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Seventy-one artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2010, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, fifteen went on to record another hit single that year: B.o.B, Drake, Ellie Goulding, Emma's Imagination, Example, Florence and the Machine, Iyaz, Justin Bieber, Labrinth, Matt Cardle, Nicki Minaj, Professor Green, Roll Deep, Swedish House Mafia and The Wanted.
Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 21st century continued to expand and develop new subgenres and fusions. While talent show contestants were one of the major forces in pop music, British soul maintained and even extended its high-profile with figures like Joss Stone, Estelle, Duffy and Adele, while a new group of singer-songwriters led by Amy Winehouse and Westlife achieved ...
The biggest selling single in the 2010s in the UK based on paid-for sales is "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which has sold over 1,920,000 copies. [1]During the decade, 37 singles released in the 2010s sold over 1 million copies—the highest number to achieve this within the decade of their release.
Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen achieved her first number-one single in 2012 with the international hit "Call Me Maybe", which spent four consecutive weeks at the summit. Gary Barlow achieved his fourteenth number-one single with " Sing "—whilst also becoming the first artist in 2012 to have the UK number-one single and album in the same ...
Artists from Sky1's new reality TV show Must Be the Music achieved success during this month, including the eventual winner Emma's Imagination. Some songs used on the audition stages of X Factor 2010 also re-entered the chart, including Adele's "Make You Feel My Love" (originally recorded by Bob Dylan).
The 2010 BRIT Awards were hosted by Peter Kay on 16 February 2010. British Male Solo Artist: Dizzee Rascal; British Female Solo Artist: Lily Allen; British Breakthrough Act: JLS; British Group: Kasabian; MasterCard British Album: Lungs – Florence and the Machine; British Single: "Beat Again" – JLS; International Male Solo Artist: Jay-Z
2010 in British music (26 P) 2010s British music television series (5 C, 48 P) ... List of Official Subscription Plays Chart number-one songs of the 2010s;
This list documents Britain's best-selling music artists alphabetically as well as by record sales. This page lists those artists who have had claims of over one million or more records in sales. The list is divided into numerous record-sales brackets within each of which, artists are listed in alphabetical order, rather than by number of records sold. The artists on the list are supported by ...