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, there was no one universally accepted or official source and many periodicals compiled their own chart. Nevertheless, in the 1960s, ''NME'' had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was most widely followed. Although not regarded as the primary source for UK charts, ''NME'' continued to compile an independent chart until 11 June 1988 (''NME
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'' (or ''New Musical Express'') is a British weekly pop music newspaper which now exists only online. ''NME'' was the first record chart in the United Kingdom based on sales having imitated an idea started in American ''Billboard
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'' magazine on 14 November 1952. From 1960, ''Record Retailer'' began compiling a chart and this is regarded by The Official Charts Company
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In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums
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as the canonical source for the British singles chart
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. Prior to 15 February 1969, when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) chart was established as part of a joint commission by ''Record Retailer'' and the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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'' ended its own independently compiled chart the preceding week on 4 June). It was the longest independently complied chart and, when it ceased, ''NME'' published the Market Research Information Bureau chart. From 19 February 1983 to 22 September 1984, the new ''NME'' chart was broadcast weekly on Capital Radio
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's ''Pick of the Pops
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Take Two'', presented by Alan Freeman
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; this show also featured archive NME charts.
Notable differences when compared to the official chart run by BMRB and, later, Gallup are an additional two number-one singles in the decade for Rick Astley
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, David Bowie
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, Spandau Ballet
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and Phil Collins
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. Significantly, Tears for Fears
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' song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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" spent three weeks at the top of the NME chart although it never topped the Gallup chart. Additionally, as well as making number one on the ''NME'' chart and not the official chart, a-ha
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's "Take On Me
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" and Ultravox
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" were also in the top five best-selling singles of their year. Eighteen acts achieved a number-one single on the ''NME'' chart but never had an official number-one singleAltered Images
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, The Assembly
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, Bomb the Bass, Randy Crawford
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, Dire Straits
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, King
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, Jona Lewie
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, Liquid Gold
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, Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding, Ennio Morricone
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, Robbie Nevil
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, Ph.D.
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, The Pointer Sisters
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, Starsound, Tears for Fears
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, Ultravox
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, and Dionne Warwick
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Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles cha ...
never had an official number-one single although two of these had songs they had written reach number one when performed by another artist.Ennio Morricone
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's theme "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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" was a number one for Hugo Montenegro
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and Tears for Fears
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' song "Mad World
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" reached number one when performed by Gary Jules
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Number-one singles
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