UK music chart radio programme
Radio show
The Official Big Top 40 from Global
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Genre
| Top 40
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Running time
| 180 minutes (4:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Language(s)
| English
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Home station
| Global
's London studios
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Syndicates
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Hosted by
| Will Manning
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Produced by
| Luke Prior
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Original release
| 14 June 2009
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2009-06-14
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present
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Website
| www
.bigtop40
.com
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The Official Big Top 40 from Global
is a radio chart show broadcast every Sunday from 4 to 7pm on
Global
's
Capital
and
Heart
networks, presented by Will Manning. The show started on 14 June 2009, with "
When Love Takes Over
" by
David Guetta
and
Kelly Rowland
becoming the show's first number 1. There have been 366 number one songs as of 23rd June 2024 with the current being "
Houdini
" by
Eminem
having 4 weeks at the top of the charts.
Format
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The Official Big Top 40
begins with a recap of the previous week's Top 10 songs, followed by a countdown of the 40 biggest songs from the last seven days. A recap is broadcast after every 10 songs, apart from the top 10 which is recapped after 9 songs. Interviews with the artists making that particular week's chart, competitions, calls with listeners and advertisements make up the remaining airtime. The number 1 song is announced just before 7pm. The week's chart is subsequently published on the Big Top 40's website after the show.
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The chart is compiled based on
iTunes
sales,
Apple Music
streams, and radio airplay from the stations that broadcast the show. The algorithm differs to that of the
Official UK Singles Chart
, which includes physical sales, as well as downloads and streaming from all sources, but does not take radio airplay into account.
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[2]
Will Manning is the programme's current host, having taken over from
Marvin Humes
and Kat Shoob in January 2019.
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The show is broadcast from Global's studios in
Leicester Square
, London.
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History
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The chart was launched as
The Big Top 40 Show
on 14 June 2009. Between 2010 and 2018, the programme was sponsored by
Vodafone
, becoming
The Vodafone Freebees Big Top 40
(later
The Vodafone Big Top 40
and
The Official Vodafone Big Top 40
). For the first time, listeners could change the chart during the show by downloading tracks on
iTunes
.
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Songs 40 to 11 are played before the new Top 10 is finalised at 6:10pm, with iTunes sales during the show taken into account. This made it the first real-time chart show broadcast on UK radio.
In September 2018,
Bauer
announced that their
Hits Radio Network
would stop carrying the show after the expiration of its contract at the end of 2018. Global, which produced the show, made the decision to withdraw the programme from syndication to the wider commercial radio network.
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The final show across the commercial radio network aired on 30 December 2018. The relaunched show,
The Official Big Top 40
, started in January 2019 and is widely available on
Capital
and
Heart
.
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In March 2022, the show gained a new sponsor and was renamed
The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40
.
[1]
After an appeal from the
Official Charts Company
to the
Advertising Standards Authority
, Global was ordered not to refer to the show as "The Official Big Top 40", and subsequently updated the name to "The Official Big Top 40 from Global".
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Presenters
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Current presenters
- Will Manning (2019-present)
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Previous presenters
Records and statistics
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The current Number 1 belongs to
Houdini
by
Eminem
(4 weeks).
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The song holding the record for most weeks at Number 1 is "
Despacito (remix)
" by
Luis Fonsi
,
Daddy Yankee
and
Justin Bieber
with 11 non-consecutive weeks.
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The song that has spent the most consecutive weeks at Number 1 is "
These Days
" by
Rudimental
,
Jess Glynne
,
Macklemore
and
Dan Caplen
with nine consecutive weeks (4 February - 1 April 2018).
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The artist with the most Number 1 songs is
Ed Sheeran
with 20 singles as of 2023,
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while the group with the most Number 1 songs is
Little Mix
with 8 songs as of 2021.
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The most popular chart is the
Christmas Chart
where the Official Big Top 40 Christmas number one is revealed.
References
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External links
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