16 incredible Official Chart Facts of 2021

Royal no more. Prince Andrew has been stripped of his titles amid news that he could face trial in his ongoing sexual assault lawsuit.

Ed Sheeran reclaims Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with = (Equals).

30 by Adele claims a sixth consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart, holding off competition from Ed Sheeran’s Equals (2) and Michael Buble’s ever-popular Christmas album (3)

Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John The song is a sausage roll-themed charity rework of Sheeran and Sir Elton’s own new festive single Merry Christmas, in aid of The Trussell Trust food banks. The record was officialised by Guinness World Records who congratulated LadBaby on Twitter.

Even amid drama and wedding planning, the Kardashian family managed to wrangle a majority of the family together for their annual Christmas card! While the family has undeniably been busy with both personal life matters (including new-found romances and pregnancies) and working on the new Hulu show, the Kardashians still got into the holiday spirit for an all-new Christmas card.

Congratulations to LadBaby, who have won the Official Christmas Number 1 for 2021 with Sausage Rolls For Everyone ft. Ed Sheeran & Elton John, setting a new all-time Official Chart record, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

Adele’s 30 holds firm at the top spot to claim Ireland’s 2021 Christmas Number 1 album.

Nirvana have filed an official response to a lawsuit from the man who was photographed as a baby for the cover of ‘Nevermind’.Spencer Elden, 30, is suing the band over the photo of him as an infant, in which he appears naked and swimming after a dollar bill in a swimming pool.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Court officials are edging closer to dividing up pop superstar Prince ’s estate.The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday that November tax filings show the Internal Revenue Service and Comerica Bank & Trust, the estate administrator, have reached an agreement in November on the total value of Prince’s assets.The specific number hasn’t been disclosed but it could be more than $100 million. The IRS last year determined Prince's assets were worth $163.2 million.

No Time To Die debuts at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart – taking this year’s crown as the Christmas Number 1 film.

With only a couple more days to go before the UK’s Christmas number one is announced, the Official Charts Company has published its weekly Trending Chart. It shows which songs are rising up the charts the fastest.

Chris Noth‘s alleged misdeeds continue to shock us.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s Merry Christmas enters its second week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart today, and its sights seem set on next week’s Official Christmas Number 1 - the biggest and most exciting chart battle of the year.

Adele’s Easy On Me holds at Number 1 for an eighth total week as it leads a very festive Top 50.

It's the most important time of year for Chart fans - as the race for this year's Official Christmas Number 1 has just begun!

Tick tock, tick tock, the end of the year is coming. And so TikTok has become the latest digital platform to reveal the most popular music among its users this year.Like on YouTube, the most popular track in the UK this year was Tion Wayne & Russ Millions’ ‘Body 2 (feat ArrDee, E1, ZT, Bugzy Malone, Buni, Fivio Foreign and Darkoo).

Adele is surging towards her fourth consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with 30.

Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, Tion Wayne and Russ Millions are among some of the music acts who’ve made the biggest impact on TikTok in the UK this year.TikTok has unveiled its statistics for 2021, which range from the most-used songs in videos to the most-watched livestreams.Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ song ‘Body’ is the video-sharing platform’s biggest 2021 track, followed by Sam Smith‘s ‘Like I Can’ and PinkPantheress’ breakout hit ‘Just For Me’.