MUSIC videos are to count towards the Top 40 in a massive charts shake-up.

Pop fans can propel their favourite artist to No 1 by streaming vids on sites like YouTube.

Industry bosses are announcing the changes today to take into account how young fans listen to music. The British charts were first compiled in 1952 and are announced each Friday on Radio 1.

Video streams will now be counted alongside single sales, downloads and audio streams.

The move is backed by Dua Lipa, whose single New Rules was last year the most streamed video by a female artist with 60million streams.

She said: “Video was important to me in my career — it’s another way as artists that we can get our music to our fans.”

The first Top 40 to take account of video streams will be on July 6.

From today, 100 subscription streams or 600 via a free website will equate to one physical single sale or purchased download.

Official Charts Company boss Martin Talbot said yesterday: “Video streams are increasingly part of established streaming services.

“We are living in a changing world in the way people access music, so it’s important we take account of that.”

Downloads have been included in the Top 40 charts since 2005 and audio streams since 2014.