2020 in British music

This is a summary of the year 2020 in British music.

2020 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in British music
2020s in music in the UK
Events
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Charts
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  • 2023
  • 2024
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  • 2026
  • 2027
  • 2028
  • 2029

Events
  • 9 January – Singer Celeste is named as the Sound of 2020, after an annual BBC poll of music critics and industry figures.[1]
  • 13 January – Opera Holland Park announces simultaneously the scheduled retirement of Michael Volpe as its general director on 30 September 2020, and the appointment of James Clutton as the company's new Chief Executive and Director of Opera, effective 1 October 2020.[2]
  • 24 January – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces simultaneously the scheduled retirement of Timothy Walker as its chief executive and artistic director, effective 3 June 2020, and the appointment of David Burke as its next chief executive, along with a planned division into separate roles each of the posts of chief executive and of artistic director.[3]
  • 1 February
    • The Orchestre National de Lille performs the final concert of its UK tour at Leeds Town Hall, the last European orchestra to perform in the United Kingdom just prior to and after the UK's departure from the European Union.[4]
    • Veteran glam rock band Slade sack their drummer Don Powell after 50 years together; Powell says he will set up a rival group called "Don Powell's Slade".[5]
  • 12 February – The Two Moors Festival announces the appointment of Tamsin Waley-Cohen as its new artistic director for its 2020 festival.[6]
  • 24 February – The Hallé announces Delyana Lazarova as the winner of the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition 2020.[7]
  • 27 February
  • 11 March
  • 17 March – The following classical music organisations announce suspension of performances in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • 18 March – The Glastonbury Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]
  • 23 March – Hazard Chase announces cessation of activity and entry into voluntary liquidation, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
  • 24 March – The St Magnus International Festival announces cancellation of its 2020 season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]
  • 26 March – The following festivals have cancelled their scheduled 2020 seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • 27 March – The following festivals have cancelled their scheduled 2020 seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • 30 March
    • The Aldeburgh Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first-ever festival cancellation in the festival's history.[26]
    • Following a cold and self-isolation, Marianne Faithfull checks into hospital, and subsequently has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[27]
  • 1 April – The Edinburgh International Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]
  • 2 April – The Dartington Music Summer School and Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 summer school and festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[29]
  • 6 April – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Karina Canellakis as its new principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective September 2020.[30]
  • 24 April – At 99 years old, Captain Tom Moore became the oldest person to top the UK Singles Chart.
  • 5 May – Glyndebourne Opera announces cancellation of its 2020 summer season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[31]
  • 6 May – Britten Sinfonia announces the appointment of Meurig Bowen as its next chief executive and artistic director, effective August 2020.[32]
  • 7 May – Help Musicians UK announces the appointment of Dame Evelyn Glennie as its new president.[33]
  • 12 May – Wigmore Hall and BBC Radio 3 announce a scheduled series of live concerts from Wigmore Hall, beginning on 1 June, to be performed to an empty hall and under social distancing guidelines, the first live concerts from the hall and broadcast on Radio 3 since the general COVID-19 lockdown.[34]
  • 1 June – At Wigmore Hall, Stephen Hough gives a live concert without an audience in attendance, video-streamed and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, the first live classical music concert in London and the first live music relay on BBC Radio 3 in 11 weeks since the imposition of COVID-19-related lockdown conditions.[35]
  • 9 June – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Domingo Hindoyan as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season.[36]
  • 15 June – Birmingham Opera Company announces the appointment of Alpesh Chauhan as its new music director, effective 1 July 2020.[37]
