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{{Short description|UK record chart}}
The '''UK Dance Chart''' is a chart compiled by [[The Official Charts Company]] from sales in record stores and digital downloads. Although the actual chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1 and [[The Official Charts Company]] website.
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The '''UK Dance Singles Chart''' and the '''UK Dance Albums Chart''' are [[music chart]]s compiled in the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[Official Charts Company]] from sales of songs in the [[electronic dance music|dance music]] genre (e.g. [[house music|house]], [[trance music|trance]], [[drum and bass]], [[UK garage|garage]], [[synth-pop]]) in [[record store]]s and [[music download|digital downloads]] The chart can be viewed on the [[BBC Radio 1]]'s and Official Charts Company's website.


From 1981 the [[Media Research Information Bureau]] compiled a disco and dance chart that was published in several music weeklies. The trade publication ''[[Music Week]]'' started compiling a dance chart from [[Gallup International Association|Gallup]] data in the mid-1980s. In 1990 the publishers of ''Music Week'', together with the BBC and a retailer consortium, formed the Chart Information Network (later to become the Official Charts Company). It began compiling the chart in 1990.
Digital downloads became eligible on the Dance Album and Singles Chart in June 2009. Prior to that, vinyls and Compact Discs sales were only compiled into the chart.


The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19940703/104 Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40: 3 July 1994 - 9 July 1994] [[Official Charts Company]]</ref> The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by ''Billboard'', Guinness, and Virgin.Digital downloads became eligible on the Dance Singles and Albums Charts in June 2009. Prior to that, only [[Vinyl record|vinyl]] and [[compact disc|CD]] sales were compiled into the chart.
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The Dance Singles and Album Charts contain 40 positions.

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The Dance Singles and Albums Charts contain 40 positions.

==Media Research Information Bureau charts==
*[[List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 1987]]
*[[List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 1988]]


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of UK Dance Chart number-one albums]]
*[[Lists of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones]]
*[[List of UK Dance Chart number-one singles]]
*[[Lists of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{bbc.co.uk|radio1/chart/dancealbums|UK Dance Albums Chart}}
*[http://www.officialcharts.com/dance-albums-chart/ UK Dance Albums Chart]
*{{bbc.co.uk|radio1/chart/dancesingles|UK Dance Singles Chart}}
*[http://www.officialcharts.com/dance-singles-chart/ UK Dance Singles Chart]
*http://www.theofficialcharts.com/dance-charts/
*http://www.UKDanceChart.com | UKDanceChart.com Magazine
*http://www.UKClubCharts.com | UKClubCharts.com Portal
*http://www.jemmone.com | Jemm One Radio - UK Dance station


{{UK Dance Chart}}
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{{UK Music Charts}}
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[[Category:British record charts]]
[[Category:British record charts]]

Latest revision as of 19:22, 28 August 2024

The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synth-pop) in record stores and digital downloads The chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1's and Official Charts Company's website.

From 1981 the Media Research Information Bureau compiled a disco and dance chart that was published in several music weeklies. The trade publication Music Week started compiling a dance chart from Gallup data in the mid-1980s. In 1990 the publishers of Music Week, together with the BBC and a retailer consortium, formed the Chart Information Network (later to become the Official Charts Company). It began compiling the chart in 1990.

The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994.[1] The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin.Digital downloads became eligible on the Dance Singles and Albums Charts in June 2009. Prior to that, only vinyl and CD sales were compiled into the chart.

The Dance Singles and Albums Charts contain 40 positions.

Media Research Information Bureau charts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40: 3 July 1994 - 9 July 1994 Official Charts Company
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