New Year always brings a plethora of charts and surveys, of course, and there's plenty doing the rounds just now. Starting with the official one - here's the top ten best selling albums and singles of 2004.
No real surprises in either really, with Keane holding on to the title of best selling album (and while we knock them sometimes round here, well done them) and Band Aid 20 the biggest selling single of the year (given that both Eamon and Frankee also appear in the top ten singles list perhaps if Ure and Geldof had retitled their charity track 'Do They Know It's Fuckin Christmas' they'd have raised even more cash).
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the end of year charts is that only two artists appear in both the single and album top tens
(Usher and Anastacia), and several of the big selling singles come from pending one-hit wonders. It will be interesting to see if this divide between the big single and album sellers continues as more and more people buy the former principally as MP3.
Anyway, here's the lists with a Radio 1 link where you will find the full top 100s.
Top ten albums:
1. Keane - Hopes And Fears
2. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
3. Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits
4. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
5. Katie Melua - Call Off The Search
6. Anastacia - Anastacia
7. Usher - Confessions
8. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
9. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
10. Il Divo - Il Divo
Full chart is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/features/albums04.shtml
Top ten singles of 2004:
1. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas
2. Eamon - F**K It (I Don't Want You Back)
3. DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
4. Eric Prydz - Call On Me
5. Usher Ft Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah
6. Michelle - All This Time
7. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
8. Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl
9. Britney Spears - Toxic
10. Frankee - F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)
Full chart is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/features/singles04.shtml