January 1988. Charts Number one singles Number one albums Year-end charts Best-selling singles Best-selling albums Notes: Classical music Richard Rodney Bennett - Symphony No. 3 Robin Holloway - Brass Quintet: Divertimento No. 5, Op. 67 Nicholas Maw - Odyssey (1973–87) Opera Peter Maxwell Davies - Resurrection Nigel Osborne - The Electrification of the Soviet Union Judith Weir - A Night at the Chinese Opera. Musical films Aria The Hunting of the Snark Births 9 January – Paolo Nutini, singer, songwriter 5 February – Richard Rawson, rapper and songwriter 9 February – Sam Coulson, guitarist (Asia) 11 March – Timothy Furse, musician, (The Horrors) 11 April – Joss Stone, singer 4 June – Mollie King, singer, (The Saturdays) 6 June – Kyle Falconer, musician, (The View) 28 June – Bailey Tzuke, singer-songwriter 6 July – Kate Nash, singer, songwriter 19 July – Nicola Benedetti, violinist 30 November – Dougie Poynter, musician, (McFly) Deaths 3 January - Alex Campbell, folk singer, 61 10 January – Marion Hutton, singer and actress, 67 13 March - Gerald Moore, pianist, 87 18 March - Elizabeth Poston, composer, 81 24 May – Hermione Gingold, actress and singer, 89 24 August - Douglas Byng, comic singer and songwriter, 94 19 October – Jacqueline du Pré, cellist, 42 (multiple sclerosis) 3 December - Marjorie Eyre, operatic soprano, 90 24 December - Manoug Parikian, violinist, 67 Music awards BRIT Awards The 1987 BRIT Awards winners were: Best British producer: Dave Stewart Best classical recording: Julian Lloyd Webber/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "Elgar Cello Concerto" Best international solo artist – Paul Simon Best soundtrack: Top Gun British album: Dire Straits Brothers in Arms British breakthrough act: The Housemartins British female solo artist: Kate Bush British group: Five Star British male solo artist: Peter Gabriel British single: Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls" British Video: Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" International group: The Bangles Outstanding contribution: Eric Clapton Ivor Novello Awards Best International Hit: Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls" Outstanding Contribution to British Music - Queen Outstanding Services to British music - Yehudi Menuhin Songwriter of the Year Stock Aitken Waterman See also 1987 in British radio 1987 in British television 1987 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1987 References External links BBC Radio 1's Chart Show The Official Charts Company British music British music by year