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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.
This list shows the twenty-seven artists with the most number ones on the UK singles chart. American singer-actor Elvis Presley has most number one singles with twenty-one. English band The Beatles have the most number one singles for a band, with eighteen. American singer Madonna has the most number ones for a female solo artist with thirteen.
Elvis Presley holds the record for most number one singles. The Beatles have the most number one singles of any group or British act. Madonna has the most number one singles of any female artist. 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.
Taylor Swift earned three number-one singles in the 2020s with "Anti-Hero", "Is It Over Now?" and "Fortnight". 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 ...
Three of these songs charted in the UK top 10 in early 2022, including "We Don't Talk About Bruno", which topped the chart for seven weeks, and was also the first-ever original song from a Disney film to reach number-one in the UK. German singer Kim Petras collaborated with Sam Smith on "Unholy", which spent four weeks at number-one in the UK.
The UK singles chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) [1] is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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.
List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2020s. List of UK singles chart Christmas number ones. 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.