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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%.
[3] [4] Queen's second greatest hits album, Greatest Hits II, has sold more than 3.9 million copies since being released in 1991, [1] which includes 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 40 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists, [1 ...
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 ]
Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC's Sound of 2015 list. [7] [4] His debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer (2017), was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart and won British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. [8]
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 ...
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".
In March 2016, Jammz supported Kano on the UK leg of his Made In The Manor tour and featured on the front cover of the Observer Music Magazine, alongside Krept & Konan, Stormzy, Novelist and Little Sims as part of an article titled 'How British MCs Found a Voice of Their Own'. [5] In July 2016, he featured in GQ's documentary The Business of ...
Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act: Nominated This Is What I Mean: British Album of the Year: Nominated Global Awards: 2018 "Power" (with Little Mix) Best Song Won [17] Himself Best RnB, Hip Hop or Grime Won 2020: Best Male Nominated [18] Best RnB, Hip Hop or Grime Won Best British Act Nominated 2023: Best Male Nominated [19] Best RnB, Hip Hop or Grime ...