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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.
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 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. Artists are listed alphabetically. Solo artists are listed by surname and groups are listed by full names excluding "the" or any foreign translations of "the".
NME ' s chart was published each week in its eponymous magazine. [1] From 2004, music downloads became included in the chart, and rules were altered in 2006 in order for singles to chart before physical formats were released. [2] [3] Since 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data, with music video views counted towards the chart ...
This is a list of the number-one singles of the UK Singles Downloads Chart . List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2000s. List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2010s. List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s.
The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain ...
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.
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s. The first number one album was Frank Sinatra 's Songs for Swingin' Lovers!. [ 1] For its first few years the chart was usually topped by a musical soundtrack or original cast recording, but rock albums steadily gained ground. Rock was dominant after the release of The Beatles first LP, Please ...