BBC Radio 2 has celebrated George Michael’s songwriting with a Top 40 listeners’ poll to mark four decades since his first chart impact.
Five years after his death on Christmas ...
Christmas is over but the passion for Christmas songs is evidently not. Despite the fact that only the first day of the chart week was pre-Christmas, the second day was ...
It’s the most Christmassy chart of the year: squeezing regular repertoire ever tighter, Christmas-themed tracks occupy 43 places in the Top 75 this week, with Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s ...
Warner Chappell Music UK has renewed its global deal with the estate of George Michael.
The renewal was announced following “fierce” competition for the music icon’s catalogue, during the ...
Ed Sheeran and Elton John have debuted at No.1 with their new collaboration, Merry Christmas.
The song registered 76,708 chart sales in its first week, including 22,156 pure sales (physical, ...
Friends since 2011, when the former signed to the latter’s management company as part of a joint venture, Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s first collaboration, Merry Christmas, debuts atop ...
Ed Sheeran & Elton John are setting the pace in the Midweeks with Merry Christmas, a new collaboration that’s competing with festive classics.
The pair are aiming to dethrone Adele’s ...
Adele’s stranglehold on the singles chart eases a little, with Easy On Me continuing at No.1 (69,372 sales), while there are declines for I Drink Wine (4-5, 30,218 sales), ...
The pandemic may have encouraged us to listen to old favourites in 2020, but it was part of a continuing trend for the growing power of catalogue.
While new ...
Little Mix are at No.1 for the first time since 2016 with their single Sweet Melody.
Sweet Melody is Little Mix's fifth No.1 single. It’s also the group’s first chart-topper ...