  • 16 June – Universal Music Group announces the re-branding of its Virgin EMI label as EMI Records, and the appointment of Rebecca Allen as president of the EMI Records label.[38]
  • 25 June – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Cristina Rocca as its new artistic director, effective November 2020.[39]
  • 2 July – Opera North announces postponement of its originally scheduled autumn 2020 and winter 2021 productions, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[40]
  • 3 July – The BBC Proms announces its reconfigured 2020 Proms season, with 6 weeks of archival Proms and selected new digital content, and the final 2 weeks of the season scheduled to feature live concerts under social distancing guidelines at the Royal Albert Hall.[41]
  • 4 July – The Bamberg Symphony announces the prize winners of its 2020 Mahler Competition for conductors, which include Finnegan Downie Dear (First Prize) and Harry Ogg (joint winner of Third Prize).
  • 6 July – Tom Meighan and Kasabian announce his departure from the group, by mutual agreement.[42] Subsequent reports the next day indicate that the departure was related to Meighan's assault of his former fiancée, Vikki Ager, behaviour condemned by his former bandmates as "totally unacceptable".[43]
  • 8 July – Cadogan Hall presents a live concert by the English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) under social distancing guidelines, the first live concert at Cadogan Hall and the first live ECO performance since the imposition of lockdown conditions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[44]
  • 25 July - Grime artist Wiley is dropped by his management after the rapper posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets.
  • 12 August – Glyndebourne Opera stages the first night of its new live production of Jacques Offenbach's Mesdames de la Halle, in English translation under the title In the Market for Love, or Onions are Forever, under social distancing conditions for the musicians and audience, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]
  • 17 August – Wigmore Hall announces a schedule for 100 autumn season concerts under social distancing conditions, scheduled for the period of 13 September 2020 to 22 December 2020.[46]
  • 28 August
  • 29 August – Seorsia Jack announces her departure from Real Like You eight months after their win on The X Factor: The Band, deciding to pursue a solo career.[49]
  • 16 September - The Royal Philharmonic Society awards honorary membership to Dame Sarah Connolly, at a live Wigmore Hall recital. [50]
  • 6 October – 400 professional classical musicians stage a socially distanced performance protest in support of musicians not covered by the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant.[51]
  • 9 October – Queen's Birthday Honours List 2020[52][53]
  • 21 October – NI Opera announces the appointment of Cameron Menzies as its next artistic director.[54]
  • 1 November – The charity single Four Notes - Paul's Tune, based on an piano improvisation by retired music teacher Paul Harvey, is released in a recording with the BBC Philharmonic accompanying the original piano recording, with proceeds from sales divided equally between the Alzheimers Society and Music for Dementia.[55]
  • 4 November – The Southbank Centre announces the appointment of Toks Dada as its new head of classical music, effective December 2020.[56]
  • 6 November – Sir Cliff Richard becomes the first artist to have albums in the Top 5 UK album charts across eight consecutive decades, each decade from the 1950s (1959) through the 2020s (2020), with the #3 status of Music...The Air That I Breathe this week.[57]
  • 18 November - The Academy of Ancient Music announces the appointment of Laurence Cummings as its next music director, effective with the 2021–2022 season.[58]
  • 14 December – Jesy Nelson announces her departure from Little Mix after nine years. Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall confirm that they will continue as a three-piece group.[59]
  • 18 December
    • The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge announces the cancellation of its scheduled live performance of the 2020 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. In its place on 24 December, a recording of the music made as an alternative event is to be relayed.[60]
    • Paul McCartney releases his solo album McCartney III.
  • 21 December
    • The girl choristers of Ely Cathedral perform the "Hymn for Christmas Day" by Jane Savage, the earliest known Church of England anthem by a female composer, following its re-discovery in the summer of 2020 by Rachel Webber of the University of York.[61]
    • Esa-Pekka Salonen is made an honorary KBE by Queen Elizabeth II, for services to music and to United Kingdom-Finland cultural relations.[62]
  • 30 December: 2021 New Years Honours:[63]

