Partager:

JAKARTA - Harry Styles leads the best-selling song and album sales throughout 2022. This was revealed by the Official Charts Company which released its annual list for the first time in five decades.

Official Charts reveals Harry Styles' As It Was song leads the first position. It's no secret that this song is sold not only by England but internationally.

The second and third positions are occupied by Ed Sheeran. Bad Habits and its collaboration with Fireboy DML, Peru, are said to be the best-selling singles in the UK.

In the sixth position, Kate Bush's Running Up that Hill is also selling well in England. The song, which was released in 1985, returned to the music charts after coming through the Stranger Things series.

Among the top 10 songs, only Styles and LF System's Afraid To Feel were released in 2020. While the rest are released songs in 2020 and 2021.

Harry Styles also ranks first for the best-selling album in 2022. The Harrys House album was released in the same year with 113 thousand copies when it was released in the first week.

Ed Sheeran is back in second place with his latest album, =. Then there are Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, and Olivia Rodrigo.

Several compilation albums have also entered the top 10 rankings, such as Diamonds from Elton John, 50 Years - Don't Stop from Fleetwood Mac, Between Us from Little Mix, and ABBA's Gold.

The Guardians reported that album sales in the UK increased rapidly in 2022 to three billion total plays. However, this is different from the 13.1 percent drop in digital downloads.

In physical sales, vinyl and cassettes began to attract consumer attention. Midnights from Taylor Swift became the best-selling vinyl album followed by Harry Styles and the Arctic Monkeys.

Arctic Monkeys also leads the sale of 10 thousand cassettes in less than three months. Then there are Harry Styles, Florence + the Machine, Muse, and Central Cee.


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)