2016 in British music explained

This is a summary of the year 2016 in British music.

Events

• 10 January – Rock icon David Bowie passes away of liver cancer, two days after the release of his final album; Bowie's illness had not been disclosed to the public until his death. Having stipulated that he did not want a funeral ceremony, Bowie is cremated two days later in New Jersey, USA, with arrangements for his ashes to be scattered in accordance with Buddhist rituals on the island of Bali.^[1]
• 13 January – Chetham's School of Music announces the appointment of Alun Jones as its new Head, effective September 2016.^[2]
• 28 January – Wigmore Hall live-streams performances for the first time.^[3]
• 4 February – The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla as its next music director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years. She is the first female conductor to be named music director of the CBSO.^[4]
• 19 February – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces Sir Peter Maxwell Davies as the recipient of its 102nd Gold Medal.^[5]
• 24 February – The 2016 Brit Awards ceremony takes place at The O2, presented by Ant & Dec.^[6] David Bowie is awarded the "Brits Icon" award, a few weeks after his death. Actor Gary Oldman accepts the award on Bowie's behalf.^[7]
• 2 March – The Bridgewater Hall announces the appointment of Andrew Bolt as its new chief executive.^[8]
• 21 March – The Gloucester Cathedral Choir announces that it is to recruit girl choristers for the first time in its history, in April 2016.^[9]
• 22 March – Mark Wigglesworth announces his resignation as music director of English National Opera, effective at the end of the 2015–2016 season.^[10]
• 18 April – The Royal Northern College of Music announces the appointment of Sir John Tomlinson as its next president, for a term of 5 years, effective January 2017.^[11]
• 23 April – The London Woodwind Orchestra, the first professional woodwind orchestra in the UK, gives its debut performance at St John's Smith Square.^[12]
• 29 April – English National Opera announces the appointment of Daniel Kramer as its next artistic director, effective 1 August 2016.^[13]
• 12 May – The Stone Roses release their first new single in 21 years, "All For One", their first new material since their 2011 reformation.
• 14 May – The United Kingdom will compete in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden. This year's Joe and Jake will represent the United Kingdom with their song, You're Not Alone
• 15 May – Sheku Kanneh-Mason wins the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year award.^[14]
• 10–12 June – Download Festival 2016 takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire. The Lemmy stage (named in honour of late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister) was headlined by Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, the Zippo encore stage by All Time Low, NOFX and Jane's Addiction, the Maverick stage by the Gutterdämmerung project by Bjorn Tagemose, Pennywise and Saxon, and the Dogtooth stage by Raging Speedhorn, Municipal Waste and Napalm Death.
• 12 June – Queen's Birthday Honours^[15]
  • Rod Stewart is made a Knight Bachelor.
  • Alison Balsom is awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE).
  • Brian Lang, Colin Lawson, Paul Lewis, John McLeod are each made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
• 13 June – The Royal Albert Hall announces that Chris Cotton, its current chief executive, is to retire.^[16]
• 24 June – Never heard during the composer's lifetime, Still Point by Daphne Oram receives its world premiere at St John's Smith Square, London, 67 years after Oram composed the work.^[17]
• 11 July – Release of Stand As One – Live at Glastonbury 2016, an album of live performances from the 2016 Glastonbury Festival in memory of Jo Cox, the MP recently killed in a violent attack; proceeds from the album will go towards helping Oxfam's work with refugees, Cox having worked for the charity for some years.^{[18] [19]}
• 13 July – The Guildhall School of Music and Drama announces the appointment of Lynne Williams as its next principal, effective in 2017.^[20]
• 2 August – The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Dominic Parker as its new Director, in succession to Gavin Reid.^[21]
• 12 September – The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden announces the appointment of Oliver Mears as its next Director of Opera, effective March 2017.^[22]
• 8 October – The Wind in the Willows, a musical by Julian Fellowes with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, receives its world première at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth.^[23]
• 16 October – Singer-songwriter Peter Skellern, suffering from an inoperable brain tumour, is ordained as an Anglican priest by the Bishop of Truro.^[24]
• 21 October – English National Opera announces the appointment of Martyn Brabbins as its new music director, with immediate effect, with an initial contract through October 2020.^[25]
• 24 October – The Royal Albert Hall announces the appointment of Craig Hassall as its next chief executive, effective 2017.^[26]
• 4 November – The UK government announced withdrawal of funding support for the proposed new London Concert Hall.^[27]
• 7 December – Northern Ireland Opera announces the appointment of Walter Sutcliffe as its next artistic director, effective February 2017.^[28]
• 13 December – The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh announces that its chief executive, Adrian Harris, is to retire at the end of December 2016.^[29]
• 30 December – New Year's Honours 2017^{[30] [31]}
  • Dame Evelyn Glennie is made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.
  • Ray Davies, Jeffrey Tate and Bryn Terfel are each made a Knight Bachelor.
  • Lennox Mackenzie and Stephen Maddock are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
  • Iestyn Davies and Anthony Forbes are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Television series

• 8 January – Launch of the first series of Lip Sync Battle: UK on Channel 5, a British version of the American musical comedy television show where celebrities lip sync battle each other to various popular songs.
• 9 January – Launch of the fifth series of The Voice UK, the last to be broadcast by the BBC.

