An intriguing three-way tussle developed for the honour of becoming the first No.1 album of 2021, honours eventually going to Taylor Swift. Her Evermore album enjoyed physical and digital ...
Christmas was only a few weeks ago, but it feels like a lifetime, as the UK singles chart performs its annual wholesale rebound as the festive hits melt away.
Chief ...
Lewis Capaldi has secured the biggest album of 2020 with the biggest album of 2019.
Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (EMI) finished ahead of the pack last year with ...
Streaming consumption continued to surge ahead in 2020.
During a pandemic year in which streaming platforms clearly proved their value to subscribers on lockdown, the UK racked up 139 ...
Wham!’s Last Christmas has finally made No.1 after 36 years.
Last Christmas was famously held off the top spot by Band Aid during Christmas 1984. The single has now climbed ...
A new analysis from the BPI reveals that one in every 10 songs (10.1%) streamed around the world is by a British artist.
The UK’s share of global streaming is ...
The Official Charts Company has revealed some of the biggest chart moments of the past 12 months.
From the biggest opening for a Bond theme to the first posthumous debut ...
It was the biggest call anyone in the recorded music business made in 2020. When the initial coronavirus lockdown loomed back in March, most major artists with an album scheduled ...
Warner Chappell has been busy securing high-profile placements for Christmas campaigns.
Celeste, one of the publisher’s rising artist-songwriters, landed perhaps the biggest sync at this time of year. The Polydor-signed ...
She’s the Music Week 2020 Artist Of The Year – and now Dua Lipa has been crowned the year’s queen of TikTok.
The superstar singer-songwriter’s music was the most-used catalogue ...