At first glance, this list doesn't show any patterns. There is a large range of genres including rock, pop, soul, dance and singer-songwriter from artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Avicii, Elbow, Beyonce and Sam Smith.
One thing I did notice was that almost all of the names on the list were already big names before the release of the album on this chart with the excpetion of Bastille and Sam Smith.
This is suggesting that it is difficult for unknown artists to get an album to sell well. From this I can learn that trying to promote an album is perhaps not the best way to make an unknown artist popular.
The number one spot here is taken by Pharrell Williams with his song 'Happy'. This song was hugely popular both because it was very catchy and because it was featured in the film 'Despicable Me 2'. This shows how successful a song can become from being feautured in a popular film.The rest of the chart is fairly mixed with a variety of artists. Sam Smith made it onto the list twice, perhaps because his soul songs are quite unique and stand out from all the other pop songs that are popular and fill the rest of the chart.
This chart is suggesting that the best way to make an artist popular is to release a pop or dance song.
This chart is similar to the 2014 singles chart. There are fewer pop and dance songs and a slightly better mix of genres but overall pop and dance still dominates and is selling well.
Overall I think what I can learn from all of these charts is that if you want to be popular, the safe bet is to release something that's very accessible like a pop song.
However, Sam Smith's success suggests that the huge gaps for rock, indie and alternative music could be taken advantage of. His album sold really well, as did AM by the Arctic Monkeys and Bastille's Bad Blood.
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