Television programmes

Classical works

Opera
  • Alex Woolf and David Pountney – A Feast in the Time of Plague[81]

Film scores and incidental music

Film

Television

British music awards
  • Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020
    • Chamber: Bartók – Piano Quintet / Veress – String Trio; Vilde Frang; Barnabás Kelemen; Katalin Kokas; Lawrence Power; Nicolas Altstaedt; Alexander Lonquich (Alpha Classics)
    • Choral: J.S. Bach – St Matthew Passion; Benjamin Bruns, Damien Guillon, Christian Immler, Toru Kaku, Clint van der Linde, Aki Matsui, Makoto Sakurada, Carolyn Sampson, Zachary Wilder; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor (BIS)
    • Concerto: Chopin – Piano Concertos; Benjamin Grosvenor; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Elim Chan, conductor (Decca Classics)
    • Contemporary: Thomas Adès - Piano Concerto / Totentanz; Kirill Gerstein, Mark Stone, Christianne Stotijn; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
    • Early Music: Gesualdo - Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo; Les Arts Florissants; Paul Agnew (harmonia mundi) (Hyperion)
    • Instrumental: Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas; Igor Levit (Sony Classical)
    • Opera: Handel – Agrippina; Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Franco Fagioli, Jakub Józef Orliński, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il Pomo d'Oro; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Erato)
    • Orchestral: Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphonies Nos 2 and 21; Gidon Kremer; Kremerata Baltica; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
    • Recital: Si j'ai aimé (Berlioz, Théodore Dubois; Duparc; Massenet; Saint-Saëns; Vierne); Sandrine Piau; Le Concert de la Loge; Julien Chauvin, director (Alpha Classics)
    • Solo Vocal: Janáček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared, Nursery Rhymes, Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs; Nicky Spence; Václava Housková; Victoria Samek; Julius Drake (Hyperion)
    • Recording of the Year: Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphonies Nos 2 and 21; Gidon Kremer; Kremerata Baltica; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
    • Concept Album: From the Ground Up: The Chaconne; Hugo Ticciati; o/modernt (Signum Classics)
    • Beethoven 250 Award: Beethoven – Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5; Martin Helmchen; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Andrew Manze, conductor (Alpha Classics)
    • Young Artist of the Year: Natalya Romaniw
    • Label of the Year: Alpha Classics
    • Artist of the Year: Igor Levit
    • Orchestra of the Year: The Philadelphia Orchestra
    • Special Achievement: Robert von Bahr
    • Lifetime Achievement: Itzhak Perlman
  • 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards[85]
    • RPS Gold Medal: John Williams
    • Chamber-Scale Composition: Naomi Pinnock, I am, I am
    • Concert Series & Events: Venus Unwrapped - Kings Place
    • Conductor: Dalia Stasevska
    • Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble
    • Gamechanger: Jane Glover
    • Impact: Sound Young Minds - City of London Sinfonia
    • Inspiration:
      • Concerteenies
      • Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme
      • Stay At Home Choir
      • The Opera Story's Episodes
      • #UriPosteJukeBox
      • Virtual Benedetti Sessions
    • Instrumentalist: Lawrence Power
    • Large-Scale Composition: Frank Denyer - The Fish that Became the Sun (Songs of the Dispossessed)
    • Opera & Music Theatre: The Turn of the Screw - Garsington Opera
    • Singer: Natalya Romaniw
    • Storytelling: Stephen Hough - Rough Ideas
    • Young Artists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
  • Ivors Composer Awards
    • Chamber Orchestral: Robin Haigh – Grin
    • Choral: Richard Blackford – Pietà
    • Community and Participation: Oliver Vibrans – More Up
    • Innovation – Yazz Ahmed
    • Jazz Composition for Large Ensemble: Charlie Bates – Crepuscule
    • Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble: Renell Shaw – The Vision They Had
    • Large Chamber: Oliver Leith – Honey Siren
    • Large Orchestral: Jonny Greenwood – Horror vacui
    • Outstanding Works Collection: Cecilia McDowell
    • Small Chamber: Daniel Fardon – Six Movements
    • Solo or Duo: Gareth Moorcraft – Diaries of the Early Worm
    • Sound Art: Kathy Hinde – Twittering Machines
    • Stage Works: Philip Venables – Denis & Katya

