BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra's head of music has confirmed that the UK singles chart will soon take into account streaming.

Whilst the likes of the US Billboard chart includes hits from YouTube for example, the British chart only uses sales figures.

Radio 1 chief George Ergatoudis told a Radio Academy event in London that the UK singles chart could include streaming hits from the likes of Spotify by this summer.

However, the Official Charts Company said that no date has been set in stone and that they are still looking at the formalities.

Their chief Martin Talbot recently told Music Week: "We are beginning to look at this, as every market is - but we have a lot of due diligence to do before making what would be a significant jump in the UK."