On 14 November 1952, the New Musical Express published the first British singles chart. In the 60 years since, 20744 records have entered the top 40. This book lists the 1000 biggest of those hits. The list is calculated solely from chart positions, not sales figures. These are the biggest chart performers, not the biggest sellers. Indeed, "Candle In The Wind 1997" by Elton John, the biggest selling single ever in the UK, is only at no. 119 in this list.

This book lists every record that reached the top 100 of the singles chart and the top 100 of the albums chart of the United Kingdom between 7 January 2012 and 29 December 2012. The charts are (c) The Official UK Charts Company Limited and taken from http: //www.officialcharts.com. The chart dates are the Saturday of each week and the charts are published on Sunday, 6 days before.

This book lists every record that reached the top 100 of the singles chart and the top 100 of the albums chart of the United Kingdom between 5 January 2013 and 28 December 2013. The charts are (c) The Official UK Charts Company Limited and taken from http: //www.officialcharts.com. The chart dates are the Saturday of each week and the charts are published on Sunday, 6 days before.

This book lists every record that reached the top 100 of the singles chart and the top 100 of the albums chart of the United Kingdom between 4 January 2014 and 27 December 2014. The charts are (c) The Official UK Charts Company Limited and taken from http: //www.officialcharts.com. The chart dates are the Saturday of each week and the charts are published on Sunday, 6 days before.

This book lists every record that reached the top 100 of the singles chart and the top 100 of the albums chart of the United Kingdom between 3 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. The charts are (c) The Official UK Charts Company Limited and taken from http: //www.officialcharts.com. During 2015, the dating of the charts changed. They were dated the Saturday of each week and published on Sunday, 6 days before. They are now dated the Thursday of each week and the charts are published on Friday, 6 days before. The chart dated Saturday 4 July was followed by the chart dated Thursday 9 July.

Winter was born with a love for the snow. After moving to Florida, she missed the snow so much that on Christmas Eve, she dreamed that it snowed there...

This book lists every record that reached the top 100 of the singles chart and the top 100 of the albums chart of the United Kingdom between 7 January 2016 and 29 December 2016. The charts are (c) The Official UK Charts Company Limited and taken from http: //www.officialcharts.com. The chart dates are the Thursday of each week and the charts are published on Friday, 6 days before.