Female artists spent 31 weeks at No. 1 on the UK's official singles chart, fueling a nearly 13% increase in streaming for the year.
Female solo artists account for the entire top 6, a feat never seen before in the U.K. chart’s 70-year history.
Consumption of British music increased in every region last year, says BPI.
The "BRIT Billion" award makes the United Kingdom the first country in the streaming era to recognize the milestone of drawing 1 billion career streams.
This is the first time that the BPI’s certifications program has recognized an artist’s combined success across multiple projects.
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