HaveyoueverheardofAlMartino?Notmanypeopleknowhisnamenowadaysbutbackin1952hemadehistorybybecomingthefirstrecordingartisttohaveanumberonerecordwithhissong‘HereInMyHeart’.
Formorethanfiftyyearssalesofsingleshavebeenmeasuredonaweeklybasisandrankedinachart.Theweek’sbest-sellingsingletakesthenumberonepositionforthatweek.
Sowhohashadthemostnumberones?For25yearsTheBeatlesandElvisPresleymatchedeachotherwith18numberonerecordsapiece.However,in2005Elvisearnedaposthumousnumberonewhenhis1957hit‘JailhouseRockwasre-released.SincethentwomoreElvissingleshavegonetothetopofthechartsbringinghistotalto21numberones!
Overtheyearsmanyartistshaveenjoyedincrediblesuccessinthecharts.BryanAdamsheldthenumberonepositionfor16weeksin1991withtheballad‘EverythingIDoIDoItForYou’whilstEltonJohn’stributetoPrincessDiana,‘CandleInTheWind97’,sold4.86millioncopiesintheUK.
However,thereareconcernsoverthefutureofthemusicindustryassaleshavefalleninrecentyears.Thiswasillustratedin2004whenEricPrydzhadanumberonerecorddespitehavingsoldlessthan24,000copies.
OnereasonforthefallinCDsalescouldbetheincreaseinmusicdownloads.ManycomputerusersillegallydownloadMP3filesthroughpeer-to-peer,file-sharingnetworks.
Themusicindustryhasrespondedtothisnewthreatbyofferingthepossibilitytobuydownloadsfromapprovedwebsites.ThesedigitaldownloadswereintegratedintotheUKchartforthefirsttimeinApril2005.Ironically,thefirstnumberoneofthedigitalagewasareissueofTonyChristie’s‘Amarillo’,asongfirstreleasedin1971.
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