The
UK Albums Chart (currently entitled the
Official Albums Chart) is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015)
audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the
Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on
BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and published in
Music Week magazine (top 75), on the OCC website (top 100) and in
UKChartsPlus magazine (top 200).