The organisation says that 14 singles entered the singles chart at number one last year by acts who had never previously graced the top 40.
Data also shows there were more number one singles last year than any time since 2000, as the track at pole position changed 38 times over the period.
It was also a record year of chart success for dance music, with the genre claiming 14 chart toppers.
Dance music was responsible for eight of the year’s debut chart-toppers, with 2014 delivering its highest haul of electronic number ones in history.
Route 94, featuring Jess Glynne, Oliver Heldens and Sam Smith were among the new acts leading the charge.
OCC chief executive Martin Talbot said: ‘The Official Singles Chart got people off their feet more than ever before in 2014, thanks to a record number of dance number ones. And, with so many new acts debuting at number one, it sounded fresher than ever.’
See details of the year’s biggest smashes below:
The biggest selling dance number ones of 2014
The debut number ones – biggest selling top 40 debuts that entered straight in at number one in 2014
Read our feature New House Nation, which explores some of 2014's defining electronic breakthrough acts.
Data also shows there were more number one singles last year than any time since 2000, as the track at pole position changed 38 times over the period.
It was also a record year of chart success for dance music, with the genre claiming 14 chart toppers.
Dance music was responsible for eight of the year’s debut chart-toppers, with 2014 delivering its highest haul of electronic number ones in history.
Route 94, featuring Jess Glynne, Oliver Heldens and Sam Smith were among the new acts leading the charge.
OCC chief executive Martin Talbot said: ‘The Official Singles Chart got people off their feet more than ever before in 2014, thanks to a record number of dance number ones. And, with so many new acts debuting at number one, it sounded fresher than ever.’
See details of the year’s biggest smashes below:
The biggest selling dance number ones of 2014
| 1 | Rather Be | Clean Bandit FT Jess Glynne |
| 2 | Waves | Mr Probz |
| 3 | My Love | Route 94 FT Jess Glynne |
| 4 | Nobody To Love | Sigma |
| 5 | Hideaway | Kiesza |
| 6 | I Got U | Duke Dumont |
| 7 | Summer | Calvin Harris |
| 8 | Prayer In C | Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz |
| 9 | Changing | Sigma FT Paloma Faith |
| 10 | Blame | Calvin Harris FT John Newman |
The debut number ones – biggest selling top 40 debuts that entered straight in at number one in 2014
| 1 | Waves | Mr Probz |
| 2 | Ghost | Ella Henderson |
| 3 | My Love | Route 94 FT Jess Glynne |
| 4 | Nobody To Love | Sigma |
| 5 | Hideaway | Kiesza |
| 6 | Money On My Mind | Sam Smith |
| 7 | Prayer In C | Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz |
| 8 | Problem | Ariana Grande FT Iggy Azalea |
| 9 | Changing | Sigma |
| 10 | Gecko (Overdrive) | Oliver Heldens FT Becky Hill |
Read our feature New House Nation, which explores some of 2014's defining electronic breakthrough acts.
