The UK Compilation Chart is a

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based on sales of multi artist

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in the United Kingdom. It is compiled weekly by the

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(OCC), and each week's Top 40 is published online on the official websites of the OCC (Top 100),

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and MTV, and in the magazines ''

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'' (Top 20) and ''

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'' (Top 50). Though only accredited to compiling multi-artist compilation albums, the chart compiles all full-length various artist releases, not only when it involves a traditional compilation album of old recordings, but even when it's an original studio album by "various artists", whereby all the recordings are new. This is the case for example in motion picture soundtrack albums.

History

TV-advertised hits compilations had been established in the United Kingdom since

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's '' 20 Dynamic Hits'' in 1972, but following the December 1983 release of the first album in the ''

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'' series, compilation albums featuring various artists reached a new level of popularity in the UK during the mid to late 1980s. As a result of their dominance over the UK Albums Chart, releases from various artists were excluded from the main UK album chart from 14 January 1989. Instead, they were compiled in the newly created UK Compilation Chart. This meant albums such as '' Now That's What I Call Music! 13'' and '' The Hits Album 9'', which had charted into the main Albums chart, had to be transferred into the compilations chart as they were still selling strong.

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Compilation Albums Top 40
at the

The Official UK Compilation Chart
at MTV
UK Top 40 Compilation Albums
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British record charts {{UK-music-stub

History

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