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Eventually, streaming was incorporated into the sales chart. Graph showing number of UK number-one singles for each year since 1953. The 2011 figure is projected. Al Martino's track "Here in My Heart" was the first single ever to top the UK Singles Chart, and the only single to reach number one during 1952.
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]
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.
Beyoncé achieved three top 10 singles in 2024, all featuring a country-tinged flavour, with "Texas Hold 'Em" spending five non-consecutive weeks at number-one. Taylor Swift's chart dominance continued in 2024 after she earned her third Chart Double when her fourth number-one single "Fortnight" topped the UK charts simultaneously to the parent ...
Official Chart logo. 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.
List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2020s; U. Lists of UK singles chart number ones This page was last edited on 13 September 2024, at 01:27 (UTC). ...
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] Since then, as of 30 August 2024, 500 different tracks have reached number-one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart. The following table lists those artists.
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.