284k individual classical music downloads were sold in the UK in the first quarter of 2012, building on the 1.2m sold in 2011 as a whole.
May 15th, 2012 by Music Ally
The Official Charts Company has announced the first Official Streaming Chart Top 100, with Carly Rae Jepsen topping the list with 'Call Me Maybe'.
May 10th, 2012 by Music Ally
With the news that the Official Charts Company will this Monday launch Britain’s first streaming chart, our lead considers what this new chart will add to our understanding of how people consume music
May 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
The march of Adele's 21 continues, with the Official Charts Company revealing that the album has now outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller.
March 20th, 2012 by Music Ally
The UK's Official Charts Company has provided more figures on the phenomenal sales of Adele's '21' album, which has now sold 4.14m copies in the UK.
March 15th, 2012 by Music Ally
With Billboard's Hot 100 chart in the US now factoring in plays on streaming services, will the UK's Official Charts Company follow suit with the main chart here?
January 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
Now the Official Charts Company has released sales figures for the top 10 albums, which sold 12.34m units between them - 10.9% of the total.
November 24th, 2011 by Music Ally
The UK's Official Charts Company says that collaboration singles have topped the charts for 23 out of the 46 chart weeks so far this year.
July 6th, 2011 by Music Ally
More digital milestones have fallen this week on either side of the Atlantic. Eminem has become the first artist to sell more than one million digital copies of an album in the US, with 'Recovery'.
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