Charts and sales

Number-one singles

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Key
Best performing single of the year
Chart date
(week ending)		SongArtist(s)Chart salesReferences
2 January"River"Ellie Goulding78,193[86]
9 January"Own It"Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy56,590[87]
16 January55,826[88]
23 January55,400[89]
30 January"Godzilla"Eminem featuring Juice Wrld52,633[90]
6 February"Before You Go"Lewis Capaldi65,943[91]
13 February"Blinding Lights" The Weeknd62,512[92]
20 February64,954[93]
27 February"No Time to Die"Billie Eilish90,488[94]
5 March"Blinding Lights" The Weeknd64,302[95]
12 March63,966[96]
19 March60,545[97]
26 March"Roses"Saint Jhn52,656[98]
2 April59,859[99]
9 April"Blinding Lights" The Weeknd69,595[100]
16 April80,073[101]
23 April77,918[102]
30 April"You'll Never Walk Alone"Michael Ball and Captain Tom Moore81,829[103]
7 May"Times Like These"Live Lounge Allstars66,164[104]
14 May"Toosie Slide"Drake49,187[105]
21 May"Rockstar"DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch44,879[106]
28 May57,429[107]
4 June"Rain on Me"Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande70,132[108]
11 June"Rockstar"DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch64,382[109]
18 June57,677[110]
25 June59,299[111]
2 July59,563[112]
9 July"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo57,105[113]
16 July63,292[114]
23 July63,411[115]
30 July"Head & Heart"Joel Corry featuring MNEK67,806[116]
6 August76,363[117]
13 August79,313[118]
20 August81,254[119]
27 August67,888[120]
3 September61,845[121]
10 September"WAP"Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion64,725[122]
17 September62,118[123]
24 September59,563[124]
1 October"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior60,618[125]
8 October54,844[126]
15 October50,366[127]
22 October48,886[128]
29 October"Lemonade"Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav38,052[129]
5 November"Positions"Ariana Grande60,909[130]
12 November50,903[131]
19 November44,348[132]
26 November44,581[133]
3 December42,870[134]
10 December38,394[135]
17 December"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey44,016[136]
24 December43,944[137]
31 December"Don't Stop Me Eatin'"LadBaby158,000[138]

Number-one albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Key
Best performing album of the year
    Chart date
    (week ending)    		AlbumArtist(s)Chart salesReferences
    2 JanuaryYou're in My HeartRod Stewart47,495[139]
    9 JanuaryDivinely Uninspired to a Hellish ExtentLewis Capaldi21,203[140]
    16 JanuaryHeavy Is the HeadStormzy23,614[141]
    23 JanuaryDivinely Uninspired to a Hellish ExtentLewis Capaldi18,298[142]
    30 JanuaryMusic to Be Murdered ByEminem36,302[143]
    6 FebruaryBig ConspiracyJ Hus23,536[144]
    13 FebruaryFoolish Loving SpacesBlossoms22,489[145]
    20 FebruaryFather of All...Green Day23,389[146]
    27 FebruaryChangesJustin Bieber17,681[147]
    5 MarchMap of the Soul: 7BTS37,978[148]
    12 MarchDivinely Uninspired to a Hellish ExtentLewis Capaldi14,706[149]
    19 MarchManchester CallingPaul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott20,422[150]
    26 MarchHeartbreak WeatherNiall Horan14,300[151]
    2 AprilAfter HoursThe Weeknd25,677[152]
    9 AprilCalm5 Seconds of Summer34,941[153]
    16 AprilFuture NostalgiaDua Lipa16,080[154]
    23 April11,833[155]
    30 AprilThe BonnyGerry Cinnamon28,945[156]
    7 MayFuture NostalgiaDua Lipa10,532[157]
    14 MayDark Lane Demo TapesDrake19,851[158]
    21 MayFuture NostalgiaDua Lipa7,317[159]
    28 MayDivinely Uninspired to a Hellish ExtentLewis Capaldi8,396[160]
    4 JuneNotes on a Conditional FormThe 197534,245[161]
    11 JuneChromaticaLady Gaga52,907[162]
    18 June12,819[163]
    25 JuneMTV UnpluggedLiam Gallagher20,874 [164]
    2 JulyRough and Rowdy WaysBob Dylan34,117[165]
    9 JulyWomen in Music Pt. IIIHaim17,762[166]
    16 JulyOn SunsetPaul Weller24,011[167]
    23 JulyLegends Never DieJuice Wrld22,437[168]
    30 JulyBrightest BlueEllie Goulding14,820[169]
    6 AugustFolkloreTaylor Swift37,060[170]
    13 August22,550[171]
    20 August15,539[172]
    27 AugustA Celebration of EndingsBiffy Clyro26,161[173]
    3 SeptemberImploding the MirageThe Killers50,391[174]
    10 SeptemberCrabs in a BucketNines13,594[175]
    17 SeptemberGoats Head SoupRolling Stones13,107[176]
    24 SeptemberThe Universal WantDoves17,400[177]
    1 OctoberShoot for the Stars, Aim for the MoonPop Smoke9,665[178]
    8 OctoberUltra MonoIdles27,182[179]
    15 OctoberLive Around the WorldQueen and Adam Lambert25,275[180]
    22 OctoberEdnaHeadie One15,494[181]
    29 OctoberCherry BlossomThe Vamps13,476[182]
    5 NovemberLetter to YouBruce Springsteen51,761[183]
    12 NovemberPositionsAriana Grande27,272[184]
    19 NovemberDiscoKylie Minogue54,905[185]
    26 NovemberPower UpAC/DC61,976[186]
    3 DecemberTogether at ChristmasMichael Ball and Alfie Boe32,822[187]
    10 DecemberMusic Played by HumansGary Barlow46,406[188]
    17 DecemberWeird!Yungblud38,759[189]
    24 DecemberEvermoreTaylor Swift27,532[190]
    31 DecemberMcCartney IIIPaul McCartney33,079[191]

