MPA members offered 20% discount on Topline from the Official Charts Company

Topline is designed for music industry professionals who want access to the most important data on music consumption - including daily and weekly updates of physical and digital sales for the last 13 weeks, sales by ISBA region, market share data - in an affordable and easy to use package.

The Official Charts Company collects data on more than 98% of all singles and albums sold, both physical and digital, and supplies it to music companies for them to analyse in granular detail – broken down by format, day of the week, TV region etc.

What is Topline?

• A brand new music data service for the entertainment industry.
• Four years in development, easy to read and presented in a compelling, graphic-rich format.
• Daily sales and market information.
• A tool allowing users to customise the system to include information and data most important to them.
• Nine-plus data gadgets which allow the user to create their own bespoke homepage, including the very latest Sales Flashes, updated every morning Tuesday through Friday, as they are released to the music industry.
• Topline is designed for artists, A&R, publishing, marketing, commercial, finance and legal professionals - in fact anyone who makes their living from the business of music.
• Topline has its own basket facility - users can select and store up to 25 products so analysis of titles, artists, and labels can be made quickly and easily.

Essentially, this previously unavailable business tool gives you a market snapshot, updated daily, in addition to the ability to gauge the performance of your own repertoire.

The Official Charts Company has reached special agreement with the Music Publishers Association to offer Topline to members at 20% discount off the published price of £500 +VAT, for annual access. Market share criteria applies for subscription to Official Charts Topline.

Payment method for this service is by annual direct debit. The Official Charts Company subscription year runs February – January inclusive, therefore any 2011 payment would be pro rata.

Please contact dataservices@theofficialcharts.com to subscribe or for further information.