The Charts
From April–August 1986, the show had a total of nine charts, though only three of them were shown per episode:
- Four of them were charts of singles in specialised music genres: Heavy Metal, Indie, Reggae and Dance.
- Accompanying each of these were sometimes the Network Album Chart, Compact Disc Chart, Music Video Chart, 'UK Hits In The USA' and the Euro Chart.
- Though there was no overall 'Top Ten' at the time, the Network Singles Chart focused on new entries and high-climbers within the top one hundred.
After the end of 1986, the Reggae Chart was dropped due to the lack of videos accompanying the singles. The specialised music charts such as Network Album, Compact Disc, Music Video, 'UK Hits In The USA' and Euro Charts were also dropped, though the Network Album Chart made a prominent comeback in 1987. That same year also marked the debut of the Top Ten, replacing the Network Singles Chart. From January 1988 to September 1989 the Album Chart was only shown via the 'Chart File Update', after which it was dropped entirely.
Until September 1989 the specialist charts were shown during the first part of the programme; thereafter it was shown in the second part of the shown; from November 1997 they were featured in part one again.
In 1997 and 1998, during the Formula One broadcasts, episodes were reduced to thirty minutes long and no specialist charts were shown.
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