1980 in British music McLean's cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying". The Ska and Mod revivals reached their peak this year, with strong chart showings by The Jam, The Specials and Madness. 1970s favourites ABBA and Blondie both had their last years as chart heavyweights, clocking up 5 No.1 singles between them. David Bowie scored his second No.1 this year, while the death of John Lennon at the end of the year gave him his first chart topper (and would dominate the early months of 1981). Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a No.1 album, and The Police finished the year
1989 (Taylor Swift album) with sales of 37,000, bringing its two-week sales total to 144,000 copies. It went on to become Canada's best-selling album of the year, having sold 314,000 copies. In the UK, "1989" sold 90,000 in its first week and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It became her second number-one album in the UK, following "Red" (2012), and was the fastest-selling female solo album in 2014. To date, the album has sold 1.127 million copies in the UK. As of October 2017, "1989" has sold 10.1 million copies worldwide. In 2015, "1989" was ranked as the number one