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Madonna had six number ones during the 1980s.. The UK Singles Chart is the official record chart in the United Kingdom. Until 1983, it was compiled weekly by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) on behalf of the British record industry with a two-week break each Christmas. [1]
In total, there were 20 non-number one singles in the Top 100 (eight of these in the bottom ten), including the biggest selling number three single "Blue Monday" by New Order. Jennifer Rush at number nine with "The Power of Love" became the first female artist ever to have a million-selling single in the UK. Wham!
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.
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.
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 ...
Barbra Streisand secured her only UK number-one single in October this year with "Woman in Love", which became the year's second best selling single. ABBA earned three top 10 singles in 1980, including the number-one hits "The Winner Takes it All" and "Super Trouper", with the latter becoming the fourth best selling single of the year.
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 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 record their ten highest-selling singles were.