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aa-asterisk.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014 – patterns for checking which area codes and prefixes are valid and patterns for formatting each number type, archived in 2014 "The first 25 years of UK STD code changes summarised" (PDF). Sam Hallas. May 2014. – detailed information and explanation
Will Young had the best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK, "Evergreen"/"Anything Is Possible". The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [ 1] Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles ...
The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. As of 28 December 2023, 1420 singles have reached number one.
Cyndi Lauper, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Madonna, Prince and The Smiths were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1984. The 1983 Christmas number-one, an a capella cover of Yazoo 's "Only You" by The Flying Pickets, remained at number-one for the first week of 1984.
Total Recall is a 1990 American science-fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven (pictured). Based on a 1966 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ironside. It tells the story of Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) and the shadow organization that tries to ...
The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.
As of November 2023, 180 singles have sold 1 million copies in the UK. [ 22] Of these, 112 were originally released in the 20th century (70 of them selling 1 million before the year 2000) [ 8] and the remainder were released between 2000 and 2014. The most recently released single to become a million-seller is "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ...
This led to the song entering the UK top 10 for the first time at number 4 on 3 March 2023 (9 March 2023, week ending), before rising to number 3 the following week, and staying in that position for two weeks. [9] The song was also a big hit in the United States, topping the Billboard Hot 100 shortly after its ascension in the UK. [10]