Official Singles Chart | Women lead the way in 2023, music's record-breaking year
2023 will be remembered as a landmark year in the music industry, particularly for women artists who dominated the charts like never before. In a...
Official Charts
BPI reveals first wave of artists to receive BRIT Billion Award
The BPI has revealed the first recipients of the new BRIT Billion award, presented to those who’ve surpassed one billion career UK streams.
Courteneers make chart history as debut album reaches number one – 15 years after release
Manchester outfit The Courteneers have bagged their first ever UK number one album, setting a new record for the time taken between an album’s release and it topping the charts.
Harry Styles and Kate Bush help ensure British artists appear on all top ten singles of 2022
British artists have set a new record by appearing on all top ten singles of last year, for the first time in Official Charts history. ...
Video streams to count towards UK Albums Chart from next year
For the first time in UK Albums Chart history, video streams will count towards an album’s overall success from the start of next year.
LadBaby, and the re-X-Factoring of the Christmas number one
The sad state of the Christmas music charts continues, with LadBaby's attempt at a fifth number one. But isn't enough enough now?
What was the first UK number 1 single? | The UK Singles Charts on its 70th anniversary
How did a former bricklayer from Philadelphia achieve the first UK number one, commencing a chart history that’s recorded everyone from The Beatles to Madonna, Queen to Taylor Swift?
Lewis Capaldi overtakes Ed Sheeran to claim UK’s most-streamed song ever
Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Someone You Love’ has become the UK’s most-streamed song of all time, overtaking Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’.
Ed Sheeran confirms plans for a new album — and sets a new record
Ed Sheeran has announced plans for a new album set for release next year, as well as setting a new chart record for his albums to date.
Taylor Swift’s Midnights becomes best-selling record of 2022 in intense chart battle with Arctic Monkeys
Taylor Swift’s Midnights has overtaken Harry Style’s Harry’s House to become the fastest-selling album of the year, with a projection of between 1.4 million and 1.6 million units expected to be reached in its first week of sales.
Radiohead’s Creep – And Other Songs Disliked By Their Creators
It’s been thirty years since Radiohead released ‘Creep’, one of the most defining tracks of 90s rock – as well as one of the most self-loathing around. Yet it’s also a track that its creators grew to loathe. And it’s not alone in that regard. Here’s the story of ‘Creep’, and other tracks which are viewed less than favourably by the artists behind them.
Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill was the UK’s song of the summer
The resurgent popularity of Kate Bush’s classic ‘Running Up That Hill’, sparked by its inclusion in the Netflix series Stranger Things, made it the song of the summer in the UK.
Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ reaches UK No.1, 37 years after release
Kate Bush’s track ‘Running Up That Hill’ has reached the summit of the UK charts – a remarkable 37 years since it was released – thanks to Stranger Things and a recent rule change.
