"The album debuted at number 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200, selling 125,000 copies in its first week of release. It then reached number 1 on the Top Internet Album, Top Digital Album, Tastemaker, Top Rock Album, and Most Comprehensive Album listings. In the U.S. the album has sold more than 300,000 copies to date. !scope=""row""|Worldwide (IFPI) Together Through Life Together Through Life is the 33rd studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 28, 2009, by Columbia Records. The album debuted at number 1 in several countries, including the U.S. and the UK. It was Dylan's first chart-topping album"
"2016, selling 44,860 copies in its first week. In its fifth week on the chart, the album moved up to number one on the chart dated 16 December 2016, selling 96,643 copies. ""Together"" is Michael Ball's second UK number one album (the first being his 1992 debut album) and Alfie Boe's first. ""Together"" has become a commercial success, having sold over 40,000 copies for five consecutive weeks, the most for any album in 2016. Alfie Boe and Michael Ball are the oldest duo to top the UK Albums Chart, at 43 and 54 years old, respectively. Together (Michael Ball and"
"solo releases of the late '90s and early 21st century, it's tough to argue with the selections offered here."" ""The Ultimate Collection"" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on April 19, 2015 after selling 15,487 copies in its first week, marking Simon's sixth UK chart-topper and his first for 25 years. It also made Simon, at 73 years, six months and seven days old, the second oldest male soloist ever to have a number one album, trailing only Bob Dylan who was two months and nine days older when his album, ""Shadows in the Night"", topped the"
"the UK Albums Chart. Tommy Blaize Tommy Blaize (born 5 March 1963) is a vocalist, composer, pianist, and guitarist. He is best known as a vocalist on BBC One's ""Strictly Come Dancing"". Blaize has been singing professionally since the age of 9. He has worked with some of the world's most renowned artists, including Stevie Wonder, Queen, The Beach Boys, Diana Ross, Amy Winehouse, Phil Collins, Robbie Williams, Joe Cocker, and more. In October 2017 it was announced that Blaize would release his debut album, ""Life & Soul"", featuring covers of classic soul tracks, on 1 December. The album reached"
"Together (Michael Ball and Alfie Boe album) Together is a collaborative album by English singers Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Decca Records. The album peaked at number one the UK Albums Chart, becoming Ball's second UK number one album and Boe's first. ""Together"" has been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of 600,000 copies in the UK. Michael Ball and Alfie Boe first met in 2007 while both starring in ""Kismet"" at the London Coliseum. The pair first performed together in the summer of 2007 at two"
"to Do It"" became the fastest-selling debut album ever by a British male solo act, a record the album still holds. The album has since been listed as the 45th fastest-selling album ever. With the album's lead single going to number one in the UK, David (at 18 years and 334 days old), became the youngest British male to have a UK number-one single since Jimmy Osmond, and was the youngest solo artist at the time to have his debut single go to number one in the UK. This record has since been surpassed by Gareth Gates, who was 17"
"and sideman as a road-tour percussionist. Current members Previous band members Bibliography Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums. John has sold more than 300million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive number one albums in the U.S., 58 ""Billboard"" Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four which reached number"
"Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums. John has sold more than 300million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive number one albums in the U.S., 58 ""Billboard"" Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four which reached number two and nine which reached number one. His tribute single ""Candle in"
"years. Gregory then married his second wife Lindsay who works for a design company. The couple have a son. Glenn Gregory Glenn Peter Gregory (born 16 May 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music career spans more than 30 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of the new wave and synthpop band Heaven 17, which released six singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, and 1990s, including ""Temptation"", ""Come Live with Me"", ""Crushed by the Wheels of Industry"", ""Sunset Now"", ""This Is"
"number one. ""Hey Jude"" is the best-selling Beatles single, achieving sales of over five million copies soon after its release. In July 2005, McCartney's performance of ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" with U2 at Live 8 became the fastest-released single in history. Available within forty-five minutes of its recording, hours later it had achieved number one on the UK Official Download Chart. He was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to music. Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,"
"was a major success in the United Kingdom, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the song hit No. 16 on the ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under Chart. It was also the biggest-selling single of 1968 in the UK where it was among the last pop singles issued by HMV Records before becoming an exclusive classical music label. The song made Louis Armstrong the oldest male to top the UK Singles Chart. Armstrong's record was broken in 2009 when a remake of ""Islands in the Stream"" recorded for Comic Relief—which included the 68-year-old Tom Jones—reached number one"
