Sono stati resi noti, con grande tempismo, i dieci singoli e i dieci album che in Gran Bretagna più hanno venduto nel corso del 2008. Per i primi ha trionfato “Hallelujah”, cover di Leonard Cohen per la voce di Alexandra Burke, la vincitrice del programma televisivo “The X factor”; per i secondi ha vinto, con 1 milione e mezzo di copie, “Rockferry” di Duffy. I singoli più venduti del 2008:
1. Alexandra Burke – 'Hallelujah'
2. X Factor Finalists – 'Hero'
3. Duffy – 'Mercy'
4. Katy Perry – 'I kissed a girl'
5. Nickelback – 'Rockstar'
6. Estelle feat. Kanye West – 'American boy'
7. Kings Of Leon – 'Sex on fire'
8. Basshunter feat. DJ Mental Theo – 'Now you're gone'
9. Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake – '4 minutes'
10. Sam Sparro – 'Black and gold'.
Gli album:
1. Duffy - 'Rockferry'
2. Take That – 'The circus'
3. Kings Of Leon – 'Only by the night'
5. Coldplay – 'Viva la vida or death and all his friends'
6. Rihanna – 'Good girl gone bad'
7. Killers – 'Day and age'
8. Girls Aloud – 'Out of control'
9. Pink – 'Funhouse'
10. Scouting For Girls – 'Scouting For Girls'.
1. Alexandra Burke – 'Hallelujah'
2. X Factor Finalists – 'Hero'
3. Duffy – 'Mercy'
4. Katy Perry – 'I kissed a girl'
5. Nickelback – 'Rockstar'
6. Estelle feat. Kanye West – 'American boy'
7. Kings Of Leon – 'Sex on fire'
8. Basshunter feat. DJ Mental Theo – 'Now you're gone'
9. Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake – '4 minutes'
10. Sam Sparro – 'Black and gold'.
Gli album:
1. Duffy - 'Rockferry'
2. Take That – 'The circus'
3. Kings Of Leon – 'Only by the night'
4. Leona Lewis – 'Spirit'
5. Coldplay – 'Viva la vida or death and all his friends'
6. Rihanna – 'Good girl gone bad'
7. Killers – 'Day and age'
8. Girls Aloud – 'Out of control'
9. Pink – 'Funhouse'
10. Scouting For Girls – 'Scouting For Girls'.