11 January – The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) announces that Sir Simon Rattle is to stand down as its music director in 2023, and is scheduled subsequently to take the title of LSO conductor emeritus for life.[1]
21 January – The Glastonbury Festival announces the cancellation of its scheduled 2021 Festival, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
27 January – PRS for Music institutes its new "Online Live Concert" licence fee, for ticketed small-scale live-streamed performances,[4] at a scale of £22.50 plus VAT for events with revenue up to £250, regardless of whether the takings surpass £250, and a doubling of the fee for events that gross between £251 and £500.[5]
1 February – Following protests by musicians, PRS for Music announces an amendment to its new "Online Live Concert" licence fee scheme,[6] whereby livestreamed events that produce less than £500 revenue are newly to be covered by a free licence, on the condition that artists exclusively perform their own works.[7]
18 February – The City of London Corporation announces the cancellation of plans for the intended Centre for Music, with scheduled renovations of the Barbican Centre to occur instead.[9]
1 March – The Download Festival announces cancellation of its 2021 festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
2 March – The Isle of Wight Festival announces the re-scheduling of its 2021 festival season from 17–20 June 2021 to 16–19 September 2021.[10]
The Royal Opera announces that Sir Antonio Pappano is to conclude his tenure as ROH music director at the close of the 2023-2024 season.[17]
7 April – Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square mutually announce their merger into a single charity and organisation, Southbank Sinfonia at St John's Smith Square.[18]
8 April – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Elena Dubinets as its next artistic director, effective September 2021, following the departure of Cristina Rocca from the post.[19]
13 April – English Touring Opera announces the appointment of Gerry Cornelius as its next music director, with immediate effect.[20]
30 April – At Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 3000 clubbers participate in an Events Research Programme test event headlined by DJ Jayda G, without social distancing or required mask-wearing, as part of a scientific study on coronavirus transmission at mass events.[21]
The BBC announces percussionist Fang Zhang as the BBC Young Musician 2020.[22]
At Sefton Park, Liverpool, 5000 attendees attend a live concert with performances by Zuzu and by Blossoms, in an Events Research Programme test event, without social distancing or required mask-wearing, as part of a scientific study on coronavirus transmission at mass events, the largest such UK music gathering since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[23]
18 June – The Download Pilot Festival begins in Donington Park in Leicestershire, a 3-day pilot test event without mask or social distance requirements for attendees.[26]
10 August – The BBC announces the appointment of Suzy Klein as its new Head of Arts and Classical Music TV, effective 4 October 2021.[29]
14 August - Simon Gallup announces that he has left The Cure, citing "betrayal" as his reasons for leaving.[30] Gallup soon deleted his post, and confirmed on 14 October that he was still in the band.
17 August - Alan Leach and Joe Johnson announce that they will be leaving Shed Seven after fulfilling their touring commitments with the band in the Summer.
14 September – The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kazuki Yamada as its next chief conductor and artistic advisor, the first Asian conductor ever named to the posts, effective 1 April 2023, with an initial contract of 4.5 years.[33]
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See also Timeline of musical events This is a summary of the year 2021 in British music List of years in British music 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands reformed 4 Television programmes 5 Classical works 6 Opera 7 Musical theatre 8 Film scores and incidental music 8 1 Film 8 2 Television 9 British music awards 10 Charts and sales 10 1 Number one singles 10 2 Number one albums 10 3 Number one compilation albums 11 Year end charts 11 1 Top singles of the year 11 2 Best selling albums 12 Deaths 13 See also 14 Notes 15 ReferencesEvents edit11 January The London Symphony Orchestra LSO announces that Sir Simon Rattle is to stand down as its music director in 2023 and is scheduled subsequently to take the title of LSO conductor emeritus for life 1 21 January The Glastonbury Festival announces the cancellation of its scheduled 2021 Festival in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic 2 22 January The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces that Mirga Grazinyte Tyla is to conclude her tenure as its music director after the 2021 2022 season and subsequently to take on the post of principal guest conductor 3 27 January PRS for Music institutes its new Online Live Concert licence fee for ticketed small scale live streamed performances 4 at a scale of 22 50 plus VAT for events with revenue up to 250 regardless of whether the takings surpass 250 and a doubling of the fee for events that gross between 251 and 500 5 1 February Following protests by musicians PRS for Music announces an amendment to its new Online Live Concert licence fee scheme 6 whereby livestreamed events that produce less than 500 revenue are newly to be covered by a free licence on the condition that artists exclusively perform their own works 7 5 February The Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival announces Isata Kanneh Mason as the recipient of its Leonard Bernstein Award for 2021 8 18 February The City of London Corporation announces the cancellation of plans for the intended Centre for Music with scheduled renovations of the Barbican Centre to occur instead 9 1 March The Download Festival announces cancellation of its 2021 festival season in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic 10 2 March The Isle of Wight Festival announces the re scheduling of its 2021 festival season from 17 20 June 2021 to 16 19 September 2021 10 9 March Winston Marshall announces that he is taking indefinite leave of absence from Mumford amp Sons following criticism of his Tweet in praise of Andy Ngo s book Unmasked 11 12 March The Association of British Orchestras announces its 2021 ABO Awards at its 2021 conference 12 ABO Award The Musicians 13 Classical Music Artist Manager of the Year Moema Parrott Classical Music Concert Hall Manager of the Year John Gilhooly Orchestra Manager of the Year Crispin Woodhead Commendation Greg Felton ABO Special Award John Summers and Timothy Walker 16 March Royal Northern Sinfonia announces the appointment of Dinis Sousa as its next principal conductor effective September 2021 14 18 March The BBC announces that the leadership team of BBC Radio 3 is to relocate to Salford along with relocation of select Radio 6 staff 15 30 March The London Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Sir Antonio Pappano as its next chief conductor effective in September 2024 16 The Royal Opera announces that Sir Antonio Pappano is to conclude his tenure as ROH music director at the close of the 2023 2024 season 17 7 April Southbank Sinfonia and St John s Smith Square mutually announce their merger into a single charity and organisation Southbank Sinfonia at St John s Smith Square 18 8 April The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Elena Dubinets as its next artistic director effective September 2021 following the departure of Cristina Rocca from the post 19 13 April English Touring Opera announces the appointment of Gerry Cornelius as its next music director with immediate effect 20 30 April At Bramley Moore Dock Liverpool 3000 clubbers participate in an Events Research Programme test event headlined by DJ Jayda G without social distancing or required mask wearing as part of a scientific study on coronavirus transmission at mass events 21 2 May The BBC announces percussionist Fang Zhang as the BBC Young Musician 2020 22 At Sefton Park Liverpool 5000 attendees attend a live concert with performances by Zuzu and by Blossoms in an Events Research Programme test event without social distancing or required mask wearing as part of a scientific study on coronavirus transmission at mass events the largest such UK music gathering since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic 23 12 June Queen s Birthday Honours List 2021 24 25 Imogen Cooper is made a Dame Commander of the British Empire Ram John Holder Lulu and Rick Wakeman are each made an Commander of the Order of the British Empire Eleanor Alberga Julian Lloyd Webber Alan Parsons Skin Deborah Anne Dyer John Summers and Michael Volpe are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire Jess Gillam Dennis Bovell Engelbert Humperdinck Alison