List of artists who have achieved simultaneous number-one UK Single and Album

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A number of artists have achieved simultaneous number one singles and albums on The Official Charts Company from the United Kingdom (also the BPI).

Simultaneous number-one singles and albums[]

1960s[]

  • Elvis Presley - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and G.I. Blues - 28 January 1961, 4 weeks
  • Elvis Presley - "Wooden Heart" and G.I. Blues - 25 March 1961, 1 week; 8 April 1961, 4 weeks
  • The Shadows - "Kon-Tiki" and The Shadows - 7 October 1961, 1 week
  • Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Young Ones" and The Young Ones - 13 January 1962, 6 weeks
  • Elvis Presley - "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby" and Blue Hawaii - 24 February 1962, 4 weeks
  • The Shadows as backing group on Cliff Richard's "Bachelor Boy" (not on "The Next Time") and on their own Out of the Shadows - 19 January 1963, 1 week
  • The Shadows - "Dance On!" and Out of the Shadows - 26 January 1963, 1 week
  • Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "Summer Holiday" and Summer Holiday - 16 March 1963, 2 weeks
  • The Beatles - "From Me to You" and Please Please Me - 11 May 1963, 6 weeks
  • The Beatles - "She Loves You" and Please Please Me - 14 September 1963, 4 weeks; 30 November 1963, 1 week
  • The Beatles - "She Loves You" and With the Beatles - 7 December 1963, 1 week
  • The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and With the Beatles - 14 December 1963, 5 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Can't Buy Me Love" and With the Beatles - 4 April 1964, 3 weeks
  • The Rolling Stones - "It's All Over Now" and The Rolling Stones - 18 July 1964, 1 week
  • The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night" and A Hard Day's Night - 25 July 1964, 3 weeks
  • The Beatles - "I Feel Fine" and A Hard Day's Night - 12 December 1964, 1 week
  • The Beatles - "I Feel Fine" and Beatles for Sale - 19 December 1964, 4 weeks
  • The Rolling Stones - "The Last Time" and The Rolling Stones No. 2 - 20 March 1965, 3 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Ticket to Ride" and Beatles for Sale - 1 May 1965, 2 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Help!" and Help! - 14 August 1965, 2 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" and Rubber Soul - 25 December 1965, 4 weeks
  • The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black" and Aftermath - 28 May 1966, 2 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine" and Revolver - 20 August 1966, 4 weeks
  • The Monkees - "I'm a Believer" and The Monkees - 4 February 1967, 2 weeks
  • The Beatles - "All You Need is Love" and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 22 July 1967, 3 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Hello, Goodbye" and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 23 December 1967, 2 weeks

1970s[]

  • Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water" and Bridge Over Troubled Water - 28 March 1970, 2 weeks
  • George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord" and All Things Must Pass - 6 February 1971, 4 weeks
  • Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" and Every Picture Tells a Story - 9 October 1971, 3 weeks
  • T. Rex - "Telegram Sam" and Electric Warrior - 5 February 1972, 2 weeks
  • T. Rex - "Metal Guru" and Bolan Boogie - 20 May 1972, 3 weeks
  • The Stylistics - "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" and The Best of the Stylistics - 16 August 1975, 2 weeks
  • Rod Stewart - "Sailing" and Atlantic Crossing - 6 September 1975, 4 weeks
  • Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" and A Night at the Opera - 27 December 1975, 2 weeks; 17 January 1976, 2 weeks
  • ABBA - "Fernando" and Greatest Hits - 8 May 1976, 4 weeks
  • ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and Arrival - 16 April 1977, 3 weeks
  • ABBA - "Take a Chance on Me" and The Album - 18 February 1978, 3 weeks
  • Blondie - "Heart of Glass" and Parallel Lines - 17 February 1979, 2 weeks
  • Tubeway Army - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and Replicas - 21 July 1979, 1 week
  • Gary Numan - "Cars" and The Pleasure Principle - 22 September 1979, 1 week

1980s[]

  • The Pretenders - "Brass in Pocket" and Pretenders - 19 January 1980, 2 weeks
  • The Police - "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and Zenyatta Mondatta - 11 October 1980, 2 weeks
  • Barbra Streisand - "Woman in Love" and Guilty - 8 November 1980, 1 week
  • ABBA - "Super Trouper" and Super Trouper - 29 November 1980, 3 weeks
  • John Lennon - "Woman" and Double Fantasy (collaboration with Yoko Ono) - 7 February 1981, 2 weeks
  • Adam and the Ants - "Stand and Deliver" and Kings of the Wild Frontier - 9 May 1981, 2 weeks
  • Queen - "Under Pressure" (collaboration with David Bowie) and Greatest Hits - 21 November 1981, 2 weeks
  • The Human League - "Don't You Want Me" and Dare - 9 January 1982, 1 week
  • Paul McCartney - "Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Stevie Wonder) and Tug of War - 8 May 1982, 1 week
  • Madness - "House of Fun" and Complete Madness - 29 May 1982, 1 week
  • Men at Work - "Down Under" and Business as Usual - 29 January 1983, 3 weeks
  • Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" and Thriller - 5 March 1983, 1 week
  • David Bowie - "Let's Dance" and Let's Dance - 23 April 1983, 1 week
  • Spandau Ballet - "True" and True - 14 May 1983, 1 week
  • The Police - "Every Breath You Take" and Synchronicity - 25 June 1983, 1 week
  • Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" and Colour by Numbers - 22 October 1983, 1 week
  • Lionel Richie - "Hello" and Can't Slow Down - 31 March 1984, 2 weeks
  • Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is" and Agent Provocateur - 26 January 1985, 2 weeks
  • Phil Collins (duet with Philip Bailey on the single) - "Easy Lover" and No Jacket Required - 23 March 1985, 2 weeks
  • Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach" and True Blue - 12 July 1986, 3 weeks
  • Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and Whitney - 13 June 1987, 1 week
  • T'Pau - "China in Your Hand" and Bridge of Spies - 21 November 1987, 1 week
  • Cliff Richard - "Mistletoe and Wine" and Private Collection: 1979-1988 - 24 December 1988, 2 weeks
  • Madonna - "Like a Prayer" and Like a Prayer - 1 April 1989, 2 weeks
  • Jason Donovan - "Sealed With a Kiss" and Ten Good Reasons - 10 June 1989, 2 weeks
  • Soul II Soul - "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" and Club Classics Vol. I - 15 July 1989, 1 week

