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This list shows the thirty-nine artists with the most top-ten singles on the UK singles chart. American singer-actor Elvis Presley holds the record for most top-ten singles with seventy-six entries. [7] British musician Cliff Richard is in second place, with sixty-eight. [7] American singer-songwriter-actress Madonna in third, with sixty-four. [8]
[2] [3] Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data, with music video views counted towards the chart from July 2018. [4] [5] From 10 July 2015, the chart has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. [6] This list shows the twenty-seven artists with the most number ones on the UK singles chart.
At the time of publication, there were twelve artists with more than ten million UK singles sales with Paul McCartney the only artist to achieve this both as part of a group and as a solo artist. [1] Many of the artists in the list below have both streaming and sales included in their totals. Coldplay (30,400,000) [2] Eminem (30,000,000) [3]
This list documents Britain's best-selling music artists alphabetically as well as by record sales. This page lists those artists who have had claims of over one million or more records in sales. The list is divided into numerous record-sales brackets within each of which, artists are listed in alphabetical order, rather than by number of records sold. The artists on the list are supported by ...
The highest-selling single by a solo female artist is "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey – released in October 1994, it has combined sales of over 4 million in the UK. [5] The best-selling single not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, which reached number 10 in 2004. [6]
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 ...
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.
Dave earned his third UK number-one single with "Sprinter", a collaboration with Central Cee, which became the longest-running number-one single by a UK rap artist in chart history, topping the charts for ten consecutive weeks, also becoming the year's second best selling single. The song also had the largest opening week of the year ...