Celebs Club

 
UK POP CHARTS

Each week the new UK pop charts are announced on Sunday (these are based on sales - including download sales - in the week ending Saturday).

The Chart Show is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (Sunday, 4-7pm). You can see the latest charts on these websites:
UK singles chart: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
Albums chart: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml
Hit 40 UK (http://www.hit40uk.com) is an alternative chart programme which is broadcast at the same time on some independent radio stations such as Capital FM.

For information on music/chart programmes on TV use the following links:
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/popchart
ITV1: http://www.itv.com/entertainment
Channel 4: http://www.channel4.com/music
MTV UK: Subscription channel which includes a lot of music videos/interviews (http://www.mtv.co.uk)

For a complete list of number 1 hits in the UK since the 1950s, see: http://www.onlineweb.com/theones or the Official Chart website: http://www.theofficialcharts.com.

To find information about previous chart records (whether or not they reached number 1), use the search tool at: http://www.everyhit.com. You can also refer to a directory called Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (see below) which is updated each year.

 BUYING CDs

The following are some of the main UK online music stores:
Amazon UK
CD Wow
HMV

 DOWNLOADING MUSIC

An increasing number of songs can now be downloaded legally at a reasonable price. Some sites which offer such a service in the UK are:
Amazon MP3
Napster
iTunes

"File-sharing" websites have been popular in recent years but are not legal, do not pay the artists and can leave computers open to adware, virus attacks and Trojan horse programs, so they are not recommended.