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Well he was interviewed on Sky News several times yesterday. He does exist.

You have just missed it. Now sold out! Went to no. 4 on Amazon best sellers chart. The Beatles (White Album) & Abbey Road (50th Anniversary) Double vinyl bundle for only £29.99. Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.

From Sky News Vinyl sales overtake CDs for the first time in 35 years - and the best sellers might surprise you In an era of music streaming, you might have thought vinyl was destined to become a thing of the past, or the preserve of older collectors who remember when LPs first hit the shelves. Well you'd be wrong. Records are outselling CDs for the first time in 35 years. Record store Rough Trade, in West London, has been struggling to keep up with the demand for vinyl. Manager, Chris Summers, puts LPs appeal down to "affordable luxury". "People will come in here and go 'oh I'll treat myself.'" UK record sales have been rising for the last 15 years, reaching £116.8m this year. In comparison, CD sales stood at £98.3 million. Vinyl's renaissance is good news for artists facing lower revenues from streaming. And it seems, at least for the moment, vinyl's popularity is defying the cost of living's impact on people's spending habits. In fact, records are attracting a whole new, younger generation of listeners who want to listen to popular, new music on a record player. Most of the best-selling vinyl albums in 2022 were released this year. The most popular LPs were Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, selling for around £33. 17-year-old Ava Fahey spends most of her money on records, and she's a big Swift fan. "I think she [Taylor Swift] has identified for the younger people buying vinyl is about the experience and the aesthetic and the collectible variation of it. She's really gone for the experience of owning Taylor Swift vinyl, not just streaming it on our phones," says Ms Fahey. Drew Hill is the managing director of Proper Distribution, the UK's biggest distributor of vinyl. He says the sound quality of LPs creates a different, more special, kind of listening experience. "I think we've got to stop thinking about music consumers being either digital or physical. I think a lot of music fans do both. I think that they probably listened to a lot of music, via streaming platforms when they're on the go and maybe when they're at home or with their friends, then they want to play a record," says Mr Hill. My comment I would like to see the unit sales for each as a vinyl album is around 3 times the price of a CD album.

Congratulations!

BRIT Awards @brits 'Christmas With Cliff', the album by Cliff Richard, is now #BRITcertified Silver. So over 14,283 this week. But Taylor Swift did 16,258 last week. Made no. 2 this week. Taylor Swift no. 1 with over 17,000 chart units.

But it's a nicer table! Just wanted to keep the 2 tables together, for comparison.

It's below. I mixed up the 2 stories. Apologies. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/b...mber-1s__38001/ It's 1 December, which means the Christmas season has officially kicked off! To mark the occasion, BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright is revealing the Top 40 Most Streamed Christmas Number 1s of all time, compiled exclusively by the Official Charts Company for Radio 2 and BBC Sounds. Over the past 70 years, the race for the coveted Christmas Number 1 spot has seen one-off novelty acts triumph over established superstars, ground-breaking charity hits, reality TV newbies instantly making their mark, and (on occasion) actual festive songs taking the top spot. The new streaming Top 40 has been compiled based on the number of times each song has been streamed, all year round, since records began. Steve Wright counts down the Top 40 chart in Most Streamed Christmas Number 1s now on BBC Sounds here, or tune into Radio 2 on Christmas Day (4-7pm). POS - TITLE - ARTIST - YEAR 1 - PERFECT - ED SHEERAN - 2017 2 - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN - 1975 & 1991 3 - ROCKABYE - CLEAN BANDIT - 2016 4 - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE SHAKIN' STEVENS - 1985 5 - DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID - 1984 6 - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE - 1973 7 - DON'T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE - 1981 8 - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON - 1992 9 - KILLING IN THE NAME - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - 2009 10 - MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD BONEY M - 1978 11 - STAY ANOTHER DAY - EAST 17 - 1994 12 - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (P 2)-PINK FLOYD - 1979 13 - LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - MUD - 1974 14 - HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE - 2008 15 - MISTLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF RICHARD - 1988 16 - ALWAYS ON MY MIND - PET SHOP BOYS - 1987 17 - I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND BEATLES - 1963 18 - SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND GIRLS ALOUD - 2002 19 - MAD WORLD - MICHAEL ANDREWS & GARY JULES - 2003 20 - 2 BECOME 1 - SPICE GIRLS - 1996 21 - SOMETHING I NEED - BEN HAENOW - 2014 22 - RETURN TO SENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY - 1962 23 - WHEN A CHILD IS BORN (SOLEADO) JOHNNY MATHIS - 1976 24 - THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES-QUEEN - 1991 25 - EARTH SONG - MICHAEL JACKSON - 1995 26 - DAY TRIPPER - BEATLES - 1965 27 - GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME TOM JONES - 1966 28 - A MOMENT LIKE THIS - LEONA LEWIS - 2006 29 - HELLO, GOODBYE - BEATLES - 1967 30 - REET PETITE - JACKIE WILSON - 1986 31 - WE CAN WORK IT OUT - BEATLES - 1965 32 - I FEEL FINE - BEATLES - 1964 33 - SOMETHIN' STUPID - ROBBIE WILLIAMS & NICOLE KIDMAN - 2001 34 - THAT'S MY GOAL - SHAYNE WARD - 2005 35 - SEASONS IN THE SUN - WESTLIFE - 1999 36 - WHEN WE COLLIDE - MATT CARDLE - 2010 37 - TOO MUCH - SPICE GIRLS - 1997 38 - GOODBYE - SPICE GIRLS - 1998 39 - ONLY YOU - FLYING PICKETS - 1983 40 - SAVIOUR'S DAY - CLIFF RICHARD - 1990

