2014 in British music charts

none March 2014 January 2014 January 2014 2014 2014 British music charts Timeline of musical events This is a summary of the year 2014 in British music charts. The UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart are two of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling singles/albums of the week in the United Kingdom.http://www.theofficialcharts.com/ The Official UK Charts Company Official Charts Company 1 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081216021132/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/ 16 December 2008 Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles/albums and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. From 6 July (chart dated week ending 12 July covering the sales in the first week of July), audio streaming became incorporated into the singles chart which means that a song gets the equivalent of one 'chart sale' if it is streamed 100 times.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/streaming-and-the-official-singles-chart-everything-you-need-to-know-3109/ Streaming and the Official Singles Chart: Everything you need to know! lane Daniel 23 June 2014 Official Charts Company 25 July 2014http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/infographic-the-growth-of-music-streaming-in-the-uk-3108/ Infographic: The growth of music streaiming in the UK Lane Daniel 23 June 2014 Official Charts Company 25 July 2014 The OCC continues to compile a sales (only) chart and a streaming (only) chart. A total of 38 singles (the most since 2000)http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/2014-revealed-as-the-year-of-the-debut-chart-smash-3384/ 2014 revealed as the year of the debut chart smash Lauren Kreisler 30 December 2014 Official Charts Company and 32 albums have claimed the top spot in 2014. 3 Number one artists In the singles chart, Pharrell Williams, Clean Bandit, Sam Smith, Route 94, DVBBS, Borgeous, 5 Seconds of Summer, Aloe Blacc, Sigma, Kiesza, Mr Probz, Secondcity, Ed Sheeran, Ella Henderson, Oliver Heldens, Ariana Grande, Rixton, Magic!, Nico & Vinz, Lilly Wood, Nicki Minaj, Meghan Trainor, Gareth Malone's All Star Choir, Band Aid 30, Mark Ronson and Ben Haenow have all claimed their first number 1 single as a lead artist. Williams (with "Get Lucky" and "Blurred Lines"), Smith (with "La La La"), and Blacc (not credited; with "Wake Me Up") had all reached number one as featured artists prior to 2014. In the albums chart, Robbie Williams and Bastille returned to the top of the charts, having reached number 1 in 2013 with Swings Both Ways and Bad Blood. You Me at Six, Bombay Bicycle Club, Katy B, Pharrell Williams, Elbow, Sam Bailey, Sam Smith, Collabro, Royal Blood, alt-J, George Ezra, Ella Henderson and Ben Howard have all claimed their first number 1 album. "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams and "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor have all spent the most weeks at number 1 in the singles chart with four and x by Ed Sheeran has spent the most weeks at number 1 in the albums chart with eleven. Notable events and records "Happy" by Pharrell Williams became the first song released in the 2010s to be certified triple platinum based on sales of more than 1.55 million and 25 million streams by July.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a586231/pharrell-williams-single-happy-goes-triple-platinum.html Pharrell Williams single 'Happy' goes triple platinum Davidson Amy 24 July 2014 Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK 25 July 2014 With "Happy", Williams is the only act apart from The Beatles to achieve three million-selling singles in a 12-month period.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/unstoppable-pharrell-scores-chart-record-hat-trick-as-happy-smashes-a-million-2790/ Unstoppable Pharrell scores chart record hat-trick as Happy smashes a Official Charts Company 2 March 2014 Justin Myers 3 October 2014 "Happy" also became only the third single in chart history, and the first for over 50 years, to return to number 1 more than once. Cheryl broke the record for the most number one singles for a British female solo artist on 2 November with the release of "I Don't Care". The single sold over 82,000 copies in its first week and gave Cheryl her fifth UK number one. The record was previously jointly held by Rita Ora and Geri Halliwell. "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor became the first single ever to reach the top 40 on streams alone.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/meghan-trainors-all-about-that-bass-becomes-first-song-to-chart-on-streams-alone-3158/ Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass becomes first song to chart on st Official Charts Company Lauren Kreisler 29 September 2014 28 September 2014 "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran broke a record for the longest climb to number 1 within the top 40, having taken 19 weeks to reach the summit.