Taylor Swift makes chart history to score third number one album in a year

Taylor Swift has today (April 16) made UK chart history after her re-recorded album ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’, reached number one in the charts. The Official Charts Company confirmed that Swift had earned her third number one album in under a year (259 days) making her the first artist to have the fastest accumulation of three …

BTS tops IFPI’s first-ever Global Album All Format Chart

K-pop superstars BTS have clinched the title of the best-selling album in 2020 with their hit album ‘Map Of The Soul: 7’. The international superstars recently topped the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) newly-launched Global Album All Format Chart. The category, which was officially launched yesterday (March 10), celebrates the best-selling albums of …

Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas lands first Number One on UK singles chart

Wham!‘s ‘Last Christmas’ has reached Number One in the UK for the very first time, 36 years after it was first released. Read more: Seasonably Rich: How much are musicians making from our favourite Christmas songs? Climbing from Three to One, the Christmas favourite by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley racked up 9.2 million streams …

Kylie Minogue becomes first female artist to top UK albums chart in five consecutive decades

Kylie Minogue has become the first female artist to top the UK albums chart in five consecutive decades. She broke the record with the release of her new studio album ‘Disco’, released last Friday (November 6) and entered the Official Charts at Number One. The album also had the biggest opening week sales of any …

YG and Nipsey Hustle’s ‘FTD’ sees 750 percent increase in streams, shoots to top of chart on election day

by: Sami Weisband Nov 9, 2020 As the United States rounds out Donald Trump’s presidency, and the tumult of the days succeeding the election, one song has been played so consistently and incessantly that it has garnered an increase of more than 750 percent in streams. That song is none other than YG and the …

Steff Da Campo & 71 Digits Rework Hi Tack’s 2006 Chart Topper ‘Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)’

Already a classic by its original standards, Hi_Tack’s 2006 hit tune ‘Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)’ has now received an incredible remix treatment by Dutch DJ/producer Steff Da Campo and mystery act 71 Digits. Together, they’ve taken the energy and vocally driven melody of the original to create a mesmerizing, fresh piece of dance …