List of UK top-ten singles in 1952: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Dame Vera Lynn Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=|[[Vera Lynn]] (pictured in 1973) had the best-selling single of the year, "[[Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart]]", despite only peaking at number ten. She had a further two top 10 singles in 1952: "[[The Homing Waltz]]", which reached number nine, and "[[Forget Me Not (Vera Lynn song)|Forget Me Not]], which peaked at number five.]]

The [[UK Singles Chart]] is one of many music charts compiled by the [[Official Charts Company]] that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/ |title=The Official UK Charts Company |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums|Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums]] (18th edition)|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2005|isbn=1-904994-00-8|pages=14|publisher=[[HiT Entertainment|Guinness World Records Limited]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3196892.stm |title=New singles formats to save the charts

|work=[[BBC News]]|date=16 October 2003 |accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> ''[[New Musical Express]]'' (''NME'') magazine published the United Kingdom record charts for the first time in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1234212.stm |title=The Story of the Single |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=23 March 2001 |accessdate=19 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/47828 |title='The Godfather' singer Al Martino dies |work=[[NME|New Musical Express]] |date=14 October 2009 |accessdate=22 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/company_history.php |title=Key dates in the history of the Official UK Charts (archived) |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=22 May 2010 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080110032725/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/company_history.php |archivedate = 10 January 2008}}</ref> ''NME'' originally published only a top 12 (although the first chart had a couple of singles that were tied so a top 15 was announced) but this was gradually extended to encompass a top 20 by October 1954.<ref name = "Yorkshire Post">{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Top-10-chart-starts-to.921080.jp |title=Top 10 chart starts to sound a little off-key |work=[[Yorkshire Post]] |date=17 January 2005 |accessdate=19 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-chart.php |title=First ever top 12: 14 November 1952|publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110144452/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-chart.php |archivedate=10 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-top20.php |title=First ever top 20: 01 October 1954 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110144457/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-top20.php |archivedate=10 January 2008}}</ref> This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the [[UK Singles Chart]] during [[1952 in British music|1952]], as well as singles which peaked in [[List of UK top 10 singles in 1953|1953]] but were in the top 10 in 1952. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).<ref name = "First chart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/takes-two-to-tango/|title=The first ever Official Singles Chart - revisited!|date=14 November 2012|work=Official Chart|publisher=Official Charts Company1|accessdate=8 August 2018}}</ref>