List of artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones
The UK singles chart was first published in 1952. It is currently compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC). To qualify for entry on this list of artists who have reached number one in the chart since its inception, the artist in question must have been individually credited as an artist on four or more number one singles. Simply playing or singing on a single is not counted (for example as part of a group or supergroup), so, for example Clem Cattini, a prolific session musician who has played on over 40 number ones, is not included.[1] Also not included are The Jordanaires, who were credited on 11 number ones with Elvis Presley between 1957 and 1963 by The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles (who based their data on the record's label info and the catalogue numbers of the chart hit) but not currently by the OCC.[2][3] Unlike The Shadows, who had 7 number ones backing Cliff Richard (including one using their original name, the Drifters), The Jordanaires never charted in their own right and so did not get their own entry in the OCC database. In addition, the OCC's database fails to credit JLS and One Direction as featured artists on The X Factor contestants' cover of "Wishing on a Star", giving the former act 5 number ones and the latter 4 number ones according to their information (though this featured credit is on the single's cover and CD's label).[4][5][6][7]
Elvis Presley has amassed 21 number ones on the UK Singles Chart, including three re-releases which are counted as separate chart entries/chart hits due to the records' catalogue numbers changing in 2005.[2][3] With or without the releases, Presley's total is still more than any other artist in history. The Beatles hold the record for the most number-ones singles by a group (with 17), while Madonna holds the record for a female artist (with 13).[8]
Artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones[]
Twenty one[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21[9] | Elvis Presley | "All Shook Up" | 1957 | 7 | |
| "Jailhouse Rock" | 1958 | 3 | |||
| "One Night"/"I Got Stung" | 1959 | 3 | |||
| "A Fool Such As I"/"I Need Your Love Tonight" | 5 | ||||
| "It's Now or Never" | 1960 | 8 | First artist to have five number-ones | ||
| "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" | 4 | First artist to have six number-ones | |||
| "Wooden Heart" | 1961 | 6 | First artist to have seven number-ones | ||
| "Surrender" | 4 | First artist to have eight number-ones | |||
| "Little Sister"/"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" | 4 | First artist to have nine number-ones | |||
| "Rock-A-Hula Baby"/"Can't Help Falling in Love" | 1962 | 4 | First artist to have 10 number-ones | ||
| "Good Luck Charm" | 5 | First artist to have 11 number-ones | |||
| "She's Not You" | 3 | First artist to have 12 number-ones | |||
| "Return to Sender" | 3 | First artist to have 13 number-ones | |||
| "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" | 1963 | 1 | First artist to have 14 number-ones | ||
| "Crying in the Chapel" | 1965 | 2 | First artist to have 15 number-ones | ||
| "The Wonder of You" | 1970 | 6 | |||
| "Way Down" | 1977 | 5 | |||
| "A Little Less Conversation" | 2002 | 4 | First artist to have 18 number-ones.
Credited as Elvis vs JXL | ||
| "Jailhouse Rock" | 2005 | 1 | First artist to have 19 number-ones | ||
| "One Night"/"I Got Stung" | 1 | First artist to have 20 number-ones | |||
| "It's Now or Never" | 1 | First artist to have 21 number-ones |
Seventeen[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | The Beatles | "From Me to You" | 1963 | 7 | |
| "She Loves You" | 6 | ||||
| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 5 | ||||
| "Can't Buy Me Love" | 1964 | 3 | |||
| "A Hard Day's Night" | 3 | ||||
| "I Feel Fine" | 5 | ||||
| "Ticket to Ride" | 1965 | 3 | |||
| "Help!" | 3 | ||||
| "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" | 5 | ||||
| "Paperback Writer" | 1966 | 2 | |||
| "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" | 4 | First artist to have seven consecutive UK number ones | |||
| "All You Need Is Love" | 1967 | 3 | |||
| "Hello, Goodbye" | 7 | ||||
