By 1978, labels like Cherry Red, Rough Trade, and Mute had started up, and a support structure soon followed, including independent pressing, distribution and promotion.
Other weekly music papers also published their own charts, often compiled from single record shops.
[1][8] This prevented major record companies from qualifying for the chart by outsourcing the shipping of their singles to smaller distribution services.
[4] These new changes were first unveiled at the 2008 annual general meeting of the British Phonographic Industry on 9 July,[9] and the new chart went live on 29 June 2009.
[10] The first song to top the chart under the new system was "Bonkers" by Dizzee Rascal, which also made it to No.
11 in the main chart), many more dance, rap and heritage acts (in this case due to new large independent BMG) ended up in the chart with number ones coming from people like Dvbbs and Borgeous[11] (who reached number one with "Tsunami" featuring Tinie Tempah) or Major Lazer.