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The Greatest Hits Radio top 20 - all nationalities. 1 WONDERWALL - OASIS 2 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN 3 AFRICA - TOTO 4 DON'T STOP ME NOW - QUEEN 5 DREAMS - FLEETWOOD MAC 6 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - OASIS 7 EVERYWHERE - FLEETWOOD MAC 8 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' - JOURNEY 9 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 10 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT - TOPLOADER 11 THE CHAIN - FLEETWOOD MAC 12 MR BLUE SKY - ELO 13 IRIS - GOO GOO DOLLS 14 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - NIRVANA 15 SUMMER OF '69 - BRYAN ADAMS 16 TAKE ON ME - A-HA 17 SWEET CHILD O' MINE - GUNS N' ROSES 18 SEPTEMBER - EARTH WIND & FIRE 19 GO YOUR OWN WAY - FLEETWOOD MAC 20 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

From the OCC Ed Sheeran’s – (Subtract) is already the UK’s fastest-selling album of 2023 so far on its journey to become the pop superstar’s sixth consecutive Number 1 album, the Official Charts Company can confirm. At the midweek mark, Subtract has already collected over 56,000 chart units, more than any other album released this year. Not sure whether Monday's sales are included.

The OCC list is UK only artists. The Greatesthitsradio list is for all artists.

As above, for your information. From the OCC. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...and-90s__39228/ Greatest Hits Radio has revealed the Top 300 most-streamed songs by UK artists from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Oasis ultimately coming up victorious in the Number 1 position with Wonderwall as the most-streamed song from the chosen three decades. The 1995 track - which was famously denied a Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart by Robson & Jerome's I Believe - comes out on top with 312,670,000 streams. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody took second position (273,420,000 streams), while the band were also at Number 3 with Don't Stop Me Now (242,100,000 streams). Pos Title Artist Year 1 WONDERWALL OASIS 1995 2 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 1975 3 DON'T STOP ME NOW QUEEN 1979 4 DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 5 EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC 1987 6 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1995 7 THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 8 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT TOPLOADER 1999 9 MR BLUE SKY ELO 1977 10 GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC 1976 11 RUNNING UP THAT HILL KATE BUSH 1985 12 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD TEARS FOR FEARS 1985 13 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST QUEEN 1980 14 TINY DANCER ELTON JOHN 1971 15 BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY THE VERVE 1997 16 UNDER PRESSURE QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE 1981 17 ROCKET MAN ELTON JOHN 1972 18 THUNDERSTRUCK AC/DC 1990 19 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) EURYTHMICS 1983 20 YOUR SONG ELTON JOHN 1970 21 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC 1980 22 I'M STILL STANDING ELTON JOHN 1983 23 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO WHAM 1984 24 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE THE POLICE 1983 25 COME ON EILEEN DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 1982 26 CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA OASIS 1995 27 CARELESS WHISPER GEORGE MICHAEL 1984 28 HIGHWAY TO HELL AC/DC 1979 29 RED RED WINE UB40 1983 30 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY 1987 31 TAINTED LOVE SOFT CELL 1981 32 LIVE FOREVER OASIS 1994 33 SULTANS OF SWING DIRE STRAITS 1978 34 STAYIN' ALIVE BEE GEES 1977 35 DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) SIMPLE MINDS 1985 36 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 1996 37 CREEP RADIOHEAD 1992 38 INSOMNIA FAITHLESS 1995 39 WE WILL ROCK YOU QUEEN 1977 40 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) THE PROCLAIMERS 1988 ---------------------------------------------- You can view the complete Top 300 here. [Mod Edit: This is the Top 300 including artists from other countries, it's a countdown from October 2022] https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/sta...treaming-chart/ But Greatest Hits Radio say Africa by Toto were at number 3. Beatles Let it be was at number 134 (around 204 million streams).

