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The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. As of 28 December 2023, 1420 singles have reached number one.
The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.
This list shows the twenty-seven artists with the most number ones on the UK singles chart. American singer-actor Elvis Presley has most number one singles with twenty-one. English band The Beatles have the most number one singles for a band, with eighteen. American singer Madonna has the most number ones for a female solo artist with thirteen.
Number-one single(s) Year Weeks at #1 Notes A1: England / Norway "Take On Me" 2000 1 "Same Old Brand New You" 1 Aaliyah: United States "More Than a Woman" 2002 1 Posthumous number one ABBA: Sweden "Waterloo" 1974 2 "Mamma Mia" 1976 2 "Fernando" 4 "Dancing Queen" 6 "Knowing Me, Knowing You" 1977 5 "The Name of the Game" 4 "Take a Chance on Me ...
The first number one on the UK Singles Chart was "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino for the week ending 14 November 1952. As of the week ending 22 August 2024, the UK Singles Chart has had 1,429 different number one hits. The current number one single is "Backbone" by Chase & Status and Stormzy. [ 9]
A hit is attributed to the main artist given credit. If a single is released by two artists with the conjunction 'and' or 'versus' then both artists have equal billing (e.g. Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP, who have also been credited as Yolanda Be Cool vs. DCUP) [1] and are both counted as having a number one (in this case "We No Speak Americano") whereas if the conjunction between two artists is ...
Beyoncé scored 6 number ones in the 2000s—two with Destiny's Child and four solo. Cheryl scored 5 number-ones since the middle of decade; four as a Girls Aloud member and one solo. Rapper Jay-Z was 15 weeks at the top spot, the most in this decade. Irish band U2 scored four number-ones in this decade.
Bryan Adams set a record in 1991 for the longest run at the top of the UK charts.. The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled on behalf of the British record industry. . Until 1 February 1994, the chart was compiled each week by Gallup – after this date, it was managed by Millward Brown, who expanded the number of sales figures sampled, and extended the use of electronic point of sale ...