July 1990; 33 years ago (1990-07) (as Chart Information Network)[1]
Founded at
London, England, United Kingdom
Type
Inter-professional organisation (private company limited by shares)
Purpose
To award trending top singles
Owners
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA)
Website
www.officialcharts.com
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.[2]
In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films,[3] with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, 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.[4]
The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA.[5] CIN took over as compilers of the official UK charts in 1990,[1] and the company has continued in that role, as the OCC, since 1994.[2] Before then, the charts were produced by a succession of market research companies, beginning with the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) in 1969 and Gallup in 1983. 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.
^ abScott, Ajax (8 May 1993). "Countdown to a New Era". Music Week. p. 8.
^ ab"Official Charts Company appointed as the new provider of France's official music charts". Official Charts.
^"Official Film Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
^"OCC Information Pack" (PDF). Official Charts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
^"THE OFFICIAL UK CHARTS COMPANY LIMITED persons with significant control – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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