Artists and groups reformed

• Arab Strap
• Bentley Rhythm Ace
• Meet Me in St. Louis
• Spice Girls – GEM
• Super Furry Animals
• The Vapors
• The Zutons

Groups on hiatus

• Bombay Bicycle Club^[32]
• One Direction

Groups disbanded

• Allo Darlin'
• The Bad Shepherds
• Bolt Thrower
• The Business
• Cherry Ghost
• Dead or Alive
• Funeral for a Friend
• FVK
• The Enemy
• Kosheen
• Lush
• Maybeshewill
• Palma Violets
• Viola Beach (all lost their lives in a road accident)
• Vondelpark
• Wodensthrone

Classical works

• Julian Anderson – Incantesimi^[33]
• Sally Beamish
  • Chaconne (for organ)^[34]
  • A Shakespeare Masque (text by Carol Ann Duffy)
• Luke Bedford
  • Three Caves^[35]
  • In Black Bright Ink^[36]
• Judith Bingham – The Orchid and Its Hunters^[37]
• Harrison Birtwistle – Five Lessons in a Frame^[38]
• Mark David Boden – Ghyll^[39]
• Charlotte Bray
  • Agnus Dei^[40]
  • Stone Dancer^[41]
  • Falling in the Fire (for cello and orchestra)^[42]
• Diana Burrell – Concerto for Brass and Orchestra^[43]
• Paul Carr – Violin Concerto^[44]
• Chiu-yu Chou – Tongue^[45]
• Desmond Clarke
  • Viola Concerto^[46]
  • Xyla^[47]
• Anna Clyne – This Lunar Beauty^[48]
• Ronald Corp – "Behold, the sea"^[49]
• Tom Coult
  • Sonnet Machine^[45]
  • Spirit of the Staircase^[38]
• Laurence Crane – Cobbled Section After Cobbled Section^[50]
• Stephen Deazley (music) and Martin Riley (text) – The Rattler^[51]
• James Dillon – The Gates for string quartet and orchestra^[52]
• Richard Emsley – Strange Attractor^[50]
• Edmund Finnis – Parallel Colour^[53]
• Alissa Firsova
  • Paradisi Gloria^[54]
  • Bride of the Wind^[55]
• Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Game On (for piano and Commodore 64)
• Michael Zev Gordon – In the Middle of Things^[56]
• Tom Harrold
  • Nightfires^[57]
  • Raze^[58]
• Malcolm Hayes – Violin Concerto^[59]
• Morgan Hayes – Overture: The Kiss^[60]
• Piers Hellawell – Wild Flow^[61]
• Thomas Hyde – Piano Trio: after Picasso^[62]
• Patrick John Jones – Locks of the approaching storm^[47]
• Mica Levi – Signal Before War^[63]
• Zoë Martlew – Broad St. Burlesque^[36]
• Christian Mason – Isolarion III
• Benedict Mason – Horns Strings and Harmony^[64]
• David Matthews – Norfolk March^[65]
• Bayan Northcott – Concerto for Orchestra^[66]
• Ben Palmer – Flying in the Fire^[67]
• Roxanna Panufnik – Kyrie after Byrd^[40]
• Owain Park – Upheld by stillness^[40]
• Aaron Parker – After sunset fades^[45]
• Anthony Payne – Of Land, Sea and Sky^[68]
• Joseph Phibbs – Partita^[69]
• John Pickard – Symphony No 5^[70]
• Michael Pisaro – fields have ears (10)^[71]
• Sophya Polevaya – Carousel
• Francis Pott – Laudate Dominum^[40]
• John Powell – A Prussian Requiem^[72]
• Alwynne Pritchard – Rockaby^[71]
• Ryan Probert – Mattei^[73]
• Derek Rodgers – Clarinet Concerto^[74]
• Matt Rogers – We Happened to Travel^[75]
• David Sawer – April\March^[63]
• Frederick Scott – Toccata seconda
• Percy Sherwood – Concerto for violin and cello
• Howard Skempton – Piano Concerto^[50]
• Mark-Anthony Turnage – Strapless (ballet in one act, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon)^[76]
• Roderick Williams – Ave verum corpus re-imagined^[40]
• Scott Wilson – head-neck-chest-four-five-six-thing^[77]
• John Woolrich – Swan Song^[36]

Opera

• Figaro Gets a Divorce by Elena Langer (libretto by David Pountney) is premièred on 21 February 2016 by Welsh National Opera in Cardiff.^[78]
• Found and Lost by Emily Hall is premièred at the Corinthia Hotel London in January 2016.
• Other premieres:
  • Thomas Adès and Tom Cairns – The Exterminating Angel^[79]
  • Iain Bell (music), David Antrobus and Emma Jenkins (libretto) – In Parenthesis^[80]
  • David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell – Nothing^[81]
  • Nicholas Jackson – The Rose and the Ring^[82]
  • Hannah Kendall and Tessa McWatt – The Knife of Dawn^[83]
  • Stuart MacRae and Louise Welsh – The Devil Inside^[84]
  • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – The Hogboon^[85]
  • Mark Simpson and Melanie Challenger – Pleasure^[86]
  • Philip Venables – 4.48 Psychosis^[87]

Musical theatre

• Fantastic Mr Fox by Sam Holcroft, with music by Arthur Darvill.^[88]
• Half a Sixpence, co-created by Cameron Mackintosh with book by Julian Fellowes and music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (also including several songs by David Heneker from the 1963 musical based on the same story.
• The Wind in the Willows by Julian Fellowes, with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe^[23]

Musical films

• Sing Street

Film scores and incidental music

Film

• Erran Baron Cohen & David Buckley – Grimsby
• Charlie Mole – Dad's Army
• Rachel Portman – Their Finest^[89]

Television

• Debbie Wiseman – Dickensian

British music awards

• Brit Awards – see 2016 Brit Awards

Charts and sales

For the first time in the history of the singles chart, the top three positions were occupied by the same artist. In the chart ending 14 January 2016, Justin Bieber was at number one with "Love Yourself", number two with "Sorry" and number three with "What Do You Mean?".