At last!! Westlife - Uptown Girl - S - Platinum 2x - Single - 05.05.2023 - 14.11.2004

From the OCC. Across the Coronation Bank Holiday weekend, Greatest Hits Radio will be counting down the Official Top 300 most-streamed song by UK artists from the 70s, 80s and 90s in a blockbusting radio chart show. Based on Official Charts Company data, the show kicks off today, Friday May 5 at 11am, continuing throughout the Bank Holiday Weekend, ending on Monday May 8 at 7pm, during former Official Chart Show host Mark Goodier's regular show. The Coronation Countdown will be on air on Friday May 5 from 11am - 4pm, on Saturday May 6 8am - 5pm, Sunday May 7 8am - 1pm and Monday May 8 11am - 7pm, including segments included in the shows of radio heavyweights Ken Bruce and Mark Goodier, who will reveal the ultimate winner. You can listen to the show on Greatest Hits Radio on FM, DAB digital radio, your smart speaker, mobile device or online at greatesthitsradio.co.uk.

Keep the best wine to the last.

The Beatles have had significant chart success on Spotify in the UK, as of April 2023. "Come Together" - has over 239 million streams "Let It Be" - has over 204 million streams "Here Comes the Sun" - has over 182 million "Hey Jude" - has over 168 million streams "Yesterday" - has over 160 million streams That's a total of 953m streams with just 5 tracks. They should get one of these new Brit awards.

Maybe not. JUST IN: A Manhattan jury found Ed Sheeran's hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not infringe on the copyright of the classic Marvin Gaye song "Let's Get It On." The jury determined that Sheeran did not wrongfully copy compositional elements or melodies from "Let's Get It On." CNN 48 mins ago

He may be forced to take a long break. From MSN News Ed Sheeran says he'll stop making music if he loses plagiarism case. Ed Sheeran is on trial for a second case of alleged plagiarism. In 2022, he was sued over his track 'Shape of You.' He won that case, but it wasn't fun. Now, the dispute is about his single 'Thinking Out Loud.' And Sheeran is getting frustrated. In the Manhattan Court where he has to defend himself against claims that he stole from the famous Marvin Gaye song 'What's Going On,' Sheeran indicated that he'd had it. If the court were to find him guilty of making a song that sounded too much like Gaye's, he declared, "I'm done. I'm stopping." According to the copyright owners of Marvin Gaye's song, the songs have a lot in common, and they are suing the British singer for plagiarism, demanding millions of dollars.

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That is worldwide; the BPI award is for UK streams alone.

