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This is a summary of the year 2024 in British music .
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The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.
| Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | Chart sales | References |
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| 4 January | "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 96,653 | [65] |
| 11 January | "Stick Season" | Noah Kahan | 59,000 | [66] |
| 18 January | 65,834 | [67] | ||
| 25 January | 72,235 | [68] | ||
| 1 February | 82,424 | [69] | ||
| 8 February | 76,191 | [70] | ||
| 15 February | 71,175 | [71] | ||
| 22 February | 70,862 | [72] | ||
| 29 February | "Texas Hold 'Em" | Beyoncé | 59,272 | [73] |
| 7 March | 73,280 | [74] | ||
| 14 March | 62,113 | [75] | ||
| 21 March | 53,005 | [76] | ||
| 28 March | "Beautiful Things" | Benson Boone | 54,642 | [77] |
| 4 April | 57,067 | [78] | ||
| 11 April | "Texas Hold 'Em" | Beyoncé | 58,576 | [79] |
| 18 April | "Too Sweet" | Hozier | 61,030 | [80] |
| 25 April | 71,822 | [81] | ||
| 2 May | "Fortnight" | Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone | 93,451 | [82] |
The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.
| Chart date (week ending) | Album | Artist(s) | Chart sales | References |
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| 4 January | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 22,020 | [83] |
| 11 January | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | Lewis Capaldi | 8,513 | [84] |
| 18 January | A Matter of Time | Shed Seven | 17,556 | [85] |
| 25 January | Rolling Stone | D-Block Europe | 18,397 | [86] |
| 1 February | Saviors | Green Day | 31,361 | [87] |
| 8 February | Bitter Sweet Love | James Arthur | 16,901 | [88] |
| 15 February | Prelude to Ecstasy | The Last Dinner Party | 32,846 | [89] |
| 22 February | Stick Season | Noah Kahan | 21,145 | [90] |
| 29 February | Tangk | Idles | 20,230 | [91] |
| 7 March | Swing Fever | Rod Stewart and Jools Holland | 23,950 | [92] |
| 14 March | Liam Gallagher John Squire | Liam Gallagher and John Squire | 39,395 | [93] |
| 21 March | Eternal Sunshine | Ariana Grande | 38,207 | [94] |
| 28 March | 16,292 | [95] | ||
| 4 April | Audio Vertigo | Elbow | 17,658 | [96] |
| 11 April | Cowboy Carter | Beyoncé | 39,990 | [97] |
| 18 April | All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade | The Libertines | 21,706 | [98] |
| 25 April | Yummy | James | 18,542 | [99] |
| 2 May | The Tortured Poets Department | Taylor Swift | 270,091 | [100] |
The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.
| Chart date (week ending) | Album | Chart sales | References |
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| 4 January | Now Christmas | 4,557 | [101] |
| 11 January | Barbie the Album | 3,236 | [102] |
| 18 January | Wonka | 2,760 | [103] |
| 25 January | Now Yearbook Extra 1988 | 2,821 | [104] |
| 1 February | Now 12" 80s: 1982 Part 1 | 2,850 | [105] |
| 8 February | The Greatest Showman | 2,695 | [106] |
| 15 February | Hazbin Hotel | 7,941 | [107] |
| 22 February | 7,346 | [108] | |
| 29 February | 6,801 | [109] | |
| 7 March | 6,235 | [110] | |
| 14 March | 5,535 | [111] | |
| 21 March | 4,978 | [112] | |
| 28 March | Now Jukebox Classics | 5,376 | [113] |
| 4 April | Hazbin Hotel | 3,999 | [114] |
| 11 April | 3,708 | [115] | |
| 18 April | Now 117 | 10,351 | [116] |
| 25 April | 3,820 | [117] | |
| 2 May | 2,817 | [118] |
Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album, Raintown, on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988. Their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid" which became their first top ten single in the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in Spain. Deacon Blue released their fourth album, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, in 1993.
Telstar Records was a British record label that operated from 1982 to 2004.
The Official Albums Chart, previously the UK Albums Chart, is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays. It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on UKChartsPlus as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed, this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums book only including this data. As of 2021, the OCC still only tracks how many UK Top 75s album hits and how many weeks in Top 75 albums chart each artist has achieved.
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence. The rules have changed many times as technology has developed, the most notable being the inclusion of digital downloads in 2005 and streaming in July 2014.