Moyet Huw Watkins and Sarah Willis are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire Alan Hawkshaw and Jeremy Huw Williams are each awarded the British Empire Medal 18 June The Download Pilot Festival begins in Donington Park in Leicestershire a 3 day pilot test event without mask or social distance requirements for attendees 26 24 June Winston Marshall announces that he is leaving Mumford amp Sons following controversy over him praising right wing journalist Andy Ngo 27 4 August The BBC announces the appointment of Bill Chandler as the new Director of the BBC Concert Orchestra effective 4 September 2021 28 10 August The BBC announces the appointment of Suzy Klein as its new Head of Arts and Classical Music TV effective 4 October 2021 29 14 August Simon Gallup announces that he has left The Cure citing betrayal as his reasons for leaving 30 Gallup soon deleted his post and confirmed on 14 October that he was still in the band 17 August Alan Leach and Joe Johnson announce that they will be leaving Shed Seven after fulfilling their touring commitments with the band in the Summer 23 August John Lydon loses a legal case to prevent former Sex Pistols bandmates Steve Jones and Paul Cook from allowing the use of their songs in a television biopic based on the band 31 5 September The Sinfonia of London in its newest incarnation performs its first live concert at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2021 season of The Proms conducted by John Wilson 32 14 September The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kazuki Yamada as its next chief conductor and artistic advisor the first Asian conductor ever named to the posts effective 1 April 2023 with an initial contract of 4 5 years 33 18 September The 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition announces its prize winners 34 First prize Alim Beisembayev Second prize Kaito Kabayashi Third prize Ariel Lanyi Fourth prize Dmytro Choni Fifth prize Thomas Kelly 15 October The Choir of St John s College Cambridge announces its intention to admit female singers to the choir for the first time in its history effective in 2022 35 17 October The London Handel Festival announces the appointment of Gregory Batsleer as its next festival director with immediate effect 36 25 October The London Mozart Players announce the appointment of Flynn LeBrocq as its new chief executive effective January 2022 37 1 November The Royal Philharmonic Society announces the recipients of the 2021 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 38 Chamber Scale Composition Laura Bowler Wicked Problems Conductor Ryan Bancroft Ensemble Dunedin Consort Gamechanger Bold Tendencies Impact ENO Breathe Inspiration Hilary Campbell and Bristol Choral Society Instrumentalist Nicola Benedetti Large Scale Composition Dani Howard Trombone Concerto Opera amp Music Theatre L enfant et les sortileges Vopera Series amp Events The World How Wide Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia Singer Jennifer Johnston Storytelling Kadiatu Kanneh Mason House of Music Young Artist The Hermes Experiment 18 November Sir Roger Norrington conducts his self proclaimed final classical concert with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead 39 4 December The Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival announces Hannah Kendall as the recipient of its Hindemith Prize 2022 40 8 December The Ivors Composer Awards announces its 2021 recipients Impact Award Zoe Rahman Visionary Award Sarah Angliss Innovation Award Cleveland Watkiss Jazz Composition Nikki Iles The Caged Bird Large Scale Composition Anna THorvaldsdottir Catamorphosis Outstanding Works Collection Alexander Goehr Small Chamber Composition Alex Paxton Sometimes Voices Solo Composition Martin Iddon Lampades Sound Art Caroline Kraabel London 26 And 28 March 2020 Imitation Inversion Vocal and Choral Composition Thomas Ades Gyoker Root 31 December 2022 New Year Honours 41 John Gilhooly is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire Alpesh Chauhan Steven Osborne and Mark Pemberton are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire Michael Asante Peter Broadbent Andrew Carwood Sydney Harris and Berendina Norton are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire Nikki Iles and Mark Strachan are each awarded the British Empire Medal Bands formed editFlo 42 Bands reformed editAltered Images The Boo Radleys Electrasy Faces Hundred Reasons The WantedTelevision programmes editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it November 2021 Classical works editHannah Kendall Where is the chariot of fire 43 Jack Sheen Hollow propranolol seance 44 Thomas Ades Shanty Over the Sea 45 Alchymia clarinet quintet 46 Errollyn Wallen Sojourner Truth 47 Natalie Klouda Nightscapes 2020 48 Mark Simpson Violin Concerto 49 Simon Holt Cloud Shadow 50 Colin Matthews Seascapes texts by Sidney Keyes 50 Mark Anthony Turnage Owl Songs 50 Up for Grabs 51 Charlotte Bray When Icebergs Dance Away Hannah Kendall music and Sabrina Mahfouz text Rosalind 52 Sir John Tavener La Noche Oscura completed in 2012 premiered 25 June 2021 53 Sir James MacMillan When Soft Voices Die 54 Daniel Kidane Revel 55 Sir George Benjamin Concerto for Orchestra 56 Bryn Harrison A Coiled Form 57 Jonathan Dove In Exile 58 Grace Evangeline Mason The Imagined Forest 59 Kate Whitley music and Laura Attridge text Our Future in Your Hands 60 Rebecca Saunders music and Ed Atkins text Us Dead Talk Love 61 Jay Capperauld Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death 62 Tom Coult Pleasure Garden 63 Cecilia McDowall There is no rose 64 Opera editSamantha Ferrando and Melanie Wilson Current Rising 65 Musical theatre editFisherman s Friends The Musical with book by Amanda Whittington ran from 13 to 30 October at the Cornwall Playhouse Truro starring Calum Callaghan and Susie Blake 66 67 Get Up Stand Up The Bob Marley Musical with book by Lee Hall opened on 21 October at the Lyric Theatre London starring Arinze Kene as Bob Marley 68 Film scores and incidental music editFilm edit Stefan Gregory The Dig 69 Dominic Lewis Peter Rabbit 2 The Runaway directed by Will Gluck 70 Television edit John Paesano LeonardoBritish music awards editBrit Awards see 2021 Brit AwardsCharts and sales editNumber one singles edit The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming Key Best performing single of the yearChart date week ending Song Artist s Chart sales References7 January Last Christmas Wham 40 149 71 14 January Sweet Melody Little Mix 31 186 72 21 January Drivers License Olivia Rodrigo 95 000 73 28 January 117 000 74 4 February 86 000 75 11 February 69 000 76 18 February 59 000 77 25 February 52 000 78 4 March 46 404 79 11 March 42 279 80 18 March 38 429 81 25 March Wellerman Nathan Evans 220 Kid and Billen Ted 50 891 82 1 April 50 454 83 8 April Montero Call Me by Your Name Lil Nas X 45 426 84 15 April 62 065 85 22 April 64 140 86 29 April 59 769 87 6 May 57 475 88 13 May Body Russ Millions and Tion Wayne 71 208 89 20 May 81 119 90 27 May 70 528 91 3 June Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 117 000 92 10 June 108 219 93 17 June 95 867 94 24 June 82 305 95 1 July 73 421 96 8 July Bad Habits Ed Sheeran 92 086 97 15 July 102 705 98 22 July 101 080 99 29 July 101 353 100 5 August 85 433 101 12 August 81 655 102 19 August 76 561 103 26 August 87 324 104 2 September 83 622 105 9 September 71 720 106 16 September 69 446 107 23 September Shivers 59 181 108 30 September 56 424 109 7 October 63 520 110 14 October 61 366 111 21 October Cold Heart Pnau remix Elton John and Dua Lipa 63 298 112 28 October Easy on Me Adele 217 317 113 4 November 103 194 114 11 November 78 628 115 18 November 67 742 116 25 November 67 102 117 2 December 100 627 118 9 December 69 372 119 16 December Merry Christmas Ed Sheeran and Elton John 76 700 120 23 December 63 443 121 30 December Sausage Rolls for Everyone LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John 136 445 122 Number one albums edit The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming Key Best performing album of the year Chart date week ending Album Artist s Chart sales References7 January Christmas Michael Buble 10 202 123 14 January Evermore Taylor Swift 7 330 124 21 January Greenfields Barry Gibb 16 166 125 28 January Suckapunch You Me at Six 14 298 126 4 February Post Human Survival Horror Bring Me the Horizon 14 904 127 11 February Not Your Muse Celeste 22 475 128 18 February Medicine at Midnight Foo Fighters 42 846 129 25 February Tyron Slowthai 16 940 130 4 March As the Love Continues Mogwai 10 456 131 11 March For Those That Wish to Exist Architects 12 542 132 18 March When You See Yourself Kings of Leon 19 530 133 25 March Evering Road Tom Grennan 17 322 134 1 April Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana Del Rey 40 111 135 8 April Collections from the Whiteout Ben Howard 15 621 136 15 April W L The Snuts 20 455 137 22 April Fearless Taylor s Version Taylor Swift 