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This is a summary of the year 2025 in British music.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – BBC One sees in the New Year with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who performs and hosts a "New Year Disco".[1]
- 2 January – Neil Young announces he will not play the 2025 Glastonbury Festival because it is partnered with the BBC and he believes it to be "under corporate control".[2]
- 3 January – Neil Young announces he will headline Glastonbury a day after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement in the event.[3]
- 4 January – A statue of musician Rory Gallagher is unveiled at Belfast's Ulster Hall.[4]
- 8 January –
- UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001.[5]
- A UK inquest into the death of singer Liam Payne opens, and hears that he died as a result of "polytrauma".[6]
- 10 January –
- Chappell Roan wins BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025.[7]
- The Elton John compilation album Diamonds reaches number one in the UK Albums chart after 374 weeks.[8]
- Le Pub, a music venue in Newport which was threatened with closure, has been bought by a community enterprise, Music Venue Properties (MVP), which aims to protect live music locations.[9]
March
[edit]- 1 March – The 2025 Brit Awards are scheduled to take place at The O2 in London.[10]
Bands formed
[edit]Bands disbanded
[edit]Bands reformed
[edit]Classical works
[edit]New operas
[edit]British music awards
[edit]Charts and sales
[edit]Number-one singles
[edit]The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.
| Chart date (week ending) |
Song | Artist(s) | Chart sales | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January | "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 114,290 | [13] |
| 9 January | "That's So True" | Gracie Abrams | 46,869 | [14] |
| 16 January | 49,122 | [15] | ||
| 23 January | 50,584 | [16] | ||
| 30 January | "Messy" | Lola Young | 50,697 | [17] |
Number-one albums
[edit]The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.
| Chart date (week ending) |
Album | Artist(s) | Chart sales | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 27,016 | [18] |
| 9 January | +–=÷× (Tour Collection) | Ed Sheeran | 15,606 | [19] |
| 16 January | Diamonds | Elton John | 14,759 | [20] |
| 23 January | The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess | Chappell Roan | 10,191 | [21] |
| 30 January | Better Man | Robbie Williams | 43,238 | [22] |
Number-one compilation albums
[edit]The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.
| Chart date (week ending) |
Album | Chart sales | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January | Wicked: The Soundtrack | 12,338 | [23] |
| 9 January | 8,919 | [24] | |
| 16 January | 8,886 | [25] | |
| 23 January | 8,578 | [26] | |
| 30 January | 7,037 | [27] |
Deaths
[edit]- 2 January – Russ North, 59, English heavy metal singer (Cloven Hoof).[28]
- 9 January – Laurie Holloway, 86, English pianist, musical director and composer.[29]
- 10 January – Colin Carter, 76, British musician (Flash).[30]
- 13 January – Elgar Howarth, 89, English conductor, composer and trumpeter.[31]
- 15 January – Linda Nolan, 65, Irish-English singer, actress and television personality.[32]
- 18 January – Claire van Kampen, 71, English composer (Royal Shakespeare Company), playwright and theatre director, cancer.[33]
- 20 January – John Sykes, 65, English guitarist (Tygers of Pan Tang, Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Is This Love"), cancer.[34] (death announced on this date)
See also
[edit]- 2025 in British radio
- 2025 in British television
- 2025 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 2025
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Savage, Mark (21 November 2024). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor to play the BBC's New Year Eve concert". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Glynn, Paul (2 January 2025). "Neil Young shuns Glastonbury over BBC 'corporate control'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Savage, Mark (3 January 2025). "Neil Young reverses Glastonbury Festival 'boycott'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ McKee, Ross; Allen, Bernie (4 January 2025). "Belfast: Rory Gallagher statue unveiled outside Ulster Hall". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Savage, Mark (8 January 2025). "Music sales hit a 20-year high, thanks to streaming and vinyl". BBC News. BBCB. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Rufo, Yasmin (8 January 2025). "Liam Payne's medical cause of death confirmed as polytrauma". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Pop star Chappell Roan wins the BBC Sound Of 2025". BBC News. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ Savage, Mark (10 January 2025). "Elton John's hits album finally goes to number one". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Cheung, Iolo (10 January 2025). "Le Pub: Newport music venue saved but others on 'knife edge'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Dunworth, Liberty (18 September 2024). "Date revealed for The BRIT Awards 2025". NME. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Green, Welden. "Porridge Radio Announce Breakup, Share Song From Final EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ Lawrence, Jessica (12 January 2025). "The Priests say 'a bittersweet farewell' to professional singing". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "CLOVEN HOOF – È morto Russ North" (in Italian). Loud and Proud Italy. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Former Strictly and Parkinson musical director Laurence Holloway dies aged 86". Jersey Evening Post. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Colin Carter Passed Away". DMME.net. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Death of Elgar Howarth". 4barsrest. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Singer Linda Nolan dies aged 65". bbc.co.uk/news. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (21 January 2025). "Claire van Kampen obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Legendary THIN LIZZY And WHITESNAKE Guitarist JOHN SYKES Dead At 65". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.