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Sam Smith, Take That & Others In BRITS Sales Upswing

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Sam Smith photo by Tim Mosenfelder and Getty Images
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Many of the winners and performers at Wednesday night’s (February 25) BRIT Awards are enjoying a dramatic upswing in track and album sales and downloads in the UK.

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In the week that downloads are being added to the computation of the album chart for the first time by the Official Charts Company, Capitol’s Sam Smith saw a huge jump in sales. By yesterday (Thursday), his double victory, with the British Breakthrough and Global Success awards, had produced a 78% improvement for his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour.’ The song he performed from it, ‘Lay Me Down,’ rose 95% in combined downloads and streams.

Take That’s live performance prompted a 45% increase in sales for their Polydor album ‘III.’ Best British Group Royal Blood enjoyed a 209% improvement in sales of their self-titled album between Wednesday and Thursday; Best British Female Solo Artist Paloma Faith’s ‘A Perfect Contradiction’ is up 130%.

It was also a triumphant BRITS for Ed Sheeran, who won Best British Male and Album of the Year for ‘X’; Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk,’ featuring Bruno Mars, Best British Single; One Direction, Best British Video for ‘You and I; James Bay, with the previously-announced Critics’ Choice Award; Taylor Swift, named Best International Female Solo Artist; and Foo Fighters, Best International Group.

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