21 145 138 29 April Californian Soil London Grammar 31 106 139 6 May Surrounded by Time Tom Jones 14 936 140 13 May Typhoons Royal Blood 32 000 141 20 May Life By Misadventure Rag n Bone Man 41 855 142 27 May Fat Pop Paul Weller 26 005 143 3 June Sour Olivia Rodrigo 50 942 144 10 June 32 844 145 17 June Blue Weekend Wolf Alice 36 182 146 24 June Back the Way We Came Vol 1 2011 2021 Noel Gallagher s High Flying Birds 28 384 147 1 July Sour Olivia Rodrigo 20 249 148 8 July Europiana Jack Savoretti 20 594 149 15 July Sour Olivia Rodrigo 18 044 150 22 July It Won t Always Be Like This Inhaler 17 728 151 29 July All Over the Place KSI 34 328 152 5 August We re All Alone in This Together Dave 74 191 153 12 August Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish 38 885 154 155 19 August We re All Alone in This Together Dave 15 437 156 26 August Pressure Machine The Killers 25 110 157 2 September Sour Olivia Rodrigo 17 476 158 9 September Donda Kanye West 19 617 159 16 September Certified Lover Boy Drake 45 651 160 23 September The Ultra Vivid Lament Manic Street Preachers 27 345 161 30 September Certified Lover Boy Drake 12 414 162 7 October How Beautiful Life Can Be The Lathums 16 341 163 14 October Tales from the Script Greatest Hits The Script 23 285 164 21 October Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender 43 717 165 28 October Music of the Spheres Coldplay 101 045 166 4 November The Lockdown Sessions Elton John 30 814 167 11 November Ed Sheeran 139 107 168 18 November Voyage ABBA 203 909 169 25 November Red Taylor s Version Taylor Swift 72 319 170 2 December 30 Adele 261 856 171 9 December 102 261 172 16 December 73 212 173 23 December 68 139 174 30 December 70 813 175 Number one compilation albums edit Chart date week ending Album Chart sales References7 January Now 107 176 14 January The Greatest Showman 177 21 January 178 28 January 179 4 February 180 11 February Now 70s Glam Pop 181 18 February The Greatest Showman 182 25 February 183 4 March Now Country 184 11 March 185 18 March Now The 60s Girls Then He Kissed Me 186 25 March 187 1 April The Greatest Showman 188 8 April Now 108 189 15 April 190 22 April 191 29 April Now 12 80s 192 6 May Now 108 193 13 May Now Eurovision 194 20 May Now 108 195 27 May 196 3 June 80s Rock Down 197 10 June Now Live Forever The Anthems 198 17 June The Greatest Showman 199 24 June 200 1 July 201 8 July Now Yearbook 1983 202 15 July The Greatest Showman 203 22 July Andrew Lloyd Webber s Cinderella 204 29 July Now Gold 205 5 August Now 109 206 12 August 207 19 August 208 26 August 209 2 September 210 9 September Now 12 80s Extended 211 16 September Now 109 212 23 September The Greatest Showman 213 30 September Now Boogie Nights Disco Classics 214 7 October The Best of Bond James Bond 215 14 October 216 21 October The Greatest Showman 217 28 October 218 4 November 219 11 November Now Yearbook 1984 220 18 November Now Rock 221 25 November Dreamboats amp Petticoats Bringing On 222 2 December Now 110 22 712 223 9 December 224 16 December 225 23 December 226 30 December 227 Year end charts editTop singles of the year edit This chart was published by the Official Charts Company on January 4 2022 228 No Title Artist s Peakposition Combined1 Bad Habits Ed Sheeran 12 Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 13 Drivers License 14 Save Your Tears The Weeknd 25 Montero Call Me by Your Name Lil Nas X 16 Levitating Dua Lipa 57 Stay The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 28 Heat Waves Glass Animals 59 Blinding Lights The Weeknd 13 a 10 Body Russ Millions and Tion Wayne 111 Wellerman Sea Shanty Nathan Evans 220 Kid and Billen Ted 112 Easy on Me Adele 113 Friday Riton and Nightcrawlers featuring Mufasa and Hypeman 414 Kiss Me More Doja Cat featuring SZA 315 Shivers Ed Sheeran 116 The Business Tiesto 317 Head amp Heart Joel Corry and MNEK 19 b 18 Bed Joel Corry Raye and David Guetta 319 Without You The Kid Laroi 220 Little Bit of Love Tom Grennan 721 Cold Heart Elton John and Dua Lipa 122 Black Magic Jonasu 323 Peaches Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon 224 Heartbreak Anthem Galantis David Guetta and Little Mix 325 Let s Go Home Together Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan 1026 Latest Trends A1 x J1 227 Remember Becky Hill and David Guetta 328 Don t Play Anne Marie KSI and Digital Farm Animals 229 Your Love 9PM ATB Topic and A7S 830 Someone You Loved Lewis Capaldi 42 c 31 Goosebumps Remix Travis Scott and Hvme 832 Deja Vu Olivia Rodrigo 433 Mr Brightside The Killers 61 d 34 Last Christmas Wham 135 Perfect Ed Sheeran 57 e 36 Paradise Meduza featuring Dermot Kennedy 537 All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 2 f 38 Dance Monkey Tones and I 38 g 39 Get Out My Head Shane Codd 640 I Wanna Be Your Slave Maneskin 541 Astronaut in the Ocean Masked Wolf 1242 Traitor Olivia Rodrigo 543 Watermelon Sugar Harry Styles 25 h 44 Good Without Mimi Webb 845 Industry Baby Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow 346 Mood 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior 16 i 47 Sweet Melody Little Mix 148 Calling My Phone Lil Tjay and 6lack 249 Clash Dave featuring Stormzy 250 Streets Doja Cat 12Best selling albums edit This chart was published by the Official Charts Company on January 4 2022 229 No Title Artist Peakposition Combinedsales1 30 Adele 1 600 0002 Ed Sheeran 1 432 0003 Voyage ABBA 1 400 0004 Sour Olivia Rodrigo 1 395 0005 Greatest Hits Queen 2 j 6 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 2 k 7 Ed Sheeran 7 l 8 Diamonds Elton John 8 m 9 50 Years Don t Stop Fleetwood Mac 6 n 10 We re All Alone in This Together Dave 111 The Highlights The Weeknd 212 Fine Line Harry Styles 213 ABBA Gold ABBA 5 o 14 Music of the Spheres Coldplay 115 Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke 4 p 16 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 6 q 17 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 8 r 18 Planet Her Doja Cat 319 Curtain Call The Hits Eminem 16 s 20 Life by Misadventure Rag n Bone Man 121 Justice Justin Bieber 222 Certified Lover Boy Drake 123 Time Flies 1994 2009 Oasis 13 t 24 AM Arctic Monkeys 19 u 25 F ck Love The Kid Laroi 626 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish 127 25 Adele 3 v 28 What s the Story Morning Glory Oasis 21 w 29 Number Ones Michael Jackson 26 x 30 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 12 y 31 Evermore Taylor Swift 132 Red Taylor s Version 133 When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go Billie Eilish 16 z 34 1 The Beatles 16 aa 35 High Expectations Mabel 21 ab 36 Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 11 ac 37 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 23 ad 38 Folklore Taylor Swift 12 ae 39 The Lockdown Sessions Elton John 140 Confetti Little Mix 3 af 41 Get to Know Becky Hill 24 ag 42 Legacy The Very Best of David Bowie David Bowie 18 ah 43 Singles Maroon 5 3244 No 6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran 25 ai 45 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender 146 All Over the Place KSI 147 Wild West Central Cee 248 Without Fear Dermot Kennedy 17 aj 49 21 Adele 6 ak 50 Positions Ariana Grande 4 al 51 Whatever People Say I Am That s What I m Not Arctic Monkeys 36 am 52 Evering Road Tom Grennan 153 Twenty Five George Michael 30 an 54 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 7 ao 55 Ed Sheeran 27 ap 56 Medicine at Midnight Foo Fighters 157 Christmas Michael Buble 158 Between Us Little Mix 459 1989 Taylor Swift 43 aq 60 Doo Wops amp Hooligans Bruno Mars 40 ar 61 Goodbye amp Good Riddance Juice Wrld 2362 Hollywood s Bleeding Post Malone 41 as 63 After Hours The Weeknd 19 at 64 In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 32 au 65 Greatest Hits Foo Fighters 43 av 66 XXXTentacion 30 aw Deaths edit3 January Gerry Marsden singer musician Gerry and the Pacemakers 78 230 5 January John Georgiadis orchestral violinist and leader and conductor 81 231 6 January Osian Ellis classical harpist 92 232 10 January Mark Keds singer musician Senseless Things 50 29 January Hilton Valentine musician guitarist The Animals 77 30 January Sophie Scottish musician producer singer songwriter DJ 34 233 13 February Sydney Devine Scottish singer entertainer 81 15 February Steuart Bedford conductor and specialist in the music of Benjamin Britten 81 234 22 February Tony Feedback Morrison musician Angelic Upstarts 61 Covid 19 2 March Chris Barber jazz trombonist and bandleader 90 235 Anna Shuttleworth classical cellist and pedagogue 93 236 4 March Alan Cartwright English bass musician Procol Harum 75 stomach cancer 20 March Robert Gard classical tenor resident in Australia 90 237 29 March Elaine Hugh Jones classical composer 93 238 31 March Jane Manning classical soprano and advocate of contemporary music 82 239 Valerie Lady Solti classical music philanthropist former arts journalist and widow of Sir Georg Solti 83 240 2 April Simon Bainbridge classical composer 68 241 