2020 in British music explained

This is a summary of the year 2020 in British music.

Events

• 9 January – Singer Celeste is named as the Sound of 2020, after an annual BBC poll of music critics and industry figures.^[1]
• 13 January – Opera Holland Park announces simultaneously the scheduled retirement of Michael Volpe as its general director on 30 September 2020, and the appointment of James Clutton as the company's new Chief Executive and Director of Opera, effective 1 October 2020.^[2]
• 24 January – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces simultaneously the scheduled retirement of Timothy Walker as its chief executive and artistic director, effective 3 June 2020, and the appointment of David Burke as its next chief executive, along with a planned division into separate roles each of the posts of chief executive and of artistic director.^[3]
• 1 February
  • The Orchestre National de Lille performs the final concert of its UK tour at Leeds Town Hall, the last European orchestra to perform in the United Kingdom just prior to and after the UK's departure from the European Union.^[4]
  • Veteran glam rock band Slade sack their drummer Don Powell after 50 years together; Powell says he will set up a rival group called "Don Powell's Slade".^[5]
• 12 February – The Two Moors Festival announces the appointment of Tamsin Waley-Cohen as its new artistic director for its 2020 festival.^[6]
• 24 February – The Hallé announces Delyana Lazarova as the winner of the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition 2020.^[7]
• 27 February
  • "My Last Breath", sung by James Newman, is selected as the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.^[8] A few weeks later, the contest is cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]
  • The Hallé announces the appointment of David Butcher as its next chief executive, effective September 2020.^[10]
  • The Britten Sinfonia announces that David Butcher is to stand down as its chief executive and artistic director in the summer of 2020.^[11]
• 11 March
  • The Philharmonia Orchestra announces the appointment of Alexander Van Ingen as its next chief executive, effective September 2020.^[12]
  • The Academy of Ancient Music announces that Alexander Van Ingen is to stand down as its chief executive, effective September 2020.^[13]
• 17 March – The following classical music organisations announce suspension of performances in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • All BBC Orchestras and Choirs^[14]
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra^[15]
  • Southbank Centre, encompassing the London Philharmonic Orchestra^[16] and the Philharmonia Orchestra^[17]
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, through 19 April 2020^[18]
• 18 March – The Glastonbury Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[19]
• 23 March – Hazard Chase announces cessation of activity and entry into voluntary liquidation, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[20]
• 24 March – The St Magnus International Festival announces cancellation of its 2020 season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[21]
• 26 March – The following festivals have cancelled their scheduled 2020 seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • Download Festival^[22]
  • East Neuk Festival^[23]
  • Isle of Wight Festival^[22]
• 27 March – The following festivals have cancelled their scheduled 2020 seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • All Points East^[24]
    • • Lovebox Festival^[24]
  • Parklife^[24]
  • Cambridge Folk Festival^[25]
• 30 March
  • The Aldeburgh Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first-ever festival cancellation in the festival's history.^[26]
  • Following a cold and self-isolation, Marianne Faithfull checks into hospital, and subsequently has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.^[27]
• 1 April – The Edinburgh International Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[28]
• 2 April – The Dartington Music Summer School and Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 summer school and festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[29]
• 6 April – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Karina Canellakis as its new principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective September 2020.^[30]
• 24 April – At 99 years old, Captain Tom Moore became the oldest person to top the UK Singles Chart.
• 5 May – Glyndebourne Opera announces cancellation of its 2020 summer season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[31]
• 6 May – Britten Sinfonia announces the appointment of Meurig Bowen as its next chief executive and artistic director, effective August 2020.^[32]
• 7 May – Help Musicians UK announces the appointment of Dame Evelyn Glennie as its new president.^[33]
• 12 May – Wigmore Hall and BBC Radio 3 announce a scheduled series of live concerts from Wigmore Hall, beginning on 1 June, to be performed to an empty hall and under social distancing guidelines, the first live concerts from the hall and broadcast on Radio 3 since the general COVID-19 lockdown.^[34]
• 1 June – At Wigmore Hall, Stephen Hough gives a live concert without an audience in attendance, video-streamed and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, the first live classical music concert in London and the first live music relay on BBC Radio 3 in 11 weeks since the imposition of COVID-19-related lockdown conditions.^[35]
• 9 June – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Domingo Hindoyan as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season.^[36]
• 15 June – Birmingham Opera Company announces the appointment of Alpesh Chauhan as its new music director, effective 1 July 2020.^[37]
• 16 June – Universal Music Group announces the re-branding of its Virgin EMI label as EMI Records, and the appointment of Rebecca Allen as president of the EMI Records label.^[38]
• 25 June – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Cristina Rocca as its new artistic director, effective November 2020.^[39]
• 2 July – Opera North announces postponement of its originally scheduled autumn 2020 and winter 2021 productions, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[40]
• 3 July – The BBC Proms announces its reconfigured 2020 Proms season, with 6 weeks of archival Proms and selected new digital content, and the final 2 weeks of the season scheduled to feature live concerts under social distancing guidelines at the Royal Albert Hall.^[41]
• 4 July – The Bamberg Symphony announces the prize winners of its 2020 Mahler Competition for conductors, which include Finnegan Downie Dear (First Prize) and Harry Ogg (joint winner of Third Prize).
• 6 July – Tom Meighan and Kasabian announce his departure from the group, by mutual agreement.^[42] Subsequent reports the next day indicate that the departure was related to Meighan's assault of his former fiancée, Vikki Ager, behaviour condemned by his former bandmates as "totally unacceptable".^[43]
• 8 July – Cadogan Hall presents a live concert by the English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) under social distancing guidelines, the first live concert at Cadogan Hall and the first live ECO performance since the imposition of lockdown conditions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[44]
• 25 July - Grime artist Wiley is dropped by his management after the rapper posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets.
• 28 July - Q magazine folds, and publishes its final issue, blaming low circulation and advertising revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 12 August – Glyndebourne Opera stages the first night of its new live production of Jacques Offenbach's Mesdames de la Halle, in English translation under the title In the Market for Love, or Onions are Forever, under social distancing conditions for the musicians and audience, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[45]
• 17 August – Wigmore Hall announces a schedule for 100 autumn season concerts under social distancing conditions, scheduled for the period of 13 September 2020 to 22 December 2020.^[46]
• 28 August
  • Imogen Cooper is announced as the recipient of The Queens Medal for Music 2019.^[47]
  • The first live concert of the 2020 BBC Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers conducted by Sakari Oramo, under social distancing conditions for the musicians, without an audience and to an empty hall.^[48]
• 29 August – Seorsia Jack announces her departure from Real Like You eight months after their win on , deciding to pursue a solo career.^[49]
• 16 September - The Royal Philharmonic Society awards honorary membership to Dame Sarah Connolly, at a live Wigmore Hall recital.^[50]
• 6 October – 400 professional classical musicians stage a socially distanced performance protest in support of musicians not covered by the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant.^[51]
• 9 October – Queen's Birthday Honours List 2020^{[52] [53]}
  • Donald Runnicles is made a Knight Bachelor.
  • Joan Armatrading is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
  • John Mark Ainsley, Sally Beamish, Nicholas Daniel, Cathyrn Graham, Tony Hatch, Jan Latham-Koenig, Jeff Lynne, and Muyiwa Olarewaju are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
  • Lurine Cato, Yolanda Charles, Karen Gibson, Carrie Grant, Marianna Hay, Jason Iley, Stephen Layton, Mica Paris, Jennifer Pike, and Dizzee Rascal are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
  • Lady Leshurr is awarded the British Empire Medal.
• 21 October – NI Opera announces the appointment of Cameron Menzies as its next artistic director.^[54]
• 1 November – The charity single Four Notes – Paul's Tune, based on a piano improvisation by retired music teacher Paul Harvey, is released in a recording with the BBC Philharmonic accompanying the original piano recording, with proceeds from sales divided equally between the Alzheimers Society and Music for Dementia.^[55]
• 4 November – The Southbank Centre announces the appointment of Toks Dada as its new head of classical music, effective December 2020.^[56]
• 6 November – Sir Cliff Richard becomes the first artist to have albums in the Top 5 UK album charts across eight consecutive decades, each decade from the 1950s (1959) through the 2020s (2020), with the #3 status of Music...The Air That I Breathe this week.^[57]
• 18 November - The Academy of Ancient Music announces the appointment of Laurence Cummings as its next music director, effective with the 2021–2022 season.^[58]
• 14 December – Jesy Nelson announces her departure from Little Mix after nine years. Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall confirm that they will continue as a three-piece group.^[59]
• 18 December
  • The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge announces the cancellation of its scheduled live performance of the 2020 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. In its place on 24 December, a recording of the music made as an alternative event is to be relayed.^[60]
  • Paul McCartney releases his solo album McCartney III.
• 21 December
  • The girl choristers of Ely Cathedral perform the "Hymn for Christmas Day" by Jane Savage, the earliest known Church of England anthem by a female composer, following its re-discovery in the summer of 2020 by Rachel Webber of the University of York.^[61]
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen is made an honorary KBE by Queen Elizabeth II, for services to music and to United Kingdom-Finland cultural relations.^[62]
• 30 December: 2021 New Years Honours:^[63]
  • Jane Glover is made a Dame Commander of the British Empire.
  • Graham Vick is made a Knight Bachelor.
  • Julian Anderson, Barry Douglas, Daniel Harding, and Wasfi Kani are each made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
  • Colin Balsam, Natalie Clein, and Wayne Marshall are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
  • Bradley Creswick, Craig David, John Kirkpatrick, and Duncan McDonald are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Television programmes

