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The report says, However, less predictable perhaps is D-Block Europe finishing as the year’s third most-streamed UK artist. Despite their Central Cee collaboration Overseas being their only Top 10 hit on the weekly Official Singles Chart during the year, it was one of 11 tracks by the hip-hop/rap collective to have generated more than 10 million UK audio streams in 2022, while another 18 tracks surpassed 5 million audio streams. In the report all statistics are credited as Source: BPI analysis based on Official Charts Company data. Only one table is credited as Source: BPI analysis based on Luminate data. More than 400 UK artists amassed over 100 million streams worldwide in 2022. An analysis of streaming data from Luminate reveals that more than 1,800 UK artists each amassed over 10 million audio streams globally in 2022. More than 700 UK artists broke through 50 million global audio streams last year. More than 100 UK artists’ stream counts topped half a billion during the year. Over 40 UK artists amassed at least 1 billion global audio streams. So I think the Top 20 artists are for UK streams only. The OCC article was not clear.

The BPI report 2023 for streams in 2022. www.bpi.co.uk/media/3742/bpi-streaming-report-2023.pdf The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive overview of the UK’s music streaming market, helping to more precisely pinpoint the real measurements of streaming success. This includes unveiling the individual stream counts being achieved annually by the biggest hits, as well as highlighting just how many artists are now accumulating multi-million stream numbers every year. This group of artists not only includes superstar talent from the UK, but many lesser-known domestic artists from multiple music genres who are far from household names but are thriving all the same. More than 3 billion audio streams were generated on average in the UK each week in 2022. Streaming success starts in the millions — the UK’s 5,000th most popular track last year was streamed 5 million times. 1.3 million streams per week are needed to break into the Official Singles Top 40, and a combined 7 million audio & video streams to reach no. 1. More than 2,000 artists amassed more than10 million audio streams of their music in the UK alone last year.

Yes, that's how I read it. According to Wikipedia, What is Dua Lipa ethnicity? Kosovo Albanian Dua Lipa was born in London, the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa (née Rexha) and Dukagjin Lipa from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo). Her family is Muslim. Through her maternal grandmother, she is of Bosniak descent. Her ancestry can also be traced back to the city of Peja, Kosovo.

From the OCC 06 April 2023 More British artists than ever found streaming success in 2022 - 200 artists achieved over 200 million global streams A new report from the BPI revealed record success for UK acts at home and abroad. By George Griffiths More British artists than ever are taking advantage of the worldwide streaming boom, a new report from the BPI suggests, with 200 UK acts achieving over 200 million global streams in 2022. The new report, drawing on Official Charts Company data from the UK, as well as global streaming data from Luminate, reveals the Top 20 biggest streaming stars from the UK last year. The UK's biggest musical exports have made a big impact abroad, with Ed Sheeran topping the list and big hitters like Harry Styles and Dua Lipa also featuring - but it was also great news this year for acts who have not had their time to shine on the UK charts. This includes North Yorkshire rock band Asking Alexandria, who have yet to secure a Top 10 album in the UK but have achieved success Stateside with a trilogy of Top 10's on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while British-American singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs also claimed 200 million global streams last year, achieving a Top 3 US Alternative Rock single with River. “Streaming has changed the face of music – enabling artists to connect with fans at home and around the world in ways never possible before, and with consumers also able to enjoy unprecedented choice and affordability" Sophie Jones, BPI Chief Strategy Officer and Interim Chief Executive comments, "it is heartening to see this new research showing so many artists achieving such huge success in streaming, encompassing many less well-known names as well as global superstars. "With record labels delivering improvements in areas such as transparency and deal terms, as the market continues to adapt and evolve, their biggest contribution remains essential investment to develop and support artists." Harry Styles' blockbuster single As It Was netted 180.9 million streams overall in the UK. It topped the Official Singles Chart for a total of 10 weeks and was named the biggest song of 2022 in the UK, with its parent album Harry's House also being named the year's biggest LP. Harry's success translated into this year's BRITs ceremony too, where he was the night's big winner - taking home four awards in total, as well as the three biggest gongs of the night, Album of the Year for Harry's House, Best British Artist and British Song of the Year for As It Was. See the Top 20 most-streamed British artists of the year below. The Top 10 - which includes Dua Lipa, D-Block Europe and Central Cee - all reached nearly 400 million streams each. The biggest UK streaming stars of 2022 POS ARTIST 1 ED SHEERAN 2 HARRY STYLES 3 D-BLOCK EUROPE 4 ARCTIC MONKEYS 5 DAVE 6 ADELE 7 COLDPLAY 8 ELTON JOHN 9 DUA LIPA 10 QUEEN 11 THE BEATLES 12 GEORGE EZRA 13 OASIS 14 SAM FENDER 15 FLEETWOOD MAC* 16 LITTLE MIX 17 CENTRAL CEE 18 CALVIN HARRIS 19 SAM SMITH 20 BECKY HILL ©2023 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. *Dual nationality