| "Lady Madonna" | 1968 | 2 | |||
| "Hey Jude" | 2 | ||||
| "Get Back" | 1969 | 6 | The Beatles with Billy Preston. First artist to have 16 number ones | ||
| "The Ballad of John and Yoko" | 3 | First artist to have 17 number ones |
Fourteen[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Cliff Richard[nb 1] | "Living Doll" | 1959 | 6 | Cliff Richard and the Drifters |
| "Travellin' Light" | 5 | Cliff Richard and the Shadows | |||
| "Please Don't Tease" | 1960 | 3 | |||
| "I Love You" | 2 | ||||
| "The Young Ones" | 1962 | 6 | |||
| "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy" | 3[nb 2] | ||||
| "Summer Holiday" | 1963 | 3 | |||
| "The Minute You're Gone" | 1965 | 1 | |||
| "Congratulations" | 1968 | 2 | |||
| "We Don't Talk Anymore" | 1979 | 4 | |||
| "Living Doll" | 1986 | 3 | Cliff Richard & the Young Ones, featuring Hank Marvin | ||
| "Mistletoe and Wine" | 1988 | 4 | |||
| "Saviour's Day" | 1990 | 1 | |||
| "The Millennium Prayer" | 1999 | 3 | |||
| 14 | Westlife[nb 3] | "Swear It Again" | 1999 | 2 | |
| "If I Let You Go" | 1 | ||||
| "Flying Without Wings" | 1 | ||||
| "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" | 4 | ||||
| "Fool Again" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Against All Odds" | 2 | Mariah Carey featuring Westlife | |||
| "My Love" | 1 | First to have its first seven consecutive number one singles | |||
| "Uptown Girl" | 2001 | 1 | |||
| "Queen of My Heart" | 1 | ||||
| "World of Our Own" | 2002 | 1 | |||
| "Unbreakable" | 1 | ||||
| "Mandy" | 2003 | 1 | |||
| "You Raise Me Up" | 2005 | 2 | |||
| "The Rose" | 2006 | 1 |
Thirteen[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Madonna | "Into the Groove" | 1985 | 4 | |
| "Papa Don't Preach" | 1986 | 3 | |||
| "True Blue" | 1 | ||||
| "La Isla Bonita" | 1987 | 2 | |||
| "Who's That Girl" | 1 | ||||
| "Like a Prayer" | 1989 | 3 | |||
| "Vogue" | 1990 | 4 | |||
| "Frozen" | 1998 | 1 | |||
| "American Pie" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Music" | 1 | ||||
| "Hung Up" | 2005 | 3 | |||
| "Sorry" | 2006 | 1 | |||
| "4 Minutes" | 2008 | 4 | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | ||
| 13 | Ed Sheeran[nb 4] | "Sing" | 2014 | 1 | |
| "Thinking Out Loud" | 2 | ||||
| "Shape of You" | 2017 | 14 | |||
| "Perfect" | 6 | ||||
| "River" | 2018 | 1 | Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran | ||
| "I Don't Care" | 2019 | 8 | Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | ||
| "Beautiful People" | 1 | Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid | |||
| "Take Me Back to London" | 5 | Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy | |||
| "Own It" | 2020 | 3 | Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy | ||
| "Bad Habits" | 2021 | 11 | |||
| "Shivers" | 4 | ||||
| "Merry Christmas" | 3 | Ed Sheeran and Elton John | |||
| "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" | 1 | LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John |
Twelve[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Take That | "Pray" | 1993 | 4 | |
| "Relight My Fire" | 2 | Take That featuring Lulu | |||
| "Babe" | 1 | ||||
| "Everything Changes" | 1994 | 2 | |||
| "Sure" | 2 | ||||
| "Back for Good" | 1995 | 4 | |||
| "Never Forget" | 3 | ||||
| "How Deep Is Your Love" | 1996 | 3 | |||
| "Patience" | 2006 | 4 | |||
| "Shine" | 2007 | 2 | |||
| "Greatest Day" | 2008 | 1 | |||
| "These Days" | 2014 | 1 |
Ten[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Calvin Harris | "Dance wiv Me" | 2008 | 4 | Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome |
| "I'm Not Alone" | 2009 | 2 | |||
| "We Found Love" | 2011 | 6 | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | ||
| "Sweet Nothing" | 2012 | 1 | Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch | ||
| "Under Control" | 2013 | 1 | Calvin Harris & Alesso featuring Hurts | ||
| "Summer" | 2014 | 1 | |||
| "Blame" | 1 | Calvin Harris featuring John Newman | |||
| "Feels" | 2017 | 1 | Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean | ||
| "One Kiss" | 2018 | 8 | Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa | ||
| "Promises" | 6 | Calvin Harris and Sam Smith | |||
| 10 | Eminem | "The Real Slim Shady" | 2000 | 1 | |
| "Stan" | 1 | ||||
| "Without Me" | 2002 | 1 | |||