• 1 January – Jools' Annual Hootenanny features Stereophonics, Stormzy, The Selecter, Rick Astley, and others.^[64]
  • • 4 January The Masked Singer, begins on ITV, with contestants including Denise van Outen, Teddy Sheringham and Justin Hawkins.^[65]
  • The Voice UK, series 9, begins on ITV, presented by Emma Willis featuring will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Meghan Trainor and Olly Murs as coaches.
• 8 January – Got What It Takes? returns for its fifth series, hosted by Anna Maynard.^[66] The series is won by 13 year old Georgie Mills.^[67]
• 17 January – Stewart Copeland's Adventures in Music features Sting, Bobby McFerrin and Miss Honey Dijon.^[68]
• 11 July – The Voice Kids, series 4, begins on ITV, hosted by Emma Willis.^[69]
• 26 September – Little Mix The Search, series 1, begins on BBC, judged by girl group Little Mix.^[70]

Classical works

• Emma-Ruth Richards – The Sail of a Flame^[71]
• Mark-Anthony Turnage – Towards Alba^[72]
• Dani Howard – Dualism^[73]
• Thomas Hewitt Jones – Divertimento for String Quartet
• Howard Goodall – Never to Forget^[74]
• Hannah Kendall – Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama^[48]
• Thomas Adès – Dawn^[75]
• Mark-Anthony Turnage – Last Song for Olly^[76]
• Roxanna Panufnik – Heartfelt^[77]
• Geoffrey Gordon – He saith among the trumpets
• John Paul Jones – The Tudor Pull^[78]
• Julia Plaut – 24 Pianos^[79]
• Ryan Wigglesworth – Five Waltzes^[80]

Opera

• Alex Woolf and David Pountney – A Feast in the Time of Plague^[81]

Film scores and incidental music

Film

• Patrick Doyle – Death on the Nile, directed by Kenneth Branagh^[82]
• Dickon Hinchliffe – Misbehaviour

Television

• David Arnold & Michael Price – Dracula^[83]
• Stephen Rennicks – Normal People^[84]

