#Various artists wow hits 2016 full

DavidРІР‚в„ўs 25 th and final studio album was the fastest-selling of 2016, achieving 146,168 chart sales in its first week of release during the aftermath of his shocking death. The album is The KingРІР‚в„ўs 13 th Number 1 LP in the UK, and means Elvis has more Number 1 albums than any other solo artist.Р”Вavid BowieРІР‚в„ўs Blackstar ends the year as the sixth biggest album, with total chart sales amounting to 410,000. In fifth place is Elvis Presley with his second classical album in collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Wonder of You, which ends the year with combined sales of 458,000. Despite a strong performance, Purpose never hit Number 1, and actually peaked at Number 2 twice, behind One Direction in 2015 and Adele in March 2016. Sitting in the Top 10 for 33 weeks in total (27 of which were in 2016), the album is the most streamed YTD with 313,500 streaming equivalent sales. MORE: The UK's Official Top 40 best-selling compilation albums of 2016Р”Р‡inishing fourth place is Justin BieberРІР‚в„ўs album Purpose, racking up chart sales of 478,500. With combined chart sales just shy of 512,000, the album is the biggest selling album released in 2016, an surprise success story amongst the busy Q4 release schedule that included releases from Emeli Sande, Robbie Williams and Lady Gaga. Michael Ball & Alfie BoeРІР‚в„ўs Christmas Number 1 album Together is the third biggest collection of 2016. Only Oasis match ColdplayРІР‚в„ўs 100% career sprint of back-to-back chart topping albums. ColdplayРІР‚в„ўs seventh studio album didnРІР‚в„ўt manage to hit Number 1 last year, but climbed to the top in February 2016, continuing their unbroken streak of Number 1 studio albums.

#Various artists wow hits 2016 full

MORE: Look back at every Official UK Number 1 album EVERР”Р„nother 2015 release finishes in second place - ColdplayРІР‚в„ўs A Head Full of Dreams, with combined sales of just over 512,000. Official figures released by the UK labels' association the BPI revealed that a total of 123 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed, purchased on physical format, or downloaded by UK music consumers in 2016 - a 1.5% rise on 2015.Р’В However, sales of CDs declined by over a tenth in 2016 (-11.7%), though the format remains relatively resilient with many of us still drawn to its collectible or gift appeal, particularly with deluxe box-set packages. MORE: The UK's Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2016Р”Сћ5 is already in the Top 30 of the UK's best selling albums of all time, as revealed in July as part of the Official Charts Company's celebrations for the Official Albums Chart's 60th anniversary.Р’В The album has gone 10x Platinum in the UK and was this year certified Diamond in the US for shifting over 10 million units. MORE: Get more Official Charts news and features straight to your inbox with The Official Word newsletterР”Вiscounting streams that 25 has amassed since it was added to Spotify and Apple Music in June, the album has passed the 3 million sales mark, becoming one of only 26 albums in history to do so.Р’В The album has also never left the Official Albums Chart Top 40 since its release in November 2015.

95% of 25РІР‚в„ўs chart sales total was made up of physical and digital purchases. Adele was top of the mountain in 2015 and it is a similar story in 2016 РІР‚вЂњ the much-loved megastar has hiked her way to Official Albums Chart supremacy for the second year in a row.Р”Р„deleРІР‚в„ўs third studio album 25 is the biggest record of 2016 when sales and streams are combined, notching up a combined total of 753,000 in the last 12 months.

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