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See also: Lists of UK top 10 singles and Lists of UK top 40 singles
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This article shows singles that reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the 1980s. The number of weeks that a song spent within the top 40 are also listed. The entry date is when the song first appeared in the chart (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Top-forty singles
edit| Symbol | Meaning |
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| ‡ | Single peaked in the 1970s but still in chart in 1980s. |
| ♦ | Single charted in the 1980s but peaked in 1990s. |
| Entered | The date that the song first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) |
Weeks in top 40 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
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| Singles in 1988 | ||||||
| Singles in 1989 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
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