by Jon Kutner | May 25, 2025 | Did you know?
Here are the top 20 music-related people who have won 20 or more Grammys. Rank Artist Number of Grammys 1 Beyoncé 35 2 Sir Georg Solti 31 Hungarian-born conductor 3= Quincy Jones 28 3= Chick Corea 28 US jazz pianist 5 Alison Krauss 27 6= Pierre Boulez 26 French...
by Jon Kutner | May 18, 2025 | Did you know?
Here are 10 examples of pop stars who turned their hand to scoring a stage show. Paul Simon The Capeman Dolly Parton 9-5 Pete Townshend The Iron Man Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Chess Cyndi Lauper Kinky Boots Sting The Last Ship David Byrne The End Sara...
by Jon Kutner | May 11, 2025 | Did you know?
Last month the OCC released a list of the best-selling vinyl album over the last 10 years. The sales figures are generally low – in the thousands rather than the millions – but this might interest a few people. Here is the top 30. Rank Artist Title 30...
by Jon Kutner | Apr 20, 2025 | Did you know?
Following a discussion in a pub about the best-selling albums in the UK, I thought I would update this feature especially as many of the albums in this list are still on the chart in the 2020s and the gap between the top two is ‘only’ 400,000 copies. With...
by Jon Kutner | Dec 15, 2024 | Did you know?
The EP was a popular format in the late 1950s through to mid 1960s. For record buyers who couldn’t afford an expensive LP, they could purchase at a reasonable price a 45rpm disc with four tracks from their favourite artist. An EP chart was first published in Melody...
by Jon Kutner | Feb 4, 2024 | Did you know?
Following on from last week’s chart-topping singles in America last year, here’s the number one albums: Artist Title Date reached the top Weeks at the top SZA SOS 07/01/2023 5 Tomorrow X Together The Name Chapter: Temptation 11/02/2023 1 SZA SOS 18/02/2023...
