads chart as well as genre specific and music video charts . the occ produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers millward brown and claims to cover 99 % of the singles market and 95 % of the album market and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week . 1 the occ is operated jointly by the british phonographic industry and the entertainment retailers association era formerly the british association of record dealers bard . since 1 july 1997 cin and then the occ have compiled the official charts . prior to this date the charts were produced by a succession of market research companies beginning with the british market research bureau in 1969 and later by gallup . before the production of the official charts various less comprehensive charts were produced most notably by newspaper magazine new musical express nme which began its chart in 1952 ; some of these older charts including nme s earliest singles charts are now part of the official occ canon . contents 1 chart synopsis 2 see also 3 references 4 external links chart synopsis edit all of the occ s charts are published weekly on friday nights and cover sales for the preceding week friday to thursday . from 3 august 1969 until 5 july 2015 the chart week ran from sunday to saturday . genre specific charts include uk dance chart uk indie chart uk r & b chart uk rock chart and the asian download chart . the scottish singles and albums charts and the former welsh singles and albums chart appears in listings within the official charts company . it is a regional listing reflecting how sales towards the uk singles chart and uk albums chart are faring in scotland . the welsh singles and album chart served the same purpose in wales . it also charts the uk dvd chart and uk budget album chart . while their music charts are now friday to thursday their video charts remain sunday to saturday . on 5 september 2008 the official uk charts company rebranded itself as the official charts company and introduced a new company logo . 2 it later dropped the word company and became just official charts . from may 2012 a new chart was launched the official streaming chart . this counts audio streams from streaming services spotify deezer blinkbox music napster amongst others . the chart is the first of its kind to rank streams from ad funded and subscription services and the official streaming chart top 100 is now published weekly 3 on the official charts website and in music industry trade magazine music week . in april 2015 the uk s first vinyl record chart was launched by the official charts company due to the huge surge of interest in the sector . the chart was launched following the growth of the sector in the uk for the seventh year in a row . 4 in july 2015 official charts changed its chart methodology from traditional sunday slot to the new friday slot effective on 10 july 2015 5 to coincide with the new music friday global release day campaign set by ifpi which effective on 10 july 2015 as well . 6 7 see also edit uk albums chart uk singles chart uk video charts uk singles downloads chart uk album downloads chart british phonographic industry bpi references edit occ information pack pdf . official charts . archived from the original pdf on 13 april 2008 . retrieved 8 may 2008 . carde ben 5 september 2008 . occ re brand is official . music week . retrieved 6 september 2008 . kreisler lauren 9 may 2012 . the uk s first official streaming chart has arrived . official charts . retrieved 18 january 2013 . uk s first official vinyl chart launched as sales rise . bbc . bbc . 13 april 2015 . retrieved 13 april 2015 . global release day official chart to kick off your weekend from next month . new music fridays are coming global release day launches 10th july . official charts . http www.ifpi.org downloads newmusicfridays faq.pdf external links edit official charts company website v t e uk music charts uk singles chart number ones 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s number one artists most number ones christmas posthumous scottish instrumental simultaneous uk and us top 10 singles best selling 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s decade 2010s 1900s 2000s century all time yearly most downloaded most streamed million sellers platinum singles pre 2000 platinum singles post 2000 most weeks on chart one hit wonders records uk albums chart number ones 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s most number ones christmas posthumous simultaneous uk and us best selling 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s decade 2010s 2000s 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