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Digital downloads became eligible on the Country Albums chart in June 2009. Prior to that, only vinyl and CD sales were compiled into the chart. The Official Country Artists Albums Chart contains 20 positions. Another chart complied by the Official Charts Company, the UK Country Compilations Chart, collates data on the sales of compilation albums.
As of 4 January 2023, the UK's most downloaded song of all the time was "As It Was" by Harry Styles, which became the U.K.'s top-selling single and album. [1] Besides, as per 9 September 2014, the UK's most-downloaded song of all time is "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which topped both the UK Singles Downloads Chart and UK Singles Chart. [2]
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956 and began with a top five being unveiled. It was extended to a top ten from November 1958 onwards.
Lists of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones; Lists of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones; Lists of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones; Lists of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones; Lists of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones; List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart
The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Chart positions are based the multi-metric consumption of country music in the United Kingdom, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. The chart contains 20 positions.
As of 9 September 2014, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the most downloaded song in UK music download history. [17] In 2006, McFly became the first band to have two number one singles with "Star Girl" on both the UK Downloads Chart and the UK Singles Chart at the same time. In 2024 Coldplay became the 500th song to top the chart with "We Pray" [18]
Having sold over 1.9 million copies, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the best-selling single in the UK since 2001 based on paid-for sales [1]The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [2]
The Official Big Top 40 from Global - Non-OCC singles chart introduced in 2009, compiled from iTunes sales, Apple Music streams and Global radio airplay. [3] UK Singles Downloads Chart - Singles chart based purely on downloads. Introduced in 2004. [4] UK Album Downloads Chart - Albums chart based purely on downloads. Introduced in 2006.