"naturally enjoyable albums you'll hear all year."" In its first week of release, the album reached number one in the ""Billboard"" 200 chart in the U.S., making Bob Dylan (67 years of age) the oldest artist to ever debut at number one on that chart. It also reached number one on the UK album chart, 39 years after Dylan's previous UK album chart topper ""New Morning"". This meant that Dylan currently holds the record for the longest gap between solo number one albums in the UK chart. On October 13, 2009, Dylan released a Christmas album, ""Christmas in the Heart"","
"Greatest Moments – VH1 Storytellers Live Greatest Moments is a greatest hits compilation by British band Culture Club. It was released in the UK on 9 November 1998, where it reached #15 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum. The album also contains three solo Boy George tracks. The album includes the greatest hits released from the band, spanning from their debut album (1982's ""Kissing to Be Clever""), to their most recent single in 1998. There is also a limited edition bonus disc called VH1 Storytellers Live, featuring Culture Club performing selected songs live in front of a"
"The album debuted at on the UK Albums Chart, selling 22,031 in its first week. At the age of 73, Bob Dylan was the oldest male solo artist to chart at in the UK, until the record was beaten by Paul Simon in 2016 for ""Stranger to Stranger"". Dylan also holds the record for the longest span between albums with 51 years, having first topped the chart with ""The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"" in 1963. In the US, the album debuted at on Billboard 200, and on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, selling 50,000 copies in its first week. As of"
"2016 in British music This is a summary of the year 2016 in British music. 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"
"Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of the Smiths, a rock band active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, Morrissey has had a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions and reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart thrice. Born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, to a working-class Irish migrant family, Morrissey grew up in Manchester. As a child he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism, and pop music. Involved in"
"their two daughters, Helen-Marie, was born. Tara was born two years later. Gilbert O'Sullivan Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan, 1 December 1946) is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits ""Alone Again (Naturally)"", ""Clair"", and ""Get Down"". Worldwide he has charted 16 top-40 records, including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's ""Nothing Rhymed"". His most successful recording period was between 1970 and 1980, though he has since recorded ten studio albums up to 2015. Speaking in 2009 he said, ""I write pop songs. That's all I want to do. I have no"
"for over 1500 albums for companies such as Universal, EMI, Sony/BMG and Time Life. Dave McAleer David James ""Dave"" McAleer (born 4 February 1945) is the main contributor for the ""Virgin Book of British Hit Singles"", The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums and the ""Virgin Book of Top 40 Charts"" and was the sole Music Consultant for the ""Guinness World Records"" between 1998 and 2011. Is currently the OCC (“Oldies Chart Consultant”) to the Official Charts Company. He was the Chief Consultant/Contributor for the ""Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums"" (now discontinued) for nine years, and has"
"or two smash hit singles. The final number one album on the UK Albums Chart to be based purely on sales alone was ""Smoke + Mirrors"" by Imagine Dragons. On 1 March 2015, ""In the Lonely Hour"" by Sam Smith became the first album to top the new streaming-incorporated Official Albums Chart. The first number one album of the UK Albums Chart was ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" by Frank Sinatra on 22 July 1956. As of the week ending date 20 December 2018, the UK Albums Chart has had 1150 different number-one albums. The current number-one album is """" by"
"Owen married in a secret ceremony in May 2003 in Oxfordshire. In August 2015, the couple announced they had separated amicably ""after 23 highly creative and happy years"". Owen died of cancer on 18 December 2016, aged 48. Yorke is in a relationship with Italian actress Dajana Roncione. Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician best known as the lead singer and main songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays the guitar and piano. He is known for his falsetto vocals; in 2008, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked him the 66th"
"in October 2002 on the UK Albums Chart, the album entered the top 10 for the first time in January 2016, following Bowie's death. On 5 February, after his final album ""Blackstar"" had spent three weeks at the top, ""Best of Bowie"" reached a new peak of number 1, marking Bowie's eleventh UK number-one album and making him the first artist to replace themselves at number 1 with a different album since Michael Jackson did it after his own death in 2009. It also became the first album to reach number 1 in the UK due to streaming. All tracks"
"(BNP) for using ""The White Cliffs of Dover"" on an anti-immigration album without her permission. Her lawyer claimed the album seemed to link Lynn, who does not align with any political party, to the party's views by association. In September 2009, at the age of 92, Lynn became the oldest living artist to make it to number 1 in the British album chart. Her compilation album """" entered the chart at number 20 on 30 August, and then climbed to number 2 the following week before reaching the top position, outselling both the Arctic Monkeys and the Beatles. With this"
