UK Classical Charts

The UK Classical Charts are three record charts based on classical music 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 classical music. All three charts are compiled by The Official Charts Company (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 crossover 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".

Classical Artist Albums Chart

• List of Classical Artist Albums Chart number ones from the 2000s
• List of Classical Artist Albums Chart number ones from the 2010s

Classical Compilation Albums Chart

• List of Classical Compilation Albums Chart number ones from the 2000s
• List of Classical Compilation Albums Chart number ones from the 2010s

Specialist Classical Albums Chart

• List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones from the 2000s
• List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones from the 2010s

See also

Classical music portal

• UK Albums Chart
• UK Official Download Chart

External links

• UK Classical Charts at The Official Charts Company
• Classical Artist Albums Top 40 at The Official Charts Company
• Classical Compilation Albums Top 40 at The Official Charts Company
• Specialist Classical Albums Top 20 at The Official Charts Company
• 'Pure' classical chart launched at BBC News