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
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,
trance,
drum and bass
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,
garage,
synthpop
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) in
record store
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s and
digital downloads. The chart can be viewed on the
BBC Radio 1's and Official Charts Company's website. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994, the beginning of the first charting week.
Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40: 3 July 1994 - 9 July 1994
Official Charts Company The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way 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.
See also
* Lists of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones
* Lists of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones
References
External links
UK Dance Albums ChartUK Dance Singles Chart
{{Music of the United Kingdom
British record charts
Electronic dance music