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Some OCC charts now include top 200 placing in the LW figures. They appear to go back to 1994. But they are not included in artist chart runs (still restricted to top 100 placings). I discovered another chart today. On today’s Music Video chart, 36 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON - LW 171 - 636 weeks The OCC publishes only the top 50 video titles, but it seems they compile a top 200 (or more?). Sales are probably very low at the tail end. No announcement was made (except the one about a new OCC database). No reason has been given for this expansion. Wonder what else will be included in the weeks ahead? Hopefully the OCC will update the top selling UK albums in July to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the albums chart. And OCC could we please have loads of sales figures? Perhaps pure sales and streaming sales as they did with singles a few years ago. That would be nice.

What were the pre-1994 sales for Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday?

We will get 2 weeks of updates tomorrow.

They do for singles charts from the mid-90s before streams were introduced (and ruined everything). For example, top 100 singles for 7/8/94, 95 SATURDAY NIGHT (IMPORT) - WHIGFIELD - LW: 137,

How can they give chart positions beyond the top 100 for physical singles? 65 If we ever - Overmon O & High Contrast LW 241 Positions outside the Top 100 were first introduced on 13/2/1994 when the albums chart changed from a top 75 to a top 100. This was when the OCC was formed.

Official Physical Singles chart 3/4/2026 73 SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN - LAUFEY - LW: 235 How many physical sales for no. 235? Very, very few.

Top 200 positions are now included for other charts e.g. Album Download chart.

I disagree! Look at Ed Sheeran's + - = DIVIDE X - TOUR COLLECTION. It was no. 12 on Friday's Top 100. On this week's update chart it is no. 10 and LW is given as no. 12. But it was no. 16 on the previous week update chart. Check this out with other album positions.

Last Friday. Not the previous Monday's update chart.

If you look closely at the Album Update chart you will discover that the positions of 12 albums between 101 and 166 last Friday are revealed. For example, 75 (166) EVERYONE'S A STAR - 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER Has anyone ever noticed that before? I haven't.

You can see it on Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/Every-UK-Hit-Single-1980/dp/1919446818

And Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 600,000 Platinum 2X.

Great to see an extended listing this week. Much appreciated. I assume Beatles Red album is not in the Top 100?

Unbeliveable. Quite mad in fact. 1 = BTS - SWIM 2 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover Jung Kook Version) 3 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover Jimin Version) 4 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover SUGA Version) 5 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover V Version) 6 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover Jin Version) 7 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover RM Version) 8 NEW BTS - SWIM (Alternate Cover j-hope Version) 9 -6 BTS - SWIM 10 -8 BTS - SWIM (Instrumental) All available for 59p on iTunes. But will BTS swim to no. 1 on Friday?

Talbot has taken the decision to step away from the company which he has steered through a period of unprecedented change in the entertainment sector, as it prepares to launch a brand new, state-of-the-art data system later this year, following the largest infrastructure investment in the company’s history. The new platform, built under the scope of a new contract with Kantar finalised in Spring 2025, is designed to build on the company’s reputation as a market-leading entertainment charts & data company and further drive its UK and international business, across music and film. Compiling its charts purely from sales and streaming information gathered across all key distribution (or entertainment) channels including all major high street retail chains, independent stores, supermarkets, mail order internet retailers and digital music and streaming service providers. This market research sample equates to 99% of the total UK singles market; 98% of the total UK albums market and 90% of the total UK DVD market. The new Official Charts’ gold standard data system has been rebuilt from the ground up, utilising new state of the art technology, machine learning-driven weighting methodologies and smart insights. Will chart fans notice any difference? Will all the OCC database errors be removed? Will the DVD and Music Video charts be increased for charts before 1994? OCC note on Music Video Chart; The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point.