British music awards

• Brit Awards – see 2020 Brit Awards
• Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020
  • Chamber: Bartók – Piano Quintet / Veress – String Trio; Vilde Frang; Barnabás Kelemen; Katalin Kokas; Lawrence Power; Nicolas Altstaedt; Alexander Lonquich (Alpha Classics)
  • Choral: J.S. Bach – St Matthew Passion; Benjamin Bruns, Damien Guillon, Christian Immler, Toru Kaku, Clint van der Linde, Aki Matsui, Makoto Sakurada, Carolyn Sampson, Zachary Wilder; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor (BIS)
  • Concerto: Chopin – Piano Concertos; Benjamin Grosvenor; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Elim Chan, conductor (Decca Classics)
  • Contemporary: Thomas Adès - Piano Concerto / Totentanz; Kirill Gerstein, Mark Stone, Christianne Stotijn; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Early Music: Gesualdo - Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo; Les Arts Florissants; Paul Agnew (harmonia mundi) (Hyperion)
  • Instrumental: Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas; Igor Levit (Sony Classical)
  • Opera: Handel – Agrippina; Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Franco Fagioli, Jakub Józef Orliński, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il Pomo d'Oro; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Erato)
  • Orchestral: Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphonies Nos 2 and 21; Gidon Kremer; Kremerata Baltica; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Recital: Si j'ai aimé (Berlioz, Théodore Dubois; Duparc; Massenet; Saint-Saëns; Vierne); Sandrine Piau; Le Concert de la Loge; Julien Chauvin, director (Alpha Classics)
  • Solo Vocal: Janáček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared, Nursery Rhymes, Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs; Nicky Spence; Václava Housková; Victoria Samek; Julius Drake (Hyperion)
  • Recording of the Year: Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphonies Nos 2 and 21; Gidon Kremer; Kremerata Baltica; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Concept Album: From the Ground Up: The Chaconne; Hugo Ticciati; o/modernt (Signum Classics)
  • Beethoven 250 Award: Beethoven – Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5; Martin Helmchen; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Andrew Manze, conductor (Alpha Classics)
  • Young Artist of the Year: Natalya Romaniw
  • Label of the Year: Alpha Classics
  • Artist of the Year: Igor Levit
  • Orchestra of the Year: The Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Special Achievement: Robert von Bahr
  • Lifetime Achievement: Itzhak Perlman
• 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards^[85]
  • RPS Gold Medal: John Williams
  • Chamber-Scale Composition: Naomi Pinnock, I am, I am
  • Concert Series & Events: Venus Unwrapped - Kings Place
  • Conductor: Dalia Stasevska
  • Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble
  • Gamechanger: Jane Glover
  • Impact: Sound Young Minds - City of London Sinfonia
  • Inspiration:
    • Concerteenies
    • Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme
    • Stay At Home Choir
    • The Opera Story's Episodes
    • #UriPosteJukeBox
    • Virtual Benedetti Sessions
  • Instrumentalist: Lawrence Power
  • Large-Scale Composition: Frank Denyer - The Fish that Became the Sun (Songs of the Dispossessed)
  • Opera & Music Theatre: The Turn of the Screw - Garsington Opera
  • Singer: Natalya Romaniw
  • Storytelling: Stephen Hough - Rough Ideas
  • Young Artists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
• Ivors Composer Awards
  • Chamber Orchestral: Robin Haigh – Grin
  • Choral: Richard Blackford – Pietà
  • Community and Participation: Oliver Vibrans – More Up
  • Innovation – Yazz Ahmed
  • Jazz Composition for Large Ensemble: Charlie Bates – Crepuscule
  • Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble: Renell Shaw – The Vision They Had
  • Large Chamber: Oliver Leith – Honey Siren
  • Large Orchestral: Jonny Greenwood – Horror vacui
  • Outstanding Works Collection: Cecilia McDowell
  • Small Chamber: Daniel Fardon – Six Movements
  • Solo or Duo: Gareth Moorcraft – Diaries of the Early Worm
  • Sound Art: Kathy Hinde – Twittering Machines
  • Stage Works: Philip Venables – Denis & Katya

Charts and sales

Number-one singles

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

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Best performing single of the year

Chart date (week ending)	Song	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
2 January	"River"		78,193	[86]
9 January	"Own It"		56,590	[87]
16 January			55,826	[88]
23 January			55,400	[89]
30 January	"Godzilla"		52,633	[90]
6 February	"Before You Go"		65,943	[91]
13 February	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="2"	"Blinding Lights"		62,512	[92]
20 February	64,954	[93]
27 February	"No Time to Die"		90,488	[94]
5 March	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="3"	"Blinding Lights"	The Weeknd	64,302	[95]
12 March	63,966	[96]
19 March	60,545	[97]
26 March	"Roses"		52,656	[98]
2 April			59,859	[99]
9 April	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="3"	"Blinding Lights"	The Weeknd	69,595	[100]
16 April	80,073	[101]
23 April	77,918	[102]
30 April	"You'll Never Walk Alone"		81,829	[103]
7 May	"Times Like These"	Live Lounge Allstars	66,164	[104]
14 May	"Toosie Slide"		49,187	[105]
21 May	"Rockstar"		44,879	[106]
28 May			57,429	[107]
4 June	"Rain on Me"		70,132	[108]
11 June	"Rockstar"	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch	64,382	[109]
18 June			57,677	[110]
25 June			59,299	[111]
2 July			59,563	[112]
9 July	"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"		57,105	[113]
16 July			63,292	[114]
23 July			63,411	[115]
30 July	"Head & Heart"		67,806	[116]
6 August			76,363	[117]
13 August			79,313	[118]
20 August			81,254	[119]
27 August			67,888	[120]
3 September			61,845	[121]
10 September	"WAP"		64,725	[122]
17 September			62,118	[123]
24 September			59,563	[124]
1 October	"Mood"		60,618	[125]
8 October			54,844	[126]
15 October			50,366	[127]
22 October			48,886	[128]
29 October	"Lemonade"		38,052	[129]
5 November	"Positions"	Ariana Grande	60,909	[130]
12 November			50,903	[131]
19 November			44,348	[132]
26 November			44,581	[133]
3 December			42,870	[134]
10 December			38,394	[135]
17 December	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"		44,016	[136]
24 December			43,944	[137]
31 December	"Don't Stop Me Eatin'"		158,000	[138]

Number-one albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

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Best performing album of the year

