National Album Day Archives

UK National Album Day returns for 2021

08/03/2021

UK National Album Day returns for 2021 on Saturday, 16th October and its theme will be Celebrating Women in Music, shining a light on the huge contribution made by women to music and album making. National Album Day also reveals the Top Ten women album artists since the start of 2000 according to Official Charts Company data, with Adele named the best-selling women album artist of the century. The list also features such icons as Amy Winehouse, Kylie, Madonna and Britney Spears. […]

National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October

25/08/2020

National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October celebrating the Eighties arguably music’s greatest decade. This year’s 80s theme is a first in a series of musical themes for National Album Day that will be rolled out annually and coincides with the current resurgence of 80s popular culture that is loved by audiences both young and old. The Eighties has been voted the UK’s favourite music decade and gave us artists like Madonna, Eurythmics, Culture […]

Britons turn to albums to boost their mental well-being

12/10/2019

Britons turn to albums to boost their mental well-being according to a study commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) as part of National Album Day on 12th October 2019. The results, reported on the BPI website showed that ‘millions of stressed Britons are turning to their music collections to help them de-stress.’ The key results indicate a strong link between listening to albums and mental well-being with respondents overwhelmingly agreeing that album listening is […]

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album

12/10/2019

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album was one of the surprise findings of a survey into the UK’s music listening habits conducted by Deezer. The survey timed to coincide with the run up to National Album Day found that despite Brits listening to fewer full albums than 3-5 years ago (49%), nostalgia and fandom are increasing the nation’s desire to enjoy more albums. Over a quarter of people (28%) say […]

National Album Day returns in October

08/07/2019

National Album Day returns in October on Saturday 12th encouraging music lovers ‘#Don’t Skip’ to discover the joys of listening to albums in their entirety. Following a successful inaugural year, National Album Day is set to return for its second annual edition on Saturday, 12th October. Organised jointly by record labels body the BPI and ERA – the Entertainment Retailers Association, and with the active participation of AIM (Association of Independent Music), National Album Day […]

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UK’s all-time favourite studio album is Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper

14/10/2018

The Beatles’ classic record Sgt. Pepper’s has been crowned the British public’s all-time favourite studio album, according to a new chart counted down in a special National Album Day edition of Pick Of The Pops hosted by Paul Gambaccini on BBC Radio 2 (Saturday, 13th October). The ground-breaking 1967 LP strides home with 5.34 million combined sales at the top of the all-time Official Studio Albums Chart, which has been compiled by the Official Charts […]

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13th October 2018 is UK ‘National Album Day’

10/09/2018

The 13th October 2018 is to be the UK’s ‘National Album Day’, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the album. National Album Day will mark the culmination of a week-long series of events and activity around the country that will celebrate all aspects of the UK’s love of the album. Supported by the BPI and BBC Music with backing across the music community, at 3.33(r)pm on Saturday, 13th October the British public are encouraged to play […]