The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales and digital downloads . [1] The first number one of the year was "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness. [2] All but five weeks of the year were dominated by "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, with "People" by The 1975 being the only new release to top the chart.
Issue date | Single | Artist(s) | Record label(s) | Ref. |
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3 January | "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" | The Darkness | Must Destroy | [2] |
10 January | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | Parlophone | [3] |
17 January | [4] | |||
24 January | [5] | |||
31 January | [6] | |||
7 February | [7] | |||
14 February | [8] | |||
21 February | [9] | |||
28 February | [10] | |||
7 March | [11] | |||
14 March | [12] | |||
21 March | [13] | |||
28 March | [14] | |||
4 April | [15] | |||
11 April | [16] | |||
18 April | [17] | |||
25 April | [18] | |||
2 May | [19] | |||
9 May | [20] | |||
16 May | [21] | |||
23 May | [22] | |||
30 May | [23] | |||
6 June | [24] | |||
13 June | [25] | |||
20 June | [26] | |||
27 June | [27] | |||
4 July | [28] | |||
11 July | [29] | |||
18 July | [30] | |||
25 July | [31] | |||
1 August | [32] | |||
8 August | [33] | |||
15 August | [34] | |||
22 August | [35] | |||
29 August | [36] | |||
5 September | "People" | The 1975 | Polydor/Dirty Hit | [37] |
12 September | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | Parlophone | [38] |
19 September | [39] | |||
26 September | [40] | |||
3 October | [41] | |||
10 October | [42] | |||
17 October | [43] | |||
24 October | [44] | |||
31 October | [45] | |||
7 November | [46] | |||
14 November | [47] | |||
21 November | [48] | |||
28 November | [49] | |||
5 December | [50] | |||
12 December | "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" | The Darkness | Must Destroy | [51] |
19 December | [52] | |||
26 December | [53] |
British rock band Bring Me the Horizon have released six studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one remix album, two extended plays (EPs), one demo album, 35 singles, two video albums, 38 music videos, two other releases and three other appearances. Formed in Sheffield in 2004 by vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarists Lee Malia and Curtis Ward, bassist Matt Kean and drummer Matt Nicholls, the band released their debut EP This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For on Thirty Days of Nights Records in 2005, which reached number 41 on the UK Budget Albums Chart. After signing with British independent record label Visible Noise, the group released their debut full-length studio album Count Your Blessings in 2006, which reached the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart and the top 10 of the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart. The 2008 follow-up Suicide Season reached the UK top 50 and charted in the US for the first time when it reached number 107 on the Billboard 200. In November 2009, an expanded version of the album titled Suicide Season Cut Up! was released, featuring remixes and videos.