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In fourth with forty-four, Canadian rapper-singer Drake who also holds the record for the most top-ten singles by a rapper. [10] In sixth with forty-one, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran who earned the record for the most concurrent entries in the top ten, when he occupied nine of the ten spots in 2017. [11]
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.
Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Artemas, Dasha, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Gracie Abrams were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2024. Country music dominated the UK Singles Chart during the first half of 2024, with an unprecedented seven country music songs entering the top ten in the space of four months ...
"Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)" 2015 1 KDA featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B: Mel B: England "I Want You Back" 1998 1 Melanie B featuring Missy Elliott, has more number one singles with the Spice Girls: Baby D: England "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" 1994 2 Babylon Zoo: England "Spaceman" 1996 5 Baccara: Spain "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 1977 1 The ...
10 1398 Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill" Fish People [c] 23 June 2022: 3 1399 LF System "Afraid to Feel" Warner Music UK: 14 July 2022: 8 1400 Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" Rosebud/Warner Music UK [d] 8 September 2022: 2 1401 Lewis Capaldi "Forget Me" Vertigo: 22 September 2022: 1 1402 David Guetta and ...
Bias towards older artists. There is a broader genre spectrum of music to listen to now which limits the number of listeners. Bias towards modern artists. Comparatively fewer successful pre-modern artists will have sold more records, as both global spending power and population have increased.
As of February 2025, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. He is followed by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd, who was the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall. [18]
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.