So The Beatles IWTHYH has outsold their She loves you. Both tracks are now over 2m in UK.

From the OCC. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...ll-time__34632/ Official Top 20 Biggest Christmas Number 1s TITLE ARTIST YEAR 1 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 1984 5,311,000 2 PERFECT ED SHEERAN 2017 4,703,000 3 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 1975/1991 4,681,000 4 DON'T YOU WANT ME? HUMAN LEAGUE 1981 2.5m 5 MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD BONEY M 1978 2.46m 6 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE SHAKIN' STEVENS 1985 2.43m 7 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 1992 2.42m 8 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY SLADE 1973 2.38m 9 ROCKABYE CLEAN BANDIT 2016 10 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND THE BEATLES 1963 11 MULL OF KINTYRE/GIRLS' SCHOOL WINGS 1977 2.15m 12 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE 2008 13 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (P. 2) PINK FLOYD 1979 14 I FEEL FINE THE BEATLES 1964 15 WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAY TRIPPER THE BEATLES 1965 16 STAY ANOTHER DAY EAST 17 1994 17 KILLING IN THE NAME RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 1993 1.43m 18 EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON 1995 19 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1996 20 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME TOM JONES 1966 © 2022 Official Charts Company . All rights reserved. *This chart is compiled using physical and digital sales, plus streaming figures.

A little boost on iTunes. 15 +16 Cliff Richard - Christmas with Cliff

Certs relating to Christmas. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree - Rca - Platinum 2x - Single - 16.12.2022 - 24.11.2013 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Sony Music Cg - Platinum - Single - 16.12.2022 - 14.11.2004 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas - Mca - Silver - Single - 16.12.2022 - 25.11.2007 Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Motown - Silver - Single - 16.12.2022 - 16.11.2004 Gwen Stefani Ft Blake Shelton - You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Interscope - Silver - Single - 16.12.2022 - 22.09.2017 Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride - Universal - Silver - Single - 16.12.2022 - 18.11.2005

And at the bottom of your list, 21 - The Beatles - She loves you (1963)

But there were no streaming services in 1953!!!!

They are early this week - all now available.

BRIT Awards 'Last Christmas', the single by Wham!, is now #BRITcertified 5x Platinum

