The UK Classical Charts are three

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s based on

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

in the United Kingdom: the Classical Artist Albums Chart, the Classical Compilation Albums Chart and the Specialist Classical Albums Chart. The charts are commercial monitoring and marketing devices used by the UK music industry to measure its effectiveness in promoting and selling albums, nominally in the field of

. All three charts are compiled by the

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(OCC). The measurements are made by collating the returns of sales from a number of well-known music stores (high street and online stores) on a regular basis, and this enables a ranking to be established. Most classical artist album sales in the UK are from

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artists. For an album to be classified as classical in the charts, it has to have 60% of the playing time dedicated to "classical or traditional music". Only albums that entirely classical or traditional music qualify for inclusion in the Specialist Classical Albums Chart.

Classical Artist Albums Chart

List of Classical Artist Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s This is the list of the number-one albums of the Classical Artist Albums Chart during the 2000s. Number ones See also * List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s Notes References External linksUK Classical Chartsat the Offic ...

List of Classical Artist Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s This is the list of the number-one albums of the Classical Artist Albums Chart during the 2010s. In April 2012, Noah Stewart became the first black artist ever to top the Classical Artist Albums Chart. In January 2013, ''In a Time Lapse'' by ...

List of Classical Artist Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s This is the list of the number-one albums of the Classical Artist Albums Chart during the 2020s. Number ones By artist Five artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Classical Artist Albums Chart during the 2020s. The total ...

Specialist Classical Albums Chart

The Specialist Classical Albums Chart was launched in February 2009, having been created in consultation with the record labels' industry body, the

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(BPI). *

List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s This is the list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2000s. Number ones See also * List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s Notes References External linksSpecialist Classical Albums T ...

List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2010s. Number ones By artist , Twenty five artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart so far dur ...

List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2020s. Number ones By artist , five artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart so far during the 2020 ...

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UK Classical Charts
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Classical Artist Albums Top 40
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Specialist Classical Albums Top 20
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'Pure' classical chart launched
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