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
2 January	You're in My Heart		47,495	[139]
9 January	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent		21,203	[140]
16 January	Heavy Is the Head		23,614	[141]
23 January	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	Lewis Capaldi	18,298	[142]
30 January	Music to Be Murdered By		36,302	[143]
6 February	Big Conspiracy		23,536	[144]
13 February	Foolish Loving Spaces		22,489	[145]
20 February	Father of All...		23,389	[146]
27 February	Changes		17,681	[147]
5 March			37,978	[148]
12 March	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	Lewis Capaldi	14,706	[149]
19 March	Manchester Calling		20,422	[150]
26 March	Heartbreak Weather		14,300	[151]
2 April	After Hours		25,677	[152]
9 April	Calm		34,941	[153]
16 April	Future Nostalgia		16,080	[154]
23 April			11,833	[155]
30 April	The Bonny		28,945	[156]
7 May	Future Nostalgia	Dua Lipa	10,532	[157]
14 May	Dark Lane Demo Tapes		19,851	[158]
21 May	Future Nostalgia	Dua Lipa	7,317	[159]
28 May	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	Lewis Capaldi	8,396	[160]
4 June	Notes on a Conditional Form		34,245	[161]
11 June	Chromatica		52,907	[162]
18 June			12,819	[163]
25 June	MTV Unplugged		20,874	[164]
2 July	Rough and Rowdy Ways		34,117	[165]
9 July	Women in Music Pt. III		17,762	[166]
16 July	On Sunset		24,011	[167]
23 July	Legends Never Die		22,437	[168]
30 July	Brightest Blue		14,820	[169]
6 August	Folklore		37,060	[170]
13 August			22,550	[171]
20 August			15,539	[172]
27 August	A Celebration of Endings		26,161	[173]
3 September	Imploding the Mirage		50,391	[174]
10 September	Crabs in a Bucket		13,594	[175]
17 September	Goats Head Soup		13,107	[176]
24 September	The Universal Want		17,400	[177]
1 October	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon		9,665	[178]
8 October	Ultra Mono		27,182	[179]
15 October	Live Around the World		25,275	[180]
22 October	Edna		15,494	[181]
29 October	Cherry Blossom		13,476	[182]
5 November	Letter to You		51,761	[183]
12 November	Positions		27,272	[184]
19 November	Disco		54,905	[185]
26 November	Power Up		61,976	[186]
3 December	Together at Christmas		32,822	[187]
10 December	Music Played by Humans		46,406	[188]
17 December	Weird!		38,759	[189]
24 December	Evermore	Taylor Swift	27,532	[190]
31 December	McCartney III		33,079	[191]

Number-one compilation albums

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Chart sales	References
2 January	Now 104		[192]
9 January			[193]
16 January	Frozen II		[194]
23 January			[195]
30 January			[196]
6 February			[197]
13 February			[198]
20 February	Now 104		[199]
27 February	Frozen II		[200]
5 March	The Greatest Showman		[201]
12 March			[202]
19 March			[203]
26 March	Now 100 Hits Country		[204]
2 April	Frozen II		[205]
9 April			[206]
16 April			[207]
23 April			[208]
30 April	The Greatest Showman		[209]
7 May			[210]
14 May			[211]
21 May	Now 105		[212]
28 May			[213]
4 June			[214]
11 June			[215]
18 June			[216]
25 June			[217]
2 July			[218]
9 July			[219]
16 July	Hamilton		[220]
23 July			[221]
30 July			[222]
6 August	Now 106		[223]
13 August			[224]
20 August			[225]
27 August			[226]
3 September			[227]
10 September			[228]
17 September			[229]
24 September			[230]
1 October			[231]
8 October	Hamilton		[232]
15 October	The Greatest Showman		[233]
22 October	Now 100 Hits 80s No.1s		[234]
29 October	The Greatest Showman		[235]
5 November			[236]
12 November			[237]
19 November	Dreamboats and Petticoats - Music That Lives		[238]
26 November			[239]
3 December			[240]
10 December	Now 107		[241]
17 December			[242]
24 December			[243]
31 December			[244]

Year-end charts

Top singles of the year

This chart was published by the Official Charts Company on January 4, 2021^[245]

scope=col	Combined	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Artist(s)	scope=col	Peak position	scope=col	Combined
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	1	"Blinding Lights"	The Weeknd	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	2	"Dance Monkey"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	3	"Roses"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	4	"Before You Go"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	5	"Head & Heart"	Joel Corry featuring MNEK	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	6	"Don't Start Now"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	7	"Rockstar"	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	8	"Someone You Loved"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	9	"Own It"	Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	10	"Watermelon Sugar"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	11	"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"	Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	12	"The Box"	Roddy Ricch	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	13	"Say So"	Doja Cat	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	14	"Lonely"	Joel Corry	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	15	"Breaking Me"	Topic and A7S	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	16	"Adore You"	Harry Styles	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	17	"Rain on Me"	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	18	"Rover"	S1mba featuring DTG	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	19	"Physical"	Dua Lipa	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	20	"Mood"	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	21	"Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)"	Powfu featuring Beabadoobee	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	22	"Life Is Good"	Future featuring Drake	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	23	"WAP"	Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	24	"Bruises"	Lewis Capaldi	12
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	25	"Toosie Slide"	Drake	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	26	"Bad Guy"	Billie Eilish	15
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	27	"Godzilla"	Eminem featuring Juice Wrld	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	28	"Memories"	Maroon 5	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	29	"Everything I Wanted"	Billie Eilish	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	30	"Intentions"	Justin Bieber featuring Quavo	8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	31	"Roxanne"	Arizona Zervas	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	32	"Rain"	Aitch and AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	33	"Flowers"	Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae	12
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	34	"Falling"	Harry Styles	15
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	35	"This City"	Sam Fischer	16
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	36	"Savage"	Megan Thee Stallion	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	37	"Dinner Guest"	AJ Tracey featuring MoStack	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	38	"Ride It"	Regard	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	39	"Blueberry Faygo"	Lil Mosey	9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	40	"Lighter"	Nathan Dawe featuring KSI	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	41	"Secrets"	Regard and Raye	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	42	"I Don't Care"	Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber	27
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	43	"Break My Heart"	Dua Lipa	6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	44	"You Should Be Sad"	Halsey	12
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	45	"Don't Need Love"	220 Kid and Gracey	9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	46	"Hold Me While You Wait"		26
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	47	"If the World Was Ending"	JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels	14
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	48	"Don't Rush"	Young T & Bugsey featuring Headie One	19
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	49	"Better Off Without You"	Becky Hill featuring Shift K3Y	14
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	50	"Circles"		19

