UKChartsPlus


UKChartsPlus is an independent weekly newsletter about the UK music charts. It was first published in September 2001 as ChartsPlus in order to authoritatively record the official music chart information in the UK, as compiled by the Official Charts Company. It began after Hit Music, a sister publication of Music Week, ceased publication in May 2001. The new newsletter was established totally independent of Music Week, licensing the chart data directly from Official Charts Company and other chart providers.

History

Initially, the newsletter covered:
It also included a New Entries Spotlight on all new top 200 singles, and a Year to Date collection of all the current year's Top 200 albums and singles.
Since then, it has expanded to include the BPI silver, gold or platinum sales awards, predictions of the success of forthcoming releases, Budget Albums Top 50, Airplay Top 100, and Downloads Top 40. The Welsh Singles and Albums Top 75s and the Scottish Singles and Albums Top 75s are published in reference to the main UK Top 200 listings. It also published genre specific charts, for Indie, Dance, Rock and R&B.
Some of these charts are exclusive to ChartsPlus and it is the only site that publish the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart positions below 75, as is the case for the Compilation Album Chart for positions below 40.
In October 2008, publisher Musiqware Ltd. ceased production of ChartsPlus: the last issue published was number 371. In December 2008, ChartsPlus was relaunched by new publisher UKChartsPlus; the first issue under new ownership was number 383. Issues 372-382 were issued retrospectively between January and March 2009.

2010 relaunch

With issue no. 463 the publication was relaunched under the new title "UKChartsPlus", featuring a new cover, several new charts, and some expanded charts, and a new colour scheme. It now also features a singles index and an albums index showing each entry's chart positions across all charts featured in UKChartsPlus.
The range of charts :
  • Top 200 Singles.
  • Top 200 Artist Albums
  • Top 200 Download Songs
  • Top 100 Audio Streaming Songs
  • Top 100 Download Albums
  • Top 50 Compilation Albums
  • Top 50 Budget Albums
  • Top 40 Vinyl Albums
  • Top 40 Dance Singles & Albums
  • Top 50 R&B Singles & Albums
  • Top 40 Rock/Metal Singles & Albums
  • Top 50 Indie Singles & Albums
  • Top 20 Indie Breakers Singles & Albums
  • Top 100 Year So Far Singles & Albums
  • Top 75 Scottish Singles & Albums
  • Top 75 Welsh Singles & Albums
  • UK Radio Airplay Top 100, from July 2013: UK Radio Airplay Top 200
  • UK TV Airplay Top 40, from July 2013: UK TV Airplay Top 40
  • The Big Top 40
Other features:
  • New Entries Spotlight: Singles
  • New Entries Spotlight: Albums
  • UKChartsPlus Singles Index
  • UKChartsPlus Albums Index
  • BPI Sales Awards
  • NMC Airplay Awards, from July 2013: UKChartsPlus Airplay Awards
Occasional additions:
  • Michael Jackson Performance Chart
  • Beatles Performance Chart
  • Football Songs Chart
  • Christmas Songs Chart
  • Lonnie's Random Observations

    Subscriptions and back issues

As of February 2011, there are two subscription services available, the full and the express versions. Back issues are available, separately, or in quarterly or annual batches.