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This is a summary of the year 2009 in British music charts. 31 singles have occupied the number-one spot including 15 new entries.Due to the increase in downloads over physical sales, singles now tend to enter the chart at a lower position, before climbing to the top a few weeks later: a trend which was previously rarely seen in the later half of the 1990s and most of the 2000s.
English synth-pop duo La Roux (lead singer Elly Jackson pictured) had two singles in the top 10 in 2009, including "Bulletproof", which reached number-one for one week. The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1]
4 February – The Official Charts Company launches the Specialist Classical Albums Chart, developed in consultation with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [1]8 February – At the 51st Grammy Awards, Coldplay win three awards including Song of the Year for Viva La Vida and Adele wins two awards including Best New Artist.
One-hundred and forty-seven albums charted in the top 10 in 2009, with one-hundred and twenty-six albums reaching their peak this year (including Abbey Road, Bad, Hits Out of Hell, Number Ones, Off the Wall, Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Essential Michael Jackson, The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits, The Stone Roses, The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac ...
The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles, originally on the condition that the single was available in both formats.
These are The Official UK Charts Company UK Dance Chart number one hits of 2009. [1] [2] [3] The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin.
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
"New Divide" by Linkin Park was the longest-running number one of 2009, spending 13 weeks atop the chart. The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2009, there ...