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Number ones in each year. The Beatles topped the chart 17 times during the 1960s, more than any other act that decade. Madonna is the most successful female solo artist in the UK, having achieved 13 number one singles. Bryan Adams ' first number one, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one, longer than any ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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]
The British folk duo were in contention for 2005's Christmas number one single but were replaced at number one on Christmas Day by The X Factor winner Shayne Ward. Their follow-up single "Girls" failed to reach the top 75. The duo later split in 2020. Kleerup: 18 August 2007 "With Every Heartbeat"
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 ...
List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2020s. List of UK singles chart Christmas number ones. The Christmas number one single is a single that reaches number one on the national pop music charts in the week in which Christmas Day falls. It is primarily a pop culture phenomenon in the United Kingdom [1] and Republic of Ireland .