From BPI today. https://www.bpi.co.uk/news-analysis/bpi-ann...-billion-award/ The BPI – the representative voice for the UK’s world leading record labels and music companies – today reveals the first wave of artists that have been recognised with the prestigious new BRIT Billion award, which celebrates and acknowledges outstanding achievement in recorded music by surpassing the landmark of one billion career UK streams - as calculated by the Official Charts Company. From the multi-decade-spanning success of global icons ABBA, Coldplay, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, the impact of contemporary and pioneering rap and hip-hop talent AJ Tracey and Headie One, to the chart-dominating reign of pop artists and singer-songwriters such as Anne-Marie, Ellie Goulding, George Ezra, Lewis Capaldi, RAYE, Rita Ora and Sam Smith, the BRIT Billion award celebrates these artists’ undeniable impact on UK music and marks their achievement in hitting this significant milestone. The BRIT Billion award, which, like the existing BRIT Certified scheme and its iconic Platinum, Silver and Gold tiers, is verified using Official Charts data - and 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. BRIT Billion also marks 50 years of the BPI and the 50th anniversary of the certifications programme, which was created by the BPI 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. The introduction of BRIT Billion reflects the extent to which streaming has transformed the music landscape for artists and fans alike over the past decade – more than 85% of the UK’s recorded music consumption now takes place through streaming, and in 2022 there were a record 160 billion audio streams in the UK in total. Many artists now measure success in the tens and hundreds of millions of streams each year in the UK alone, but a growing number are also surpassing the billion threshold, creating the need for a prestigious new award to mark and celebrate their outstanding achievement. Many more artists who have surpassed the threshold will be announced in due course. With nearly 400 million albums sold worldwide, 17 No. 1 hits and over 50 million weekly global streams, ABBA are one of the world’s most successful music acts of all time. Ever since their breakthrough with ‘Waterloo’ back in 1974, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad have enjoyed worldwide hits such as ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)’ and ‘Mamma Mia’, which are also the group’s most streamed songs in the UK. Rapper, singer-songwriter and producer AJ Tracey first hit the UK’s Official Charts in 2017 and since then has enjoyed both critical and commercial acclaim for his music, becoming one of the most streamed rappers in the UK, with both of his albums placing inside the Top 3 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart on release. His hit ‘Ladbroke Grove’ has amassed over 250 million streams to date. AJ said: “It’s a real honour to have been given one of the first ever BRIT Billion awards. I do this all for you guys, so thank you for listening. New album on the way. Stay locked!” BRIT-nominated singer Anne-Marie has become one of the UK’s most popular artists through her consistent chart success, and recent move into TV, as one of the coaches for BBC One’s The Voice UK. Her debut and follow up albums both hit the Top 3 of the Official Albums Chart on release (the former including hit single ‘2002’ which has accumulated a quarter of a billion streams to date), and has released a score of huge hit collaborations with the likes of Little Mix, Niall Horan, Rudimental, David Guetta, Clean Bandit and more recently Aitch on their UK Top 10 single 'Psycho'. One of the best-selling acts of all time, Coldplay have released nine studio albums to date (all of which have gone to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart) - producing singles and streaming hits such as ‘Yellow’, ‘Viva La Vida’, ‘Fix You’, ‘Hymn for the Weekend’ and ‘My Universe’, with numerous worldwide sell-out tours and music accolades across their 20+ year career. The band - consisting of Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Chris Martin, have continued to evolve and discover new sonic worlds, and are universally recognised as one of planet's most influential and pioneering acts. BRIT-winning Ellie Goulding has amassed huge streaming numbers over the years, with her 4x Platinum hit ‘Love Me Like You Do’ – her most streamed track in the UK to date. Five studio albums under her belt and a number of hit singles such as ‘Starry Eyes’, ‘Under the Sheets’, ‘Anything Could Happen’ and ‘On My Mind’ have cemented her as one of the UK’s most exciting pop artists. Chart-topping singer songwriter George Ezra has been a household name since his 2013 smash hit ‘Budapest’, taken from his Official Albums Chart No. 1 ‘Wanted on Voyage’. His BRIT-Certified and 6x Platinum single ‘Shotgun’, released in 2018, has been streamed just shy of 500 million times in the UK - making it one of the most streamed songs ever in the UK, with all three of his studio albums hitting the No. 1 spot in the UK’s Official Albums Chart. His third consecutive number 1 album ‘Gold Rush Kid’, released in 2022, is now Gold and single ‘Green Green Grass’ is Platinum. Rap pioneer Headie One rose to prominence as a solo artist in 2018 with the release of ‘Know Better’, his first signing to Sony’s Relentless label. Since then he has become a regular fixture in the UK’s Official Charts, through releases including ‘18Hunna’ featuring Dave and ‘Ain’t It Different’ with Stormzy and AJ Tracey (reaching over 130 million streams in the UK to date), with his Gold-certified debut album hitting the Official No. 1 spot on release in 2020. International superstar Lewis Capaldi has endeared himself to countless fans since the release of his debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’ - the biggest selling UK album of both 2019 and 2020, which also included the BRIT Certified 8x Platinum ‘Someone You Loved’, 2019’s biggest single of the year and the most-streamed song in the UK of all