UK biggest songs and albums in the first quarter of 2025

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• Racking up 597,000 chart units in the first quarter of 2025 alone (and 775,000 in total since release),  Lola Young‘s viral breakout hit ‘Messy’ has enjoyed a massive rise since its release back in June 2024.
Very close behind at Number 2 is ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ pop-punk party starter APT., which is sitting on 564,000 chart units over the opening months of the year. APT. is also the most-streamed track of 2025 so far (71.58m streams). Bruno Mars impressively also banks a second placement in the year-to-date Top 5 with Lady Gaga team-up Die With A Smile at Number 4, while Gaga herself also earns another place in the Top 40 at Number 27 with dark-pop banger Abracadabra.

Filling out the Top 5 is Gracie Abrams’ chart-topping That’s So True (3), on 512k, and The Days by Bolton-based singer, songwriter and producer Chrystal (5), with 375k chart units in 2025 so far.

UK’s top 10 biggest songs of 2025 so far:
1. ‘Messy’ – Lola Young
2. ‘APT.’ – Rosé & Bruno Mars 
3. ‘That’s So True’ – Gracie Abrams 
4. ‘Die With A Smile’ – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 
5. ‘The Days’ – Chrystal 
6. ‘Birds Of A Feather’ – Billie Eilish 
7. ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ – Chappell Roan 
8. ‘Sailor Song’ – Gigi Perez
9. ‘Pink Pony Club’ – Chappell Roan
10. ‘Beautiful Things’ – Benson Boone 
27. 'Abracadabra' –  Lady Gaga
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• Racking up 196,000 chart units this year alone (with an all-time total of 569,000 since its release last summer), Sabrina’s sixth studio album, ‘Short N’ Sweet, storms ahead of the competition. At Number 2 is the biggest album released in 2025 and the biggest album of the year so far by a British act, People Watching by Sam Fender, with 142,400 chart units.

UK’s top 10 biggest albums of 2025 so far:
1. ‘Short N’ Sweet’ – Sabrina Carpenter 
2. ‘People Watching’ – Sam Fender 
3. ‘+–=÷× (Tour Collection)’ – Ed Sheeran 
4. ‘SOS’ – SZA
5. ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’ – Chappell Roan 
6. ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ – Central Cee
7. ‘The Highlights’ – The Weeknd
8. ‘Diamonds’ – Elton John 
9. ’50 Years – Don’t Stop’ – Fleetwood Mac
10. ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ – Billie Eilish
11. 'Mayhem' –  Lady Gaga
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[River 110,928]

glad brexit happened and we're not associated with this lack of taste

@dynamite it's your fault as usual

[bionic 47,814]

I assume there's a special clause in the charts where Rita Ora sells so much they exclude her from the count so its more fair

[cathair96 26]

38 minutes ago, bionic said:

I assume there's a special clause in the charts where Rita Ora sells so much they exclude her from the count so its more fair

Na, it's a premature list. It got hacked. Rita Ora is working really hard on some stuff and nothing should come out until she's ready, including this list.

[Anderson123 37,188]

Die With A Smile, Abracadabra and Birds of a Feather deserve.