Well done Oasis - a 5 million album seller.

Happy birthday BPI, 50 years old today. No sign of that billionaires list yet. It was promised for the "spring". Coming soon.

From Music Week. Sheeran has had at least one song in the Top 75 for the last 470 weeks, and has amassed staggering career track consumption of 91,688,788 units - including 252,368 in the last week - far in excess of any other artist. How many streams in that total? Likely to get this new award.

In official UK statistics the term is now used to denote 1 thousand million – 1,000,000,000. You can see this if you look closely at the picture of the award I included (9 zeros).

Beatles, Queen, Elvis?

Could that be 100 artists on the list? Hope they give actual numbers.

A new music award is being launched for artists that get over a billion streams in the UK. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the company that runs the BRIT Awards, the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company, has announced the new award: the BRIT Billion. Part of the BPI’s role is to award the sale certifications for music in the UK. Whenever you hear about an album being certified platinum, gold or silver in the UK, it’s a BPI Certification. Since the advent of streaming, keeping track of a song’s sales and popularity has become harder. Songs can become some of the most recognised tracks of a year without anywhere near the same numbers when it comes to physical sales. Recognising this shift, BPI introduced steaming media to single releases in 2014 and for album release certifications in 2015. BPI Certified was also rebranded as BRIT Certified Awards in 2018. The current requirements for BRIT Certification for a single in units shifted are 200,000 for silver, 400,000 for gold, 600,000 for platinum, and a multiple of 600,000 for multi-platinum. Now, BPI will recognise the BRIT Billion award for artists who reach one billion career UK streams. It is expected to launch in Spring 2023, when the first wave of recipient artists will be announced. The award is the first from BPI to recognise the achievements of artists across their entire career. The BRIT Billion total will include tracks the artist is the principal performer or featured artist on. “With total weekly audio streams in the UK now regularly exceeding the three billion mark, it seems an appropriate moment to recognise exceptional artist achievement through streaming, as the primary currency for recorded music,” says Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI, BRIT Awards & Mercury Prize. “This new blue-riband award will sit alongside our existing Certified Awards, giving artists and their label and management teams the special opportunity to celebrate outstanding UK career success in streaming, and the valued contribution they have made to British music,” Taylor continues. The BRIT Billion award is part of the BPI’s 50th anniversary celebrations. BPI was established in April 1973 and has been an indispensable part of the UK’s music industry ever since. While many artists have songs that have received over a billion streams globally, the data for artists with a billion streams from the UK is less known. Last year, the UK music industry saw 147 billion streams with 159.3 million equivalent albums sold according to BPI. In 2021 alone, Dua Lipa had over 500 million streams from the UK, while Sam Fender had 270 million. Artists likely to receive the BRIT Billion award include its biggest stars like Ed Sheeran and Adele. So which artists do we expect to receive this new award? Will the first award be made this Saturday, the 1st of April? If they announce the total career streams, will Drake or Ed Sheeran top the list? Will there be a new on-line searchable database, or will awards be added to the existing web site?

