Music of the United Kingdom
Royal Albert Hall, London, a major venue for all forms of music
Timeline
General Topics
Early popular music • 1950s and 60s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s to present
Genres
Classical • Early music • Folk • Hip Hop • Jazz • Pop • Popular • Rock • Soul
Traditional Forms
Ethnic music	Caribbean • England • Ireland • Scotland • Wales
Traditional music	British folk revival • Ballad • Carol • Children's song • Hornpipe • Jig • Morris dance • Protest song • Reel • Sea shanty • Strathspey • War song • Work song
Media and Performance
Music awards	Mercury • The Brit Awards • Gramophone Awards
Music charts	Singles Chart • Classical Chart • Albums Chart • R&B Chart • Indie Chart • Dance Chart • Rock Chart
Music festivals	Cambridge folk • Download • Edinburgh • Eisteddfodd • Glastonbury • Isle of Wight • Knebworth • Royal National Mod • The Proms • Reading and Leeds • T in the Park • V
Music media	NME • Melody Maker • Mojo • Q • The Wire • The Gramophone
National anthem	"God Save the Queen"
Regional Music
Local forms	Birmingham • Cardiff • Cornwall • Liverpool • Manchester • Northumbria • Somerset • Yorkshire
Other regions	Anguilla • Bermuda • Cayman Islands • Gibraltar • Montserrat • Turks and Caicos • Virgin Islands
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The UK classical chart is a commercial monitoring and marketing device used by the UK music industry to measure its effectiveness in promoting and selling albums, nominally in the field of classical music. The chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. The measurements are made by collating the returns of sales from a number of well known music stores (high street and online stores) on a regular basis, and this enables a ranking to be established. Due to the dominance of the compilation market, the chart is split into two elements: The Classical Artist Chart and the Classical Compilation Chart. However, most classical artist album sales in the UK are from crossover artists. For an album to be classified as classical in the charts, it has to have 60% of the playing time dedicated to “classical or traditional music”.