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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
  • 11 March
  • 17 March – The following classical music organisations announce suspension of performances in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • 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:
  • 27 March – The following festivals have cancelled their scheduled 2020 seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • 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.

Television programmes

Classical works

Opera

Musical theatre

Musical films

Film scores and incidental music

Film

Television

British music awards

Charts and sales

Number-one singles

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date
(week ending)		 Song Artist(s) Chart sales References
2 January "River" Ellie Goulding 78,193 [58]
9 January "Own It" Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy 56,590 [59]
16 January 55,826 [60]
23 January 55,400 [61]
30 January "Godzilla" Eminem featuring Juice Wrld 52,633 [62]
6 February "Before You Go" Lewis Capaldi 65,943 [63]
13 February "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd 62,512 [64]
20 February 64,954 [65]
27 February "No Time to Die" Billie Eilish 90,488 [66]
5 March "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd 64,302 [67]
12 March 63,966 [68]
19 March 60,545 [69]
26 March "Roses" Saint Jhn 52,656 [70]
2 April 59,859 [71]
9 April "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd 69,595 [72]
16 April 80,073 [73]
23 April 77,918 [74]
30 April "You'll Never Walk Alone" Michael Ball and Captain Tom Moore 81,829 [75]
7 May "Times Like These" Live Lounge Allstars 66,164 [76]
14 May "Toosie Slide" Drake 49,187 [77]
21 May "Rockstar" DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch 44,879 [78]
28 May 57,429 [79]
4 June "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande 70,132 [80]
11 June "Rockstar" DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch 64,382 [81]
18 June 57,677 [82]
25 June 59,299 [83]
2 July 59,563 [84]
9 July "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo 57,105 [85]
16 July [86]
23 July [87]
30 July "Head & Heart" Joel Corry featuring MNEK 68,000 [88]
6 August [89]
13 August [90]

Number-one albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date
(week ending)		 Album Artist(s) Chart sales References
2 January You're in My Heart Rod Stewart 47,495 [91]
9 January Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 21,203 [92]
16 January Heavy Is the Head Stormzy 23,614 [93]
23 January Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 18,298 [94]
30 January Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 36,302 [95]
6 February Big Conspiracy J Hus 23,536 [96]
13 February Foolish Loving Spaces Blossoms 22,489 [97]
20 February Father of All... Green Day 23,389 [98]
27 February Changes Justin Bieber 17,681 [99]
5 March Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 37,978 [100]
12 March Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 14,706 [101]
19 March Manchester Calling Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott 20,422 [102]
26 March Heartbreak Weather Niall Horan 14,300 [103]
2 April After Hours The Weeknd 25,677 [104]
9 April Calm 5 Seconds of Summer 34,941 [105]
16 April Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 16,080 [106]
23 April 11,833 [107]
30 April The Bonny Gerry Cinnamon 28,945 [108]
7 May Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 10,532 [109]
14 May Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake 19,851 [110]
21 May Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 7,317 [111]
28 May Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 8,396 [112]
4 June Notes on a Conditional Form The 1975 34,245 [113]
11 June Chromatica Lady Gaga 52,907 [114]
18 June 12,819 [115]
25 June MTV Unplugged Liam Gallagher 20,874 [116]
2 July Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 34,117 [117]
9 July Women in Music Pt. III Haim 17,762 [118]
16 July On Sunset Paul Weller 24,011 [119]
23 July Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 22,437 [120]
30 July Brightest Blue Ellie Goulding 14,820 [121]
6 August Folklore Taylor Swift 37,060 [122]
13 August 22,550 [123]

Number-one compilation albums

Chart date
(week ending)		 Album Chart sales References
2 January Now 104 [124]
9 January [125]
16 January Frozen II [126]
23 January [127]
30 January [128]
6 February [129]
13 February [130]
20 February Now 104 [131]
27 February Frozen II [132]
5 March The Greatest Showman [133]
12 March [134]
19 March [135]
26 March Now 100 Hits Country [136]
2 April Frozen II [137]
9 April [138]
16 April [139]
23 April [140]
30 April The Greatest Showman [141]
7 May [142]
14 May [143]
21 May Now 105 [144]
28 May [145]
4 June [146]
11 June [147]
18 June [148]
25 June [149]
2 July [150]
9 July [151]
16 July Hamilton [152]
23 July [153]
30 July [154]
6 August Now 106 [155]
13 August [156]

