The UK Compilation Chart is a record chart based on sales of various artist compilation albums in the United Kingdom. It is compiled weekly by The Official Charts Company (OCC), and each week's new number one is published online on the official websites of the OCC, BBC Radio 1 and MTV, and in the magazine Music Week. Though only accredited to compiling various artist compilation albums, the chart compiles all full length various artist releases, regardless of whether they are compilations or studio albums where all the recordings are new (such as The Help Album in 1995 or Radio 1 Established 1967 in 2007).
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History [edit]
Following the December 1983 release of the first album in the Now That's What I Call Music series, compilation albums featuring various artists became very popular in the UK during the mid to late 1980s.[1] As a result of their dominance over the UK Albums Chart, releases from various artists were excluded from the main album chart from 14 January 1989.[2] Instead, they were compiled in the UK Compilation Chart. This meant albums such as Now That's What I Call Music! 13 and The Hits Album 9, which charted into the main Albums chart, had to be transferred into the compilations chart as they were still selling strong.
As of 1 August 2011[update], the biggest-selling compilation album in the UK is Now That's What I Call Music! 44, with sales of over 2.3 million.
See also [edit]
- List of best-selling compilation albums by year (UK)
- List of UK Compilation Chart number ones
- UK Albums Chart
- UK Official Download Chart
- UK Singles Chart
References [edit]
- ^ "Now 1 reissued for 25th birthday". BBC News. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "History Of The Official Charts". The Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011. "... January 1989: Artist and compilation albums are separated out to create two different charts, the Official Artist Albums Chart and the Official Compilations Chart. ..."
External links [edit]
- Compilation Albums Top 40 at The Official Charts Company
- The Official UK Compilation Chart at MTV
- UK Top 40 Compilation Albums at BBC Radio 1
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