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This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) This is a list of notable bands/musicians from England, UK .
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.
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]
The rules have changed many times as technology has developed, the most notable being the inclusion of digital downloads in 2004 and streaming in 2014. The best-selling single in the UK is "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997", a double A-side released by Elton John following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales ...
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]
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.
A final reunion song, "Now and Then", was released in 2023. [42] The Beatles remain one of the most acclaimed and influential artists in popular music history. [1] [43] Their songs have been covered thousands of times by a wide range of artists and continue to be celebrated throughout the world. [15]
The UK singles chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) [ 1 ] is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and ...