The UK singles graph is getting another update to incorporate music video streams and downloads out of the blue.
While informal recordings or other client produced substance won’t tally towards craftsman streams – official recordings played on YouTube, Apple, Tidal and Spotify will.
The new principles will kick in on Friday 29 June and have been affirmed by record marks and BBC Radio 1, which communicates the graph every Friday.
In 2017 the music business saw a few records in spilling and YouTube sees crushed: “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee turned into the most-viewed YouTube video ever, while Dua Lipa had the most=watched video by a British lady that year.
Charts’ chief executive Martin Talbot told the BBC: “The way that music fans are consuming music is changing by the month. “It seems anachronistic to be saying ‘we’re only going to count the song’ when it also has a video attached to it.”
He also pointed out that big-budget videos won’t necessarily reap the benefits of the new chart rules, commenting: “This isn’t going to be a handbrake turn… we’re not going to suddenly see dozens of songs in the Top 20 that weren’t there before.” The move, which comes exactly four years after audio streams were incorporated into the chart, has been approved by record labels and BBC Radio 1, which broadcasts the chart every Friday.
| Artist | Song | |
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | Shape Of You |
| 2 | Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee | Despacito |
| 3 | Clean Bandit | Rockabye |
| 4 | Ed Sheeran | Castle On The Hill |
| 5 | French Montana ft. Sway Lee | Unforgettable |
| 6 | DJ Khaled ft Justin Bieber, Quavo & Chance The Rapper | I’m The One |
| 7 | Dua Lipa | New Rules |
| 8 | Jason Derulo ft Nicki Minaj & TY | Swalla |
| 9 | Little Mix | Touch |
| 10 | Camila Cabello ft Young Thug | Havana |
In a test, melodies with viral recordings just delighted in a little lift to their outline position.
A few craftsmen and video makers have just respected the move, with pop vocalist Dua Lipa taking note of how her breakout video for “New Rules” was “extremely essential to me in my profession” while Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander – who is discharging a video for each tune on the band’s forthcoming collection Palo Santo – said numerous fans think about a video as an inherent piece of a melody: “The reality they’ll be considered now for the outlines is something worth being thankful for,” he said.