Guillemots are a British indie rock band formed in November 2004, originally a four-piece of Fyfe Dangerfield, MC Lord Magrão, Aristazabal Hawkes and Greig Stewart. The band are based in London, with members coming from England, Brazil, Canada and Scotland respectively.
The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio stations BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. It was originally hosted by Simon Mayo, and later by Jo Whiley on her weekday mid-morning, and later weekend lunchtime radio shows, then by Fearne Cotton from 2009 until 2015, and then by Clara Amfo from May 2015 to August 2021. Since September 2021 the segment is now hosted by Rickie Haywood-Williams, Melvin Odoom and Charlie Hedges.
"Shine" is the second single taken from English pop group Take That's comeback album, Beautiful World (2006). It became Take That's sixth consecutive number one single and their tenth number-one overall, making them one of only seven acts in the history of the UK charts to have more than nine number one hits. The song is about former Take That member Robbie Williams' battle with depression.
Rebecca Claire Hill is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame after appearing on the first series of The Voice UK, auditioning with John Legend's "Ordinary People". She joined Jessie J's team and reached the semi-final of the competition.
Isobel Bizu Beardshaw, better known as Izzy Bizu, is a British-Ethiopian singer-songwriter signed to Epic Records. Bizu has garnered mainstream radio support from BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac and Phil Taggart and BBC Radio 1Xtra's Trevor Nelson. She has supported Coldplay, Sam Smith, Rudimental, and Foxes. In November 2015, Bizu was shortlisted for a Brit Critics' Choice award and longlisted for BBC's Sound of... 2016. She won the BBC Music Introducing Award at the 2016 ceremony. On 25 June 2016, Bizu performed on the Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
Timucin Lam, known professionally as Jax Jones, is an English DJ, record producer and remixer. He rose to prominence in 2014 by featuring on Duke Dumont's number-one single "I Got U". He followed this up with his own singles "You Don't Know Me" featuring Raye and "Instruction" featuring Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Jax's debut studio album, Snacks (Supersize), was released in 2019.
Rachel Agatha Keen, known professionally as Raye, is an English singer-songwriter. Her debut studio album, My 21st Century Blues (2023) was released independently to critical and commercial success, and won Album of the Year at the 2024 BRIT Awards. Among five other awards for which she was a recipient, Raye broke the record for most wins and nominations for an artist at the ceremony in a single year.
Thomas Benjamin Grennan is an English singer and songwriter from Bedford and is based in London. Grennan found fame as the guest vocalist on Chase & Status's "All Goes Wrong" in 2016. His debut album, Lighting Matches, was released in July 2018. The album peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and includes the single "Found What I've Been Looking For".
The discography of British singer-songwriter Raye consists of one studio album, one live album, six extended plays (EPs), thirty five singles, ten promotional singles and twelve guest appearances. In addition to her own releases, Raye has also been a songwriter for other artists including Beyoncé, Little Mix, Mabel, Zara Larsson, Ellie Goulding and Hailee Steinfeld.
Michael Ross Pollack is an American songwriter and record producer. He has written songs for artists such as Miley Cyrus, Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Jonas Brothers, Beyoncé, Lizzo, Kelly Clarkson and many others. He achieved his first US Top 40 radio #1 in February 2020 with Maroon 5's "Memories", his second in February 2022 with Justin Bieber’s "Ghost", and his third in February 2023 with Miley Cyrus' "Flowers". He achieved his first Billboard Hot 100 #1 in January 2023 with Miley Cyrus' "Flowers".
This is a summary of the year 2022 in British music.
My 21st Century Blues is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Raye. It was released independently by Human Re Sources on 3 February 2023. The album is Raye's first project following her departure from Polydor Records in 2021. Largely co-written and produced by herself, she worked with notable names including Mike Sabath, BloodPop, Punctual, and Di Genius. The album features guest appearances from 070 Shake and Mahalia. My 21st Century Blues received acclaim from critics, with some publications including Variety naming it as one of the best albums of 2023. It lyrically explores themes including Raye's struggles with addiction, misogyny, insecurity, body dysmorphia, and sexual assault.
"Escapism" is a song by British singer and songwriter Raye featuring American rapper 070 Shake. It was released independently on 12 October 2022 as the third single from her debut album My 21st Century Blues (2023) as a double A-side with "The Thrill Is Gone". It was co-written by Raye, 070 Shake and Mike Sabath, with Sabath handling production. "Escapism" is an uptempo R&B, electropop and hip hop song with lyrics speaking of escaping from reality and dealing with heartbreak.
This is a summary of the year 2023 in British music.