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Deaths

Andrew Weatherall in 2009
Dame Vera Lynn in 1962

See also

References

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  59. ^ UK Singles Chart 9 January 2020
  60. ^ UK Singles Chart 16 January 2020
  61. ^ UK Singles Chart 23 January 2020
  62. ^ UK Singles Chart 30 January 2020
  63. ^ UK Singles Chart 6 February 2020
  64. ^ UK Singles Chart 13 February 2020
  65. ^ UK Singles Chart 20 February 2020
  66. ^ UK Singles Chart 27 February 2020
  67. ^ UK Singles Chart 5 March 2020
  68. ^ UK Singles Chart 12 March 2020
  69. ^ UK Singles Chart 19 March 2020
  70. ^ UK Singles Chart 26 March 2020
  71. ^ UK Singles Chart 2 April 2020
  72. ^ UK Singles Chart 9 April 2020
  73. ^ UK Singles Chart 16 April 2020
  74. ^ UK Singles Chart 23 April 2020
  75. ^ UK Singles Chart 30 April 2020
  76. ^ UK Singles Chart 07 May 2020
  77. ^ UK Singles Chart 14 May 2020
  78. ^ UK Singles Chart 21 May 2020
  79. ^ UK Singles Chart 28 May 2020
  80. ^ UK Singles Chart 4 June 2020
  81. ^ UK Singles Chart 11 June 2020
  82. ^ UK Singles Chart 18 June 2020
  83. ^ UK Singles Chart 25 June 2020
  84. ^ UK Singles Chart 2 July 2020
  85. ^ UK Singles Chart 9 July 2020
  86. ^ UK Singles Chart 16 July 2020
  87. ^ UK Singles Chart 23 July 2020
  88. ^ UK Singles Chart 30 July 2020
  89. ^ UK Singles Chart 6 August 2020
  90. ^ UK Singles Chart 13 August 2020
  91. ^ UK Singles Chart 2 January 2020
  92. ^ UK Singles Chart 9 January 2020
  93. ^ UK Singles Chart 16 January 2020
  94. ^ UK Singles Chart 23 January 2020
  95. ^ UK Singles Chart 30 January 2020
  96. ^ UK Singles Chart 6 February 2020
  97. ^ UK Singles Chart 13 February 2020
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  99. ^ UK Singles Chart 27 February 2020
  100. ^ UK Singles Chart 5 March 2020
  101. ^ UK Singles Chart 12 March 2020
  102. ^ UK Singles Chart 19 March 2020
  103. ^ UK Singles Chart 26 March 2020
  104. ^ UK Singles Chart 2 April 2020
  105. ^ UK Singles Chart 9 April 2020
  106. ^ UK Singles Chart 16 April 2020
  107. ^ UK Singles Chart 23 April 2020
  108. ^ UK Singles Chart 30 April 2020
  109. ^ UK Singles Chart 07 May 2020
  110. ^ UK Singles Chart 14 May 2020
  111. ^ UK Singles Chart 21 May 2020
  112. ^ UK Singles Chart 28 May 2020
  113. ^ UK Singles Chart 4 June 2020
  114. ^ UK Singles Chart 11 June 2020
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  116. ^ UK Singles Chart 25 June 2020
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  120. ^ UK Singles Chart 23 July 2020
  121. ^ UK Singles Chart 30 July 2020
  122. ^ UK Singles Chart 6 August 2020
  123. ^ UK Singles Chart 13 August 2020
  124. ^ UK Compilation Chart 2 January 2020
  125. ^ UK Compilation Chart 9 January 2020
  126. ^ UK Compilation Chart 16 January 2020
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  128. ^ UK Compilation Chart 30 January 2020
  129. ^ UK Compilation Chart 6 February 2020
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  141. ^ UK Compilation Chart 30 April 2020
  142. ^ UK Compilation Chart 7 May 2020
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  145. ^ UK Compilation Chart 28 May 2020
  146. ^ UK Compilation Chart 4 June 2020
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  148. ^ UK Compilation Chart 18 June 2020
  149. ^ UK Compilation Chart 25 June 2020
  150. ^ UK Compilation Chart 2 July 2020
  151. ^ UK Compilation Chart 9 July 2020
  152. ^ UK Compilation Chart 16 July 2020
  153. ^ UK Compilation Chart 23 July 2020
  154. ^ UK Compilation Chart 30 July 2020
  155. ^ UK Compilation Chart 6 August 2020
  156. ^ UK Compilation Chart 13 August 2020
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