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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Number-one singles. Elvis Presley in a publicity photo for "Jailhouse Rock" which was the best-selling single of 1958. Presley had three other number ones in the 1950s. Al Martino 's "Here in My Heart" was the first ever number-one single and held the top spot for nine weeks. Bill Haley & His Comets had the biggest-selling single of the decade ...
Elvis Presley, Frankie Vaughan and Lonnie Donegan were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1956. The 1955 Christmas number-one, "Christmas Alphabet" by Dickie Valentine, remained at number-one for the first week of 1956. The first new number-one single of the year was "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie ...
Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart. [2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2000, as well as singles which peaked in 1999 but were in the top 10 in 2000. The entry date is when the song ...
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, who had two number-one singles in 1978 and occupied the top spot for over a quarter of the year. ABBA, who had 7 number-one singles in the 1970s, the most of any musical act during the decade. Rod Stewart, who had 5 number-one singles in the 1970s. Former Beatles member George Harrison had the best-selling ...
Bay City Rollers, Elton John, The New Seekers, Rod Stewart and Slade were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1971. The 1970 Christmas number-one, "I Hear You Knocking" by Dave Edmunds, remained at number-one for the first week of 1971. The first new number-one single of the year was "Grandad" by Clive Dunn.