| "Lose Yourself" | 1 | ||||
| "Just Lose It" | 2004 | 1 | |||
| "Like Toy Soldiers" | 2005 | 1 | |||
| "Smack That" | 2006 | 1 | Akon featuring Eminem | ||
| "The Monster" | 2013 | 1 | Eminem featuring Rihanna | ||
| "River" | 2018 | 1 | Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran | ||
| "Godzilla" | 2020 | 1 | Eminem featuring Juice Wrld | ||
| 10 | Elton John | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | 1976 | 6 | Elton John & Kiki Dee |
| "Sacrifice"/"Healing Hands" | 1990 | 5 | |||
| "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | 1991 | 2 | George Michael & Elton John | ||
| "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind '97" | 1997 | 5 | |||
| "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | 2002 | 1 | Blue featuring Elton John | ||
| "Are You Ready for Love" | 2003 | 1 | |||
| "Ghetto Gospel" | 2005 | 3 | 2Pac featuring Elton John | ||
| "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" | 2021 | 1 | Elton John & Dua Lipa | ||
| "Merry Christmas" | 3 | Ed Sheeran and Elton John | |||
| "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" | 1 | LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John |
Nine[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | ABBA | "Waterloo" | 1974 | 2 | |
| "Mamma Mia" | 1976 | 2 | |||
| "Fernando" | 4 | ||||
| "Dancing Queen" | 6 | ||||
| "Knowing Me, Knowing You" | 1977 | 5 | |||
| "The Name of the Game" | 4 | ||||
| "Take a Chance on Me" | 1978 | 3 | |||
| "The Winner Takes It All" | 1980 | 2 | |||
| "Super Trouper" | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Spice Girls | "Wannabe" | 1996 | 7 | |
| "Say You'll Be There" | 2 | ||||
| "2 Become 1" | 3 | ||||
| "Mama"/"Who Do You Think You Are" | 1997 | 3 | |||
| "Spice Up Your Life" | 1 | ||||
| "Too Much" | 2 | ||||
| "Viva Forever" | 1998 | 2 | |||
| "Goodbye" | 1 | ||||
| "Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Rihanna | "Umbrella" | 2007 | 10 | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z |
| "Take a Bow" | 2008 | 2 | |||
| "Run This Town" | 2009 | 1 | Jay-Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West | ||
| "Only Girl (In the World)" | 2010 | 2 | |||
| "What's My Name?" | 2011 | 1 | Rihanna featuring Drake | ||
| "We Found Love" | 6 | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |||
| "Diamonds" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| "The Monster" | 2013 | 1 | Eminem featuring Rihanna | ||
| "Wild Thoughts" | 2017 | 1 | DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller |
Eight[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | The Rolling Stones | "It's All Over Now" | 1964 | 1 |
| "Little Red Rooster" | 1 | |||
| "The Last Time" | 1965 | 3 | ||
| "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 2 | |||
| "Get Off of My Cloud" | 3 | |||
| "Paint It Black" | 1966 | 1 | ||
| "Jumpin' Jack Flash | 1968 | 2 | ||
| "Honky Tonk Women" | 1969 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Oasis | "Some Might Say" | 1995 | 1 |
| "Don't Look Back in Anger" | 1996 | 1 | ||
| "D'You Know What I Mean?" | 1997 | 1 | ||
| "All Around the World" | 1998 | 1 | ||
| "Go Let It Out" | 2000 | 1 | ||
| "The Hindu Times" | 2002 | 1 | ||
| "Lyla" | 2005 | 1 | ||
| "The Importance of Being Idle" | 1 |
Seven[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | George Michael[nb 5] | "Careless Whisper" | 1984 | 3 | |
| "A Different Corner" | 1986 | 3 | |||
| "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | 1987 | 2 | George Michael & Aretha Franklin
This was George Michael's 3rd single, making him the third artist, after Gerry & The Pacemakers and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, to get to No. 1 with their first 3 singles. | ||
| "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | 1991 | 2 | George Michael & Elton John | ||
| "Somebody To Love" | 1993 | 3 | George Michael & Queen | ||
| "Jesus to a Child" | 1996 | 1 | |||
| "Fastlove" | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Michael Jackson[nb 6] | "One Day in Your Life" | 1981 | 2 | |
| "Billie Jean" | 1983 | 1 | |||
| "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | 1987 | 2 | Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett | ||
| "Black or White" | 1991 | 2 | |||