Bump Add your bargains here.

These posts could be merged with the Bargain Bin thread. http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=189239

And her biggest albums. 23 February 2023 Pink's Official Biggest Albums Ever: Missundaztood, Beautiful Trauma and more 3. Funhouse Released: 2008 Official Chart peak: 1 UK chart units: 1,351,000 Pink's first-ever UK Number 1 album, Funhouse topped the charts in 2008 and housed two Top 10 singles: So What (1) and Sober (9). So What also ranks at Number 3 on the Official list of Pink's biggest singles in the UK to date. 2. I'm Not Dead Released: 2006 Official Chart peak: 3 UK chart units: 1,437,000 2006's I'm Not Dead, which peaked at Number 3 on the Official Albums Chart, spawned three UK Top 10 singles: Stupid Girls (4), Who Knew (5) and U + Ur Hand (10). 1. MISSUNDAZTOOD Released: 2002 Official Chart peak: 2 UK chart units: 1,884,000 Pink's biggest album to date in the UK, MISSUNDAZTOOD peaked at Number 2 and holds Top 10s Get The Party Started (2), Don't Let Me Get Me (6) and her first-ever solo UK chart-topper Just Like A Pill (1). See Pink's Official biggest albums in the UK to date: POS TITLE PEAK YEAR 1 - MISSUNDAZTOOD - 2 - 2002 2 - I'M NOT DEAD - 3 - 2006 3 - FUNHOUSE - 1 - 2008 4 - GREATEST HITS - SO FAR - 5 - 2010 5 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - 2 - 2012 6 - BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA - 1 - 2017 7 - TRY THIS - 3 - 2003 8 - CAN'T TAKE ME HOME - 13 - 2000 9 - HURTS 2B HUMAN - 1 - 2019 ©2023 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. Music Week monthly magazine also gave, GREATEST HITS - SO FAR - 1,320,518.

iTunes Albums 137. Please please me - The Beatles 60 years today since it was recorded (11th February 1963). It only took 10 hours.

Beatles 1 please. Position and YTD sales.

I'm happy - just perfect! Pharrell Williams - Happy - Columbia - Platinum 6x - Single - 27.01.2023 - 04.06.2013 Ed Sheeran - Perfect - Asylum - Platinum 8x - Single - 27.01.2023 - 02.03.2017 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss - Columbia/Warner Records - Platinum 5x - Single - 27.01.2023 - 06.04.2018

So why does Liam.k. give a higher figure for Oasis? Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (#1, 1995) 5,263,000 [15/07/21] And would be even higher by 5/1/23. Your figure is much lower at 4,963,100. See, http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=221805

Last year Bob was on 4,860,400. Sales in 2022 were around 126,00. So new total is 4,986,400.

And 3 more on 6th January.

11 Christmas songs were certified on 30th December

New Award The BPI – the voice of independent and major record labels across the UK – is proud to announce a major expansion of its BRIT Certified Awards scheme with BRIT Billion – a prestigious new award launching in 2023 that will celebrate and acknowledge outstanding achievement in recorded music by artists who surpass the landmark of One Billion career UK streams. This new award, which, like the existing BRIT Certified scheme and its iconic Platinum, Silver and Gold tiers, will be verified using Official Charts data, represents the first significant upgrade to the certifications programme since April 2018, when it was rebranded from the BPI Awards to the BRIT Certified Awards. Expected to launch officially in Spring 2023 – when the first wave of recipient artists will be announced – BRIT Billion will also mark 50 years of the BPI and the 50th anniversary of the certifications programme, which the BPI established in 1973. This will be the first time in its five-decade history that the certifications scheme officially recognises an artist’s combined success across multiple projects. The One Billion career total will include tracks an artist has appeared on either as the principal performer or as a featured artist, as credited by the Official Charts.

Thanks! Very accurate sales figures this week. Beatles 1 - 3,863,251 Adele 25 - 3,863,050 Very close indeed!

Probably still on their Christmas break. I don't expect any BPI updates until next Wednesday.

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