2014 UK sales dominated by British acts

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2014 UK sales dominated by British acts

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According to 2014 sales figures compiled by the Official Chars Company and released by BPI (British Phonographic Industry), British acts have filled the top 10 best-selling artist albums of the year  for the first time.

Following 2013, where no album sold 1 million copies, Ed Sheeran’s album X was the most popular album of 2014, selling 1.7 million copies (which is in fact the biggest one-year total since Adele’s 21 in 2011). Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour also passed the 1 million mark, selling 1.25 million copies.

It is the tenth year in succession that the year’s biggest-selling artist album has come from a British act.

BPI also reported an increase in music streaming that has also pushed UK sales to more than £1bn. Almost 15 billion songs were streamed in 2014 which is almost double the number of streams in 2013. Streaming now accounts for 12.6% of all the music consumed in the UK – and 17% of retail music spend.

The growth in music streaming is predicted to continue in 2015, with YouTube set to launch a new music subscription service and Apple are expected to give an extra push or a possible relaunch for the Beats service it acquired last year.

Despite an 8% decline in sales of CD albums, sales of vinyl records reached almost £1.3m. This marks a staggering 65% increase in this small market, with Pink Floyd’s The Endless River and AM by Arctic Monkeys among the big sellers.

The Now That’s What I Call Music series continued to generate huge sales with Now 89 the biggest selling compilation of the year and the third biggest-selling album overall and Disney’s Frozen soundtrack is the second biggest various artists release of 2014.

For the full story, and the top 10 chart, click on this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30641372

For more interesting and informative facts on 2014 sales etc click on this link for the BPI’s own news posting http://www.bpi.co.uk/home/british-artists-dominate-music-sales-as-streaming-doubles-in-2014.aspx

 

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