time with over 600 million streams (as verified by the Official Charts Company). The Scot’s forthcoming album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ seems to be following a similar success pattern, having achieved three No. 1 singles with ‘Wish You The Best’, ‘Forget Me’ and ‘Pointless’ ahead of its release. Lewis said: "Am so buzzing to be one of the first artists ever to be given a "BRIT Billion" award! Never in a million years did I think any of this stuff would happen but now it is I will gladly accept each and every award, you have my address x.” Global pop and R&B royalty Mariah Carey rose to fame in the early 90s and since then has become one of music’s most treasured icons with hit singles such as ‘Hero’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Without You’ and ‘One Sweet Day’, and ten top 10s in the Official Albums Chart and breaking a number of records along the way. The 1994 single ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ has ensured Mariah’s synonymy with the festive period even now, and is one of the UK’s most streamed songs of all time with over 370 million streams. Mariah said: “I'm really honoured to be one of the recipients of the BRIT Billion Award. I'm so grateful to my fans for their endless and enduring support. I love you UK lambily and cannot wait to come back to your side of the pond and create more magical moments together.” RAYE is one of the UK’s most exciting singer-songwriters of recent times. As an independent artist she released her debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’ earlier this year, reaching No. 2 in the UK’s Official Albums Chart and No. 1 in the Independent Album charts. Following a multitude of Top 10 singles, RAYE achieved her first No.1 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart this January with ‘Escapism.' 'Escapism.' achieved Platinum status shortly after the album's release, joining RAYE's impressive collection of streaming and platinum-certified hits, which also includes "Decline" ft Mr Eazi, "By Your Side" with Jonas Blue, "You Don't Know Me" with Jax Jones, "Ferrari Horses" with D-Block Europe, "Bed" with Joel Corry and "Secrets" with Regard. RAYE said: “Thank you so much to the BPI for this award. One billion streams is a very overwhelming number to truly wrap my head around, I’m very grateful to everyone and anyone who is included in that number, thank you.” First featuring on the No. 1 single ‘Hot Right Now’ in 2012, Rita Ora has been front and centre of the UK pop music scene for two decades, with two studio albums (her debut going straight in as Official No.1), and a string of Official No. 1 singles including ‘R.I.P.’, ‘How We Do (Party)’, ‘Your Song’, ‘Anywhere’, and ‘Let You Love Me’ - which has scored over 150 million UK streams to date. She is also the record holder for the most Top Ten singles (13) by a British female artist. Multi-Platinum artist/songwriter  Sam Smith has amassed over 40 million album sales, 300 million single sales and 55 billion career streams. Their multi-platinum debut album In the Lonely Hour became the biggest selling debut album of the decade, and Sam’s fourth studio album Gloria became their third #1 album. Sam Smith holds two Guinness World Records – for the most consecutive weeks in the UK Top 10 Album Chart (for their 2014 debut, In The Lonely Hour) and for having the first James Bond Theme to reach No.1 on the UK Charts (for the Oscar and Golden Globe winning Writing’s on the Wall). Known worldwide as “The Voice” in honour of her inimitable vocal prowess, Whitney Houston is one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 200 million album sales globally to date and the only artist to have achieved seven consecutive No. 1 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100. Released in 1987, ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ is her most streamed UK song and BRIT Certified 3x Platinum; other hit singles over her 30+ year career include ‘Saving All My Love For You’, ‘It’s Not Right (But It’s OK)’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’ and ‘My Love Is Your Love’. The BRIT Billion trophy has been designed to high specifications using premium quality materials to reflect the exceptional achievement that this elite-level award represents. Created for the BPI by Gaudio Awards1, the design incorporates the iconic BRITs ‘B’ and an encapsulated BRITs statuette, and each award will be personalised with the recipient artist’s name. Sophie Jones, BPI Chief Strategy Officer and Interim Chief Executive, said: “For a recording artist, there can be few greater sources of pride than having a Platinum or Gold disc on their wall, but in an era when success in measured in the hundreds of millions and indeed billions of streams, it was clear that we needed a new and additional way to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in recorded music, and I feel certain that having a BRIT Billion Award will become equally prized .” YolanDa Brown DL OBE, musician and Chair of the BPI, said: “As a musician, nothing gives you a greater thrill than knowing that people are enjoying and connecting with your work. Being streamed in the billions represents a pinnacle of success – underlining the treasured bond that exists between artist and fan – and I congratulate all the inaugural recipient artists and their record labels on being honoured with a BRIT Billion award. I look forward to seeing many more artists achieve this incredible feat in the future.” Toby Leveson, Senior Digital Content Manager, BPI, said: “The certifications scheme has always been a great measure of cultural cut-through, and we’re taking this to the next level with BRIT Billion, as the UK becomes the first country in the world to celebrate streaming success across an artist's entire catalogue. The variety of artists receiving the very first BRIT Billion Awards is a testament to the taste of the British public, from artists with timeless iconic tracks including ABBA, Mariah Carey, and Coldplay, to massive stars of recent years such as RAYE, Anne-Marie, and AJ Tracey.”