| "You Are Not Alone" | 1995 | 2 | |||
| "Earth Song" | 6 | ||||
| "Blood on the Dance Floor" | 1997 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Kylie Minogue[nb 1][nb 3] | "I Should Be So Lucky"* | 1988 | 5 | |
| "Especially for You" | 1989 | 3 | Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan | ||
| "Hand on Your Heart" | 1 | ||||
| "Tears on My Pillow" | 1990 | 1 | |||
| "Spinning Around" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | 2001 | 4 | |||
| "Slow" | 2003 | 1 | |||
| 7 | U2[nb 5] | "Desire" | 1988 | 1 | |
| "The Fly" | 1991 | 1 | |||
| "Discothèque" | 1997 | 1 | |||
| "Beautiful Day" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Take Me to the Clouds Above" | 2004 | 2 | LMC vs U2 | ||
| "Vertigo" | 1 | ||||
| "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" | 2005 | 1 | |||
| 7 | McFly | "5 Colours in Her Hair"* | 2004 | 2 | |
| "Obviously"* | 1 | ||||
| "All About You/You've Got a Friend" | 2005 | 1 | |||
| "I'll Be OK" | 1 | ||||
| "Don't Stop Me Now"/"Please, Please" | 2006 | 1 | |||
| "Star Girl" | 1 | ||||
| "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" | 2007 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Robbie Williams[nb 7][nb 3][nb 8][nb 9] | "Millennium" | 1998 | 1 | |
| "She's the One" / "It's Only Us" | 1999 | 1 | |||
| "Rock DJ" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Eternity / The Road to Mandalay" | 2001 | 2 | |||
| "Somethin' Stupid" | 3 | Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman | |||
| "Radio" | 2004 | 1 | |||
| "Candy" | 2012 | 2 | |||
| 7 | Tinie Tempah | "Pass Out" | 2010 | 2 | Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth |
| "Written in the Stars" | 1 | Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner | |||
| "R.I.P." | 2012 | 2 | Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah | ||
| "Tsunami (Jump)" | 2014 | 1 | DVBBS & Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah | ||
| "Crazy Stupid Love" | 1 | Cheryl Cole featuring Tinie Tempah | |||
| "Not Letting Go" | 2015 | 1 | Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne | ||
| "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)" | 1 | KDA featuring Tinie Tempah & Katy B | |||
| 7 | Jess Glynne[nb 10] | "Rather Be" | 2014 | 4 | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne |
| "My Love" | 1 | Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne | |||
| "Hold My Hand" | 2015 | 3 | |||
| "Not Letting Go" | 1 | Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne | |||
| "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" | 1 | ||||
| "These Days" | 2018 | 1 | Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen | ||
| "I'll Be There" | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Sam Smith[nb 4] | "La La La" | 2013 | 1 | Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith |
| "Money on My Mind" | 2014 | 1 | |||
| "Stay with Me" | 1 | ||||
| "Lay Me Down" | 2015 | 2 | Sam Smith featuring John Legend | ||
| "Writing's on the Wall" | 1 | ||||
| "Too Good at Goodbyes" | 2017 | 3 | |||
| "Promises" | 2018 | 6 | Calvin Harris and Sam Smith | ||
| 7 | Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?" | 2015 | 5 | |
| "Sorry" | 2 | ||||
| "Love Yourself" | 6 | ||||
| "Cold Water" | 2016 | 5 | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ | ||
| "I'm the One" | 2017 | 1 | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne | ||
| "Despacito" | 11 | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | |||
| "I Don't Care" | 2019 | 8 | Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | ||
| 7 | Ariana Grande | "Problem" | 2014 | 1 | Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea |
| "Bang Bang" | 1 | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | |||
| "Thank U, Next" | 2018 | 6 | |||
| "7 Rings" | 2019 | 4 | |||
| "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" | 1 | ||||
| "Rain on Me" | 2020 | 1 | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande | ||
| "Positions" | 6 |
Six[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | The Shadows | "Travellin' Light" | 1959 | 5 | Cliff Richard and the Shadows |
| "Apache" | 1960 | 5 | |||
| "Kon-Tiki" | 1961 | 1 | |||
| "Wonderful Land" | 1962 | 8 | |||
| "Dance On!" | 1 | ||||
