The document provides information about the Official Charts Company and the Official UK Charts. It discusses how the Official Charts are the definitive music popularity charts in the UK, compiled from sales and streaming data from over 15,000 retailers and services. It also describes the large audience of the Official Charts brand across various platforms, and opportunities for brands to partner with the Official Charts Company through advertising and branded content.
6. MediaInfluence
TRUST
Obviously I’ve always been a big user
of your site but can I say that the [new]
Artists area is a godsend. I’m constantly
preaching to our reporters that they
should use it as a trusted reference
when writing stories (e.g when a famous
singer dies)
John Hand,
Deputy Editor BBC News website
Authority
We’re a provider
and verifier of
music information
for major TV
shows including
Million Pound
Drop, Pointless,
Big Fat Quiz
Of The Year
and many others.
Independence
The Official Charts
Company is an independent
organisation appointed
by the British music and
video industries to compile
and protect the integrity
and heritage of the charts.
OfficialCharts.com editorial
is built on our position of
impartiality and trust.
Mediainfluence
How did her Glastonbury headline set impact
Florence’s album sales? Which corner of the UK
drove the most Bowie music into the charts after
his death? When organisations like the BBC need
to get under the skin of the British music fan,
they turn to Official Charts for the official word.
7. TheOnlyChartThatCounts
The most comprehensive research panel of its kind
With our finger on the throbbing pulse of the
British record-buying, digital-downloading,
music streaming public, the Official Charts
are the UK’s only official, trusted, weekly
barometer of what is popular in music and
entertainment - right NOW.
• The Official Chart boasts the UK’s most
comprehensive research panel of its kind,
surveying 15,000 retailers and digital
services every day
TheOfficialChart
Right here…
We capture data on...
99.7%UK singles market
98%UK albums market
95%UK DVD/Blu-ray market
As heard on BBC Radio 1, and seen on MTV
and Top Of The Pops, the Official Chart has been
chronicling the tastes of the most influential music
nation on the planet for the past 60-plus years.
From The Beatles to Beyonce, Rolling Stones to
Rihanna, and Bowie to Zowie, the Official Chart
crowns artist success week in, week out, including
the all-important Official Christmas Number 1.
Didyouknow?
Where you see the arrow kitemark, with the
secret ‘Number 1’ at its heart, you know it’s
the ‘proper’ Official Chart.
8. Rightnow...
In 2016, the
Official Charts
brand is even
bigger and
better, reaching
around 34m
consumers per
week globally,
across more
platforms than
ever before.
Web*
Award-
nominated
digital platform
reaching 2.7m
unique users
monthly
Socialmedia
Influential and
passionate social
media community
of 300,000 followers,
including artists,
journalists, bloggers
and super fans
Radio
3 x Official Chart shows
per week on BBC Radio 1
Jukeboxes
Over 12,000
jukeboxes
in pubs and
venues across
the UK
And now, for the first time
ever, we’re opening our doors
to brands who want to align
with the institution that is the
Official Charts. Tap into 60
years of our exclusive music
data and current insights and
let us create truly unique,
shareable and PR-able branded
content and activation.
In-flight
entertainment
Singapore Airlines,
Emirates
TheOfficialChart
source: global unique users, Dec 15/Jan 16 Google Analytics
Events
The Official Charts
After Party tour,
launched 2015
TV
Weekly dedicated
shows on MTV
and CBBC
9. Demographic data: Comscore October 2015 desktop
TheAudience
Official Charts regulars are more than just music fans, they are digitally savvy
entertainment junkies. Nearly half are actively involved with music - DJs,
musicians, showbiz journalists, music bloggers, music teachers, pub quiz
masters, studying on music/arts courses.
Bryson @Escapade1935 - 2h
So, the new @
officialcharts website
is freaking out my
geekery. Love it.
Jordan Foulkes @JordFoulkes
- Aug 4
@officialcharts you
tweet actual facts
(not bull) an endless
supply of pub quiz
knowledge
Barry Parker @SirBazkins - Jul
28
If music is my religion
then @officialcharts is
most definitely my bible!
Niall McMurray @NiallMcM
The new @
officialcharts site -
quite literally what
I’ve been dreaming of
since the internet was
invented. *worships*
What our audience
say about us
2.7mUnique users,
1.4m UK
7.3mPage views, 4.2m UK
(Google Analytics, Dec 15/Jan 16)
TheAudience
52.5%Male
71%ABC1
47.5%Female
63%Mobile visits
51%15-35 Years
55%HH income
over £35k+
WHAT THEY
SPEND ON
Over-indexing
categories: tickets
(gigs, cinema,
theatre, sports
events), tech
gadgets, books,
music, films
(NetObserver)
• 3 x more likely to
take out a streaming
subscription in
next 6 months
(AudienceNet study 2014)
• Spend £410 on
music per year
(Official Charts brand
insight 2013)
• Spend 6 x more
than average on
recorded music
10. Nogossip.Norumours.
Just100%officialfact.
The Official Charts user thrives on outdoing their
mates with incredible facts about their favourite
music. They reject unreliable online “bullshit” and
tabloid speculation – when a rumour breaks on social
media, or there’s a debate to settle down the pub,
they turn to Official Charts for the official word.
