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There is a broader genre spectrum of music to listen to now which limits the number of listeners. Bias towards modern artists. Comparatively fewer successful pre-modern artists will have sold more records, as both global spending power and population have increased.
The Music; Pale Saints; The Parachute Men; The Pigeon Detectives; Pulled Apart By Horses; Red Lorry Yellow Lorry; The Rose of Avalanche; Scritti Politti; Sigma; The Sisters of Mercy; Soft Cell; Steve Phillips; The Sunshine Underground; The Wedding Present; Utah Saints; Various Cruelties; Vessels; Leicester. Blab Happy; The Bomb Party; Chrome ...
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
The following is a list of the best-selling female music artists in the United Kingdom, based solely on sales units published by reliable music industry-related organizations, including the British Phonographic Industry, the Official Charts Company, Music Week and Record Mirror.
Published by The Official Charts Company in June 2012 to coincide with both the 60th anniversary of the UK Official Singles Chart and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.At the time of publication, there were twelve artists with more than ten million UK singles sales with Paul McCartney the only artist to achieve this both as part of a group and as a solo artist.
Marc Bolan (founding member of the London band, T. Rex and pioneer of the glam rock movement) David Bowie (guitarist, singer-songwriter and pioneer of the glam rock and punk movements) Jonny Buckland (guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of Coldplay , born in Islington and raised in Pantymwyn , Wales)
The UK Albums Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Initially based solely on the sales of albums in the vinyl and CD formats, digital albums began being included from April 2006. [2]
British artists received awards recognition overseas, with The Ting Tings, Adele, Seal, Imogen Heap, Pet Shop Boys and Coldplay nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Also in February, the band Sade's first studio album in ten years, Soldier of Love, debuted at number one in the United States.