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheerans-thinking-out-loud-breaks-chart-record-for-longest-climb-to-number-1-3256/ Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud breaks chart record for longest climb t 2 November 2014 2 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141102212820/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheerans-thinking-out-loud-breaks-chart-record-for-longest-climb-to-number-1-3256/ dead On its return to number 1 on 13 December, it became the first song ever to peak at number 1 due to streaming, having sold less than the number 2. The top 10 best-selling albums of the year were all by British artists.UK album chart for 2014 dominated by British artists Number ones Number-one singles The 'sales' figures since the chart week ending 12 July include a proportion for audio streams and cannot be compared to previous weeks. See separate 'Singles sales chart' below. +KeyBest-selling single of the year Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) Sales /chart sales References1st ref: chart position; 2nd: chart sales (sales + streams/100) lower-alpha OCC 4 January "Happy" Pharrell Williams 106,904 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20131229/7501/ UK Singles Chart 4 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-11 2013-12-29 11 January "Timber" Pitbull featuring Kesha 138,891 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140105/7501/ UK Singles Chart 11 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-11 2014-01-05 18 January "Happy" Pharrell Williams 107,427 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140112/7501/ UK Singles Chart 18 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-18 2014-01-12 25 January 117,643 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140119/7501/ UK Singles Chart 25 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-25 2014-01-19 1 February "Rather Be" Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 162,801 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140126/7501/ UK Singles Chart 1 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-01 2014-01-26 8 February 136,952 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140202/7501/ UK Singles Chart 8 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-08 2014-02-02 15 February 102,542 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140209/7501/ UK Singles Chart 15 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-15 2014-02-09 22 February 79,050 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140216/7501/ UK Singles Chart 22 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-16 1 March "Money on My Mind" Sam Smith 108,013 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140223/7501/ UK Singles Chart 1 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-23 8 March "Happy" Pharrell Williams 83,982 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140302/7501/ UK Singles Chart 8 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-02 15 March "My Love" Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne 120,770 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140309/7501/ UK Singles Chart 15 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-09 22 March "Tsunami (Jump)" DVBBS & Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah 80,476 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140316/7501/ UK Singles Chart 22 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-16 29 March "I Got U" Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones 112,082 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140323/7501/ UK Singles Chart 29 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-23 5 April "She Looks So Perfect" 5 Seconds of Summer 94,270 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140330/7501/ UK Singles Chart 5 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-30 12 April "The Man" Aloe Blacc 88,369 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140406/7501/ UK Singles Chart 12 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-06 19 April "Nobody to Love" Sigma 121,176 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140413/7501/ UK Singles Chart 19 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-13 26 April "Hideaway" Kiesza 136,286 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140420/7501/ UK Singles Chart 26 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-20 3 May "Waves" Mr Probz 126,702 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140427/7501/ UK Singles Chart 3 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-27 10 May "Summer" Calvin Harris 100,168 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140504/7501/ UK Singles Chart 10 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-04 17 May "Waves" Mr Probz 75,537 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140511/7501/ UK Singles Chart 17 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-11 24 May "I Will Never Let You Down" Rita Ora 105,095 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140518/7501/ UK Singles Chart 24 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-18 31 May "Stay with Me" Sam Smith 108,898 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140525/7501/ UK Singles Chart 31 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-25 7 June "I Wanna Feel" Secondcity 82,050 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140601/7501/ UK Singles Chart 7 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-01 14 June "Sing" Ed Sheeran 123,864 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140608/7501/ UK Singles Chart 14 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-08 21 June "Ghost" Ella Henderson 132,360 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140615/7501/ UK Singles Chart 21 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-15 28 June 83,022 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140622/7501/ UK Singles Chart 28 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-22 5 July "Gecko (Overdrive)" Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill 76,517 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140629/7501/ UK Singles Chart 5 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-29 12 July "Problem" Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea 112,903 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140706/7501/ UK Singles Chart 12 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-06 19 July "It's My Birthday" will.i.am & Cody Wise 74,034 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140713/7501/ UK Singles Chart 19 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-13 26 July "Me and My Broken Heart" Rixton 63,478 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140720/7501/ UK Singles Chart 26 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-20 2 August "Crazy Stupid Love" Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah 118,145 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140727/7501/ UK Singles Chart 2 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-27 9 August "Rude" Magic! 