The Official Charts that the OCC compiles are owned and run for and by the UK music industry. According to OCC chief executive Martin Talbot, this deal came about against the backdrop of other territories increasingly looking to tap into the UK industry's expertise in compiling charts, especially at a time when streaming is making their configurations more complicated. 68 | Music Week musicweek.com O n New Year's Day, just as a trade barrier went up between the UK and EU, the Official Charts Company was starting a new European adventure. In the surest sign yet that it is not just British artists who punch above their weight globally, but our charts too, the OCC took on the role of providing the official French charts on behalf of the Paris-based record labels association SNEP. [Extracted from the article]
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