The BRIT Billion award celebrates Years & Years’ achievement in surpassing the landmark of 1 billion profession UK streams – as calculated by the Official Charts Firm. Women Aloud’s Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh offered Olly Alexander together with his landmark award backstage at Mighty Hoopla competition, earlier than later becoming a member of him on stage throughout his headline set to carry out two traditional Women Aloud hits The Promise and Name The Pictures.
With three albums launched thus far, two of which reached #1 on the Official Albums Chart, together with 2022’s Night time Name, Years & Years’ intensive discography options such hit singles as Starstruck, Need, Shine, If You’re Over Me, and King – the latter having already amassed over 150 million streams within the UK.
On receiving their BRIT Billion Award, Olly Alexander stated:
“My mind can’t comprehend 1 billion streams within the UK, how is it potential !! ?? It’s an incredible feeling truthfully!! Thanks to all my listeners and supporters – I actually love you!”
Formally launched on 4th Could 2023, the primary wave of 13 artists to obtain the BRIT Billion award included world icons ABBA, Coldplay, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, pioneering rap and hip-hop artists AJ Tracey and Headie One, and chart-dominating pop artists and singer-songwriters Anne-Marie, Ellie Goulding, George Ezra, Lewis Capaldi, RAYE, Rita Ora and Sam Smith. Acclaimed singer-songwriter James Arthur was the latest recipient of a BRIT Billion award, and was offered with it reside on BBC’s The One Present from presenters Alex Scott and Roman Kemp.
The BRIT Billion award displays the extent to which streaming has remodeled the music panorama for artists and followers alike over the previous decade – greater than 85% of the UK’s recorded music consumption now takes place by way of streaming, and in 2022 there have been a report 160 billion audio streams within the UK in whole.