    Number-one compilation albums
      Chart date
      (week ending)      		AlbumChart salesReferences
      2 JanuaryNow 104[192]
      9 January[193]
      16 JanuaryFrozen II[194]
      23 January[195]
      30 January[196]
      6 February[197]
      13 February[198]
      20 FebruaryNow 104[199]
      27 FebruaryFrozen II[200]
      5 MarchThe Greatest Showman[201]
      12 March[202]
      19 March[203]
      26 MarchNow 100 Hits Country[204]
      2 AprilFrozen II[205]
      9 April[206]
      16 April[207]
      23 April[208]
      30 AprilThe Greatest Showman[209]
      7 May[210]
      14 May[211]
      21 MayNow 105[212]
      28 May[213]
      4 June[214]
      11 June[215]
      18 June[216]
      25 June[217]
      2 July[218]
      9 July[219]
      16 JulyHamilton[220]
      23 July[221]
      30 July[222]
      6 AugustNow 106[223]
      13 August[224]
      20 August[225]
      27 August[226]
      3 September[227]
      10 September[228]
      17 September[229]
      24 September[230]
      1 October[231]
      8 OctoberHamilton[232]
      15 OctoberThe Greatest Showman[233]
      22 OctoberNow 100 Hits 80s No.1s[234]
      29 OctoberThe Greatest Showman[235]
      5 November[236]
      12 November[237]
      19 NovemberDreamboats and Petticoats - Music That Lives[238]
      26 November[239]
      3 December[240]
      10 DecemberNow 107[241]
      17 December[242]
      24 December[243]
      31 December[244]

      Year-end charts

      Top singles of the year

      This chart was published by the Official Charts Company on January 4, 2021[245]

      Combined Title Artist(s) Peak
      position      		 Combined
      1 "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd 1
      2 "Dance Monkey" Tones and I 5 [lower-alpha 1]
      3 "Roses" Saint Jhn 1
      4 "Before You Go" Lewis Capaldi 1
      5 "Head & Heart" Joel Corry featuring MNEK 1
      6 "Don't Start Now" Dua Lipa 3 [lower-alpha 2]
      7 "Rockstar" DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch 1
      8 "Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi 6 [lower-alpha 3]
      9 "Own It" Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy 1
      10 "Watermelon Sugar" Harry Styles 4
      11 "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo 1
      12 "The Box" Roddy Ricch 2
      13 "Say So" Doja Cat 2
      14 "Lonely" Joel Corry 4
      15 "Breaking Me" Topic and A7S 3
      16 "Adore You" Harry Styles 7
      17 "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande 1
      18 "Rover" S1mba featuring DTG 3
      19 "Physical" Dua Lipa 3
      20 "Mood" 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior 1
      21 "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" Powfu featuring Beabadoobee 4
      22 "Life Is Good" Future featuring Drake 3
      23 "WAP" Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion 1
      24 "Bruises" Lewis Capaldi 12 [lower-alpha 4]
      25 "Toosie Slide" Drake 1
      26 "Bad Guy" Billie Eilish 15 [lower-alpha 5]
      27 "Godzilla" Eminem featuring Juice Wrld 1
      28 "Memories" Maroon 5 13 [lower-alpha 6]
      29 "Everything I Wanted" Billie Eilish 6 [lower-alpha 7]
      30 "Intentions" Justin Bieber featuring Quavo 8
      31 "Roxanne" Arizona Zervas 4
      32 "Rain" Aitch and AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith 3
      33 "Flowers" Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae 12
      34 "Falling" Harry Styles 15
      35 "This City" Sam Fischer 16
      36 "Savage" Megan Thee Stallion 3
      37 "Dinner Guest" AJ Tracey featuring MoStack 5
      38 "Ride It" Regard 11 [lower-alpha 8]
      39 "Blueberry Faygo" Lil Mosey 9
      40 "Lighter" Nathan Dawe featuring KSI 3
      41 "Secrets" Regard and Raye 6
      42 "I Don't Care" Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber 27 [lower-alpha 9]
      43 "Break My Heart" Dua Lipa 6
      44 "You Should Be Sad" Halsey 12
      45 "Don't Need Love" 220 Kid and Gracey 9
      46 "Hold Me While You Wait" Lewis Capaldi 26 [lower-alpha 10]
      47 "If the World Was Ending" JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels 14
      48 "Don't Rush" Young T & Bugsey featuring Headie One 19
      49 "Better Off Without You" Becky Hill featuring Shift K3Y 14
      50 "Circles" Post Malone 19 [lower-alpha 11]

      Best-selling albums

      [246]

