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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 top-ten singles in 2021. Ed Sheeran achieved a total of seven top 10 singles in 2021, the most of any artist during the year. Sheeran occupied the top spot of the UK chart for fifteen consecutive weeks between July and October with the singles "Bad Habits" (which became the year's best-selling single) and "Shivers".
Bugzy Malone, Miguel, PinkPantheress, Coi Leray, Lizzy McAlpine, Ice Spice, Cassö and Noah Kahan were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2023. "Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, returned to the top of the chart in the first week of 2023.
Sabrina Carpenter made the UK top 10 for the first time in 2024, securing two consecutive number-one singles: "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".Carpenter also set records by becoming the youngest female artist to occupy the number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart simultaneously, as well as the first-ever female artist to occupy the top two spots of the chart for five ...
American singer Taylor Swift made chart history this year by becoming the first female artist to have three singles debut in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in the same week (6 August 2020, week ending); "Cardigan" (6), "Exile" (8) and "The 1" (10). All three songs were taken from her album Folklore, which topped the UK Albums Chart.
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. NME ' s chart was published each week in its eponymous magazine.
q "Flowers (Say My Name)" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 27 January 2022 (week ending). r "The Joker and the Queen" debuted at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 2022 (week ending) following the release of the remix featuring Taylor Swift.
The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, with the chart date given as the following Thursday. [1] Audio streaming data was incorporated into the chart in 2014, with 100 streams equivalent to one sale. [1]