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Years and Years, winners of a British poll of music industry
figures to find the most promising artists of 2015, racked up
combined online, streaming and physical sales of 101,000 copies,
beating Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do".
"Fourfiveseconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney
charted in third place, ahead of "Take Me To Church" by Hozier
and "Earned It" by The Weeknd.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds took the number one title in
the album charts with "Chasing Yesterday", which became the
fastest-selling album of the year with combined sales of 89,000.
Gallagher, formerly a guitarist in Oasis, one of Britain's most
successful rock bands, pushed Sam Smith's "In The Lonely Hour"
into second place and "X" by Ed Sheeran into third.
(Reporting by William James; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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