      No. Title Artist Peak
      position      		 Combined
      sales
      1 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 1
      2 Fine Line Harry Styles 3 [lower-alpha 12]
      3 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 1 265,000
      4 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 2 [lower-alpha 13]
      5 Heavy Is the Head Stormzy 1
      6 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke 1
      7 No.6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran 3 [lower-alpha 14]
      8 Greatest Hits Queen 7 [lower-alpha 15]
      9 Diamonds Elton John 7 [lower-alpha 16]
      10 50 Years – Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 9 [lower-alpha 17]
      11 Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 1
      12 Folklore Taylor Swift 1
      13 ÷ Ed Sheeran 11 [lower-alpha 18]
      14 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 11 [lower-alpha 19]
      15 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 9 [lower-alpha 20]
      16 High Expectations Mabel 11 [lower-alpha 21]
      17 Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 1
      18 Together at Christmas Michael Ball and Alfie Boe 1
      19 ABBA Gold ABBA 13 [lower-alpha 22]
      20 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 9 [lower-alpha 23]
      21 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 3 [lower-alpha 24]
      22 Chromatica Lady Gaga 1
      23 After Hours The Weeknd 1
      24 Time Flies... 1994–2009 Oasis 15 [lower-alpha 25]
      25 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 16 [lower-alpha 26]
      26 Power Up AC/DC 1
      27 Get to Know Becky Hill 20
      28 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 24 [lower-alpha 27]
      29 Confetti Little Mix 2
      30 Don't Smile at Me Billie Eilish 12
      31 Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 1
      32 Big Conspiracy J Hus 1
      33 Disco Kylie Minogue 1
      34 1 The Beatles 17 [lower-alpha 28]
      35 Legacy David Bowie 15 [lower-alpha 29]
      36 Snacks/Snacks (Supersize) Jax Jones 19 [lower-alpha 30]
      37 Lover Taylor Swift 14 [lower-alpha 31]
      38 What a Time to Be Alive Tom Walker 8 [lower-alpha 32]
      39 Number Ones Michael Jackson 30 [lower-alpha 33]
      40 Goodbye & Good Riddance Juice Wrld 32 [lower-alpha 34]
      41 AM Arctic Monkeys 34 [lower-alpha 35]
      42 The Ultimate Collection Whitney Houston 31 [lower-alpha 36]
      43 Staying at Tamara's George Ezra 27 [lower-alpha 37]
      44 ? XXXTentacion 38 [lower-alpha 38]
      45 The Bonny Gerry Cinnamon 1
      46 Psychodrama Dave 13 [lower-alpha 39]
      47 Without Fear Dermot Kennedy 13 [lower-alpha 40]
      48 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 1
      49 Music Played by Humans Gary Barlow 1
      50 Twenty Five George Michael 33 [lower-alpha 41]
      51 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys 37 [lower-alpha 42]
      52 × Ed Sheeran 43 [lower-alpha 43]
      53 Imploding the Mirage The Killers 1
      54 The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III Queen 24 [lower-alpha 44]
      55 Rare Selena Gomez 2
      56 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 1
      57 Christmas Michael Bublé 4 [lower-alpha 45]
      58 Positions Ariana Grande 1
      59 Love Goes Sam Smith 2
      60 Classic Diamonds Neil Diamond and the London Symphony Orchestra 2
      61 Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 35 [lower-alpha 46]
      62 Dissimulation KSI 2
      63 Direct Hits The Killers 33 [lower-alpha 47]
      64 Scorpion Drake 39 [lower-alpha 48]
      65 Greatest Hits Foo Fighters 18 [lower-alpha 49]
      66 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 39 [lower-alpha 50]
      67 Definitely Maybe Oasis 35 [lower-alpha 51]
      68 Meet the Woo 2 Pop Smoke 16
      69 Singles Maroon 5 50 [lower-alpha 52]
      70 In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 56 [lower-alpha 53]
      71 The 50 Greatest Hits Elvis Presley 47 [lower-alpha 54]
      72 Hypersonic Missiles Sam Fender 20 [lower-alpha 55]
      73 Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers 49 [lower-alpha 56]
      74 Thank U, Next Ariana Grande 37 [lower-alpha 57]
      75 Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake 1
      76 The Definitive Collection Stevie Wonder 37 [lower-alpha 58]
      77 Erratic Cinematic Gerry Cinnamon 36 [lower-alpha 59]
      78 Jolly Holiday Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra 4
      79 Music... The Air That I Breathe Cliff Richard 3
      80 Believe Andrea Bocelli 3
      81 Always in Between Jess Glynne 52 [lower-alpha 60]
      82 Platinum Hits Jason Derulo 46
      83 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Roddy Ricch 13
      84 Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses 17 [lower-alpha 61]
      85 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band Green Day 69 [lower-alpha 62]
      86 Astroworld Travis Scott 16 [lower-alpha 63]
      87 Changes Justin Bieber 1
      88 I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne 59 [lower-alpha 64]
      89 Harry Styles Harry Styles 53 [lower-alpha 65]
      90 PTSD D-Block Europe 27 [lower-alpha 66]
      91 Death Race for Love Juice Wrld 70 [lower-alpha 67]
      92 Kiwanuka Michael Kiwanuka 4 [lower-alpha 68]
      93 The Singles Phil Collins 48 [lower-alpha 69]
      94 25 Adele 48 [lower-alpha 70]
      95 Huncholini the 1st M Huncho 5
      96 Hot Pink Doja Cat 38

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      Deaths
      Andrew Weatherall in 2009
      Dame Vera Lynn in 1962

      See also

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      12. Reached number 2 in 2021
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      15. Reached number 1 in 1981
      16. Reached number 5 in 2017
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      19. Reached number 1 in 1978
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      50. Reached number 1 in 2007
      51. Reached number 1 in 1994
      52. Reached number 35 in 2015
      53. Reached number 1 in 2014
      54. Reached number 2 in 2017
      55. Reached number 1 in 2019
      56. Reached number 4 in 2003
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      58. Reached number 11 in 2008
      59. Reached number 17 in 2019
      60. Reached number 1 in 2018
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      63. Reached number 3 in 2018
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      66. Reached number 4 in 2019
      67. Reached number 12 in 2019
      68. Reached number 2 in 2019
      69. Reached number 2 in 2006
      70. Reached number 1 in 2015

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