Unlike the Billboard US music charts, the Official Charts company in the UK has said that it will not take into account video streaming data in the compilation of the Official UK Singles Chart.

Noting the differences between the way the charts are compiled by the two organisations, Martin Talbot, managing director, Official Charts Company, said: “The Hot 100 has never been a purely sales-based chart, incorporating data such as radio airplay since the Fifties.

“In contrast, the UK's ...