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Girls Aloud: United Kingdom 2002–2009 / 2012–2013 Pop / electropop / dance-pop / dance-rock: 7.4 million [50] Barbra Streisand: United States 1963–present Pop / rock / dance / showtunes / standards 7.097 million Avril Lavigne: Canada 2002–present Pop / rock 6.885 million [51] Kate Bush: United Kingdom 1975–present
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The UK singles chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, with the chart date given as the following Thursday. [1] Audio streaming data was incorporated into the chart in 2014, with 100 streams equivalent to one sale. [1]
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.
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".
Published by The Official Charts Company in June 2012 to coincide with both the 60th anniversary of the UK Official Singles Chart and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.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.
The Christmas number one single is a single that reaches number one on the national pop music charts in the week in which Christmas Day falls. It is primarily a pop culture phenomenon in the United Kingdom [ 1 ] and Republic of Ireland .
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