20 April Les McKeown Scottish singer Bay City Rollers 65 242 29 April John Hinch English drummer Judas Priest 73 243 30 April Anthony Payne classical composer 84 244 4 May Nick Kamen singer songwriter and model 59 245 5 May Ray Teret disc jockey and convicted rapist 79 246 10 May Pauline Tinsley English opera singer 93 247 15 May Emily Mair Scottish New Zealand opera singer pianist and vocal coach 92 248 15 May Fred Dellar music journalist 89 249 20 May Freddy Marks television actor and musician Rod Jane and Freddy 71 250 23 June Peter Zinovieff engineer EMS VCS 3 and composer 88 251 22 July Peter Rehberg Austrian English electronic musician KTL heart attack 53 252 3 August Allan Stephenson English born South African composer cellist and conductor 71 253 6 August Les Vandyke English singer and songwriter What Do You Want Poor Me Well I Ask You 90 254 10 August Stephen Wilkinson English choral conductor and composer 102 255 14 August Hugh Wood English composer 89 256 20 August Peter Ind jazz double bassist and record producer 93 257 22 August Brian Travers English saxophonist UB40 62 258 24 August Fritz McIntyre English keyboardist Simply Red 62 259 Charlie Watts English drummer The Rolling Stones 80 260 25 August Dave Harper English drummer Frankie amp The Heartstrings 261 5 September Sarah Harding singer Girls Aloud model and actress breast cancer 39 262 8 September Matthew Strachan composer and singer songwriter Next Door s Baby 50 263 9 September Amanda Holden musician librettist Bliss and translator 73 264 10 September Michael Chapman English singer songwriter and guitarist True North 80 265 15 September Norman Bailey British born opera singer resident in the US 88 266 20 September Colin Bailey English born jazz drummer 87 267 Julz Sale English singer songwriter and guitarist Delta 5 cancer 268 21 September Richard H Kirk English musician composer producer Cabaret Voltaire 65 269 26 September Alan Lancaster English bassist Status Quo The Party Boys complications from multiple sclerosis 72 270 28 September Barry Ryan English pop singer Eloise and photographer 72 271 30 September Greg Gilbert English singer guitarist Delays bowel cancer 44 272 2 October John Rossall saxophonist The Glitter Band cancer 75 273 5 October Pat Fish musician The Jazz Butcher 64 274 7 October Rick Jones Canadian born television presenter Play School Fingerbobs and musician Meal Ticket oesophageal cancer 84 275 9 October Jim Pembroke English rock musician Wigwam 75 276 16 October Alan Hawkshaw composer performer Grange Hill Countdown pneumonia 84 277 19 October Leslie Bricusse English composer Willy Wonka amp the Chocolate Factory lyricist Goldfinger You Only Live Twice and playwright Oscar winner 1968 1983 90 278 21 October Bernard Haitink Dutch conductor active in the UK 92 279 27 October Gay McIntyre Northern Irish jazz musician 88 280 29 October Malcolm Dome English music journalist Record Mirror Kerrang Metal Hammer 66 281 31 October Joan Carlyle classical soprano 90 282 6 November Terence Astro Wilson English singer musician UB40 64 283 Andrew Barker bassist keyboardist 808 State 53 284 11 November Graeme Edge English drummer musician The Moody Blues 80 metastatic cancer 21 November Gordon Crosse composer 83 285 30 November Pamela Helen Stephen classical mezzo soprano 57 286 2 December Richard Cole English music manager Led Zeppelin 75 287 5 December John Miles English singer and musician Music 72 288 9 December Steve Bronski Scottish musician Bronski Beat 61 289 10 December Thomas Mensi Mensforth English singer Angelic Upstarts COVID 19 65 13 December Toby Slater English singer musician Catch band 42 17 December John Morgan English drummer The Wurzels COVID 19 80 290 25 December Janice Long English radio DJ presenter 66 31 December Graham Pauncefort classical music recording executive and founder of the CRD label 81 291 See also edit2021 in British radio 2021 in British television 2021 in the United KingdomNotes edit Reached number 1 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 2019 Reached number 10 in 2004 Reached number 1 in 2017 Reached number 1 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 2019 Reached number 4 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 1981 Reached number 1 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 2017 Reached number 5 in 2017 Reached number 5 in 2019 Reached number 1 in 1992 Reached number 1 in 2020 Reached number 1 in 2019 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