How to List TOP 'N' Rows along with a Count using SQL Server

I recently came across a requirement where the user had to list the details of TOP 5 rows that matched a particular critera, but also had to list the total no rows that matched that criteria.

Here's how it can be solved. I am using the Customers table of the Northwind database:

SELECT TOP 5 CustomerID, CompanyName,
COUNT(*) OVER () AS TotalSimilarTitles
FROM Northwind.dbo.Customers
WHERE ContactTitle = 'Owner'

In the query over here, I list the TOP 5 Customers who have the ContactTitle as 'Owner'. The query also counts the total number of Customers that have the ContactTitle as 'Owner'

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