ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ mˈɑːɹkɪt ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ bjˈʊɹɹoʊ bˌiːˌɛmˌɑːɹbˈiː, wˌɪtʃ kəmpˈaɪld ðɪ əfˈɪʃəl jˌuːkˈeɪ tʃˈɑːɹts fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː, jˈuːzd ɐ kˈʌtˈɔf dˈeɪt fɚðə kəlˈɛkʃən ʌv sˈeɪlz dˈeɪɾə sˈʌmtaɪm ɪn ˈɜːli dᵻsˈɛmbɚɹ ˈiːtʃ jˈɪɹ, ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚ fɚðə "ˈɛnd ʌv jˈɪɹ" tʃˈɑːɹt təbi pˈʌblɪʃt ɪnðə jˈɪɹz fˈaɪnəl ˈɪʃuː ʌv mjˈuːzɪk wˈiːk ænd təbi bɹˈɔːdkæst ˌɔn bˌiːbˌiːsˈiː ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ wˈʌn.
The British Market Research Bureau (BMRB), which compiled the official UK charts from 1969 to 1982, used a cut-off date for the collection of sales data sometime in early December each year, in order for the "end of year" chart to be published in the year's final issue of Music Week and to be broadcast on BBC Radio 1.