In the chart ending 4 February, David Bowie matched an album chart record of having 12 albums simultaneously in the top 40, a record set by Elvis Presley following his death in 1977. His album Best of Bowie also became the first ever album to reach number one due to streaming.

In the chart ending 3 November, Elvis Presley broke a record for most number-one albums for a solo artist when his album The Wonder Of You reached number one.

Number-one singles

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

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Best performing single of the year

Chart date (week ending)	Song	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
7 January	"Love Yourself"		122,997	^[90]
14 January			78,658	^[91]
21 January			74,565	^[92]
28 January	"Stitches"		68,125	^[93]
4 February			71,503	^[94]
11 February	"Pillowtalk"		112,497	^[95]
18 February	"7 Years"		104,881	^[96]
25 February			133,758	^[97]
3 March			131,488	^[98]
10 March			106,494	^[99]
17 March			91,299	^[100]
24 March	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"		77,838	^[101]
31 March			81,548	^[102]
7 April			83,907	^[103]
14 April			75,710	^[104]
21 April	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="15"	"One Dance"		72,615	^[105]
28 April	115,078	^[106]
5 May	128,535	^[107]
12 May	140,731	^[108]
19 May	123,519	^[109]
26 May	104,998	^[110]
2 June	92,593	^[111]
9 June	84,742	^[112]
16 June	72,934	^[113]
23 June	60,866	^[114]
30 June	60,493	^[115]
7 July	59,256	^[116]
14 July	58,851	^[117]
21 July	54,726	^[118]
28 July	59,563	^[119]
4 August	"Cold Water"		102,489	^[120]
11 August			104,446	^[121]
18 August			93,807	^[122]
25 August			82,925	^[123]
1 September			71,507	^[124]
8 September	"Closer"		79,970	^[125]
15 September			91,666	^[126]
22 September			88,597	^[127]
29 September			82,593	^[128]
6 October	"Say You Won't Let Go"		84,842	^[129]
13 October			92,360	^[130]
20 October			105,603	^[131]
27 October	"Shout Out to My Ex"		95,273	^[132]
3 November			111,816	^[133]
10 November			79,039	^[134]
17 November	"Rockabye"		72,071	^[135]
24 November			76,189	^[136]
1 December			74,545	^[137]
8 December			82,445	^[138]
15 December			70,467	^[139]
22 December			63,335	^[140]
29 December			57,631	^[141]

Number-one albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

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Best performing album of the year

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Artist	Chart sales	References
7 January	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="2"	25		75,783	^[142]
14 January	43,446	^[143]
21 January	Blackstar		146,168	^[144]
28 January			81,403	^[145]
4 February			34,456	^[146]
11 February	Best of Bowie		28,997	^[147]
18 February	A Head Full of Dreams		30,146	^[148]
25 February	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="2"	25	Adele	27,780	^[149]
3 March	28,168	^[150]
10 March	I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It		58,378	^[151]
17 March	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="3"	25	Adele	53,936	^[152]
24 March	22,795	^[153]
31 March	20,915	^[154]
7 April	Mind of Mine		22,250	^[155]
14 April	Everything You've Come to Expect		30,797	^[156]
21 April	Cleopatra		10,892	^[157]
28 April	The Hope Six Demolition Project		11,436	^[158]
5 May	Lemonade		73,392	^[159]
12 May	Views		78,397	^[160]
19 May	A Moon Shaped Pool		50,543	^[161]
26 May	Views	Drake	23,846	^[162]
2 June	Dangerous Woman		19,582	^[163]
9 June	The Ride		38,103	^[164]
16 June	Stranger to Stranger		19,218	^[165]
23 June	50		23,691	^[166]
30 June	A Moon Shaped Pool	Radiohead	44,272	^[167]
7 July	25	Adele	24,837	^[168]
14 July	California		23,529	^[169]
21 July	Ellipsis		37,308	^[170]
28 July	Love & Hate		11,639	^[171]
4 August			15,302	^[172]
11 August	Viola Beach		17,379	^[173]
18 August	Blossoms		20,987	^[174]
25 August			7,948	^[175]
1 September	Blond		31,866	^[176]
8 September			19,778	^[177]
15 September	Cartwheels		12,127	^[178]
22 September	Wild World		36,039	^[179]
29 September			12,025	^[180]
6 October	Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea		18,885	^[181]
13 October	Following My Intuition		24,500	^[182]
20 October	Revolution Radio		30,880	^[183]
27 October	Walls		49,964	^[184]
3 November	The Wonder of You		63,500	^[185]
10 November	Back from the Edge		40,906	^[186]
17 November	The Heavy Entertainment Show		66,825	^[187]
24 November	24 Hrs		57,981	^[188]
1 December	Glory Days		96,205	^[189]
8 December			57,151	^[190]
15 December	Blue & Lonesome		105,830	^[191]
22 December	Together		96,643	^[192]
29 December			109,708	^[193]