Our secret weapon? As chart gatekeepers,
we have exclusive insight into the
nation’s daily music buying and
streaming habits, a treasure trove
of data stretching back to 1952.
If it isn’t backed up by official figures,
or come straight from the artist’s mouth,
it doesn’t make it on to OfficialCharts.com.
End of story.
Content
Exclusive
insight!
15. New Releases
OfficialCharts.com is the first port of call
for music discovery for 80% of our audience.
• Interactive new releases listings – Every
Friday listen to and buy this week’s new singles,
albums, DVDs Blu-rays
• Future Chart Contenders – hand-picked
videos highlighting new acts and tunes
coming your way soon
• Official Trending Chart – the freshest hits
beginning to impact the Official Chart
Content
16. Keeping their playlists/collections up to date
is essential to the Official Charts user.
Whatever they’re into - from pop to rock, country to
classical, vinyl, streaming, film, TV box sets or workout
videos - our comprehensive charts section provides
them with the ultimate shopping list of the week’s
official best-selling music and DVD/Blu-ray releases.
Its the only place to access the Official Singles
and Albums Chart Top 100s in full.
Plus now with integrated
Buy/Stream links, it has never
been easier for fans to engage with and
purchase products directly from the charts.
Content
Charts
17. World-first Chart Archive
Never lose a pub quiz again!
Imagine the beginnings of an IMDB for popular music.
A powerful resource featuring over 35,000 charts and
60-plus years of searchable chart history at your fingertips.
Tap in any date to pull up the Top 100 for that week in history.
Click on any product to find its peak chart position, weeks on
chart, catalogue number and more.
Artist hubs
Discover at-a-glance
Official Chart career
stats for every act
ever charted - that’s
over 16,000 searchable
artists, each with their
own dedicated artist
hub, featuring all their
singles and albums,
sleeve artworks, peak
chart positions and
weeks on chart, with
stats re-crunched
weekly!
Content
18. Whypartnerwith
OfficialCharts?
Partnerships
Positioning
Benefit from
the Official Charts’
authority and
trust
Exclusive data
Mine our latest sales
and streaming data to
develop exclusive
branded content
Shareability
Imaginative branded
content based on
real insight data that
creates a talking
point
Display
High impact
formats
PR
Our exclusive
content drives
millions of pounds
of PR reach
every year
Social media
Our positive,
fact-driven content is
highly shared every day
among Twitter influencers,
including artists, bloggers,
and super fans
Chart licence
Licence to use bespoke
charts in your wider
communications e.g
in-store displays,
direct marketing
20. Nothing says “Christmas in Britain”
like the race for Official Christmas
Number 1. Christmas Number 1 2015
smashed all-time site traffic records
for the fourth year running.
Partnerships
Case study 1:
Results
Christmas Number 1 and End of
Year editorial: 894k UK page views
Facebook: 49k shares/likes
Twitter: Retweets 10k |
Impressions 4.2 million |
Twitter engagements 175k
Partnership opportunity
Join our flagship content
season on OfficialCharts.
com, help the nation count
down to Christmas, and the
biggest Number 1 of the
year.
• Sponsorship
of the Christmas
Number 1 race coverage
on OfficialCharts.com
• Co-branded display
creative - Official
Christmas Number 1
Race
• Exclusive Christmas
Number 1 branded
content across entire
holiday season
(November – Jan)
21. In 2015 OfficialCharts.com partnered with New Look
to launch the first ever Official Charts live tour.
The Official Charts After Party toured five
top UK universities, targeting students to
promote the new Friday Official Chart and
New Look / New Look Men stores.
Starring live chart acts WSTRN, Karen
Harding and Melissa Steel, hosted by Radio
1’s Cel Spellman and featuring DJ sets from
The Wanted’s Tom Parker, this was a fully
integrated partnership utilising social media,
branded content and product gifting.
DidYouKnow:
WSTRNscored
Top5breakthrough
single‘In2’while
ontour
Partnerships
Case study 2:
Results
Estimated campus
reach: 100k
Attendance: 7k
Content page views: 96k
Average email open rate:
44% (CTR 37%)
Retweets: 946
Instagram hashtag
posts: 591
Data capture at
event: 504 emails
22. Adspecs
Clients
FIlm/Entertainment
Music
Tech
Motoring
Grooming
Leaderboard 728 x 90 pixels
Billboard* 970 x 250 pixels
MPU 300 x 250 pixels
Double MPU 300 x 600 pixels
Page Skin Available on request
Page Skin Plus Available on request
Mobile MPU 320x50px - 640x100px
Overlay Available on request
Pushdown 970 x 90 (expanding to 970 x 415)
Dimensions
(w x h)Ad Format
Fashion
Finance
Travel
Food/Consumer
Advertising
23. ThankYou
Rob Copsey
Editor
rob@officialcharts.com
0207 620 7451
Lauren Kreisler
Head of Brand Digital
lauren@officialcharts.com
0207 620 7458
Richard Staplehurst
Advertising and Partnerships Manager
richard@officialcharts.com
0207 620 7468
TheTeam