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In February 2017, Stormzy's Gang Signs & Prayer was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. In June, the British Phonographic Industry reported that grime sales had risen over 100% with physical sales growing over 109%, digital sales 51% and streaming up 138%.
The Brit Award for British Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. [1] The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards , an annual celebration of British and international music. [ 2 ]
These sales figures include 50% of sales of box sets containing both albums and 33% of sales of box sets of Queen's three Greatest Hits albums. [5] Of the UK's top 60 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists. [1] Fourteen are by American artists, with the rest being from Ireland, Canada, Sweden and Jamaica. [6]
(Forward)", which reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, making it one of the most commercially successful grime songs to date. The song also won the MOBO Award for Best Single. Veira's first solo album, Original Dan, was released in 2009 and featured a range of guest artists, including Frisco, Wiley, Killa P and Riko
Stormzy, an artist that came up out of the grime scene, released his debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer, on 24 February 2017. The album was a mixture of grime, hip-hop, and R&B, [90] and was the first 'grime' album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. In February 2018, Gang Signs & Prayer won British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards.
Through a post on Instagram, Skepta announced that his album, Konnichiwa was due to be released on 6 May 2016. [22] Konnichiwa became Grime's highest-charting album, peaking at number 2 in the UK music charts. [23] Konnichiwa features songs such as "That's Not Me", "Shutdown" and "Man".
The group are best known for their 2002 single "Oi!", which reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart, making it the first grime song to achieve chart success. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] In 2003, their debut studio album More Fire Crew CV was released, and they contributed a track to the album NME & War Child Presents 1 Love which samples Gabrielle 's ...
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.