06 July 2018

Friday

2018-07-06

Events

 * A special 7" picture disc of The Beatles' single Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby is issued to celebrate the anniversary of the release of the original animated Yellow Submarine film which is 50 years old this year and is returning to the big screen for a special ‘one-day cinema event’ on 8 July.

Charts

 * The UK Official Chart now includes official video streams. Reporting services include the newly-launched YouTube Music plus video streams from Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal. In a parallel change, free ad-funded streams will be weighted at a different rate in the UK’s Official Singles Chart compared to streams played under a paid-for subscription from the July 6 chart. 100 streams via a subscription service will equate to one sale, as will 600 “free” streams. This replaces the current combined conversion rate, which means all streams are treated equally – with one sale equivalent to 150 streams. This will apply to both video and audio streams equally.
 * Singles: N1 George Ezra - Shotgun, HNE/N2 Drake ft. Michael Jackson - It Don't Matter To Me, N3 Clean Bandit ft Demi Lovato - Solo.
 * Albums: HNE/NN1 Drake - Scorpion, N2 Florence & The Machine - High As Hope, N3 The Greatest Showman OST NE/N5 Gorillaz - The Now Now

TV

 * BBC Four
 * 7.30 Top of the Pops 25/12/1985
 * 8.00 pm Top of the Pops: The Story of 1986. Paul Heaton, Mick Hucknall, Sinitta, The Communards and Swing Out Sister are among the acts that steer us through the changes impacting Britain, the music industry and the BBC's long-serving pop powerhouse in 1986.
 * 10.00 pm Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain & Ireland
 * In this first episode, Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore London's new romantic movement, travel to Coventry to investigate the rise of ska and speak to some of Sheffield's electronic music pioneers.