Number-one compilation albums

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Best-selling compilation of the year

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Sales	References
7 January	Now 92	54,811	^[194]
14 January		22,215	^[195]
21 January	Go Hard or Go Home	16,413	^[196]
28 January	Acoustic Cafe	14,093	^[197]
4 February		14,164	^[198]
11 February	Throwback Slow Jamz	25,152	^[199]
18 February		21,800	^[200]
25 February		17,731	^[201]
3 March	Brit Awards 2016	11,751	^[202]
10 March	Sing Your Heart Out 2016	20,532	^[203]
17 March		21,036	^[204]
24 March		20,820	^[205]
31 March	Now 93	246,889	^[206]
7 April		149,467	^[207]
14 April		81,598	^[208]
21 April		50,936	^[209]
28 April		36,873	^[210]
5 May		29,106	^[211]
12 May		27,431	^[212]
19 May	100% Clubland		^[213]
26 May	Now 93	18,694	^[214]
2 June	100% Clubland	19,467	^[215]
9 June	Now 93	18,252	^[216]
16 June	100% Clubland	14,629	^[217]
23 June	Throwback Summer Jamz	30,228	^[218]
30 June			^[219]
7 July		23,569	^[220]
14 July	Now Summer Hits	22,339	^[221]
21 July		16,958	^[222]
28 July		16,462	^[223]
4 August	Now 94	216,560	^[224]
11 August		117,412	^[225]
18 August		69,408	^[226]
25 August		48,029	^[227]
1 September		33,991	^[228]
8 September		29,744	^[229]
15 September		22,130	^[230]
22 September		20,084	^[231]
29 September		16,430	^[232]
6 October		15,447	^[233]
13 October		14,690	^[234]
20 October		12,256	^[235]
27 October		11,527	^[236]
3 November	Now 20th Century	12,681	^[237]
10 November	Funk the Disco	13,579	^[238]
17 November	The Annual 2017	18,730	^[239]
24 November	Dreamboats & Petticoats: 10th Anniversary Collection	17,949	^[240]
1 December	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="5"	Now 95	222,765	^[241]
8 December	159,404	^[242]
15 December	132,020	^[243]
22 December	124,948	^[244]
29 December	138,880	^[245]

Best-selling singles

^[246]

scope=col	Combined position	scope=col	Sales Position	scope=col	Streaming Position	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Artist	scope=col	Peak position	scope=col	Sales	scope=col	Streams	scope=col	Combined sales
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	1	2	1	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla	1	530,000	142,000,000	1,950,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	2	1	4	"7 Years"	Lukas Graham	1			1,490,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	3	5	2	"Cheap Thrills"	Sia featuring Sean Paul	2			1,460,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	4	6	3	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"	Mike Posner	1			1,380,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	5	7	5	"This Is What You Came For"	Calvin Harris and Rihanna	2			1,280,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	6		7	"Lush Life"	Zara Larsson	3			1,160,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	7		8	"Closer"	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	1			1,150,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	8		9	"Love Yourself"		1			1,140,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	9		6	"Work"	Rihanna featuring Drake	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	10	3		"Can't Stop the Feeling!"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	11	8		"Stitches"	Shawn Mendes	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	12	4		"Dancing on My Own"	Calum Scott	2			1,110,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	13	10		"Fast Car"	Jonas Blue featuring Dakota	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	14		10	"Cold Water"	Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ	1			1,060,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	15			"Work from Home"	Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	16			"Sorry"	Justin Bieber	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	17			"Don't Let Me Down"	The Chainsmokers featuring Daya	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	18			"Too Good"	Drake featuring Rihanna	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	19	9		"Say You Won't Let Go"	James Arthur	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	20			"Light It Up"	Major Lazer featuring Nyla & Fuse ODG	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	21			"Hymn for the Weekend"	Coldplay	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	22			"This Girl"	Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	23			"Cake by the Ocean"	DNCE	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	24			"Pillowtalk"	Zayn	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	25			"Let Me Love You"	DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	26			"Girls Like"	Tinie Tempah featuring Zara Larsson	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	27			"Treat You Better"	Shawn Mendes	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	28			"Faded"	Alan Walker	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	29			"Perfect Strangers"	Jonas Blue featuring JP Cooper	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	30			"No Money"	Galantis	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	31			"Stressed Out"	Twenty One Pilots	12
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	32			"I Hate U, I Love U"	Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	33			"Tears"	Clean Bandit featuring Louisa Johnson	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	34			"Starboy"	The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	35			"What Do You Mean?"	Justin Bieber	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	36			"Panda"	Desiigner	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	37			"Rockabye"	Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	38			"Heathens"	Twenty One Pilots	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	39			"Shout Out to My Ex"	Little Mix	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	40			"All My Friends"	Snakehips featuring Tinashe & Chance the Rapper	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	41			"Secret Love Song"	Little Mix featuring Jason Derulo	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	42			"Adventure of a Lifetime"	Coldplay	8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	43			"Controlla"	Drake	18
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	44			"Me, Myself & I"	G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	45			"History"	One Direction	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	46			"Into You"	Ariana Grande	14
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	47			"Middle"	DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine	10
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	48			"Hello"	Adele	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	49			"Side to Side"	Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	50			"The Greatest"	Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar	5