Top 40 Most Streamed Christmas Number 1s of all time https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/b...mber-1s__38001/ It's 1 December, which means the Christmas season has officially kicked off! To mark the occasion, BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright is revealing the Top 40 Most Streamed Christmas Number 1s of all time, compiled exclusively by the Official Charts Company for Radio 2 and BBC Sounds. Over the past 70 years, the race for the coveted Christmas Number 1 spot has seen one-off novelty acts triumph over established superstars, ground-breaking charity hits, reality TV newbies instantly making their mark, and (on occasion) actual festive songs taking the top spot. The new streaming Top 40 has been compiled based on the number of times each song has been streamed, all year round, since records began. Steve Wright counts down the Top 40 chart in Most Streamed Christmas Number 1s now on BBC Sounds here, or tune into Radio 2 on Christmas Day (4-7pm). POS - TITLE - ARTIST - YEAR 1 - PERFECT - ED SHEERAN - 2017 2 - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN - 1975 & 1991 3 - ROCKABYE - CLEAN BANDIT - 2016 4 - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN' STEVENS - 1985 5 - DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID - 1984 6 - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE - 1973 7 - DON'T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE - 1981 8 - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON - 1992 9 - KILLING IN THE NAME - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - 2009 10 - MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD - BONEY M - 1978 11 - STAY ANOTHER DAY - EAST 17 - 1994 12 - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) - PINK FLOYD - 1979 13 - LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - MUD - 1974 14 - HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE - 2008 15 - MISTLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF RICHARD - 1988 16 - ALWAYS ON MY MIND - PET SHOP BOYS - 1987 17 - I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - BEATLES - 1963 18 - SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND - GIRLS ALOUD - 2002 19 - MAD WORLD - MICHAEL ANDREWS & GARY JULES - 2003 20 - 2 BECOME 1 - SPICE GIRLS - 1996 21 - SOMETHING I NEED - BEN HAENOW - 2014 22 - RETURN TO SENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY - 1962 23 - WHEN A CHILD IS BORN (SOLEADO) - JOHNNY MATHIS - 1976 24 - THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES - QUEEN - 1991 25 - EARTH SONG - MICHAEL JACKSON - 1995 26 - DAY TRIPPER - BEATLES - 1965 27 - GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES - 1966 28 - A MOMENT LIKE THIS - LEONA LEWIS - 2006 29 - HELLO, GOODBYE - BEATLES - 1967 30 - REET PETITE - JACKIE WILSON - 1986 31 - WE CAN WORK IT OUT - BEATLES - 1965 32 - I FEEL FINE - BEATLES - 1964 33 - SOMETHIN' STUPID - ROBBIE WILLIAMS & NICOLE KIDMAN - 2001 34 - THAT'S MY GOAL - SHAYNE WARD - 2005 35 - SEASONS IN THE SUN - WESTLIFE - 1999 36 - WHEN WE COLLIDE - MATT CARDLE - 2010 37 - TOO MUCH - SPICE GIRLS - 1997 38 - GOODBYE - SPICE GIRLS - 1998 39 - ONLY YOU - FLYING PICKETS - 1983 40 - SAVIOUR'S DAY - CLIFF RICHARD - 1990

iTunes Albums Following death of Christine McVie (age 79). 39 NEW Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 40 NEW Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

BTW The Official Christmas No. 1 Singles Book can be purchased on Amazon for only £5. See here.

I like this one. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One - RCA - Silver - Single - 18.11.2022 - 06.03.2005 Wonder what is the total sale from 1956?

Complete update now available., including this one, Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - Asylum - Platinum 7x - Single - 18.11.2022 - 17.06.2014

The OCC says, This total is unlikely to grow much further, with streams now dominating (audio / video streams account for 98.6% of the singles market in 2022). So very, very few physical sales or downlads for singles these days.

From liam.k. 's list, Nearly There The Beatles - Help! (#1, 1965) 988,000 [OCC: September 2017] Lionel Richie - Hello (#1, 1984) 965,000 [OCC: September 2017] Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love (#3, 1977) 963,000 [OCC: September 2017] Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#1, 2012) 963,000 [OCC: September 2017] Lady Gaga - Just Dance (#1, 2009) 962,000 [OCC: September 2017] George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (#1, 1971) 962,000 [OCC: September 2017] Bastille - Pompeii (#2, 2013) 960,000 [OCC: September 2017] As you say very unlikely to see another "pure" million seller.

And there's nothing from the 60s. Wonder if the OCC will produce a Combined Sales list like they did in 2017?

In 2017 the OCC figures were, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN - WILL YOUNG - 1 - 2002 - 1,795,213 pure sales - 1,874 streams - 1,797,087 combined sales. But now pure sales are 1,793,880.

However on 19/9/2017 they gave a figure of 1,795,213 for Anything Is Possible/Evergreen. How can it loose 1,333 sales in 5 years?