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It’s 2014’s UK best sellers

By | Published on Thursday 1 January 2015

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Well, if there’s a better way to start 2015 than with a load of lists about what records and albums and whatnots sold well in 2014 I don’t know what it is. The British music year just gone really belonged to Ed Sheeran, but his face topped our report on record industry sales stats for 2014, so we thought that for this post we’d go with a photo of Pharrell Williams’ hat, which also had a great year. Alas the only picture we have of the hat was photobombed by Pharrell himself, him being a famous limelight stealer. Anyway, lists…

Top Ten Albums of 2014 (compiled by Official Charts Company)
1. Ed Sheeran – x (Warner/Atlantic)
2. Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour (Universal/Capitol)
3. George Ezra – Wanted On Voyage (Sony/Columbia)
4. Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love (Warner/Atlantic)
5. Coldplay – Ghost Stories (Warner/Parlophone)
6. Paloma Faith – A Perfect Contradiction (Sony/RCA)
7. One Direction – Four (Sony/Syco)
8. Olly Murs – Never Been Better (Sony/Epic)
9. Pink Floyd – The Endless River (Warner/Rhino)
10. Take That – III (Universal/Polydor)

Top Ten Vinyl Albums of 2014 (compiled by Official Charts Company)
1. Pink Floyd – The Endless River (Warner/Rhino)
2. Arctic Monkeys – AM (Domino Recordings)
3. Royal Blood – Royal Blood (Warner/Warner Bros)
4. Oasis – Definitely Maybe (Sony/Big Brother)
5. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (Warner/Rhino)
6. Jack White – Lazaretto (Beggars/XL)
7. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (Sony/Silvertone)
8. Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways (Sony/RCA)
9. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (Warner/Rhino)
10. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (Sony/Big Brother)

Top Ten Singles of 2014 (compiled by Official Charts Company)
1. Pharrell Williams – Happy (Sony Music/Columbia)
2. Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne – Rather Be (Warner/Atlantic)
3. John Legend – All Of Me (Sony/Columbia)
4. Mr Probz – Waves (Sony/Left Lane Recordings)
5. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (Warner/Atlantic)
6. Ella Henderson – Ghost (Sony/Syco)
7. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Universal/Capitol)
8. Meghan Trainor – ll About That Bass (Sony/Epic)
9. Pitbull feat Kesha Timber (Sony/J-Mr 305-Polo Grounds)
10. George Ezra – Budapest (Sony/Columbia)

Top Ten Most Streamed Tracks in 2014 (compiled by Official Charts Company based on chart-returning audio streaming services)
1. Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne – Rather Be (Warner/Atlantic)
2. Pharrell Williams – Happy (Sony Music/Columbia)
3. John Legend – All of Me (Sony Music/Columbia)
4. Mr Probz – Waves (Sony/Left Lane Recordings)
5. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Universal/Capitol)
6. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (Warner/Atlantic)
7. George Ezra – Budapest (Sony/Columbia)
8. Ed Sheeran – Sing (Warner/Atlantic)
9. Pitbull feat Kesha – Timber (Sony/J-Mr 305-Polo Grounds)
10. Magic – Rude (Sony/RCA)

Top Twenty Home Entertainment Releases of 2014 (compiled by the Entertainment Retailer’s Association based on OCC and GfK Chart-track data)
1. Frozen (Walt Disney Studios)
2. FIFA 15 (Electronic Arts)
3. Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
4. Ed Sheeran – x (Warner/Atlantic)
5. The Hobbit – The Desolation Of Smaug (Warner Home Video)
6. Grand Theft Auto V (Take 2)
7. Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour (Universal/Capitol)
8. The Lego Movie (Warner Home Video)
9. The Hunger Games – Catching Fire (Elevation Sales)
10. Mrs Brown’s Boys – D’movie (Universal Pictures)
11. Now That’s What I Call Music 89 (Sony Music/Universal Music)
12. Guardians Of The Galaxy (Walt Disney Studios)
13. Frozen Original Soundtrack (Universal/Walt Disney)
14. Destiny (Activision Blizzard)
15. Gravity (Warner Home Video)
16. The Wolf Of Wall Street (Universal Pictures)
17. The Inbetweeners Movie 2 (Channel 4 DVD)
18. Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
19. Now That’s What I Call Music 88 (Sony Music/Universal Music)
20. George Ezra – Wanted On Voyage (Sony/Columbia)

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