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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]
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. Artists are listed alphabetically. Solo artists are listed by surname and groups are listed by full names excluding "the" or any foreign translations of "the".
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. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. As of 28 December 2023, 1420 singles have reached number one.
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 most successful is British rapper Dizzee Rascal who has reached number one with 11 different songs followed by British Indie singer Adele, British band Arctic Monkeys and American singer Britney Spears who have all reached number one with 9 different songs, Morrissey and Steps have 8. The Current Number-One is "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade.
All three singles achieved the prestigious Chart Double with the song's parent album simultaneously topping the UK Album Chart. In 2024, Beyoncé became the first female artist to earn a number one country single with "Texas Hold 'Em", which spent five weeks at the top of the charts.
This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2022, as well as singles which peaked in 2021 and 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2022. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).