2014 in British music charts

List of years in British music charts
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This is a summary of the year 2014 in British music charts.

The UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart are two of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling singles/albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles/albums and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. From 6 July (chart dated week ending 12 July covering the sales in the first week of July), audio streaming became incorporated into the singles chart which means that a song gets the equivalent of one 'chart sale' if it is streamed 100 times.[2][3] The OCC continues to compile a sales (only) chart and a streaming (only) chart. A total of 38 singles (the most since 2000)[4] and 32 albums have claimed the top spot in 2014.

  1. ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ lane, Daniel (23 June 2014). "Streaming and the Official Singles Chart: Everything you need to know!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ^ Lane, Daniel (23 June 2014). "Infographic: The growth of music streaiming in the UK". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. ^ Kreisler, Lauren (30 December 2014). "2014 revealed as the year of the debut chart smash". Official Charts Company.