Bring Me The Horizon celebrate one billion streams in the UK as they battle Shed Seven for Number One

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Bring Me The Horizon are celebrating one billion streams, and are on course to top the UK album charts.The Sheffield rockers were confirmed as having hit the first milestone yesterday (October 1), when they revealed that they had surpassed one billion streams in the UK.

To mark the occasion, frontman Oli Sykes was presented with a Billion Award by the BRITs.Taking to X/Twitter to mark the landmark occasion, the BRITs posted a photo of the frontman with the trophy along with the caption: “Following their first ever BRIT Awards win earlier in the year for Best Rock/Alternative Act, @bmthofficial receive their BRIT Billion Award for hitting one billion streams in the UK.”It comes as no surprise that the band managed to achieve the award this year, as their latest studio album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ arrived in May and went on to become one of their biggest releases to date.

As reported by Kerrang!, the record saw Sykes and co. garner over 70million streams, as well as making Bring Me The Horizon “‘the most streamed rock band on the planet” during the week of release.following their first ever BRIT Awards win earlier in the year for Best Rock/Alternative Act, @bmthofficial receive their BRIT Billion Award for hitting one billion streams in the UK ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/1OCahkMVgv— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) October 1, 2024While it arrived officially earlier this year, BMTH reignited excitement for the record once again last week, when they confirmed the release of some elaborate physical editions of ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’.Thanks to the latest release, the band are currently locked in a tight battle for the Number One position on the UK albums charts.At the midweek mark, Shed Seven are currently leading the way on the charts with their.