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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.
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. English girl group the Spice Girls have the most number one singles for a girl group with ...
The Beatles topped the chart 17 times during the 1960s, more than any other act that decade Madonna is the most successful female solo artist in the UK, having achieved 13 number one singles Bryan Adams' first number one, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one, longer than any other track Westlife were the ...
The following artists have had at least 3 number-one singles in the UK with a single album. No soundtracks have had 4 number-one singles as of today. Lady Gaga's The Fame and The Fame Monster are considered to be one album by the Official Charts Company. George Michael is credited as a sole singer for some number-one songs that are tracks on ...
Wham! had the first 2021 number-one single with "Last Christmas", 36 years after its original release. The song returned to number-one in December 2022, January 2023, and most significantly as the 2023 and 2024 Christmas number-one. Ellie Goulding had the first number-one single of the decade with "River", a cover of the 1971 song by Joni Mitchell.
It is compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the British music industry, [1] and is based solely on non-subscription downloads of songs from official music retailers. The chart was founded in 2004 and was first published on 1 September that year. The first ever number one was "Flying Without Wings" by Irish boy band Westlife. [2]
The British-American DJ's number one single featured uncredited vocals from previous chart-topper Daniel Bedingfield and heavily samples "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni Braxton. His follow-up single "What Can I Do" failed to reach the top 75. Magic! 9 August 2014 "Rude" A Canadian reggae fusion quartet led by veteran pop songwriter Nasri Atweh ...
The UK Singles Sales Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The UK Singles Sales Chart differs from the UK Singles Chart (also known as the Official Singles Chart) in that it counts "physical" sales only (including downloads), [1] whereas the Official Chart also counts streaming. [2]