85,169 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140803/7501/ UK Singles Chart 9 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-03 16 August "Am I Wrong" Nico & Vinz 106,370 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140810/7501/ UK Singles Chart 16 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-10 23 August 62,750 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140817/7501/ UK Singles Chart 23 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-17 30 August "Lovers on the Sun" David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 71,165 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140824/7501/ UK Singles Chart 30 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-24 6 September "Prayer in C" Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz 85,169 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140831/7501/ UK Singles Chart 6 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-31 13 September 68,958 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140907/7501/ UK Singles Chart 13 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-07http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-sam-smith-sales-can-t-hide-dismal-week-for-albums/059521 Official Charts Analysis 7 September 2014 musicweek.com 2014-09-07 subscription 20 September "Blame" Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 70,312 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140914/7501/ UK Singles Chart 20 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-14http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-sam-smith-retains-no-1-album-slot-in-busiest-week-of-the-year/059577 Official Charts Analysis: Sam Smith retains No.1 album slot in busiest week of the year musicweek.com 15 September 2014 subscription 27 September "Changing" Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 104,191 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140921/7501/ UK Singles Chart 27 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-21 4 October "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj 99,837 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140928/7501/ UK Singles Chart 4 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-28 11 October "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor 143,750 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141005/7501/ UK Singles Chart 11 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-05 18 October 100,942 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141012/7501/ UK Singles Chart 18 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-12http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-trainor-retains-no-1-singles-spot-with-100-942-sales/059826 Official Charts Analysis: Trainor retains No.1 singles spot with 100,942 sales musicweek.com 13 October 2014 subscription 25 October 108,857 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141019/7501/ UK Singles Chart 25 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-19http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-henderson-s-debut-lp-tops-charts-with-43-824-sales/059895 Official Charts Analysis: Henderson's debut LP tops charts with 43,824 sales musicweek.com 20 October 2014 subscription 1 November 82,163 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141026/7501/ UK Singles Chart 1 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-26http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-trainor-matches-clean-bandit-for-longest-running-no-1-single-of-2014/059963 Official Charts Analysis: Trainor matches Clean Bandit for longest-running No.1 single of 2014 musicweek.com 27 October 2014 subscription 8 November "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 89,475 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141102/7501/ UK Singles Chart 8 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-02http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-taylor-swift-tops-albums-with-90-336-sales-of-1989/060028 Official Charts Analysis: Taylor Swift tops albums with 90,336 sales of 1989 musicweek.com 3 November 2014 subscription 3 November 2014 3 November 2014 https://archive.today/20141103171437/http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-taylor-swift-tops-albums-with-90-336-sales-of-1989/060028 dead 15 November "I Don't Care" Cheryl 82,346 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141109/7501/ UK Singles Chart 15 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-09http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-ed-sheeran-pips-calvin-harris-to-no-1-on-albums/060086 Official Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran pips Calvin Harris to No.1 on albums musicweek.com 10 November 2014 subscription 22 November "Wake Me Up" Gareth Malone's All Star Choir 120,312 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141116/7501/ UK Singles Chart 22 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-16http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-wake-me-up-returns-to-singles-summit-as-children-in-need-charity-track/060127 Official Charts analysis: Wake Me Up returns to singles summit as Children In Need charity track musicweek.com 17 November 2014 subscription 29 November "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 30 312,928 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141123/7501/ UK Singles Chart 29 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-23http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-1d-land-fourth-consecutive-no-1-lp-as-four-sells-141-780/060190 