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The UK Singles Downloads Chart is a weekly music chart that ranks the most-downloaded singles in the United Kingdom. During the 2000s, the chart was compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British music industry, and was based solely on non-subscription music downloads from selected online music stores.
"Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the most-downloaded single in the UK. A music download is the transfer of music as a digital file from a provider (such as iTunes) to a device capable of playing it; legal sales of music downloads have been monitored and charted in the United Kingdom since 2004.
As of 9 September 2014, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the most downloaded song in UK music download history. [17] In 2006, McFly became the first band to have two number one singles with "Star Girl" on both the UK Downloads Chart and the UK Singles Chart at the same time. In 2024 Coldplay became the 500th song to top the chart with "We Pray" [18]
Year Album Artist Record label Ref. 2006 Eyes Open: Snow Patrol: Universal [13]2007 Back to Black: Amy Winehouse: Universal [4]2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
SongVest conducts due diligence and financial analysis of the music royalty opportunities it plans to offer, then lists the opportunities on its website. Registered users can bid on the opportunities when they go live. SongVest then provides closing paperwork and notifies the organizations that pay the royalties of the auction results. [6]
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The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.
BuyMusic was a digital branch of Buy.com, launched around 2003, was later merged into the music section of Buy.com, and then shut down in late 2009. [18] Walmart.com operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2011. [19] Puretracks operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2013. [20] Pono Music closed in July 2016. [21]