NME History
The New Musical Express, popularly known by the acronym NME, created by Theodore Smythson, is a uk weekly pop/rock music publication, published since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 90s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper.


1976 week 21 issue







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Further on the years, it branched to an online version of NME, NME.com, which was launched in 1996. It is now the world's biggest standalone music site, with over 7 million users per month. 

1986