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Top of the Pops continued its success with strong sales of CD compilations

 

The agreement with Universal was described by Music Week as ‘the licensing deal of the year’, underlining the value the BBC brand brings to partnerships. Under the Universal deal, Bob the Builder took Australia by storm, notching up two double platinum singles and a double platinum album. The Bob the Builder titles also went gold in New Zealand.

Our compilation CDs were consistently popular. Titles including Top of the Pops, Desert Island Discs, Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs, and the I Love… series, sold over a million copies altogether.

Testament to its long-standing success, Top of the Pops can now be seen in 90 countries and is recreated in Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland. Top of the Pops CD releases are an integral part of the global brand strategy – more than 200,000 albums were sold in 2001, with the Spring 2002 release adding another 100,000 sales.

 The year also saw the inaugural Top of the Pops Awards. Reaching a potential global audience of hundreds of millions, the show featured a glittering all-star international line-up including Kylie, Tom Jones, Travis and Jennifer Lopez.
The success of the award-winning BBC Legends CD archive label, which recently celebrated the release of its 100th title, is being replicated with a range of classical DVD releases in partnership with Opus Arte.

The BBC/Opus Arte label also carries major opera and ballet performances from The Royal Opera House – this year saw the release of Rigoletto and The Nutcracker, the UK’s best-selling classical title.
 
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