Official Charts Analysis: 1D land fourth consecutive No.1 LP as Four sells 141,780 30 November 2014 subscription 6 December "These Days" Take That 63,998 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141130/7501/ UK Singles Chart 6 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-30http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-olly-murs-becomes-second-x-factor-graduate-to-score-three-no-1/060241 Official Charts analysis: Olly Murs becomes second X Factor graduate to score three No.1s 1 December 2014 subscription 13 December "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 58,503 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141207/7501/ UK Singles Chart 13 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-12-07http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-take-that-s-iii-sells-145k-units/060311 Official Charts Analysis: Take That's III sells 145k units 8 December 2014 subscription 20 December "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 118,117 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141214/7501/ UK Singles Chart 20 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-12-14http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-mark-ronson-scores-first-no-1-single-as-uptown-funk-sells-118-117/060372 Official Charts Analysis: Mark Ronson scores first No.1 single as Uptown Funk! sells 118,117 15 December 2014 subscription 27 December "Something I Need" Ben Haenow 214,239 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141221/7501/ UK Singles Chart 27 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-12-21http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-x-factor-s-ben-haenow-lands-the-christmas-no-1/060421 Official Charts Analysis: X Factor's Ben Haenow lands the Christmas No.1 22 December 2014 subscription lower-alpha Number-one albums +KeyBest-selling album of the year Chart date(week ending) Album Artist Sales References1st ref: chart position; 2nd: sales lower-alpha OCC 4 January Swings Both Ways Robbie Williams 90,938 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20131229/7502/ UK Albums Chart 4 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-04 2013-12-29 11 January Halcyon Ellie Goulding 37,507 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140105/7502/ UK Albums Chart 11 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-11 2014-01-05 18 January 26,456 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140112/7502/ UK Albums Chart 18 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-18 2014-01-12 25 January High Hopes Bruce Springsteen 48,620 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140119/7502/ UK Albums Chart 25 January 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-01-25 2014-01-19 1 February Halcyon Ellie Goulding 20,928 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140126/7502/ UK Albums Chart 1 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-01 2014-01-26 8 February Cavalier Youth You Me at Six 32,426 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140202/7502/ UK Albums Chart 8 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-08 2014-02-02 15 February So Long, See You Tomorrow Bombay Bicycle Club 19,646 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140209/7502/ UK Albums Chart 15 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-15 2014-02-09 22 February Little Red Katy B 22,892 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140216/7502/ UK Albums Chart 22 February 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-16 1 March Bad Blood Bastille 18,334 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140223/7502/ UK Albums Chart 1 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-02-23 8 March 16,548 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140302/7502/ UK Albums Chart 8 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-02 15 March Girl Pharrell Williams 69,213 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140309/7502/ UK Albums Chart 15 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-09 22 March The Take Off and Landing of Everything Elbow 46,211 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140316/7502/ UK Albums Chart 22 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-16 29 March Symphonica George Michael 49,989 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140323/7502/ UK Albums Chart 29 March 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-23 5 April The Power Of Love Sam Bailey 72,644 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140330/7502/ UK Albums Chart 5 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-03-30 12 April Education, Education, Education & War Kaiser Chiefs 23,767 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140406/7502/ UK Albums Chart 12 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-06 19 April 16,086 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140413/7502/ UK Albums Chart 19 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-13 26 April Caustic Love Paolo Nutini 109,011 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140420/7502/ UK Albums Chart 26 April 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-20 3 May 52,651 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140427/7502/ UK Albums Chart 3 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-04-27 10 May 36,859 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140504/7502/ UK Albums Chart 10 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-04 17 May Sheezus Lily Allen 35,414 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140511/7502/ UK Albums Chart 17 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-11 24 May Xscape Michael Jackson 47,764 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140518/7502/ UK Albums Chart 24 