Calon Lan tops Official Classical singles chart

Calon Lan reached the top of the classical singles chart in December!  Its fame spreads...

"Only Boys Aloud’s reworking of traditional Welsh hymn Calon Lan has knocked Luciano Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma off the top of the Official Classical Singles Chart.

The World’s Biggest Boyband, Only Boys Aloud, have gone straight to Number 1 on the Official Classical Singles Chart with their re-working of Daniel James and John Hughes’ traditional hymn, Calon Lan.

The Official Classical Singles Chart was launched in May of this year to reflect the growing interest in individual downloads of classical tracks. The past two years have seen a surge in individual classical track download sales in the UK – up 46% in 2011 compared to 2010 (from 834,000 to 1.2 million). This trend has continued in 2012, and in the first quarter of this year, some 284,000 classical downloads were sold, a 34% increase on the 212,000 sold in the first three months of 2011"

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