Best-selling albums

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scope=col		scope=col	Title	scope=col	Artist	scope=col	Peak position	scope=col	Combined sales
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	1	25		1	753,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	2	A Head Full of Dreams	Coldplay	1	512,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	3	Together	Michael Ball & Alfie Boe	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	4	Purpose	Justin Bieber	2	478,500
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	5	The Wonder of You	Elvis Presley	1	458,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	6	Blackstar	David Bowie	1	410,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	7	Glory Days	Little Mix	1	409,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	8	Views	Drake	1	387,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	9	I Cry When I Laugh	Jess Glynne	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	10	Best of Bowie	David Bowie	1	328,500
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	11	Lemonade	Beyoncé	1	328,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	12	24 Hrs	Olly Murs	1	304,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	13	Nobody but Me	Michael Bublé	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	14	The Heavy Entertainment Show	Robbie Williams	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	15	Get Weird	Little Mix	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	16	This Is Acting	Sia	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	17	Blue & Lonesome	The Rolling Stones	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	18	50	Rick Astley	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	19	Chaos and the Calm	James Bay	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	20	x	Ed Sheeran	9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	21		Electric Light Orchestra	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	22	If I Can Dream	Elvis Presley	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	23	Christmas	Michael Bublé	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	24	24K Magic	Bruno Mars	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	25	I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It	The 1975	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	26	Long Live the Angels	Emeli Sandé	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	27	Blurryface	Twenty One Pilots	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	28	A Moon Shaped Pool	Radiohead	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	29	The Singles	Phil Collins	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	30	Back from the Edge	James Arthur	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	31	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	32	Anti	Rihanna	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	33	Chaleur Humaine	Christine and the Queens	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	34	Communion	Years & Years	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	35	Upon a Different Shore	Alexander Armstrong	8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	36	Walls	Kings of Leon	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	37	Beauty Behind the Madness	The Weeknd	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	38	Delirium	Ellie Goulding	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	39	Nine Track Mind	Charlie Puth	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	40	Nothing Has Changed	David Bowie	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	41	The Ride	Catfish and the Bottlemen	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	42	The Very Best of Prince	Prince	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	43	In the Lonely Hour	Sam Smith	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	44	1989	Taylor Swift	8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	45	Falling in Love	André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	46	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	20
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	47	21	Adele	10
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	48	Death of a Bachelor	Panic! at the Disco	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	49	Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll	Cliff Richard	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	50	Wild World	Bastille	1

Notes:

Deaths

• 4 January – Robert Stigwood, Australian-born band manager (Bee Gees, Cream) and film producer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever), 81^[248] (death announced on this date)
• 10 January – David Bowie, singer-songwriter and actor, 69^[249]
• 17 January – Dale Griffin, drummer (Mott the Hoople), 67 (Alzheimer's disease)^[250]
• 24 January – Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (Rainbow, Dio), 68^[251]
• 26 January – Colin Vearncombe (aka Black), singer-songwriter, 53 (head injuries sustained in a traffic collision)^[252]
• 9 February – Roy Harris, folk singer, 82
• 13 February – Members of Viola Beach:
  • Kris Leonard, 20, singer and guitarist
  • Jack Dakin, 19, drummer
  • Tomas Lowe, 27, bassist
  • River Reeves, 19, guitarist
  • Craig Tarry, 32, manager (road accident)^[253]
• 16 February – Gwyneth George, concert cellist and music academic, 95^[254]
• 18 February – Brendan Healy, 59, actor and musician
• 19 February – Vi Subversa, musician (Poison Girls), 80^[255]
• 25 February – John Chilton, jazz musician and writer, 83^[256]
• 1 March – Louise Plowright, musical theatre actress, 59 (pancreatic cancer)^[257]
• 8 March – Sir George Martin, Grammy-winning producer and composer, 90^[258]
• 9 March – Jon English, English-born Australian musician and actor, 66 (complications from surgery)^[259]
• 10 March – Keith Emerson, keyboardist (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), 71 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)^[260]
• 14 March – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014), 81^[261]
• 4 April – Royston Nash, conductor, 82
• 12 April – Alan Loveday, violinist, 88^[262]
• 15 April – Guy Woolfenden, composer and conductor, 78^[263]
• 25 May – Peggy Spencer, dancer and choreographer, 95^[264]
• 31 May – Tim Feild, musician (The Springfields), 82
• 3 June – Dave Swarbrick, folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), 75^[265]
• 14 June – Henry McCullough, guitarist (Paul McCartney & Wings), 72
  • • 22 June Mike Hart, singer-songwriter, 72
  • Harry Rabinowitz, composer and conductor, 100^[266]
• 2 July – David Patrick Gedge, organist, 77^[267]
• 13 July – Steven Young, musician (Colourbox, M/A/R/R/S), 53
• 17 July – Fred Tomlinson, singer (The Two Ronnies, Monty Python's Flying Circus), composer ("The Lumberjack Song") and critic, 88^[268]
• 24 July – Keith Gemmell, saxophonist, clarinetist (Audience), 68
• 26 July – Paul Robertson, violinist and leader of the Medici String Quartet, 63^[269]
• 29 July – Ken Barrie, voice actor and singer, 83^[270]
• 30 July – Nigel Gray, record producer (Outlandos d'Amour), 69^[271]
• 14 August – Neil Black, oboist, 84^[272]
• 19 August – Derek Smith, jazz pianist, 85^[273] (death announced on this date)
• 22 August – Gilli Smyth, singer (Gong), 83^[274]
• 28 August – John Stenhouse, orchestral bass clarinetist, 74^[275]
• 12 September – Hidayat Inayat Khan, composer and conductor, 99^[276]
• 30 September – Michael Casswell, guitarist, 53^[277]
• 2 October
  • Sir Neville Marriner, conductor and violinist, 92^[278]
  • Thomas Round, opera singer, 100^[279]
• 5 October – Rod Temperton, songwriter, producer and musician (Heatwave), 68
• 7 October – Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer, 80^[280]
• 23 October – Pete Burns, singer (Dead or Alive), 57 (cardiac arrest)
• 7 November – Sir Jimmy Young, singer and DJ, 95^[281]
• 11 November – George Reynolds, orchestral trumpeter, 78^[282]
• 22 November – Craig Gill, drummer (Inspiral Carpets), 44
• 1 December – Micky Fitz, punk singer (The Business)^[283] (death announced this date)
• 7 December – Greg Lake, singer, musician, producer (King Crimson), (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 69 (cancer)
• 24 December – Rick Parfitt, singer, musician, (Status Quo), 68 (septicaemia)
• 25 December – George Michael, singer, 53

See also

• 2016 in British radio
• 2016 in British television
• 2016 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 2016

Notes and References

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2. Chetham's School of Music appoints new Head . Chetham's School of Music . 13 January 2016 . 14 January 2016.
3. Wigmore Hall Announces Start of Live Streaming . Wigmore Hall . 13 January 2016 . 30 January 2016.
4. New Music Director Announced . City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra . 4 February 2016 . 26 December 2016 . 5 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505224122/https://cbso.co.uk/news/musicdirector . dead .
5. Peter Maxwell Davies awarded RPS Gold Medal . Royal Philharmonic Society . 19 February 2016 . 26 December 2016.
6. Web site: Ant & Dec return for The BRITs 2016. The BRIT Awards. 14 September 2015.
7. Web site: Lorde Gets Emotional When Paying Tribute to the Late David Bowie at 2016 Brit Awards . E! Online . 24 February 2016 . 25 February 2016 . Mike . Vulpo.
8. News: Manchester's Bridgewater Hall appoints Andrew Bolt as chief executive . The Stage . Matthew Hemley . 2 March 2016 . 26 December 2016.
9. History in the making as Gloucester Cathedral gets set to recruit Girl Choristers as members of the acclaimed Cathedral Choir . Gloucester Cathedral . 21 March 2016 . 26 December 2016.
10. News: ENO music director Mark Wigglesworth quits . The Guardian . Mark Brown . Imogen Tilden . 22 March 2016 . 26 December 2016.
11. Sir John Tomlinson Appointed RNCM President . Royal Northern College of Music . 18 April 2016 . 26 December 2016.
12. Web site: St John's Smith Square, 23 April 2016 programme . 26 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160505123728/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/london-woodwind-orchestra . 5 May 2016 . dead .
13. News: English National Opera appoints Daniel Kramer as artistic director . The Guardian . Mark Brown . 29 April 2016 . 26 December 2016.
14. News: Cellist from Nottingham named BBC Young Musician 2016 . BBC . 16 May 2016 . 26 December 2016.
15. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528696/birthday_honours_list_prime_ministers_list_2016.pdf Birthday Honours lists 2016
16. News: Royal Albert Hall CEO announces retirement . Classical Music Magazine . 13 June 2016 . 1 January 2017.
17. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/deep-minimalism-friday-95164 Southbank Centre, 'Deep Minimalism' festival, 24 June 2016 programme
18. Chris . Payne . Coldplay, Muse, Chvrches & More to Tribute Jo Cox With Glastonbury Live Album . Billboard . 20 June 2016 . 21 June 2016.
19. News: Glastonbury live album to be dedicated to Jo Cox MP . BBC . BBC News . 21 June 2016 . 21 June 2016.
20. Lynne Williams to become the Guildhall School's new Principal . Guildhall School of Music and Drama . 13 July 2016 . 16 July 2016.
21. BBC Scotland Appoints Dominic Parker Director of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra . BBC . 2 August 2016 . 26 December 2016.
22. Oliver Mears to join Royal Opera House as Director of Opera . Royal Opera House, Covent Garden . 12 September 2016 . 19 September 2016.
23. Web site: Julian Fellowes' The Wind in the Willows to receive world premiere in Plymouth . . thestage.co.uk . 2 October 2015 . 3 October 2015.
24. Web site: Dying pop star Peter Skellern ordained as priest and deacon in same day after brain tumour diagnosis. The Mirror. 24 October 2016. Stephen White. 16 April 2018.
25. News: Hannah Ellis-Petersen . English National Opera names Martyn Brabbins as music director . The Guardian . 21 October 2016 . 26 December 2016.
26. Appointment of Chief Executive . Royal Albert Hall . 24 October 2016 . 27 December 2016.
27. News: Kevin Rawlinson . Government pulls its funding for London concert hall . The Guardian . 4 November 2016 . 26 December 2016.
28. Northern Ireland Opera appoints new Artistic Director . Northern Ireland Opera . 7 December 2016 . 26 December 2016.
29. Adrian Harris Announces Retirement . The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh . 13 December 2016 . 27 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161228035135/http://www.thequeenshall.net/news/articles/adrian-harris-announces-retirement . 28 December 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
30. New Year's Honours list 2017 . Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office, United Kingdom . 30 December 2016 . 1 January 2017.
31. New Year's Honours 2017: the Foreign Secretary's overseas list, Order of the British Empire and Knight Bachelor . Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office, United Kingdom . 30 December 2016 . 1 January 2017.
32. Web site: Bombay Bicycle Club are going on hiatus – NME. . 29 January 2016. 21 April 2020. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923101144/http://www.nme.com/news/bombay-bicycle-club/91081. dead.
33. News: Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle review – Julian Anderson's aural brilliance . The Observer . Fiona Maddocks. Fiona Maddocks . 12 June 2016 . 24 July 2016.
34. Web site: David Titterington, organ – Southbank Centre. 4 February 2015.
35. http://www.universaledition.com/composers-and-works/composer/3982/work/14614 Universal Edition page on Three Caves
36. Web site: Remembering the Future – Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160616201852/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2015-16/remembering-the-future. 16 June 2016. dead.
37. http://www.rcm.ac.uk/included/womeninmusic.pdf Royal Colletge of Music, Women in Music programme, 8 March 2016
38. News: London Sinfonietta/Brabbins review – an evening of bewitching debuts . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 3 June 2016 . 24 July 2016.
39. Web site: BBC National Orchestra of Wales – Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2017.
40. Web site: Seven world premieres – the impressive debut of Suzi Digby and Ora Singers.
41. Web site: Aldeburgh Festival – BBC Symphony Orchestra.
42. News: BBCSO/Oramo review – Bray's restless writing is centrepiece of a varied Prom . The Guardian . Martin Kettle . 15 August 2016 . 26 December 2016.
43. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewjzc8 BBC Symphony Orchestra, 7 December 2016 programme
