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Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones. This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present. The sources are the Record Mirror chart from 1956 to the end of 1958, the Melody Maker chart from November 1958 to March 1960, the Record Retailer chart from March 1960 to March 1972 and the Music Week ...
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 ...
This list shows the eighteen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles have the most number one albums with sixteen. English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams has the most number one albums for a solo artist, with fourteen. [ 1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie ...
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.
The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart and UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart are record charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) to determine the 40 most popular singles and albums in the rock and heavy metal genres. The two charts are compiled by the OCC from digital downloads, physical record sales and audio streams in ...
UK Albums Chart - The official albums chart of the United Kingdom. It uses physical and download sales, and (since March 2015) a factor for audio streams. [2] The Official Big Top 40 from Global - Non-OCC singles chart introduced in 2009, compiled from iTunes sales, Apple Music streams and Global radio airplay. [3]
Melody Maker. Cliff Richard was the last artist to top all five main charts, spending five or six weeks at the top of each chart with "The Young Ones". Richard had the third most number-one singles during this era; four as a solo artist and six with The Shadows (one as "The Drifters"). Melody Maker compiled its own chart from 1956 until 1988 ...