iTunes Albums 22 NEW Harry Belafonte - Very Best of Harry Belafonte 24 NEW Harry Belafonte - Greatest Hits 195 NEW Harry Belafonte - The Best of Harry Belafonte 198 NEW Harry Belafonte - The Essential Harry Belafonte Singer, actor and staunch civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96, it's been announced. The beloved American star was the recipient of a Grammy, Emmy and Tony award, as well as the coveted Official Christmas Number 1 in his lifetime. Belafonte died of heart failure at his New York home on Tuesday with his wife at his side, his spokesperson said. In the UK, he is best remembered for his track Mary's Boy Child, which became the Official Christmas Number 1 of 1957. Spending a total of seven weeks at Number 1, Mary's Boy Child also holds the distinction of being one of the best-selling singles in Official Charts history. Belafonte also achieved two further Top 10 hits on the Official Singles Chart; The Banana Boat Song (2) and Island In The Sun (3) both released in 1957 too. Just last year, Belafonte became the oldest living person ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

iTunes songs 29 NEW Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 31 NEW Harry Belafonte - Island In the Sun 63 NEW Harry Belafonte - Jump In the Line 67 NEW Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) iTunes Albums 22 NEW Harry Belafonte - Very Best of Harry Belafonte 24 NEW Harry Belafonte - Greatest Hits 195 NEW Harry Belafonte - The Best of Harry Belafonte 198 NEW Harry Belafonte - The Essential Harry Belafonte Singer, actor and staunch civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96, it's been announced. The beloved American star was the recipient of a Grammy, Emmy and Tony award, as well as the coveted Official Christmas Number 1 in his lifetime. Belafonte died of heart failure at his New York home on Tuesday with his wife at his side, his spokesperson said. In the UK, he is best remembered for his track Mary's Boy Child, which became the Official Christmas Number 1 of 1957. Spending a total of seven weeks at Number 1, Mary's Boy Child also holds the distinction of being one of the best-selling singles in Official Charts history. Belafonte also achieved two further Top 10 hits on the Official Singles Chart; The Banana Boat Song (2) and Island In The Sun (3) both released in 1957 too. Just last year, Belafonte became the oldest living person ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Story about cassette sales on ITV news at 6.30pm.

Amazon still sells cassette players. Their best seller is DIGITNOW! Portable Cassette Player/Cassette to MP3 Converter Capture Cassette Tape to MP3/CD Audio via USB at £17.99. Easy to Operate: With Audacity software, you could convert old mix tapes and cassette to MP3 via USB on iPod/MP3 player or burn to CD. Portable Design: Compact Size and suitable weightmake you could listen to the cassette music anywhere with this Cassette Walkman Supports External Player: WIth earphone included, you could listen to music in cassette via 3.5mm earphone jack directly or connect to more profession extermal music player. Various compatibilities: Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, Mac older than version 10.5. Battery(not included) or USB powered. Package Included: 1 x USB Cassette Capture, 1 x USB Cable, 1 x Software CD, 1 x 3.5mm jack earphone, 1 x User Manual

