The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 10 January 2016, 5pm
Alexander Armstrong's debut album is our first No.1 of 2016.
Not content with having the Christmas No.1 and the best-selling classical album of 2015, Alexander Armstring is the first album to be at the top spot in 2016. He's still holding Bocelli's Cinema and André Rieu's Roman Holiday at bay.
There's a lot of intergalactic activity as well with three Star Wars related albums circling the Chart, and no doubt more set to enter the heady stratosphere of the Top 30 in weeks to come.
But perhaps the most surprising entry this week is the soundtrack to Disney's 1989 soundtrack to The Little Mermaid which splashes into the Chart at No. 14.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 2 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 4 | ROMAN HOLIDAY, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 3 | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 5 | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 6 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 7 | THE DARCEY BUSSELL BALLET COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 8 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 11 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 12 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL , LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | 14 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 15 | MAGIC OF THE VIOLIN, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | 19 | LATEST & GREATEST - CLASSICAL STARS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 13 | STAR WARS TRILOGY , WILLIAMS/SKYWALKER SYMPHONY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | NEW | RACHMANINOV/PIANO CONCERTOS 1-4, ASHKENAZY/LSO/PREVIN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | NEW | RACHMANINOV/VESPERS, STATE ACADEMIC CH/SVESHNIKOV Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | 20 | THE CHOIR - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | 21 | LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 25 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | NEW | BEETHOVEN/SYMPHONIES NOS 5 & 7, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC/KLEIBER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 24 | NESSUN DORMA - THE PUCCINI ALBUM, JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 17 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | RE | CLASSICAL CHILLOUT , VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | RE | SHOSTAKOVICH/SYMPHONY NO 7, RLPO/PETRENKO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 28 | TAVERNER/MISSA CORONA SPINEA, TALLIS SCHOLARS/PHILLIPS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | RE | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | NEW | SHOSTAKOVICH/SYMPHONY NO 7, NEW YORK PO/MASUR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | NEW | RACHMANINOV/VESPERS, ST PETERSBURG CC/KORNIEV Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | 22 | SPECTRE - OST, THOMAS NEWMAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | RE | BACH/MAGNIFICAT/CHRISTMAS CANTATA 63, DUNEDIN CONSORT/BUTT Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
