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Hit40uk






hit40uk is a networked music singles chart broadcast on a number of UK Commercial Radio stations every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm.



CURRENT CHART - Sunday 9th September 2007

1. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls

2. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

3. Kanye West - Stronger

4. James Blunt - 1973

5. Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No

6. Rihanna - Shut Up & Drive

7. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat

8. 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - Ayo Technology

9. Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely

10. Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & Doe - The Way I Are

11. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)

12. Kate Nash - Foundations

13. The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray

14. Gym Class Heroes - Clothes Off!

15. Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)

16. Freaks - The Creep (Get On The Dancefloor)

17. Hard Fi - Suburban Knights

18. KT Tunstall - Hold On

19. David Guetta - Love Is Gone

20. Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)

21. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own

22. Armand Van Heldan - I Wan't Your Soul

23. Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddybear

24. Kano feat. Craig David - This Is The Girl

25. Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious

26. Newton Faulkener - Dream Catch Me

27. Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call

28. Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone

29. Rihanna feat. Jay Z - Umbrella

30. Reverend & The Makers - He Said He Loved Me

31. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

32. Axwell - I Found You

33. Groove Armada feat. Mutya Buena - Song For Mutya (Out Of Control)

34. Amy MacDonald - Mr Rock & Roll

35. Athlete - Hurricane

36. Take That - Shine

37. Booty Luv - Don't Mess With My Man

38. Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold

39. Kaiser Cheifs - The Angry Mob

40. Foo Fighters - The Pretender





BACKGROUND


The radio show counts down the top 40 songs in the chart. Unlike the official sales-based chart broadcast at the same time by BBC Radio 1 , the hit40uk chart includes radio Airplay . The show has enjoyed higher audience figures than Radio 1's Official Chart Show since 1993, except for a brief period of 2006 when a weak commercial radio sector caused hit40uk's share to fall below that of its rival.

hit40uk descends from The Network Chart Show , which was hosted by David Jensen on the commercial radio network from September 30 , 1984 to July 25 , 1993 , sponsored from 1985 onwards by Nescafe . On August 1 , 1993 , Pepsi began their sponsorship of the show and Neil Fox became its host; it was known as the Pepsi Network Chart before becoming the Pepsi Chart around 1996. Pepsi ended their sponsorship of the show on December 29 , 2002 , and the hit40uk name was adopted on January 5 , 2003 , but Fox remained the host until May 30 , 2004 . On June 6 , 2004 Simon Hirst and Katy Hill became co-hosts of hit40uk; Hirst later hosted the show on his own.

In March 2006, hit40uk began broadcasting worldwide on the U-Pop satellite channel. The international version of the show is hosted by Mark Daley . It can be heard on XM Satellite Radio across the US and around the planet on WorldSpace Satellite Radio.

In April 2006, hit40uk launched a weekly podcast, also presented by Simon.

On October 12 2006, it was announced that the programme was to be relaunched on October 22, with a new presenter, Capital Radio 's Lucio Buffone . A new logo was also introduced to replace their old look. In the same week, a dance and urban chart, the Fresh 40 , hosted by Dynamite MC , was introduced to commercial radio's dance and urban stations, such as those in the Galaxy Network and the Kiss Network .

The chart is also broadcast on South Africa 's biggest radio station 5FM , as opposed to the official chart possibly due to higher audience figures in the UK for the chart show. It is broadcast every Monday between 2000-2200 local time, by Nicole Fox.

The site had a complete revamp and didnt include a webcam, message board and chatroom


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