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{{Short description|R&B and hip hop music charts}}
'''The Official UK R&B Chart''' (also known as the '''Top 40 RnB Singles''' and the '''Top 40 RnB Albums''', or simply the '''UK Urban Chart'''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rnbsingles.shtml Top 40 RnB Singles]</ref>) is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by [[The Official UK Charts Company]]. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on [[BBC Radio 1]]'s website and publications such as ''[[ChartsPlus]]'' and ''[[Music Week]]''. The UK R&B chart is also shown regularly on music channels including [[Kiss TV|Kiss]], [[Viva (UK & Ireland)|Viva UK]], [[MTV Base]] and [[MTV Hits]]. Additionally the channels regularly use '''The Official UK R&B Download Chart''', which is shown on [[4Music]]. An albums chart is also compiled and shown on the [[BBC Radio 1]] website. Criteria for inclusion in the chart is unclear, since it does not necessarily rely upon the positions of R&B and hip-hop songs on the [[Official UK Singles Chart]]. 8=D
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The '''UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart''' and the '''UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart''' (also known as '''The Official UK Hip Hop and R&B Charts''', the '''Top 40 Hip Hop and RnB Singles''' and the '''Top 40 Hip Hop and RnB Albums''', or simply the '''UK Urban Chart''')<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rnbsingles Top 40 RnB Singles]</ref> are 40-position [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] [[music charts]] compiled by the [[Official Charts Company]] (OCC) on behalf of the [[music industry]] in the United Kingdom.
 
During October 1994 [[The Official Charts Company]] established a chart for R&B Albums and Singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-albums-chart/19940709/115/|title=UK R&B album chart archive|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|website=officialcharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19940709/114/|title=UK R&B singles chart archive|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|website=officialcharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pop-1573485.html|title=Culture: Pop|date=February 17, 1995|author=Angela Lewis|publisher=[[The Independent]]|website=independent.co.uk}}</ref> Although the charts do not receive any airplay, their compilation is viewed on the websites of the OCC and [[BBC Radio 1]], as well as publications such as ''[[UKChartsPlus]]'' and ''[[Music Week]]''. The UK R&B chart is also shown regularly on music channels including [[Kiss TV|Kiss]], [[Viva (UK and Ireland)|Viva UK]], [[MTV Base]] and [[MTV Hits (UK & Ireland)|MTV Hits]]. Additionally, the channels regularly use '''The Official UK R&B Download Chart''', which is shown on [[4Music]].
 
The two charts are also compiled and shown on the [[BBC Radio 1]] website. Criteria for inclusion in the chart is unclear, since it does not necessarily rely upon the positions of R&B and hip hop songs on the [[UK Singles Chart]].
 
==Current number ones==
[[File:Uk rnb chart.png|thumb|right|200px|Logo of the UK R&B Chart, as seen on BBC Radio 1.]]
{{See also|List of UK R&B Singles Chart number-one singlesones of 20122024|List of UK R&B Albums Chart number-one albumsones of 20122024}}
 
==Records and statistics==
{{See also|UK R&B Chart records and statistics}}
 
==See also==
* [[ListLists of UK R&B Singles Chart number-one albumsones]]
* [[ListLists of UK R&B Albums Chart number-one singlesones]]
* [[1Xtra Chart]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.theofficialchartsofficialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/ The Official UK R&B Singles Chart]
* [http://www.theofficialchartsofficialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-albums-chart/ The Official UK R&B Albums Chart]
* {{bbc.co.uk|radio1/chart/rnbsingles.shtml|The UK R&B Singles Chart}}
* {{bbc.co.uk|radio1/chart/rnbalbums.shtml|The UK R&B Albums Chart}}
 
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