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-18 31 May Ghost Stories Coldplay 168,048 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140525/7502/ UK Albums Chart 31 May 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-05-25 7 June In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 101,752 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140601/7502/ UK Albums Chart 7 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-01 14 June 48,538 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140608/7502/ UK Albums Chart 14 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-08 21 June 48:13 Kasabian 70,339 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140615/7502/ UK Albums Chart 21 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-15 28 June Ultraviolence Lana Del Rey 48,028 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140622/7502/ UK Albums Chart 28 June 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-22 5 July x Ed Sheeran 182,427 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140629/7502/ UK Albums Chart 5 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-06-29 12 July 93,270 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140706/7502/ UK Albums Chart 12 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-06 19 July 52,152 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140713/7502/ UK Albums Chart 19 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-13 26 July 39,375 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140720/7502/ UK Albums Chart 26 July 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-20 2 August 33,283 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140727/7502/ UK Albums Chart 2 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-07-27 9 August 31,229 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140803/7502/ UK Albums Chart 9 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-03 16 August 29,741 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140810/7502/ UK Albums Chart 16 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-10 23 August 27,208 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140817/7502/ UK Albums Chart 23 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-17 30 August Stars Collabro 48,749 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140824/7502/ UK Albums Chart 30 August 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-24 6 September Royal Blood Royal Blood 65,812 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140831/7502/ UK Albums Chart 6 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-08-31 13 September In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 30,081 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140907/7502/ UK Albums Chart 13 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-07 20 September 30,398 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140914/7502/ UK Albums Chart 20 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-14 27 September No Sound Without Silence The Script 42,546 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140921/7502/ UK Albums Chart 27 September 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-21 4 October This Is All Yours alt-J 30,947 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140928/7502/ UK Albums Chart 4 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-09-28 11 October Wanted on Voyage George Ezra 30,061 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141005/7502/ UK Albums Chart 11 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-05http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/meghan-trainor-s-all-about-that-bass-sells-143-7509-copies-to-take-no-1-spot/059771 Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass sells 143,750 copies to take no. 1 spot Musicweek 6 October 2014 subscription 18 October 25,948 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141012/7502/ UK Albums Chart 18 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-12 25 October Chapter One Ella Henderson 43,824 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141019/7502/ UK Albums Chart 25 October 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-26 1 November I Forget Where We Were Ben Howard 44,993 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141026/7502/ UK Albums Chart 1 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-10-26 8 November 1989 Taylor Swift 90,336 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141102/7502/ UK Albums Chart 8 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-02http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-taylor-swift-tops-albums-with-90-336-sales-of-1989/060028 Official Charts Analysis: Taylor Swift tops albums with 90,336 sales of 1989 musicweek.com 3 November 2014 subscription 3 November 2014 3 November 2014 https://archive.today/20141103171437/http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-taylor-swift-tops-albums-with-90-336-sales-of-1989/060028 dead 15 November x Ed Sheeran 45,431 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141109/7502/ UK Albums Chart 15 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-09http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-ed-sheeran-pips-calvin-harris-to-no-1-on-albums/060086 Official Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran pips Calvin Harris to No.1 on albums musicweek.com 10 November 2014 subscription 22 November The Endless River Pink Floyd 139,351 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141116/7502/ UK Albums Chart 22 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-16http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-wake-me-up-returns-to-singles-summit-as-children-in-need-charity-track/060127 Official Charts analysis: Wake Me Up returns to singles summit as Children In Need charity track musicweek.com 17 November 2014 subscription 29 November