So, presumably smiley faces all round at Universal's Polydor Records because it looks likely that the label was behind the three biggest selling albums of 2006, albeit the biggest one via their Fiction imprint. Snow Patrol's 'Eyes Open' maintained its lead as the overall best selling long player of 2006, followed by other Polydor releases 'Beautiful World' by Take That and 'Ta-Dah' by Scissor Sisters. Fourth best selling album was the Domino released Arctic Monkeys debut 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not' while in fifth place were those unnervingly popular The Kooks, signed to EMI's Virgin division of course.
Singles wise, SonyBMG appear most in the big five, although, perhaps unsurprisingly, it's Warner / Atlantic's Gnarls Barkley who comes in top with that 'still sounds good despite the over exposure' track 'Crazy'. Then it goes Leona Lewis with 'A Moment Like This' (SonyBMG/Syco), Shakira and Wyclef Jean with 'Hips Don't Lie' (SonyBMG/RCA), Scissor Sisters 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Universal/Polydor) and Sandi Thom 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker' (SonyBMG/RCA).