From BPI. https://www.bpi.co.uk/news-analysis/cassett...alysis-reveals/ Artists including Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine and Harry Styles lifted UK cassette sales to their highest level in nearly two decades last year, according to new analysis from the BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s world-leading record labels and music companies. Based on Official Charts Company data, sales of the retro format grew for a tenth consecutive year in 2022, reaching annual totals not seen since 2003, when the year’s two most popular titles were Now That’s What I Call Music compilations and Daniel O’Donnell had the top artist album. The revival of the audio cassette market is highlighted, among many other fascinating trends and stats, in All About The Music 2023 – the 44th edition of the BPI Yearbook, which is out now1. While sales of cassettes remain quite a bit lower than vinyl, having grown by 5.2% year-on-year to 195,000 units in 2022, the format is playing a significant role in the sales mix of some brand new album releases. On 10 occasions last year, the format accounted for over 10% of the chart sales of the No.1 album on the weekly Official Albums Chart. Some of these chart-topping albums sold more copies on cassette than on vinyl when they debuted at No.1, including Florence + The Machine’s Dance Fever and 5SOS5 by 5 Seconds of Summer. More than a fifth of each album’s first-week chart sales were claimed by cassette. For some new albums, a cassette version went on sale when a vinyl release was not available, as was the case with Central Cee’s 23, Digga D’s Noughty By Nature and Blackpink’s Born Pink, which all reached No.1 last year. OFFICIAL CASSETTE ARTIST ALBUMS CHART 2022 – © Official Charts Company 1. Arctic Monkeys – The Car 2. Harry Styles – Harry’s House 3. Florence + The Machine – Dance Fever 4. Muse – Will Of The People 5. Central Cee– 23 6. Robbie Williams – XXV 7. 5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOS5 8. Blackpink – Born Pink 9. The 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign Language 10. Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout Sophie Jones, BPI Chief Strategy Officer and Interim CEO, said: “For many of us growing up, cassettes were a rite of passage as we listened to our favourite artists. So it’s heartening that this once much-loved format is back in vogue, even if still a tiny part of music consumption overall. Like vinyl, a number of contemporary artists are warmly embracing the cassette as another way to reach audiences and on occasions it has even helped them to achieve a No.1 album. While streaming is by far the leading format, the renewed popularity of cassettes and vinyl highlights the continuing importance of the physical market and the many ways fans have to consume music.” Arctic Monkeys had the year’s biggest-selling cassette with The Car, finishing ahead of Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, which was the top album across all formats. The top five cassette sellers were completed by releases from Florence + The Machine (Dance Fever), Muse (Will Of The People) and Central Cee (23), while artists including Blackpink (Born Pink), Machine Gun Kelly (Mainstream Sellout), Robbie Williams (XXV) and The 1975 (Being Funny In A Foreign Language) also finished in the year’s Top 10. All but two of the Top 10 sellers sold more than 5,000 cassettes during the year, while there were 40 occasions in 2022 when an album sold over 1,000 cassettes over the course of a week. This compares to 34 titles doing the same the year before. Every one of the Top 10 cassette sellers was released in 2022, as were the entire Top 20, which included releases by Avril Lavigne (Love Sux), Jamie T (The Theory Of Whatever), Knucks (Alpha Place) and Blossoms (Ribbon Around The Bomb). The top catalogue seller was Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast, which was reissued on cassette in March last year to mark its 40th anniversary. Another popular catalogue title was the original soundtrack to the 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians Of The Galaxy, which includes vintage tracks by 10cc, David Bowie and Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell. Sub-titled Awesome Mix Vol. 1, the album was one of the earliest titles to be released on cassette since the format’s revival and is one of the biggest sellers over the last ten years. A decade of growth for cassettes marks a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for a format which between 1985 and 1992 led the UK albums market before being overtaken by CD. However, by 2012 its total annual sales had dropped below 4,000 units. Since then purchases have risen every year, but its revival picked up markedly in 2020 when it grew from just over 80,000 units the year before to nearly 160,000 units, almost doubling in size in a single year. It surpassed 185,000 units in 2021, while the 195,000 units it sold last year took it to a level not seen since before Apple launched its iTunes Music download store in the UK. Drew Hill, MD Proper Music Group and VP Distribution at Utopia Music, said: “While cassettes comprise only a small percentage of the UK album market, the format’s continuous growth over the last decade speaks to the ongoing fan demand for a myriad of ways to listen, collect and value music. We reside in a golden era of choice, where music fans are looking to labels and artists to offer a broad spectrum of physical options to complement digital streaming. *2023 Year Book costs £110 + shipping and VAT where applicable.

Both links in my original post work fine for me!

I also asked for these sales. Also a Top 200 albums chart and updated all-time sales for singles and albums. And more sales data with their web news stories.

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Lewis Capaldi - Someone you loved - 8x platinum - 07.04.2023

Why? Some people do like Cliff you know.

The Top 40 albums has been published early in a news item. (5.30pm) www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/boygenius-secure-first-ever-number-1-album-with-the-record__38989/

See here for OCC complete Top 40 so far. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...-so-far__38997/