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Charting companies soon took notice and various download charts appeared on radio and television. The use and increased popularity of iPods also helped to promote download services, and Apple's online iTunes Music Store launched in the UK in June, selling over 450,000 songs in the first week. [1]
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.
The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles, originally on the condition that the single was available in both formats. In 2007, the rules were ...
The best-selling single not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, which reached number 10 in 2004. [6] When streaming is taken into account, "All of Me" by John Legend, which has over 2.1 million combined sales, is the highest-selling single not to have topped the charts. [5]
The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.
List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2004; 2004 in British music charts; List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2004; List of number-one DVDs of 2004 (UK) List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2004; List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2004; List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2004
"In the Shadows" by The Rasmus was the longest-running number one of 2004, spending ten weeks atop the chart. The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2004 ...
23 May – 30 years after his death, Nick Drake enters the top 40 for the first time, with "Magic"; it reaches No.32 on the Official Singles Chart. 4 June – Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI. 23 June – DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station ...