| "Foot Tapper" | 1963 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Slade | "Coz I Luv You" | 1971 | 4 | |
| "Take Me Bak 'Ome" | 1972 | 1 | |||
| "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" | 3 | ||||
| "Cum On Feel the Noize" | 1973 | 4 | |||
| "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" | 3 | ||||
| "Merry Xmas Everybody" | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Rod Stewart[nb 3] | "Maggie May" | 1971 | 5 | |
| "You Wear It Well" | 1972 | 1 | |||
| "Sailing" | 1975 | 4 | |||
| "I Don't Want to Talk About It"/"The First Cut Is the Deepest" | 1977 | 4 | |||
| "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | 1978 | 1 | |||
| "Baby Jane" | 1983 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Blondie | "Heart of Glass" | 1979 | 4 | |
| "Sunday Girl" | 3 | ||||
| "Atomic" | 1980 | 2 | |||
| "Call Me" | 1 | ||||
| "The Tide Is High" | 2 | ||||
| "Maria" | 1999 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Boyzone | "Words" | 1996 | 1 | |
| "A Different Beat" | 1 | ||||
| "All That I Need" | 1998 | 1 | |||
| "No Matter What" | 3 | ||||
| "When the Going Gets Tough" | 1999 | 2 | |||
| "You Needed Me" | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 1975 | 9 | |
| "Under Pressure" | 1981 | 2 | Queen & David Bowie | ||
| "Innuendo" | 1991 | 1 | |||
| "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are the Days of Our Lives" | 5 | ||||
| "Somebody To Love" | 1993 | 3 | George Michael & Queen | ||
| "We Will Rock You" | 2000 | 1 | Five and Queen | ||
| 6 | Sugababes[nb 7] | "Freak like Me" | 2002 | 1 | |
| "Round Round" | 1 | ||||
| "Hole in the Head" | 2003 | 1 | |||
| "Push the Button" | 2005 | 3 | |||
| "Walk This Way" | 2007 | 1 | Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud | ||
| "About You Now" | 4 | ||||
| 6 | JLS[nb 11][nb 3] | "Beat Again" | 2009 | 2 | |
| "Everybody in Love" | 1 | ||||
| "The Club Is Alive" | 2010 | 1 | |||
| "Love You More" | 1 | ||||
| "She Makes Me Wanna" | 2011 | 1 | JLS featuring Dev | ||
| "Wishing on a Star" | 1 | The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction[nb 12] | |||
| 6 | Britney Spears | "...Baby One More Time" | 1999 | 2 | |
| "Born to Make You Happy" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Oops!... I Did It Again" | 1 | ||||
| "Toxic" | 2004 | 1 | |||
| "Everytime" | 1 | ||||
| "Scream & Shout" | 2013 | 2 | will.i.am featuring Britney Spears | ||
| 6 | David Guetta | "When Love Takes Over" | 2009 | 1 | David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland |
| "Sexy Bitch" | 1 | David Guetta featuring Akon | |||
| "Gettin' Over You" | 2010 | 1 | David Guetta and Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO | ||
| "Club Can't Handle Me" | 1 | Flo Rida featuring David Guetta | |||
| "Titanium" | 2012 | 1 | David Guetta featuring Sia | ||
| "Lovers on the Sun" | 2014 | 1 | David Guetta featuring Sam Martin | ||
| 6 | Drake | "What's My Name?" | 2011 | 1 | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| "One Dance" | 2016 | 15 | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | ||
| "God's Plan" | 2018 | 9 | |||
| "Nice for What" | 1 | ||||
| "In My Feelings" | 4 | ||||
| "Toosie Slide" | 2020 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Lady Gaga | "Just Dance" | 2009 | 3 | |
| "Poker Face" | 3 | ||||
| "Bad Romance" | 2 | ||||
| "Telephone" | 2010 | 2 | Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé | ||
| "Shallow" | 2018 | 2 | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | ||
| "Rain on Me" | 2020 | 1 | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande |
Five[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | The Police | "Message in a Bottle" | 1979 | 3 | |
| "Walking on the Moon" | 1 | ||||
| "Don't Stand So Close to Me" | 1980 | 4 | |||
| "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | 1981 | 1 | |||
| "Every Breath You Take" | 1983 | 4 | |||
| 5 | David Bowie | "Space Oddity" | 1975 | 2 | |
| "Ashes to Ashes" | 1980 | 2 | |||
| "Under Pressure" | 1981 | 2 | Queen & David Bowie | ||
| "Let's Dance" | 1983 | 3 | |||
| "Dancing in the Street" | 1985 | 4 | David Bowie & Mick Jagger | ||
| 5 | Bee Gees | "Massachusetts" | 1967 | 4 | |
| "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" | 1968 | 1 | |||
