by Jon Kutner | Jul 27, 2025 | Did you know?
The BRIT Billion award was launched in May 2023 and acknowledges outstanding achievement in recorded music by surpassing the landmark of one billion career UK streams. It also marks 50 years of the BPI and the 50th anniversary of the certifications programme, which...
by Jon Kutner | Jul 20, 2025 | Did you know?
Here are the top 10 most played artists and the top 10 most played song on the radio in the UK during 2024. Rank Artist Rank Song 10 Harry Styles 10 Feelslikeimfallinginlove (Coldplay) 9 Becky Hill 9 Too Sweet (Hozier) 8 Elton John 8 Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter) 7...
by Jon Kutner | Apr 20, 2025 | Did you know?
Following a discussion in a pub about the best-selling albums in the UK, I thought I would update this feature especially as many of the albums in this list are still on the chart in the 2020s and the gap between the top two is ‘only’ 400,000 copies. With...
by Jon Kutner | Dec 15, 2024 | Did you know?
The EP was a popular format in the late 1950s through to mid 1960s. For record buyers who couldn’t afford an expensive LP, they could purchase at a reasonable price a 45rpm disc with four tracks from their favourite artist. An EP chart was first published in Melody...
by Jon Kutner | Feb 4, 2024 | Did you know?
Following on from last week’s chart-topping singles in America last year, here’s the number one albums: Artist Title Date reached the top Weeks at the top SZA SOS 07/01/2023 5 Tomorrow X Together The Name Chapter: Temptation 11/02/2023 1 SZA SOS 18/02/2023...
