Best selling songs and albums in the UK in the first half of 2023

In recent days, Rockall analyzed the record sales in the first half of 2023 in our country (read here,
NME affiliates did the same for the UK market. These are the results.

at number one on the Singles Chart according to the Official Charts Company”flowers” Of Miley Cyrus. The song is the first excerpt from the eighth album of the singer “endless summer holidayswhich returns to the top of the chart after ten years and remains there for ten weeks.

Since its release in January, “Flowers” has sold a total of 1.2 million units in the UK chart, amassed over 147 million streams and over 80,000 downloads: the most listened to and downloaded song of 2023 so far. Miley Cyrus tied Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” and Rihanna’s “Umbrella” for 10 weeks at the top with “Flowers”.

on the second step”escapism” Of Ray, with single 070 shakes gave the London-born singer her first UK number one in January. The song has since sold over 850,000 units in total.

This is a ranking of the 10 songs with the highest market share of the first half of the year:

01. ‘Flowers’ – Miley Cyrus
02. ‘Escapism’ – RAYE feat. 070 shakes
03. ‘Kill Bill’ – SZA
04. ‘Boys a Liar’ – Pinkpentheres
05. “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift
06. ‘Calm Down’ – The Line
07. ‘Miracle’ – Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding
08. People – Libianka
09. ‘As It Was’ – Harry Styles
10. ‘Sure Thing’ – Miguel

However, among the best-selling albums we find it leading “the highlights“, greatest hits collection of weekendwas released in 2021 which reached number two on the UK Album Sales Chart upon release. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is in the standings but is also ranked 27th “Starboy” released in 2016.

in the second place Taylor Swift Together “Midnightalbum from 2022. The American singer-songwriter also appeared in the Top 40 with four more studio LPs: “1989” (No. 16), “Lover” (No. 19), “Folklore” (No. 23) and “Reputation” (No. 34). .

they are placed on the bottom rung of the platform Harry Styles With his third solo album, “

harry’s house“since last year, after”SOS” Of sza (Number four).

The first album in the charts released in 2023 we find it on the sixth position and it is the second project of Lewis Capaldi titled ‘broken by the desire to be sent to heaven, chart position was reached in less than two months after its release. We also find Capaldi in other points of the standings, with his debut album of 2019 in the tenth place, “hellishly uninspired,

Here is the full ranking of the top ten best-selling albums in Great Britain:

01. The Highlights – The Weeknd
02. ‘Midnights’ – Taylor Swift
03. ‘Harry House’ – Harry Styles
04. ‘SOS’ – SZA
05. ‘Diamonds’ – Elton John
06. ‘Broken by the desire to be sent to heaven’ – Lewis Capaldi
07. ‘Curtain Call – The Hits’ – Eminem
08. ‘-‘ – Ed Sheeran
09. ’50 Years – Don’t Stop’ – Fleetwood Mac
10. ‘Divinely uninspiring to a hellish extent’ – Lewis Capaldi