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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. [1] 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.
Elvis Presley holds the record for most number one singles. The Beatles have the most number one singles of any group or British act. Madonna has the most number one singles of any female artist. This is a list of artists who have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company since November 1952.
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 other track Westlife were the ...
The following artists have had at least 3 number-one singles in the UK with a single album. No soundtracks have had 4 number-one singles as of today. Lady Gaga's The Fame and The Fame Monster are considered to be one album by the Official Charts Company. George Michael is credited as a sole singer for some number-one songs that are tracks on ...
The Beatles have the most No. 1 singles in the UK, with 18 – with only Elvis Presley in the US having more (21), according to Official Charts. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account ...
As of 2023, only the Beatles have achieved number ones on the same week but with different albums. 16 February – 19 April 1964. With the Beatles in the UK and Meet the Beatles! in the US (ten weeks) 10 – 24 January, 21 February 1965. Beatles for Sale in the UK and Beatles '65 in the US (four weeks) 8 – 15 August 1965.
The Beatles have made history by topping the UK singles chart 54 years after their last number one song. On Friday (10 November), “Now and Then” earned the top spot just eight days after it ...
This list shows the eighteen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles have the most number one albums with sixteen. English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams has the most number one albums for a solo artist, with fourteen. [1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie ...