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[2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1971, as well as singles which peaked in 1970 and 1972 but were in the top 10 in 1971. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart ...
However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1971 is shown in the table below.
Issue Date Song Artist January 2 "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison: January 9 January 16 "Knock Three Times" Dawn: January 23 January 30 "Lonely Days" Bee Gees: February 6 "Rose Garden" ...
Singles are a type of music release that typically have fewer tracks than an extended play or an album. Throughout the 1970s the UK Singles Chart was compiled by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) [1] from the sales data of a representative panel of record shops across the country, starting with about 250 shops at the beginning of the decade and increasing to around 450 stores by 1979.
Paul McCartney with wife and Wings band member Linda.McCartney wrote the Wings song "Mull of Kintyre", which was the best-selling record of the decade.Queen, who spent nine weeks at number one with "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, who had two number-one singles in 1978 and occupied the top spot for over a quarter of the year.
Elvis Presley performed the best-selling song in three years (1958, 1960, 1961). This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year. Note that the Number sold section denotes the number sold within the year, not in total, as very often the single continues to sell more in later years (and sometimes other singles released within a particular year will go on to ...
List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1971; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1971; List of number-one singles of 1971 (France) List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1971; List of number-one hits of 1971 (Germany) List of Best Selling Soul Singles number ones of 1971; List of number-one singles in 1971 (New Zealand) List ...
As of 28 December 2023, 1420 singles have reached number one. The chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dickins of New Musical Express (NME), who telephoned 20 record stores to ask what their top 10 highest-selling singles were. Dickins aggregated the results into a top 12 hit parade, which was topped by "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino.