New Musical Express

British music journalism magazine. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s, changing from newsprint in 1998. In 2015 it became a free magazine distributed at stations. The print edition ceased in 2018 but it continues online. ISSN 0028-6362