Classic FM Chart of the year 2016: Aled Jones takes no.1 and no.2 spots
1 January 2017, 18:55
Classic FM presenters have taken the top three positions in the list of best-selling classical albums of 2016, with Aled Jones at 1 and 2 and Alexander Armstrong at no.3.
Aled Jones took the no.1 spot with his innovative album, One Voice, in which he duetted with his younger self on a series of popular folk songs. The no.2 chart spot was occupied by a seasonal take on the idea, One Voice at Christmas.
Fellow broadcaster and Classic FM presenter Alexander Armstrong took the third spot with A Year of Songs.
Elsewhere in the chart, John Williams's soundtrack for the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, came in at no.4 and Classic FM's Album of the Year, Lost Songs of St Kilda, charted at 21.
Classic FM Chart of the Year 2016
| Position | Title & Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | ONE VOICE, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | - | ONE VOICE AT CHRISTMAS, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | - | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | - | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | - | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | - | CELEBRATION, KATHERINE JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | - | BELIEVE - SONGS OF INSPIRATION, RICHARD & ADAM Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | - | THE CLASSICAL ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | - | HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, MILITARY WIVES CHOIRS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | - | MAGIC OF THE WALTZ, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | - | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | - | BILL TURNBULL'S RELAXING CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | - | ROMAN HOLIDAY, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | - | CLASSIC FM - A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | - | BRUNO TONIOLI: AN ITALIAN ROMANCE, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | - | A GREAT BRITISH CHRISTMAS, GARETH MALONE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | - | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | - | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | - | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | - | LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - THE ULTIMATE, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | - | THE LOST SONGS OF ST KILDA, MORRISON/SFO/MACMILLAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | - | BATMAN V SUPERMAN - DAWN OF JUSTICE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | - | VIVA OLYMPIA, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | - | 100 HITS - RELAXING CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | - | FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | - | BEST OF CHRISTMAS, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | - | CANTATA MEMORIA - FOR THE CHILDREN, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | - | DECEMBER LIGHTS, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | - | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | - | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 31 | - | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 32 | - | PART/TALLIS/BYRD/THE DEER'S CRY, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 33 | - | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 34 | - | BELIEVE, JONATHAN ANTOINE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 35 | - | STAR WARS - EPISODE 5 - THE EMPIRE, Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 36 | - | THE MUSICAL ZODIAC, NATIONAL SO/WISEMAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 37 | - | CAROLS FROM KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 38 | - | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 39 | - | MORRICONE 60, ENNIO MORRICONE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 40 | - | STAR WARS TRILOGY, WILLIAMS/SKYWALKER SYMPHONY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