Best-selling albums

^[246]

scope=col		scope=col	Title	scope=col	Artist	scope=col	Peak position	scope=col	Combined sales
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	1	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	Lewis Capaldi	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	2	Fine Line	Harry Styles	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	3	Future Nostalgia	Dua Lipa	1	265,000
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	4	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	Billie Eilish	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	5	Heavy Is the Head	Stormzy	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	6	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	Pop Smoke	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	7	No.6 Collaborations Project	Ed Sheeran	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	8	Greatest Hits	Queen	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	9	Diamonds	Elton John	7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	10	50 Years – Don't Stop	Fleetwood Mac	9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	11	Music to Be Murdered By	Eminem	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	12	Folklore	Taylor Swift	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	13	÷	Ed Sheeran	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	14	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	15	Hollywood's Bleeding	Post Malone	9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	16	High Expectations	Mabel	11
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	17	Legends Never Die	Juice Wrld	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	18	Together at Christmas	Michael Ball and Alfie Boe	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	19	ABBA Gold	ABBA	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	20	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	21	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	22	Chromatica	Lady Gaga	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	23	After Hours	The Weeknd	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	24	Time Flies... 1994–2009	Oasis	15
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	25	Dua Lipa	Dua Lipa	16
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	26	Power Up	AC/DC	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	27	Get to Know	Becky Hill	20
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	28		Eminem	24
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	29	Confetti	Little Mix	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	30	Don't Smile at Me	Billie Eilish	12
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	31	Letter to You	Bruce Springsteen	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	32	Big Conspiracy	J Hus	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	33	Disco	Kylie Minogue	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	34	1	The Beatles	17
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	35	Legacy	David Bowie	15
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	36	Snacks/Snacks (Supersize)	Jax Jones	19
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	37	Lover	Taylor Swift	14
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	38	What a Time to Be Alive	Tom Walker	8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	39	Number Ones	Michael Jackson	30
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	40	Goodbye & Good Riddance	Juice Wrld	32
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	41	AM	Arctic Monkeys	34
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	42	The Ultimate Collection	Whitney Houston	31
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	43	Staying at Tamara's	George Ezra	27
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	44	?	XXXTentacion	38
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	45	The Bonny	Gerry Cinnamon	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	46	Psychodrama	Dave	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	47	Without Fear	Dermot Kennedy	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	48		BTS	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	49	Music Played by Humans	Gary Barlow	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	50	Twenty Five	George Michael	33
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	51	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Arctic Monkeys	37
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	52	×	Ed Sheeran	43
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	53	Imploding the Mirage	The Killers	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	54	The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III	Queen	24
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	55	Rare	Selena Gomez	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	56	Rough and Rowdy Ways	Bob Dylan	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	57	Christmas	Michael Bublé	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	58	Positions	Ariana Grande	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	59	Love Goes	Sam Smith	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	60	Classic Diamonds	Neil Diamond and the London Symphony Orchestra	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	61	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Post Malone	35
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	62	Dissimulation	KSI	2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	63	Direct Hits	The Killers	33
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	64	Scorpion	Drake	39
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	65	Greatest Hits	Foo Fighters	18
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	66	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	39
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	67	Definitely Maybe	Oasis	35
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	68	Meet the Woo 2	Pop Smoke	16
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	69	Singles	Maroon 5	50
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	70	In the Lonely Hour	Sam Smith	56
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	71	The 50 Greatest Hits	Elvis Presley	47
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	72	Hypersonic Missiles	Sam Fender	20
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	73	Greatest Hits	Red Hot Chili Peppers	49
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	74	Thank U, Next	Ariana Grande	37
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	75	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	Drake	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	76	The Definitive Collection	Stevie Wonder	37
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	77	Erratic Cinematic	Gerry Cinnamon	36
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	78	Jolly Holiday	Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	79	Music... The Air That I Breathe	Cliff Richard	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	80	Believe	Andrea Bocelli	3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	81	Always in Between	Jess Glynne	52
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	82	Platinum Hits	Jason Derulo	46
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	83	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial	Roddy Ricch	13
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	84	Greatest Hits	Guns N' Roses	17
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	85		Green Day	69
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	86	Astroworld	Travis Scott	16
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	87	Changes	Justin Bieber	1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	88	I Cry When I Laugh	Jess Glynne	59
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	89	Harry Styles	Harry Styles	53
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	90	PTSD	D-Block Europe	27
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	91	Death Race for Love	Juice Wrld	70
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	92	Kiwanuka	Michael Kiwanuka	4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	93	The Singles	Phil Collins	48
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	94	25	Adele	48
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	95	Huncholini the 1st	M Huncho	5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	96	Hot Pink	Doja Cat	38

Bands formed

• Kaachi
• Since September

Bands reformed

• Genesis
• JLS (first reported in 2019, confirmed in 2020)
• Little Man Tate
• The Music

Bands disbanded

• Lower Than Atlantis
• The Montgolfier Brothers
• Nizlopi
• The Spencer Davis Group

