The
UK Album Downloads Chart is compiled by the
Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the
music industry. Since July 2015, the chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, with the chart date given as the following Thursday. The chart was introduced in April 2006 to coincide with the OCC's decision to include sales of album downloads in the
UK Albums Chart. The first album to top the download chart was
This New Day by
Embrace.