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Glastonbury Festival, England, 2016 There are many notable music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres, which are usually run from late May to early September. Some are world-renowned and have been held for many years, including the world's largest greenfield festival, Glastonbury, which has been held since the 1970s. History This section needs expansion. You can ...
The 15 best UK music festivals, from Lost Village to Boardmasters Culture Staff,Roisin O'Connor,Ellie Muir,Nicole Vassell,Ellie Harrison,Louis Chilton,Lydia Spencer-Elliott and Adam White May 4 ...
The radio show counted down the top 40 songs in the chart. Unlike the official UK Singles Chart broadcast at the same time by BBC Radio 1, the Hit40UK chart included only the digital downloads and airplay in the UK, whereas the official chart includes physical and download sales with no radio airplay. [2]
The best-selling single not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, which reached number 10 in 2004. [6] When streaming is taken into account, "All of Me" by John Legend, which has over 2.1 million combined sales, is the highest-selling single not to have topped the charts. [5]
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 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]
As of 28 December 2023, 1420 singles have reached number one. 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. Dickins aggregated the results into a top 12 hit parade, which was topped by "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino.
The following is a list of songs that have charted for 100 weeks or more in total on the UK singles chart top 100, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC). [1] The chart here is as recorded by the OCC, i.e. usually a Top 50 from 1960 to 1978, Top 75 from then until 1982, and Top 100 from 1983 onwards.