Deaths

• 7 January – Stephen Clements, radio DJ and presenter (BBC Radio Ulster), 47^[247]
• 13 January – Hylda Sims, poet and folk musician, 87^[248]
• 16 January – Barry Tuckwell, Australia-born French horn player, conductor, and past principal French horn of the London Symphony Orchestra, 86^[249]
• 3 February – Eric Parkin, classical pianist, 95^[250]
• 1 February – Andy Gill, post-punk guitarist (Gang of Four) and record producer, 64^[251]
• 12 February – Hamish Milne, classical pianist, 80^[252]
• 16 February – Pearl Carr, singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson), 99^[253]
• 17 February – Andrew Weatherall, music producer (Screamadelica), disc jockey and musician (The Sabres of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen), 56 (pulmonary embolism)^[254]
• 12 March – Pete Mitchell, 61, English radio DJ and presenter (BBC Radio 2, Virgin Radio).^[255]
• 14 March – Genesis P-Orridge, singer, musician, poet, performance artist (Throbbing Gristle), (Psychic TV), 70 (leukemia)^[256]
• 18 March – Sir John Tooley, arts administrator, 95^[257]
• 22 March – Julie Felix, American-born folk singer, 81^[258]
• 24 March – Gerard Schurmann, Dutch composer resident in the UK, 96^[259]
• 25 March – Jennifer Bate, classical organist, 75^[260]
• 27 March – Delroy Washington, Jamaican-born reggae singer, 67 (COVID-19)^[261]
• 6 April – Black the Ripper, grime MC, rapper and cannabis activist 32^[262]
• 8 April – Eileen Croxford Parkhouse, cellist, pedagogue, and founder of the Parkhouse Award, 96^[263]
• 9 April – Dmitri Smirnov, Russian-born composer (Tiriel, The Lamentations of Thel), 71 (COVID-19)^[264]
• 22 April – Sir Peter Jonas, opera and arts administrator, 73^[265]
• 29 April – Martin Lovett, cellist and the last surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet, 93^[266]
• 3 May – Dave Greenfield, singer, songwriter, keyboardist (The Stranglers), 71 (COVID-19)^[267]
• 6 May – Brian Howe, singer, songwriter (Bad Company), 66 (cardiac arrest)^[268]
• 7 May – Ty, English rapper, 47 (COVID-19)^[269]
• 13 May – Derek Lawrence, record producer, 78^[270]
• 15 May – Phil May, singer (The Pretty Things), 75 (complications following hip surgery)^[271]
• 3 June – Rosemarie Wright, pianist, 88.^[272] (death announced on this date)
• 4 June – Steve Priest, bass musician, (Sweet), 72^[273]
• 5 June – Rupert Hine, musician (Quantum Jump), songwriter and record producer (The Fixx, Howard Jones), 72 (cancer)^[274]
• 9 June – Paul Chapman, Welsh rock guitarist (UFO, Lone Star), 66^[275]
• 12 June – Ricky Valance, Welsh singer, 84 (dementia)^[276]
• 18 June – Dame Vera Lynn, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, 103^[277]
• 24 June – Jane Parker-Smith, classical organist, 70^[278]
• 1 July – Ida Haendel, Polish-born violinist, 96^[279]
• 10 July – Steve Sutherland, disc jockey (Choice FM, Galaxy FM)^[280]
• 12 July – Judy Dyble, singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), 71 (lung cancer)^[281]
• 21 July
  • Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), songwriter ("Twisted"), and actress (Superman III), 89 (complications from emphysema and heart disease)^[282]
  • Tim Smith, singer, songwriter, musician (Cardiacs), 59^[283]
• 25 July
  • Peter Green, singer-songwriter, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), 73^[284]
  • CP Lee, English musician (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias), 70^[285]
• 27 July – Denise Johnson, singer, vocalist (Primal Scream), 56^[286]
• 6 August – Wayne Fontana, singer, (the Mindbenders), 74 (cancer)^[287]
• 8 August – Erich Gruenberg, Austrian-born violinist and teacher, 95.^[288]
• 9 August – Martin Birch, music producer and engineer (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden), 71^[289]
  • • 14 August Julian Bream, classical guitarist and lutenist, 87^[290]
  • Pete Way, bassist, (UFO), (Waysted), (Fastway), and session bassist for (Michael Schenker Group) and (Ozzy Osbourne), 69
• 18 August – Roger Quigley, singer-songwriter, 51^[291]
• 23 August – Peter King, jazz saxophonist, 80^[292]
• 25 August – Gerry McGhee, singer (Brighton Rock, 58 (cancer)^[293]
• 2 September
  • John Shrapnell, journalist, singer and actor, 85^[294]
  • Rinat Ibragimov, Russia-born orchestral double bassist and past principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra, 60 (COVID-19)^[295]
• 5 September – Al G. Wright, band director (Purdue All-American Marching Band), 104^[296]
• 10 September – Adrian Clarke, classical baritone
• 19 September
  • Lee Kerslake, drummer (Uriah Heep, The Gods, Toe Fat), 73 (prostate cancer)^[297]
  • Dave Kusworth, musician (Jacobites), 60
• 26 September – Jimmy Winston, musician (Small Faces) and actor (Doctor Who), 75^[298]
• 29 September – Justin Connolly, classical composer, 87^[299]
• 8 October – Brian Locking, rock bass guitarist (The Shadows), 71 (bladder cancer)^[300]
• 10 October – Dyan Birch, singer (Arrival, Kokomo), 71 (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)^[301]
• 16 October – Gordon Haskell, singer-songwriter ("How Wonderful You Are") and musician (King Crimson, The Fleur de Lys), 74 (cancer)^[302]
• 19 October
  • Spencer Davis, musician and instrumentalist, (The Spencer Davis Group), 81 (pneumonia)^[303]
  • Tony Lewis, singer-songwriter, musician, (The Outfield), 62^[304]
• 27 October – James Broad, singer-songwriter, guitarist, (Silver Sun), 50 (bowel cancer)
• 30 October – Arthur Wills, organist and composer, 94^[305]
• 4 November – Ken Hensley, singer-songwriter, musician, producer (Uriah Heep), 75.^[306]
• 9 November – Robert Layton, classical musicologist and critic, 90^[307]
• 14 November – Des O'Connor, singer, comedian, television presenter, 88^[308]
• 18 November – Tony Hooper, singer-songwriter and musician (Strawbs), 77^[309]
• 3 December – Ron Mathewson, jazz double bassist and bass guitarist, 76 (COVID-19)^[310]
• 10 December – Kenneth Alwyn, conductor, composer and radio presenter, 95^[311]
• 20 December
  • Dame Fanny Waterman, music teacher and founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, 84^[312]
  • Chad Stuart, singer, guitarist and composer (Chad & Jeremy), 79^[313]
• 24 December – Catherine Ennis, classical organist^[314]
• 28 December – Fou Ts'ong, China-born classical pianist active in the UK, 86 (COVID-19)^[315]

