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The Official Charts Company ( previously known as the Chart Information Network ( CIN ) The Official UK Charts Company and also referred to Official Charts ) is a British inter - professional organisation that compiles various " official " ___MASK22___ charts in the ___MASK33___ , including the UK Singles Chart , the UK Albums Chart , the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK ___MASK24___ Downloads Chart , as well as genre - specific and music video charts . The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown , and claims to cover 99 % of the singles market and 95 % of the ___MASK24___ market , and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week . Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most - popular songs in a particular genre . When used without qualification it refers to the best - selling or most frequently broadcast popular music . The term is derived from ___MASK22___ music charts , a few of which traditionally consist of a total of 40 songs . Top 40 is also an alternative term for the radio format of such music , also known as Contemporary hit radio . Peter Brian Gabriel ( born 13 February 1950 ) is an ___MASK75___ singer - songwriter , musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis . After leaving Genesis in 1975 , Gabriel launched a solo career , with " Solsbury Hill " his first single . His 1986 album , " So ", is his best - selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U . S . The album ' s most successful single , " Sledgehammer ", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards and remains the most played music video in the history of MTV . " The Man with the Child in His Eyes " is a song by Kate Bush . It is the fifth track on her debut ___MASK24___ " The Kick Inside " and was released as her second single , on the ___MASK21___ label , in 1978 . " Running Up That Hill " is a song by the ___MASK75___ singer - songwriter Kate Bush . It was the first single from her 1985 album , " Hounds of Love ", released in the United Kingdom on 5 August 1985 . It was her first 12 " single . It was the most successful of Bush ' s 1980s releases , entering the UK chart at number 9 and eventually peaking at number 3 , her second - highest single peak . The single also had an impact in the United States , providing Bush with her first chart hit there since 1978 , where it reached the top 30 and featured prominently in the Dance Charts . Bush also performed the song with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd at the . The song ' s title for " Hounds of Love " and all subsequent releases was " Running Up That Hill ( A Deal with God )." The ___MASK9___ ( currently entitled Official Singles Chart ) is compiled by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ), on behalf of the British ___MASK22___ industry , listing the top - selling singles in the ___MASK33___ , based upon physical sales , paid - for downloads and streaming . To be eligible for the chart , a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) as either a ' single bundle ' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one ___MASK1___ audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence . The rules have changed many times as technology has developed , the most notable being the inclusion of ___MASK1___ downloads in 2005 and streaming in 2014 . Hounds of Love is the fifth ___MASK82___ by the ___MASK75___ singer - songwriter and musician Kate Bush , released by ___MASK21___ Records on 16 September 1985 . It was a commercial success and marked a return to the public eye for Bush after the relatively poor sales of her previous album , " The Dreaming ". It was Bush ' s second album to top the UK Albums Chart and her best - selling ___MASK82___ , having been certified double platinum for 600 , 000 sales in the UK , and by 1998 it had sold 1 . 1 million copies worldwide . In the US , it reached the top 40 on the " Billboard " 200 . The album ' s lead single , " Running Up That Hill ", became one of Bush ' s biggest hits , and it produced three further successful singles , " Cloudbusting ", " Hounds of Love ", and " The Big Sky ", all taken from the album ' s first side . The second side , subtitled " The Ninth Wave ", forms a conceptual suite about a person drifting alone in the sea at night . Never for Ever is the third ___MASK82___ by the ___MASK75___ singer Kate Bush . Released in September 1980 , it was Bush ' s first no . 1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart , as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at no . 1 . It has since been certified Gold by the BPI . It features the UK Top 20 singles " Breathing ", " Army Dreamers " and " Babooshka ", which was one of Bush ' s biggest hits . Bush co - produced the album with Jon Kelly . Catherine " Kate " Bush , CBE ( born 30 July 1958 ) is an ___MASK75___ singer - songwriter , musician and record producer . She first came to note in 1978 when , at the age of 19 , she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single " Wuthering Heights ", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number - one with a self - written song . She has since released twenty - five UK Top 40 singles , including the top ten hits " The Man with the Child in His Eyes ", " Babooshka ", " Running Up That Hill ", " Don ' t Give Up " ( a duet with Peter Gabriel ) and " King of the Mountain ". She has released ten studio albums , all of which reached the UK Top 10 , including the UK number - one albums " Never for Ever " ( 1980 ) and " Hounds of Love " ( 1985 ). She is the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at number - one . The ___MASK33___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK33___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the ___MASK75___ Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . `` Hammer Horror '' was Kate Bush ' s third single release and first single from her second ___MASK24___ Lionheart . It was released on 27 October 1978 . Following the top ten success of her first two singles , the song charted at a much lower # 44 in the UK singles chart . The parent ___MASK24___ released a few weeks later was unaffected however as it entered the top ten . `` Hammer Horror '' proved to be a temporary blip as Bush ' s next single returned her to the top 20 . In other countries it fared better , such as Ireland where it reached # 10 . The song is a tribute to Hammer Films , a company specialising in horror movies . The story of the song concerns an actor who gets thrust into the lead role of The Hunchback of Notre Dame after the original actor dies in an accident on the film set . The guilt - ridden narrator of the song ends up being haunted by the ghost of the jealous original actor , who was a former friend . A promotional video was made for the single featuring Bush and a black - masked dancer performing the song against a black background . The B - side of the song was `` Coffee Homeground '' , which also featured on Lionheart .