science

Hit Music

Hit Music is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hit Music rather than just read about it. In short: Hit Music was a weekly British chart newsletter; sister publication to Music Week. Hit Music existed for almost nine years, supplying the official UK music charts (as compiled by Gallup and later OCC/CIN).

Key takeaways

Hit Music belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Hit Music to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Hit Music from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Hit Music was a weekly British chart newsletter; sister publication to Music Week. Hit Music existed for almost nine years, supplying the official UK music charts (as compiled by Gallup and later OCC/CIN). The founding editors were Graham Walker and Tony Brown. The first issue was published September 5, 1992 (chart date: September 12, 1992), the last issue was May 5, 2001 (no. 439).

History Originally it ran parallel to Music Week′s other chart newsletter Charts Plus which was also edited by Graham Walker and Tony Brown and which had been established in May 1991, shortly after the demise of Record Mirror. Charts Plus featured the singles chart with positions 76 to 200, albums chart positions 76 to 200, plus several genre and format chart, details on every Top 75 new entry, radio playlists (later the E.R.A. Top 100 Airplay charts) and statistics. An annual subscription to Charts Plus cost £495. In September 1992, Spotlight, publishers of Music Week, started Hit Music as a cheaper alternative. For only £110 Hit Music printed the singles chart (Top 75+25, i.e. with compressed positions 76 to 100), artist albums (Top 100), compilation albums (Top 50), rock chart and dance chart (Top 20s), US Top 10s, plus details on Top 75 new entries, chart statistics, year-to-date charts (singles, albums, singles acts, album acts, Top 30s) listings of BPI awards, and national number ones. From issue no. 36 (May 6, 1993) Hit Music printed the E.R.A. Top 100 Airplay charts, and from January 8, 1994 (issue no. 66) the Top 40 Network Chart (which was later called the Pepsi Chart). In November 1994, Charts Plus ceased publication and from issue no. 111 (November 19, 1994) Hit Music printed the (uncompressed) Top 200 singles and Top 200 albums, Top 150 Artists Albums, and Top 50 Compilations. From issue no. 211 (November 2, 1996) the Artist Albums chart extended to a Top 200. Top 100 Airplay chart was dropped from issue 294 (June 20, 1998). The last issue published was no. 439 (May 5, 2001). Hit Music folded, together with several other Music Week newsletters. This meant that there was no longer a published source for the Top 200 singles and Top 200 albums charts. However, by autumn 2001, a successor publication to Hit Music was founded, independent of Music Week, in order to publish the British Top 200 charts: ChartsPlus (not to be confused with the 1990s publication of the same name mentioned above). The ChartsPlus which was started in 2001 was renamed UKChartsPlus in 2010.

See also UK Singles Chart UK Albums Chart

References

External links "Hit Music from Music Week (Archive)". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022. "Bibliography of Chartography". zobbel.de. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hit Music

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hit Music claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hit Music before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hit Music ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hit Music

In research: Hit Music appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hit Music in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hit Music is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1992 establishments in the United Kingdom, 2001 disestablishments in the United Kingdom, Defunct music magazines published in the United Kingdom, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hit Music outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hit Music in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hit Music means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Hit Music out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hit Music in simple terms?

Why does Hit Music matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hit Music?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hit Music.