The UK's Official Albums and Singles Charts will now be announced every Friday from July 10, 2015. 

This historic move, which will still see the run-down compiled by the Official Charts Company and broadcast on BBC Radio 1, will coincide with the global music industry’s move to a new co-ordinated international release day for new music.

The Official Charts will be announced in its traditional Sunday slot for the last time on July 5, the end of a 28-year chapter of broadcasting history, and the dawn of an exciting new era for the chart. The Official Singles Chart and Official Albums Chart (and many other genre charts besides) have been announced every Sunday afternoon since moving from Tuesday lunchtime in October 1987.

Officially kicking off the weekend for pop fans all over Britain, the first Friday chart, and first Friday chart broadcast will then follow on July 10 – this will be a five-day chart, designed to bring the chart cycle in line with the new announcement day. In tandem, the weekly show will move to a new home on Radio 1’s schedule - The Official Chart with Greg James takes up a fresh residency in the high profile Friday drive-time slot from 4pm, kick-starting the weekend with the rundown of the UK’s official biggest tracks of the week.

The full Official Singles and Albums Chart Top 100, and accompanying genre and format breakdown charts, will be published on OfficialCharts.com from 6pm Fridays. 

The first full seven-day Friday chart will be unveiled on July 17, reflecting the first week of sales following the first synchronised global release day.

MTV UK, the exclusive music TV home of the Official Charts will also move the premieres of its weekly charts in line with the global release day – plans to be revealed by the broadcaster soon.

Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot says, “Moving to Friday ushers in a new era for the Official Chart this summer. From July 10, every Friday night will be party night for all the artists and their UK fans celebrating their latest chart position. It is going to be a fantastic new beginning for the Official Charts.”

Announcement of the new changeover chart dates come as IFPI confirm today (Thursday June 11) that the global music industry will move to a weekly synchronised release day of every Friday from July 10. The move, which will result in the creation of a weekly celebration of new releases called New Music Friday, is designed to synchronise all key markets around the world on the same release day.  

From July 10 onwards, artists and labels will release their music on the same day worldwide, instead of staggering releases through the week, on different days in different countries. For instance, when Madonna’s album Rebel Heart was released earlier this year, it became available on Monday in the UK, Tuesday in the US, on Friday in Germany and Australia – but, had it have been released after this summer’s change, it could have been released on Friday in every country around the world. 

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