Chart company releases USB release guidelines
The Official Charts Company has issued guidelines on USB releases and hybrid vinyl/CD formats, which are now eligible for the singles and albums charts.…
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MTV to broadcast all UK charts in deal with Official Charts Company
MTV has signed a multi-platform deal with the Official UK Charts Company to broadcast all weekly charts, and has launched a youth advice portal and social network.…
New chart rule to allow former A-side remixes as B-sides
The Official Charts Company has changed its rules so that a CD single carrying a remix of a former hit as a B-side remains chart eligible while the original single is still available.…
OCC considering counting USB stick sales
The Official Charts Company is still assessing whether USB stick releases should be chart-eligible, correcting an earlier report that they would count.…
Queen top all time best sellers list
Queen's first Greatest Hits album tops a list of the 100 best-selling UK albums of all time compiled by the Official Charts Company for VH1, with Alex James hosting the countdown.…
Beck album not eligible for UK chart entry
The Official Charts Company says Beck's The Information is not chart eligible in the UK because its sticker packaging gives an unfair advantage.…
Australian singles chart incorporates downloads
ARIA will include digital download sales in its main singles chart from 8 October, as digital now makes up 30% of singles sales in Australia.…
Official Charts Company says chart revamp a success
The Official Charts Company says it is pleased with the singles chart revamp, while AIM argues that two thirds of independent artists in the Top 75 fell because of download data.…
AIM urges second delay to chart revamp over iTunes concerns
The Association of Independent Music has asked the Official Charts Company to postpone its chart revamp, saying iTunes' 80% download share could disadvantage independent labels.…
Chart anniversary celebrations planned
The Official UK Chart marks its 50th anniversary on 14 November with a Channel 4 countdown, a book, CDs, Radio 1 and Radio 2 specials and exhibitions.…