Four One Direction 141,780 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141123/7502/ UK Albums Chart 29 November 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-23http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-1d-land-fourth-consecutive-no-1-lp-as-four-sells-141-780/060190 Official Charts Analysis: 1D land fourth consecutive No.1 LP as Four sells 141,780 30 November 2014 subscription 6 December Never Been Better Olly Murs 92,597 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141130/7502/ UK Albums Chart 6 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-11-30http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-olly-murs-becomes-second-x-factor-graduate-to-score-three-no-1/060241 Official Charts analysis: Olly Murs becomes second X Factor graduate to score three No.1s 1 December 2014 subscription 13 December III Take That 144,538 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141207/7502/ UK Albums Chart 13 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-12-07http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-take-that-s-iii-sells-145k-units/060311 Official Charts Analysis: Take That's III sells 145k units 8 December 2014 subscription 20 December x Ed Sheeran 152,262 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141214/7502/ UK Albums Chart 20 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-12-14http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-mark-ronson-scores-first-no-1-single-as-uptown-funk-sells-118-117/060372 Official Charts Analysis: Mark Ronson scores first No.1 single as Uptown Funk! sells 118,117 15 December 2014 subscription 27 December 214,451 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20141221/7502/ UK Albums Chart 27 December 2014 officialcharts.com 2014-12-21http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-x-factor-s-ben-haenow-lands-the-christmas-no-1/060421 Official Charts Analysis: X Factor's Ben Haenow lands the Christmas No.1 22 December 2014 subscription "lower-alpha" Number-one compilation albums +KeyBest-selling compilation of the year Chart date(week ending) Album References 4 January Now 86 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20131229/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 4 January 2014 11 January https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140105/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 11 January 2014 18 January https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140112/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 18 January 2014 25 January The Trevor Nelson Collection 2 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140119/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 25 January 2014 1 February https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140126/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 1 February 2014 8 February https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140202/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 8 February 2014 15 February Frozen https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140209/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 15 February 2014 22 February I'm Every Woman https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140216/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 22 February 2014 1 March Brit Awards 2014 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140223/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 1 March 2014 8 March Eat Sleep Rave Repeat https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140302/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 8 March 2014 15 March Frozen https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140309/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 15 March 2014 22 March Now Running 2014 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140316/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 22 March 2014 29 March Now Feel Good https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140323/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 29 March 2014 5 April Your Songs 2014 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140330/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 5 April 2014 12 April Frozen https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140406/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 12 April 2014 19 April Now 87 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140413/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 19 April 2014 26 April https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140420/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 26 April 2014 3 May https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140427/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 3 May 2014 10 May https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140504/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 10 May 2014 17 May https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140511/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 17 May 2014 24 May https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140518/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 24 May 2014 31 May Frozen https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140525/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 31 May 2014 7 June https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140601/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 7 June 2014 14 June https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140608/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 14 June 2014 21 June Eddie Stobart Trucking Songs - Trucking All Over The World https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140615/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 21 June 2014 28 June Frozen