See also

• 2020 in British radio
• 2020 in British television
• 2020 in the United Kingdom

Notes and References

1. News: Celeste got fired over her love of music - now she's won the BBC Sound of 2020. Mark Savage. BBC News . 9 January 2020 . 18 January 2020.
2. Opera Holland Park announces the retirement of General Director, Michael Volpe . Opera Holland Park . 13 January 2020 . 2020-03-28.
3. The LPO announces a restructuring of its leadership . London Philharmonic Orchestra . 24 January 2020 . 2020-03-28.
4. News: L'Orchestre National de Lille en tournée au Royaume-Uni à l'heure du Brexit . France Musique . Cécile Bidault . 2020-01-31 . 2020-03-28.
5. Web site: Slade split up after 50 years as drummer Don Powell is sacked by email. 5 February 2020. Sky News. 20 July 2020.
6. News: Tamsin Waley-Cohen appointed artistic director of Two Moors Festival . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2020-02-12 . 2020-03-28 . 22 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200222160812/https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/tamsin-waley-cohen-appointed-artistic-director-of-two-moors-festival/ . dead .
7. Delyana Lazarova is the winner of the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition 2020 . The Hallé . 24 February 2020 . 2020-03-28.
8. Web site: James Newman to represent United Kingdom in Eurovision 2020. BBC News. 27 February 2020. 27 February 2020.
9. Web site: Official EBU statement & FAQ on Eurovision 2020 cancellation . 18 March 2020 . . 18 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200318142008/https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation . 18 March 2020 . live .
10. The Hallé Orchestra announces its new Chief Executive . The Hallé . 27 February 2020 . 2020-03-28.
11. David Butcher appointed Chief Executive of The Hallé . Britten Sinfonia . 27 February 2020 . 2020-03-28.
12. Philharmonia Orchestra appoints Alexander Van Ingen as its new Chief Executive . Philharmonia Orchestra . 11 March 2020 . 2020-03-28.
13. Academy of Ancient Music announces search for new Chief Executive . Academy of Ancient Music . 11 March 2020 . 2020-03-28.
14. Statement on BBC Orchestras and Choirs . BBC Media Centre . 17 March 2020 . 2020-03-28.
15. COVID-19: Concert status update . Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra . 17 March 2020 . 2020-03-22.
16. A message to our audiences . London Philharmonic Orchestra . 17 March 2020 . 2020-03-28.
17. Concert cancellations: 17 to 26 March . Philharmonia Orchestra . 17 March 2020 . 2020-03-28 . 22 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200322204443/https://philharmonia.co.uk/concert-cancellations-17-to-26-march/ . dead .
18. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update . Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra . 17 March 2020 . 2020-03-28.
19. News: Glastonbury 2020: festival cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak . The Guardian . Lanre Bakare and Steven Morris . 2020-03-18 . 2020-03-28.
20. News: Hazard Chase ceases trading due to COVID-19 . Classical Music Magazine . Andrew Green . 2020-03-23 . 2020-03-28 . 18 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090226/https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/hazard-chase-ceases-trading-due-to-covid-19/ . dead .
21. News: St Magnus International Festival 2020 cancelled . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2020-03-24 . 2020-03-28 . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328221849/https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/st-magnus-international-festival-2020-cancelled/ . dead .
22. News: Download and Isle of Wight festivals cancelled due to coronavirus . The Guardian . Ben Beaumont-Thomas . 2020-03-26 . 2020-03-28.
23. News: Further festival cancellations announced . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2020-03-26 . 2020-03-28 . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328221854/https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/further-festival-cancellations-announced/ . dead .
24. News: All Points East, Parklife and Lovebox festivals cancel due to coronavirus . The Guardian . Ben Beaumont-Thomas . 2020-03-27 . 2020-03-28.
25. Cambridge Folk Festival 2020 Cancelled . Cambridge Folk Festival . 27 March 2020 . 2020-03-28.
26. News: Aldeburgh festival 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus . The Guardian . Imogen Tilden . 2020-03-30 . 2020-04-06.
27. News: Marianne Faithfull hospitalised with coronavirus . The Guardian . Ben Beaumont-Thomas . 2020-04-04 . 2020-04-06.
28. A message from our Festival Director . Edinburgh International Festival . 1 April 2020 . 2020-04-04.
29. Dartington Music Summer School & Festival 2020 cancelled . Dartington Music Summer School & Festival . 2 April 2020 . 2020-04-06.
30. News: LPO appoints Karina Canellakis as principal guest conductor . The Guardian . Imogen Tilden . 2020-04-06 . 2020-04-06.
31. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update . Glyndebourne Opera . 5 May 2020 . 2020-05-12.
32. Meurig Bowen appointed Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Britten Sinfonia . Britten Sinfonia . 6 May 2020 . 2020-05-12.
33. Dame Evelyn Glennie CH, DBE appointed as new Help Musicians President . Help Musicians UK . 7 May 2020 . 2020-05-12.
34. News: 'Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore Hall . The Guardian . Imogen Tilden . 2020-05-11 . 2020-05-12.
35. News: Stephen Hough review – seriousness, not show, marks return of live music . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2020-06-02 . 2020-06-21.
36. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra today announces Domingo Hindoyan as its Chief Conductor from September 2021 . Royal Liverpool Philharmonic . 9 June 2020 . 2020-06-21 . 9 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200609101214/https://www.liverpoolphil.com/news/press-releases/details/the-royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra-today-announces-domingo-hindoyan-as-its-chief-conductor-from-september-2021 . dead .
37. Web site: Birmingham Opera Company Appoints Alpesh Chauhan As Music Director . Broadway World . 2020-06-15 . 2020-06-21.