| "Night Fever" | 1978 | 2 | |||
| "Tragedy" | 1979 | 2 | |||
| "You Win Again" | 1987 | 4 | |||
| 5 | All Saints | "Never Ever" | 1998 | 1 | |
| "Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade" | 2 | ||||
| "Bootie Call" | 1 | ||||
| "Pure Shores" | 2000 | 2 | |||
| "Black Coffee" | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Beyoncé | "Crazy in Love" | 2003 | 3 | Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z |
| "Déjà Vu" | 2006 | 1 | |||
| "Beautiful Liar" | 2007 | 4 | Beyoncé & Shakira | ||
| "If I Were a Boy" | 2008 | 1 | |||
| "Telephone" | 2010 | 2 | Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé | ||
| 5 | Dizzee Rascal[nb 7] | "Dance wiv Me" | 2008 | 4 | Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome |
| "Bonkers" | 2009 | 2 | Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden | ||
| "Holiday" | 1 | Dizzee Rascal featuring Chrome | |||
| "Dirtee Disco" | 2010 | 1 | |||
| "Shout" | 2 | Shout for England featuring Dizzee Rascal & James Corden | |||
| 5 | The Black Eyed Peas | "Where Is the Love? | 2003 | 6 | |
| "Boom Boom Pow" | 2009 | 2 | |||
| "I Gotta Feeling" | 2 | ||||
| "Meet Me Halfway" | 1 | ||||
| "The Time (Dirty Bit)" | 2010 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Ne-Yo | "So Sick" | 2006 | 1 | |
| "Closer" | 2008 | 1 | |||
| "Beautiful Monster" | 2010 | 1 | |||
| "Give Me Everything" | 2011 | 3 | Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer | ||
| "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Flo Rida | "Right Round" | 2009 | 1 | Flo Rida featuring Kesha |
| "Bad Boys" | 1 | Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida | |||
| "Club Can't Handle Me" | 2010 | 1 | Flo Rida featuring David Guetta | ||
| "Good Feeling" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| "Troublemaker" | 2 | Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida | |||
| 5 | will.i.am | "OMG" | 2010 | 1 | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| "This Is Love" | 2012 | 1 | will.i.am featuring Eva Simons | ||
| "Hall of Fame" | 2 | The Script featuring will.i.am | |||
| "Scream & Shout" | 2013 | 2 | will.i.am featuring Britney Spears | ||
| "It's My Birthday" | 2014 | 1 | will.i.am & Cody Wise | ||
| 5 | Cheryl[nb 3] | "Fight for This Love" | 2009 | 2 | Cheryl Cole |
| "Promise This" | 2010 | 1 | |||
| "Call My Name" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| "Crazy Stupid Love" | 2014 | 1 | Cheryl Cole featuring Tinie Tempah | ||
| "I Don't Care" | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Bruno Mars | "Nothin' on You" | 2010 | 1 | B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars |
| "Just the Way You Are" | 2 | ||||
| "Grenade" | 2011 | 2 | |||
| "The Lazy Song" | 1 | ||||
| "Uptown Funk" | 2014 | 7 | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | ||
| 5 | One Direction[nb 13][nb 4] | "What Makes You Beautiful" | 2011 | 1 | |
| "Wishing on a Star" | 1 | The X Factor finalists 2011 featuring JLS & One Direction[nb 12] | |||
| "Little Things" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" | 2013 | 1 | |||
| "Drag Me Down" | 2015 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Katy Perry | "I Kissed a Girl" | 2008 | 5 | |
| "California Gurls" | 2010 | 2 | Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg | ||
| "Part of Me" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| "Roar" | 2013 | 2 | |||
| "Feels" | 2017 | 1 | Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean | ||
| 5 | Jason Derulo | "In My Head" | 2010 | 1 | |
| "Don't Wanna Go Home" | 2011 | 2 | |||
| "Talk Dirty" | 2013 | 2 | Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz | ||
| "Want to Want Me" | 2015 | 4 | |||
| "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" | 2020 | 3 | Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo | ||
| 5 | Wham! | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 1984 | 2 | |
| "Freedom" | 3 | ||||
| "I'm Your Man" | 1985 | 2 | |||
| "The Edge of Heaven" | 1986 | 2 | |||
| "Last Christmas" | 2021 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Little Mix[nb 14] | "Cannonball" | 2011 | 1 | |
| "Wings" | 2012 | 1 | |||
| "Black Magic" | 2015 | 3 | |||
| "Shout Out to My Ex" | 2016 | 3 | |||
| "Sweet Melody" | 2021 | 1 |
Four[]
