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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 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.
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.
¥$ was an American hip hop supergroup composed of rapper Kanye West and singer Ty Dolla Sign, both of whom had UK top 10 singles, either as solo artists or as part of collaborations with other artists. Perrie and Jade both earned their first UK top 10 singles as solo artists in 2024 with "Forget About Us" and "Angel of My Dreams".
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]
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.
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. [1] Many of the artists in the list below have both streaming and sales included in their totals. Coldplay (30,400,000) [2] Eminem (30,000,000) [3]