44. Web site: Bath Philharmonia; English Music Festival.
45. News: BBC Philharmonic/Gourlay review – inventive, eclectic and ill-coordinated . The Guardian . Alfred Hickling . 25 April 2016 . 14 May 2016.
46. Web site: Melos Sinfonia: Schoenberg, Clarke & Haydn. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160205071009/http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=18392. 5 February 2016. dead.
47. Web site: Philharmonia Orchestra – Southbank Centre. 23 April 2015.
48. Web site: Britten Sinfonia programme, 15–20 January 2016 . 24 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043424/http://www.brittensinfonia.com/concerts/events/view/at-lunch-2-2015-16 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
49. Web site: Highgate Choral Society – Southbank Centre. 12 March 2015.
50. Web site: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1 – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
51. Web site: The Rattler: World Premiere – Southbank Centre. 16 December 2015.
52. http://www.swr.de/swr-classic/symphonieorchester/swr-symphonieorchester-donaueschingen1/-/id=17055322/did=17173236/nid=17055322/ybh6c8/index.html SWR Symphonieorchester, 14 October 2016 programme
53. Web site: Parallel Colour – Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160205082351/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2015-16/parallel-colour/. 5 February 2016. dead.
54. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072hzt7 'International Women's Day: BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers', Radio 3 in Concert – BBC Radio 3, 8 March 2016
55. http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/fran%C3%A7oise-green-piano-duo-st-johns-smith-square David Nice, 'Françoise-Green Piano Duo, St John's Smith Square'. The Arts Desk, 8 April 2016.
56. Web site: - St John's Smith Square.
57. News: BBCSSO/Volkov review – Tchaikovsky celebrated as avant-garde experimentalist . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 8 April 2016 . 24 July 2016.
58. News: Verdi Requiem/Last Night of the Proms review – Flórez steals the show on a night of a thousand flags . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 11 September 2016 . 27 November 2016.
59. News: BBC NOW/Søndergård at the Proms review – full of fresh musical ideas . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 14 September 2016 . 26 December 2016.
60. News: London Sinfonietta/Paterson review – new music crammed with striking ideas . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 7 December 2016 . 26 December 2016.
61. News: Ulster Orchestra/Payare – reminds us what a valuable cultural asset this orchestra is . The Guardian . George Hall . 22 August 2016 . 26 December 2016.
62. http://seenandheard-international.com/2016/03/assured-performances-by-the-aquinas-piano-trio/ Claire Seymour, 'Assured Performances by the Aquinas Piano Trio'. Seen and Heard International blog, 14 March 2016
63. News: London Sinfonietta/Gourlay review – finely focused foray into microtonal music . The Guardian . Tim Ashley . 21 August 2016 . 27 November 2016.
64. Web site: Benedict Mason Portrait – Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506031122/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2015-16/benedict-mason-portrait. 6 May 2016. dead.
65. http://www.fabermusic.com/news/david-matthewss-norfolk-march17032016 Faber Music page on David Matthews' Norfolk March
66. News: BBCSO/Young review – sumptuous variety but balance problems . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 1 September 2016 . 26 December 2016.
67. Web site: Orchestra of St Paul's, Woking Choral Society and Vox Cordis.
68. News: BBCSO/Davis at the Proms review – vivid depictions of natural illusions . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 27 July 2016 . 26 December 2016.
69. News: BBCSO/Ibragimova/Oramo review – orchestral sonorities meet choral intensity . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 22 May 2016 . 24 July 2016.
70. Web site: Elgar Cello Concerto – BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
71. Web site: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2 – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
72. Web site: Philharmonia Orchestra – Southbank Centre. 7 August 2015.
73. News: Review: CBSO, Olari Elts and Baiba Skride at Symphony Hall . Birmingham Post . Richard Bratby . 5 February 2016 . 12 February 2016.
74. Web site: Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402151646/http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=18938. 2 April 2016. dead.
75. Web site: Underline: We Happened to Travel – Art on the Underground.
76. http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/strapless-by-christopher-wheeldon Royal Opera House page on Strapless, 12 February – 11 March 2016
77. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/events/2016/crosscurrents-fidelio-trio.aspx Barber Institute of Fine Arts, 17 February 2016 programme
78. http://www.wno.org.uk/event/figaro-gets-divorce "Figaro Gets a Divorce"
79. News: The Exterminating Angel review – Adès delivers unmissable operatic adaptation . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 29 July 2016 . 26 December 2016.
80. News: In Parenthesis review – poetic tribute finds humanity in the trenches . The Guardian . Rian Evans . 15 May 2016 . 21 May 2016.
81. News: Nothing review – gospel of teen nihilism is finely executed . The Guardian . George Hall . 28 February 2016 . 29 February 2016.
82. Web site: Valerie Barber PR page on The Rose and the Ring . 26 December 2016 . 10 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010153507/http://www.vbpr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/VBPR-Rose-and-the-Ring-Press-release-FINAL.pdf . dead .
83. News: The Knife of Dawn review – tour de force of vocalism from an activist's prison cell . The Guardian . George Hall . 7 October 2016 . 26 December 2016.
84. News: 'We talked diseases for days': the making of a modern opera . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 22 January 2016 . 23 January 2016.
85. News: The Hogboon review – lively launch for Maxwell Davies' uneven folk opera . The Guardian . George Hall . 27 June 2016 . 27 June 2016.
