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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 following artists have achieved simultaneous weeks at number one in both charts but with different songs. ABBA, 9 April 1977 – "Knowing Me, Knowing You" in the UK and "Dancing Queen" in the US (one week) [ 133][ 134] John Lennon, 10 – 24 January 1981 – "Imagine" in the UK and "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the US (three weeks) [ 135 ...
The following is a list of songs that have charted for 100 weeks or more in total on the UK Singles Chart Top 100, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC). [1] The chart here is as recorded by the OCC, i.e. usually a Top 50 from 1960 to 1978, Top 75 from then until 1982, and Top 100 from 1983 onwards.
Forty-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1986. Bon Jovi, Chris de Burgh, Erasure, The Housemartins and Simply Red were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1986. The 1985 Christmas number-one, "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens, remained at number-one for the first week of 1986.
The 19 September 2009 issue of the UK music trade magazine Music Week included a special supplement to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It contained updated charts of the top twenty best-selling singles of each decade of the magazine's existence, based on the most recent information available from the Official Charts Company (OCC).
It was released in August 1958, and was the first British rock and roll hit to make the UK Singles Chart top ten, reaching number two and spending 17 weeks on the chart. He achieved his first number one in August 1959 with his fifth single, "Living Doll", which spent six weeks at the summit while becoming the UK's highest selling single of 1959 ...
Lists of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones. 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.
This is a summary of 2005 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts. Average sales for a number-one single were 80,437 per week. Prominent music genres included girlgroup pop, with the success of Sugababes and Girls Aloud, as well as Rock, Indie Rock and Soul . Elvis Presley broke the record for the most UK number-one singles.