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Eventually, streaming was incorporated into the sales chart. Graph showing number of UK number-one singles for each year since 1953. The 2011 figure is projected. Al Martino's track "Here in My Heart" was the first single ever to top the UK Singles Chart, and the only single to reach number one during 1952.
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.
In early September 2004, the UK Official Download Chart was launched, and a new live recording of Westlife's "Flying Without Wings" was the first number-one. [50] The first number one to chart without ever receiving a UK physical release was Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" in June 2008. As of 2012, very few songs are given a physical release, and ...
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 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 ...
Official Chart logo. 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 streaming.
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.
In October 2024, Rosé of Blackpink became the first K-pop female solo artist to reach the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart with "Apt.", featuring a guest appearance from Bruno Mars, which later peaked at number two. The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles ...