The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40
The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40 is a radio chart show broadcast every Sunday from 4-7pm on Global's Capital and Heart networks, presented by Will Manning. It was started in May 2009 but the show is the descendant of "The Network Chart Show", which started in September 1984 and had been broadcast on 140 commercial radio stations in the UK, having been re-branded several times over the years. Format. "The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40" begins with a recap of the previous week's Top 5 songs, followed  by a countdown of the 40 biggest songs from the last seven days. A recap is broadcast after every ten songs, apart from the top 10 which they recap after every 9 songs. Interviews with the artists making that particular week's chart, competitions, calls with listeners and advertisements make up the remaining airtime. The Number 1 song is announced just before 7pm. The chart is compiled based on iTunes Music downloads, Apple Music Streaming, and radio airplay from the stations that broadcast the show. It is the only UK chart which includes radio airplay, much like the "Billboard  Hot 100 in the US. The algorithm differs to that of the Official UK Singles Chart, which includes physical sales, as well as downloads and streaming from all sourcesbut does not take radio airplay into account. Will Manning is the programme's current host. He started on the show in January 2019. The show is produced by Paul Phelps and broadcast from Global's studios in Leicester Square, London. The whole top 40 chart gets published on bigtop40.com after the show for fans to read. History. The show began on 30 September 1984 as The Network Chart Show". It was  originally presented by David Jensen (known then as 'Kid Jensen') and was unique in that it was a cross-industry show, broadcast on competing commercial radio stations across the UK. "The Network Chart Show" aired on Sundays from 5-7pm, as competition to BBC Radio 1's own Top 40 chart show, "The Official Chart". In October 1990, the show was extended to start at 4pm and the chart expanded from a Top 30 to a Top 40 countdown. "The Network Chart Show" had been compiled by MRIB until Pepsi took over sponsorship from Nescafé in August 1993. In  1995, it was called the "Pepsi Network Chart Show", but in 1996 it was renamed the "Pepsi Chart". The show became Hit40UK on 5 January 2003. It was relaunched as "The Big Top 40 Show" on 14 June 2009. Between 2010 and 2018, the programme was sponsored by Vodafone, becoming "The Vodafone Freebees Big Top 40" (later "The Vodafone Big Top 40" and "The Official Vodafone Big Top 40"). For the first time, listeners could change the chart during the show by downloading tracks on iTunes. Songs 40 to 11 were played before the new Top 10 was finalised at  6:10pm, with iTunes sales from during the show taken into account. This made it the first real-time chart show broadcast on UK radio. In September 2018, Bauer announced that their Hits Radio Network would stop carrying the show after the expiration of its contract at the end of 2018. Global, which produced the show, made the decision to withdraw the programme from syndication to the wider commercial radio network. The final show across the commercial radio network aired on 30 December 2018. The new show, "The Official Big Top 40", was launched in January 2019 - widely available on Capital  and Heart. In March 2022, the show gained a new sponsor and was renamed "The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40". Presenters. Previous presenters Previous producers Radio stations. List of radio stations that broadcast "The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40". List of non-Global radio stations that also broadcast the show in 2018. Records and statistics. The current song at number 1 is "As It Was" by Harry Styles. The song holding the record for most weeks at Number 1 is "Despacito (Remix)" by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber with 11 non-consecutive weeks. The longest running  song on the Big Top 40 is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd (111 non-consecutive weeks). The song that has spent the most consecutive weeks at Number 1 is "These Days (Rudimental song)" by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen with nine consecutive weeks (4 February - 1 April 2018). The artist with the most Number 1 songs is Ed Sheeran with 19 singles to date. The group with the most Number 1 songs is Little Mix with 8 songs to date.