38. Rebecca Allen Appointed President of EMI Records . Universal Music Group . 16 June 2020 . 2020-06-21.
39. LPO announces Cristina Rocca as new Artistic Director . London Philharmonic Orchestra . 25 June 2020 . 2020-06-28.
40. Postponement of Autumn / Winter Seasons . Opera North . 2 July 2020 . 2020-07-05.
41. Musical greats from the past and the present brought together in one extraordinary Proms season . BBC Media Centre . 3 July 2020 . 2020-07-12.
42. News: Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan quits band . The Guardian . Laura Snapes . 2020-07-06 . 2020-07-12.
43. News: Ex-Kasabian singer's community order 'inappropriate', say domestic abuse charities . The Guardian . Josh Halliday . 2020-07-07 . 2020-07-12.
44. Web site: English Chamber Orchestra return to Cadogan Hall . Seen and Heard International . Claire Seymour . 2020-07-09 . 2020-07-12.
45. Web site: Glyndebourne 2020 – A little brightness in all the pandemic doom and gloom . Seen and Heard International . Margarida Mota-Bull . 2020-09-01 . 2020-10-11.
46. Artistic Director John Gilhooly confirms 100 concerts for newly revised Wigmore programme from 13 September – 22 December . Wigmore Hall . 17 August 2020 . 2020-10-11.
47. News: Pianist Imogen Cooper wins the Queen's Medal for Music 2019 . Classical Music (BBC Music Magazine) . 2020-08-28 . 2020-11-13.
48. News: First Night of the Proms review: Oramo conjures hope from Beethoven . The Guardian . Rian Evans . 2020-08-30 . 2020-10-11.
49. Web site: ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this process and believed in me. Here's to new beginnings! ✨ and a special thank you to all the fan accounts who brought a smile to my face everyday with your edits and beautiful messages! I love you all x. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CEeJX2pnoaZ . 24 December 2021 . registration. 29 August 2020. 29 August 2020. Instagram.
50. Sarah Connolly receives Honorary Membership . Royal Philharmonic Society . 16 September 2020 . 2020-11-13.
51. News: Violinist Tasmin Little warns of 'cultural desert' as 400 musicians perform in Parliament Square protest . Classic FM . Maddy Shaw Roberts . 2020-10-06 . 2020-10-11.
52. Birthday Honours Lists 2020 . Government of the United Kingdom . 9 October 2020 . 2020-10-10.
53. Birthday 2020 Diplomatic Service and Overseas List . Government of the United Kingdom . 9 October 2020 . 2020-10-10.
54. Northern Ireland Opera appoints new Artistic Director . NI Opera . 21 October 2020 . 2020-11-06.
55. News: Paul Harvey: Composer with dementia inspires £1m donation . BBC . 2020-11-02 . 2020-11-13.
56. Toks Dada to join Southbank Centre as Head of Classical Music . Southbank Centre . 4 November 2020 . 2020-11-06.
57. News: Cliff Richard becomes first artist to reach UK Top 5 across eight decades . The Guardian . Ben Beaumont-Thomas . 2020-11-06 . 2020-11-06.
58. Introducing Laurence Cummings, AAM's next Music Director . Academy of Ancient Music . 18 November 2020 . 2020-12-04.
59. News: Jesy Nelson leaves Little Mix: 'The constant pressure is very hard'. BBC News. 14 December 2020. 14 December 2020.
60. News: A Choir Tries to Keep Its Christmas Tradition Alive . The New York Times . Alex Marshall . 2020-12-22 . 2020-12-27.
61. News: Earliest known Church of England hymn by female composer found . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2020-12-15 . 2020-12-27.
62. Esa-Pekka Salonen is awarded an Honorary Knighthood . Philharmonia Orchestra . 21 December 2020 . 2021-01-02.
63. Awards for New Year Honours List 2021 . Government of the United Kingdom . 30 December 2020 . 2020-12-31.
64. Web site: Is Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny live?. Radio Times. 1 January 2020.
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291. Web site: Muere a los 51 años Roger Quigley, voz sensible del 'indie' británico de los 90. es. 19 August 2020. Elpais.com. 20 August 2020.
292. Web site: RIP Peter King 1940–2020 . London Jazz News. 24 August 2020.
293. Web site: Brighton Rock singer Gerry McGhee passes away from cancer. 26 August 2020. Brave Words.
294. Web site: John Shrapnell death notice . Legacy. Dominion Post. 23 September 2020.
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296. Web site: Remembering Al G. Wright. Purdue University. 20 September 2020.
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300. Web site: Newton . Graham. Grantham musician Brian 'Licorice' Locking who found fame with The Shadows has died . Grantham Journal. 8 October 2020 . Iliffe Media. 8 October 2020.
301. Web site: RIP Dyan Birch, loved by all the Kokomo family. Kokomo. 12 October 2020.
302. Web site: Ewing. Jerry. Former King Crimson singer and bassist Gordon Haskell dead at 74 . Louder Sound. 18 October 2020.
303. Martoccio . Angie. Spencer Davis, Founder of the Spencer Davis Group, Dead at 81. Rolling Stone. 20 October 2020.
304. News: Savage. Mark . Tony Lewis: UK singer whose band The Outfield made it big in US, dies. BBC News. BBC. 21 October 2020.
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306. News: Uriah Heep: Former keyboard player Ken Hensley dies aged 75. BBC News. BBC. 5 November 2020.
307. News: The musicologist, critic and Gramophone reviewer Robert Layton has died . Gramophone . James Jolly . 2020-11-09 . 2020-11-13.
308. News: 16 November 2020. Des O'Connor: Tributes paid to 'the king of telly' Des O'Connor. BBC News. BBC . 16 November 2020.
309. Web site: Tony Hooper died 18 Nov 2020. Strawbs. 20 November 2020.
310. Web site: RIP Ron Mathewson (1944–2020) . London Jazz News. 4 December 2020.
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312. News: Dame Fanny Waterman obituary . The Guardian . Barry Millington . 2020-12-21 . 2020-12-27.
313. News: Chad Stuart, of the Hit British Duo Chad & Jeremy, Dies at 79 . The New York Times . Alex Traub . 2020-12-22 . 2020-12-27.
314. News: Organ world mourns death of Catherine Ennis . Classical Music Magazine . Maggie Hamilton . 2020-12-26 . 2020-12-27.
315. News: Disparition de Fou Ts'ong, le "poète du piano" . France Musique . Charlotte Landru-Chandès . 2020-12-29 . 2020-12-31.