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NME published the first UK Singles Chart on the 14th of November 1952. The chart was a top twelve list compiled from sales reports gathered by the magazine from regional stores across Britain. The first number one was "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino.
Maurice Kinn bought The Accordion Times and Musical Express, the paper that became NME, for £1,000. He purchased it just fifteen minutes before it was due to officially close, then relaunched it as the New Musical Express.
NME's highest recorded circulation was 307,217 copies per week, published in February 2016 after the magazine relaunched as a free publication in September 2015. This narrowly exceeded the previous record of 306,881, set in 1964 during the height of the Beatles' popularity.
NME coined the term "Britpop" following Blur's release of their album Parklife in April 1994, the same month Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead. The term described a new wave of British bands filling the cultural space left by grunge.
NME ceased its print edition in March 2018 after 66 years of publication, becoming an online-only publication. The print edition was later revived on the 20th of July 2023 as a bimonthly release.
NME is owned by BandLab Technologies, a Singaporean music company that acquired NME and Uncut in 2019. BandLab was later reorganised into Caldecott Music Group in December 2021, placing NME under a division called NME Networks.