https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140622/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 28 June 2014 5 July Now Summer https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140629/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 5 July 2014 12 July https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140706/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 12 July 2014 19 July The Nation's Favourite Motown Songs https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140713/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 19 July 2014 26 July Frozen https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140720/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 26 July 2014 2 August Now 88 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140727/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 2 August 2014 9 August https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140803/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 9 August 2014 16 August https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140810/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 16 August 2014 23 August https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140817/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 23 August 2014 30 August https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140824/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 30 August 2014 6 September https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140831/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 6 September 2014 13 September https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140907/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 13 September 2014 20 September https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140914/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 20 September 2014 27 September Keep Calm and Chillout https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140921/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 27 September 2014 4 October https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20140928/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 4 October 2014 11 October https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141005/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 11 October 2014 18 October https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141012/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 18 October 2014 25 October https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141019/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 25 October 2014 1 November https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141026/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 1 November 2014 8 November BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141102/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 8 November 2014 15 November https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141109/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 15 November 2014 22 November https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141116/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 22 November 2014 29 November https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141123/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 29 November 2014 6 December Now 89 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141130/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 6 December 2014 13 December https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141207/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 13 December 2014 20 December https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141214/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 20 December 2014 27 December https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20141221/7503/ Top 40 UK Compilation Albums 27 December 2014 Year end charts Biggest singles This chart published by the Official Charts Company on 31 December 2014 is based on sales and streams for the whole of 2014. The Official Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2014 revealed http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-100-biggest-songs-of-2014-revealed__7577/ 2015-08-18 Position Sales position Title Artist Peakposition Sales Streams Combined salesSales plus (streams divided by 100) "nb" 1 1 "Happy" Pharrell Williams 1 1,500,000http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2014-3389/ The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2014 Official Charts Company 1 January 2015 Rob Copsey 35,000,000http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-most-streamed-songs-of-2014-3388/ The Official Top 40 Most Streamed Songs of 2014 Official Charts Company Rob Copsey 1 January 2015 1,850,000 2 2 "Rather Be" Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 1 1,130,000 39,700,000 1,527,000 3 3 "All of Me" John Legend 2 851,000 34,900,000 1,200,000 The Official Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2014 revealed http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-100-biggest-songs-of-2014-revealed__7577/ 2015-08-18 4 4 "Waves" Mr Probz 1815,000 2014 revealed as the year of the debut chart smash http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/2014-revealed-as-the-year-of-the-debut-chart-smash__7573/ 2015-08-18 32,100,0001,136,000 5 7 "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 1 735,000 27,500,0001,010,000 6 5 "Ghost" Ella Henderson 1 757,000 7 8 "Stay with Me" Sam Smith 1 29,100,000 8 9 "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor 1 651,000 9 6 "Timber" Pitbull featuring Kesha 1 744,000 10 13 "Budapest" George Ezra 3 11 12 "Sing" Ed Sheeran 1 12 16 "Rude" Magic! 