NME is a British weekly music magazine. Featuring agenda-setting news, the UK's most comprehensive gig guide, definitive reviews of the week's hottest gigs, tracks and albums, and fiery comment from the nation's most opinionated writers, it's the essential guide to the week in music. NME comes out every Wednesday, is priced £2.20 and is available in all good newsagents.

The NME (New Musical Express) magazine is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom. It is published weekly since March 1952 and is the first British paper to include a singles chart . The peak of success of the magazine was during the 1970’s when it became the best-selling British music magazine.

The first issue was published on the 7th of March 1952 after the Musical Express and Accordion Weekly was bought by London music promoter and re-launched as the New Musical Express. Unlike the prints now, NME magazines was initially published in a non-glossy tabloid format on standard newsprint.

NME magazine is also the first magazine to have a Singles Chart taking its cue from the U.S magazine Billboard. This was published on the 14th of November 1952. The first of these was different from more recent charts. The top twelve was taken by the magazine itself from sales in regional stores around the UK. The first number one was “ Here in my Heart” by Al Martino.

Editor : Conor McNicholas

Categories : Music magazine

Frequency : Weekly

Total circulation : 56,284

(ABC Jan-Jun 08)

First issue : 1952

Company : IPC Media (Time Inc.)

Country :  United Kingdom

Language : English

Website : www.nme.com

ISSN : 0028-6362