"and was also certified gold. It peaked at number 32 in the United Kingdom. Singles ""Don't Worry"", ""We're All Alone"" and ""How Long"" followed in 1997, all lifted from his debut studio album ""Sweetest Secret"". In 1998, two further singles were released, ""He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"" and ""All Out of Love"" with limited chart success. In 2012, Newton returned with a second studio album titled ""Time to Believe"". Newton (singer) Newton is the stage name for the UK firefighter turned pop singer, Billy Myers (born William Myers, 3 June 1967). He is best known as a"
"Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart, (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. He has had six consecutive number one albums in the UK and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. He"
"kept out by poor sales in Northern Ireland. ABBA have reached the top spot in four ""consecutive"" decades, though this was with the same album (""Gold"") in the 1990s and the 2000s. For solo artists, Elvis Presley has scored UK number-one albums in five different decades (the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s and 2010s). In 1993, Cliff Richard became the first male solo artist to score UK number-one albums in four ""consecutive"" decades (the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s). In 2010, Kylie Minogue became the first female solo artist to have UK number-one albums in four consecutive decades (the 1980s, 1990s,"
"Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and singer of the rock band Genesis and is also a solo artist. Between 1982 and 1989, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more US Top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include ""In the Air Tonight"", ""Against"
"Al Stewart Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history. Stewart is best known for his 1976 hit single ""Year of the Cat"", the title song from the platinum album of the same name. Though ""Year of the Cat"" and its 1978 platinum follow-up ""Time Passages"" brought Stewart his biggest worldwide commercial successes, earlier albums such as ""Past, Present"
"Howard Jones (English musician) John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British singer, musician and songwriter. He had ten top 40 hit singles in the UK between 1983 and 1986, including six which reached the top ten, and his 1984 album ""Human's Lib"" went to number one. Around the world, he had 15 top 40 hit singles between 1983 and 1992. He has been described by AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine as ""one of the defining figures of mid-'80s synth pop."" He also performed at Live Aid in 1985. Jones is the eldest of four boys. His brothers,"
"Gilbert O'Sullivan Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan, 1 December 1946) is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits ""Alone Again (Naturally)"", ""Clair"", and ""Get Down"". Worldwide he has charted 16 top-40 records, including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's ""Nothing Rhymed"". His most successful recording period was between 1970 and 1980, though he has since recorded ten studio albums up to 2015. Speaking in 2009 he said, ""I write pop songs. That's all I want to do. I have no interest in just touring, and living in the past."" The music magazine"
"the oldest male solo artist to chart at No. 1 in the UK. It is his first No. 1 studio album since 1990's ""The Rhythm of the Saints"". In the United States, ""Stranger to Stranger"" debuted at No. 3 on the ""Billboard"" 200 with first-week sales of 68,000 units. The album was the overall best-selling album for the week based on pure album sales (67,000 copies). It is Simon's highest charting album in over 29 years, since ""Graceland"" (1986). Stranger to Stranger Stranger to Stranger is the thirteenth solo studio album by American folk rock singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Produced by"
"Boy George Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as ""Karma Chameleon"", ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"" and ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"". George is known for his soulful voice and androgynous appearance. He was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul,"
"article offensive, this does not make its publication unlawful."" Stephen Gately Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 197610 October 2009) was an Irish pop singer-songwriter, actor, children's writer, and dancer, who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone. All of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful internationally. With Boyzone, Gately had a record-breaking sixteen consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK Singles Chart. He performed for millions of fans globally. He released a solo album in 2000, after the group's initial"
"2015, he played three nights in Tokyo. Hunter's observations on his Tokyo trip were documented in an article titled 'Diary Of A Rock 'N' Roll Star - Part 2' that appeared in the June 2015 issue of ""Mojo"". A new studio album ""Fingers Crossed"" was released worldwide on 16 September 2016 on Proper Records. The album featured the song ""Dandy"", which Hunter wrote about and dedicated to the late David Bowie. Ian Hunter (singer) Ian Hunter Patterson (born 3 June 1939), known as Ian Hunter, is a British singer-songwriter and musician who is best known as the lead singer of"