1 13 10 "Let It Go" Idina Menzel 11 636,000 14 11 "Shake It Off" Taylor Swift 2 0https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/28/why-isnt-1989-on-spotify-because-taylor-doesnt-want-it-there Guardian 18 October 2014 Why is Taylor Swift's 1989 not on Spotify? Because she doesn't want it there Alex Hern 15 17 "Hideaway" Kiesza 1 16 14 "My Love" Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne 1 17 15 "Nobody to Love" Sigma 1 18 19 "Money on My Mind" Sam Smith 1 19 22 "Summer" Calvin Harris 1 600,000http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx Certified Awards Search British Phonographic Industry 13 December 2014 To access, enter the search parameter "Robin Schulz" and select "Search" 1 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170801142929/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/Search.aspx dead 20 18 "Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 4 21 29 "Am I Wrong" Nico & Vinz 1 22 26 "Prayer in C" Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz 1 23 27 "Problem" Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea 1 24 30 "I'm Not the Only One" Sam Smith 3 25 25 "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj 1 26 21 "I Got U" Duke Dumont 1 27 "Don't" Ed Sheeran 8 28 37 "Blame" Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 1 29 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 30 1 30 23 "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 1 6,000,000http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-most-streamed-songs-of-2015-so-far__8840/ The Official Top 40 Most Streamed Songs of 2015 so far Official Charts Company 3 July 2015 Rob Copsey 31 33 "Fancy" Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX 5 32 "Chandelier" Sia 6 33 24 "Hey Brother" Avicii 3Reached number 2 in 2013 34 34 "Changing" Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1 35 40 "Gecko (Overdrive)" Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill 1 36 28 "I Will Never Let You Down" Rita Ora 1 37 32 "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" Paloma Faith 6 38 "Blame It on Me" George Ezra 6 39 31 "Say Something" A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera 4 40 "A Sky Full of Stars" Coldplay 8 41 38 "Loyal" Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga 10 42 "Riptide" Vance Joy 10 43 "Steal My Girl" One Direction 3 44 "Counting Stars" OneRepublic 10Reached number 1 in 2013 45 35 "How Long Will I Love You" Ellie Goulding 5Reached number 3 in 2013 46 "Crazy Stupid Love" Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah 1 47 "Black Widow" Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora 4 48 "Wiggle" Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dogg 8 49 36 "Feelin' Myself" will.i.am featuring French Montana, Wiz Khalifa & Miley Cyrus 2 50 "She Looks So Perfect" 5 Seconds of Summer 1 Note: figures without a reference must always be deduced from the two others according to these operations: Sales + (Streams/100) = Chart sales / (Chart sales - Sales)*100 = Streams / Chart sales - (Streams/100) = Sales Biggest-selling albums http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-artist-albums-of-2014-3387/ The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2014 Official Charts Company 1 January 2015 Rob Copsey dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150101030807/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-artist-albums-of-2014-3387/ 1 January 2015 Position Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 x Ed Sheeran 1 1,689,000 2 In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 1 1,248,000 3 Wanted on Voyage George Ezra 1 678,000 4 Caustic Love Paolo Nutini 1 545,000 5 Ghost Stories Coldplay 1 544,000 6 A Perfect Contradiction Paloma Faith 2 7 Four One Direction 1 8 Never Been Better Olly Murs 1 9 The Endless River Pink Floyd 1 10 III Take That 1 11 1989 Taylor Swift 1 12 Halcyon/Halcyon Days Ellie Goulding 1 13 Blue Smoke Dolly Parton 2 14 Partners Barbra Streisand 2 15 GIRL Pharrell Williams 1 16 Love in the Future John Legend 2 17 If You Wait London Grammar 3Reached number 2 in 2013 18 AM Arctic Monkeys 2Reached number 1 in 2013 19 Chapter One Ella Henderson 1 20Bad Blood Bastille 1 21 No Sound Without Silence The Script 1 22 Royal Blood Royal Blood 1 23 Meet the Vamps The Vamps 2 24 Beyoncé Beyoncé 2 25 Rock or Bust AC/DC 3 26 Sonic Highways Foo Fighters 2 27 48:13 Kasabian 1 28 Since I Saw You Last Gary Barlow 2 29 5 Seconds of Summer 5 Seconds of Summer 2 30 Christmas Michael Bublé 1 31 True Avicii 2 32 The Take Off and Landing of Everything Elbow 1 33 The 1975 The 1975 1 34 Love in Venice André Rieu 4 35 Symphonica George Michael 1 36 Stars Collabro 1 37 It's the Girls! Bette Midler 4 38 Night Visions Imagine Dragons 9Reached number 2 in 2013 39 Midnight Memories One Direction 3Reached number 1 in 2013 40 Melody Road Neil Diamond 4 41 The Power of Love Sam Bailey 1 42 Motion Calvin Harris 2 43 Home Rudimental 5Reached number 1 in 2013 44 Xscape Michael Jackson 1 45 Tribute John Newman 4Reached number 1 in 2013 46 Native OneRepublic 9 47 Moon Landing James Blunt 6Reached number 2 in 2013 48 Pure Heroine Lorde 8Reached number 4 in 2013 49 Going Back Home Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey 3 50 Queen Forever Queen 5 Notes: Biggest-selling compilation albums http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-compilations-of-2014-3394/ The Official Top 10 Biggest Selling Compilation Albums of 2014 Official Charts Company 1 January 2015 Rob Copsey Position Title Peakposition Sales 1 Now 89 1 954,000 2 Frozen 1 937,000 3 Now 88 1 701,000 4 Now 87 1 645,000 5 Disney Sing Along - Frozen 2 405,000 6 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014 1 7 Now Christmas 2 8 Keep Calm and Chillout 1 9 Now Disney 4 10 Now 21st Century 2 Notes: See also 2014 in British music List of 2014 albums List of UK top 10 singles in 2014 Footnotes "nb" References 30em Charts United Kingdom Category:British record charts