| Total | Artist | Singles | Year reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Frankie Laine | "I Believe" | 1953 | 18 | |
| "Hey Joe" | 2 | ||||
| "Answer Me" | 8 | First artist to have three No.1s | |||
| "A Woman in Love" | 1956 | 4 | First artist to have four No.1s | ||
| 4 | Guy Mitchell | "She Wears Red Feathers" | 1953 | 4 | |
| "Look at That Girl" | 6 | ||||
| "Singing the Blues" | 1957 | 3 | |||
| "Rock-a-Billy" | 1 | ||||
| 4 | The Everly Brothers | "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" | 1958 | 7 | |
| "Cathy's Clown" | 1960 | 7 | |||
| "Walk Right Back"/"Ebony Eyes" | 1961 | 3 | |||
| "Temptation" | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Frank Ifield | "I Remember You" | 1962 | 7 | |
| "Lovesick Blues" | 5 | ||||
| "The Wayward Wind" | 1963 | 3 | |||
| "(I'm) Confessin' (that I Love You)" | 2 | ||||
| 4 | T. Rex | "Hot Love" | 1971 | 6 | |
| "Get It On" | 4 | ||||
| "Telegram Sam" | 1972 | 2 | |||
| "Metal Guru" | 4 | ||||
| 4 | The Jam | "Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children" | 1980 | 3 | |
| "Start!" | 1 | ||||
| "Town Called Malice"/"Precious" | 1982 | 3 | |||
| "Beat Surrender" | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Shakin' Stevens | "This Ole House" | 1981 | 3 | |
| "Green Door" | 4 | ||||
| "Oh Julie" | 1982 | 1 | |||
| "Merry Christmas Everyone" | 1985 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Pet Shop Boys | "West End Girls" | 1986 | 2 | |
| "It's a Sin" | 1987 | 3 | |||
| "Always on My Mind" | 4 | ||||
| "Heart" | 1988 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Gerry Marsden | "How Do You Do It?" | 1963 | 3 | Gerry and the Pacemakers |
| "I Like It"* | 4 | ||||
| "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 4 | ||||
| "Ferry Cross the Mersey" | 1989 | 3 | Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson & Christians | ||
| 4 | Jason Donovan[nb 1] | "Especially for You" | 1989 | 3 | Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan |
| "Too Many Broken Hearts" | 2 | ||||
| "Sealed with a Kiss" | 2 | ||||
| "Any Dream Will Do" | 1991 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Whitney Houston | "Saving All My Love for You" | 1985 | 2 | |
| "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 1987 | 2 | |||
| "One Moment in Time" | 1988 | 2 | |||
| "I Will Always Love You" | 1992 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Cher | "I Got You Babe" | 1965 | 2 | Sonny & Cher |
| "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" | 1991 | 5 | |||
| "Love Can Build a Bridge" | 1995 | 1 | Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton | ||
| "Believe" | 1998 | 7 | |||
| 4 | B*Witched | "C'est la Vie" | 1998 | 2 | |
| "Rollercoaster" | 2 | ||||
| "To You I Belong" | 1 | ||||
| "Blame It on the Weatherman" | 1999 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Geri Halliwell[nb 8] | "Mi Chico Latino" | 1999 | 1 | |
| "Lift Me Up" | 1 | ||||
| "Bag It Up" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "It's Raining Men" | 2001 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Shaggy | "Oh Carolina" | 1993 | 2 | |
| "Boombastic" | 1995 | 1 | |||
| "It Wasn't Me" | 2001 | 1 | Shaggy featuring Rikrok | ||
| "Angel" | 3 | Shaggy featuring Rayvon | |||
| 4 | S Club 7 | "Bring It All Back" | 1999 | 1 | |
| "Never Had a Dream Come True" | 2000 | 1 | |||
| "Don't Stop Movin'" | 2001 | 2 | |||
| "Have You Ever" | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Christina Aguilera | "Genie in a Bottle" | 1999 | 2 | |
| "Lady Marmalade" | 2001 | 1 | Christina Aguilera with Lil' Kim, Mýa & Pink | ||
| "Dirrty" | 2002 | 2 | |||
| "Beautiful" | 2003 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Gareth Gates | "Unchained Melody" | 2002 | 4 | |
| "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" | 3 | ||||
| "The Long and Winding Road"/"Suspicious Minds" | 2 | Will Young & Gareth Gates | |||
| "Spirit in the Sky" | 2003 | 2 | Gareth Gates featuring the Kumars | ||
| 4 | Will Young[nb 7] | "Evergreen/Anything Is Possible" | 2002 | 3 | |
| "Light My Fire" | 2 | ||||
| "The Long and Winding Road" | 2 | Will Young & Gareth Gates | |||
| "Leave Right Now" | 2003 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Busted[nb 7] | "You Said No" | 2003 | 1 | |