86. News: Pleasure review – Lesley Garrett shines as the lady of the loo . The Guardian . Alfred Hickling . 29 April 2016 . 26 December 2016.
87. News: How Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis became an opera . The Guardian . Nicholas Wroe . 21 May 2016 . 22 May 2016.
88. News: Fantastic Mr Fox review – brave take on Roald Dahl could be foxier. Lyn Gardner. The Guardian. 4 December 2016. 13 April 2017.
89. Web site: Their Finest. Varèse Sarabande. 7 January 2018. 8 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050252/https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/their-finest. dead.
90. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160101 UK Singles Chart 7 January 2016
91. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160108 UK Singles Chart 14 January 2016
92. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160115 UK Singles Chart 21 January 2016
93. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160122 UK Singles Chart 28 January 2016
94. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160129 UK Singles Chart 4 February 2016
95. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160205 UK Singles Chart 11 February 2016
96. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160212 UK Singles Chart 18 February 2016
97. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160219 UK Singles Chart 25 February 2016
98. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160226 UK Singles Chart 3 March 2016
99. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160304 UK Singles Chart 10 March 2016
100. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160311 UK Singles Chart 17 March 2016
101. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160318 UK Singles Chart 24 March 2016
102. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160325 UK Singles Chart 31 March 2016
103. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160401 UK Singles Chart 7 April 2016
104. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160408 UK Singles Chart 14 April 2016
105. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160415 UK Singles Chart 21 April 2016
106. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160422 UK Singles Chart 28 April 2016
107. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160429 UK Singles Chart 5 May 2016
108. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160506 UK Singles Chart 12 May 2016
109. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160513 UK Singles Chart 19 May 2016
110. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160520 UK Singles Chart 26 May 2016
111. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160527 UK Singles Chart 2 June 2016
112. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160603 UK Singles Chart 9 June 2016
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118. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160715 UK Singles Chart 21 July 2016
119. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160722 UK Singles Chart 28 July 2016
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124. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160826 UK Singles Chart 1 September 2016
125. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160902 UK Singles Chart 8 September 2016
126. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160909 UK Singles Chart 15 September 2016
127. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160916 UK Singles Chart 22 September 2016
128. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160923 UK Singles Chart 29 September 2016
129. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160930 UK Singles Chart 6 October 2016
130. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161007 UK Singles Chart 13 October 2016
131. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161014 UK Singles Chart 20 October 2016
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133. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161028 UK Singles Chart 3 November 2016
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135. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161111 UK Singles Chart 17 November 2016
136. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161118 UK Singles Chart 24 November 2016
137. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161125 UK Singles Chart 1 December 2016
138. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161202 UK Singles Chart 8 December 2016
139. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161209 UK Singles Chart 15 December 2016
140. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161216 UK Singles Chart 22 December 2016
141. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161223 UK Singles Chart 29 December 2016
142. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160101/7502 UK Albums Chart 7 January 2016
143. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160108/7502 UK Albums Chart 14 January 2016
144. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160115/7502 UK Albums Chart 21 January 2016
145. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160122/7502 UK Albums Chart 28 January 2016
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152. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160311/7502 UK Albums Chart 17 March 2016
153. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160318/7502 UK Albums Chart 24 March 2016
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157. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160415/7502 UK Albums Chart 21 April 2016
158. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160422/7502 UK Albums Chart 28 April 2016
159. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160429/7502 UK Albums Chart 5 May 2016
160. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160506/7502 UK Albums Chart 12 May 2016
161. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160513/7502 UK Albums Chart 19 May 2016
162. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160520/7502 UK Albums Chart 26 May 2016
163. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160527/7502 UK Albums Chart 2 June 2016
164. http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/albums-chart/20160603/7502 UK Albums Chart 9 June 2016
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