| "Crashed the Wedding" | 1 | ||||
| "Who's David" | 2004 | 1 | |||
| "Thunderbirds / 3AM" | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Nelly | "Dilemma" | 2002 | 2 | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| "My Place"/"Flap Your Wings" | 2004 | 1 | |||
| "Over and Over" | 2005 | 1 | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw | ||
| "Nasty Girl" | 2006 | 2 | The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm | ||
| 4 | Girls Aloud | "Sound of the Underground" | 2002 | 4 | |
| "I'll Stand by You" | 2004 | 2 | |||
| "Walk This Way" | 2007 | 1 | Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud | ||
| "The Promise" | 2008 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Jay-Z | "Crazy in Love" | 2003 | 3 | Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z |
| "Déjà Vu" | 2006 | 1 | |||
| "Umbrella" | 2007 | 10 | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | ||
| "Run This Town" | 2009 | 1 | Jay-Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West | ||
| 4 | Usher | "You Make Me Wanna..." | 1998 | 1 | |
| "Yeah!" | 2004 | 2 | Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris | ||
| "Burn" | 2 | ||||
| "OMG" | 2010 | 1 | Usher featuring will.i.am | ||
| 4 | Olly Murs[nb 15][nb 4] | "Please Don't Let Me Go" | 2010 | 1 | |
| "Heart Skips a Beat" | 2011 | 1 | Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks | ||
| "Dance with Me Tonight" | 1 | ||||
| "Troublemaker" | 2012 | 2 | Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida | ||
| 4 | Justin Timberlake | "SexyBack" | 2006 | 1 | |
| "Give It to Me" | 2007 | 1 | Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake | ||
| "4 Minutes" | 2008 | 4 | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland | ||
| "Mirrors" | 2013 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Rita Ora[nb 4][nb 8][nb 10] | "Hot Right Now" | 2012 | 1 | DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora |
| "R.I.P." | 2 | Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah | |||
| "How We Do (Party)" | 1 | ||||
| "I Will Never Let You Down" | 2014 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Pharrell Williams | "Get Lucky" | 2013 | 4 | Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams |
| "Blurred Lines" | 5 | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell | |||
| "Happy" | 4 | ||||
| "Feels" | 2017 | 1 | Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean | ||
| 4 | Clean Bandit | "Rather Be" | 2014 | 4 | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne |
| "Rockabye" | 2016 | 9 | Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie[nb 12] | ||
| "Symphony" | 2017 | 1 | Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson | ||
| "Solo" | 2018 | 1 | Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato | ||
| 4 | LadBaby | "We Built This City" | 2018 | 1 | |
| "I Love Sausage Rolls" | 2019 | 1 | |||
| "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" | 2020 | 1 | |||
| "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" | 2021 | 1 | LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John |
See also[]
- List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones
- List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
Notes[]
Asterisks indicate chains of consecutive hits following a debut number one.
- ^ a b c Artist also performed on Band Aid II
- ^ For its first week, the single was "The Next Time". For the other two weeks, it became the double A-side "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy".
- ^ a b c d e f Artist performed in Helping Haiti
- ^ a b c d e Artist also performed in Band Aid 30
- ^ a b Artist also performed in Band Aid
- ^ Artist performed in USA for Africa
- ^ a b c d e Artist also performed in Band Aid 20
- ^ a b c Artist performed in Artists for Grenfell
- ^ Artist performed in The Justice Collective
- ^ a b Artist also performed in Live Lounge Allstars
- ^ Artist also performed in The X Factor Finalists 2008
- ^ a b c Featured artists uncredited in the OCC archive
- ^ Artist also performed in The X Factor Finalists 2010
- ^ Artist also performed in The X Factor Finalists 2011
- ^ Artist also performed in The X Factor Finalists 2009
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