1990s[]

2000s[]

  • Limp Bizkit – "Rollin'" and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water 28 January 2001 (one week)
  • Hear'Say – "Pure and Simple" and Popstars 1 April 2001 (one week)
  • Shaggy – "Angel" and Hotshot 3 June 2001 (one week)
  • Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and Fever 7 October 2001 (two weeks)
  • Robbie Williams – "Somethin' Stupid" and Swing When You're Winning 16 December 2001 (three weeks)
  • Enrique Iglesias – "Hero" and Escape 10 February 2002 (two weeks)
  • Atomic Kitten "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" and Feels So Good 15 September 2002 (one week)
  • Evanescence – "Bring Me to Life" and Fallen 22 June 2003 (one week)
  • Beyonce — "Crazy In Love" and Dangerously in Love 6 July 2003 (three weeks)
  • Will Young – "Leave Right Now" and Friday's Child 7 December 2003 (one week)
  • Usher – "Yeah" and Confessions 28 March 2004 (one week)
  • The Streets – "Dry Your Eyes" and A Grand Don't Come for Free 25 July 2004 (one week)
  • Tony Christie – "Is This the Way to Amarillo" and Definitive Collection 27 March 2005 (two weeks)
  • Akon – "Lonely" and Trouble 8 May 2005 (one week)
  • James Blunt – "You're Beautiful" and Back to Bedlam 17 July 2005 (five weeks)
  • Sugababes — "Push The Button" and Taller In More Ways 16 October 2005 (one week)
  • Westlife – "You Raise Me Up" and Face To Face 6 November 2005 (one week)
  • Madonna – "Hung Up" and Confessions on a Dancefloor 20 November 2005 (two weeks)
  • Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" and St. Elsewhere 30 April 2006 (one week)
  • Scissor Sisters – "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" and Ta-Dah 24 September 2006 (two weeks)
  • MIKA – "Grace Kelly" and Life in Cartoon Motion 11 February 2007 (two weeks)
  • Rihanna – "Umbrella" and Good Girl Gone Bad 10 June 2007 (one week)
  • Sugababes – "About You Now" and Change 14 October 2007 (one week)
  • Leona Lewis – "Bleeding Love" and Spirit 18 November 2007 (four weeks)
  • Duffy – "Mercy" and Rockferry 9 March 2008 (two weeks)
  • Madonna – "4 Minutes" and Hard Candy 4 May 2008 (one week)
  • Coldplay – "Viva La Vida" and Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 22 June 2008 (one week)
  • Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire" and Only by the Night 28 September 2008 (one week)
  • Lily Allen – "The Fear" and It's Not Me, It's You 15 February 2009 (one week)
  • Lady Gaga – "Poker Face" and The Fame 5 April 2009 (one week)
  • Cheryl Cole – "Fight for this Love" and 3 Words 1 November 2009 (one week)

2010s[]

  • Lady Gaga – "Telephone" and The Fame Monster 21 March 2010 (one week)[1]
  • Rihanna – "What's My Name?" and Loud 9 January 2011 (one week)
  • Bruno Mars – "Grenade" and Doo-Wops & Hooligans 30 January 2011 (one week)
  • Adele – "Someone Like You" and 21 20 February 2011 (four weeks) and 27 March 2011 (one week)
  • Rihanna – "We Found Love" and Talk That Talk 27 November 2011 (one week)
  • Gary Barlow – "Sing" and Sing 10 June 2012 (one week)
  • Robbie Williams – "Candy" and Take The Crown 11 November 2012 (one week)
  • One Direction – "Little Things" and Take Me Home 18 November 2012 (one week)
  • Olly Murs – "Troublemaker" and Right Place Right Time 2 December 2012 (one week)
  • Miley Cyrus – "Wrecking Ball" and Bangerz 13 October 2013 (one week)
  • Mark Ronson – "Uptown Funk" and Uptown Special 25 January 2015 (one week)
  • Sam Smith – "Lay Me Down" and In the Lonely Hour 15 March 2015 (one week)
  • Drake – "One Dance" and Views 6 May 2016 (one week) and 20 May 2016 (one week)
  • Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" and ÷ 10 March 2017 (two weeks)
  • Drake – "In My Feelings" and Scorpion 20 July 2018 (one week)
  • Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" and A Star Is Born 26 October 2018 (one week)[1]
  • Ariana Grande – "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" and Thank U, Next 15 February 2019 (one week)
  • Ariana Grande – "7 Rings" and Thank U, Next 22 February 2019 (one week)
  • Ed Sheeran – "Beautiful People" and No.6 Collaborations Project 19 July 2019 (one week)

2020s[]

  • Stormzy – "Own It" and Heavy Is the Head 10 January 2020 (one week)
  • Eminem – "Godzilla" and Music to Be Murdered By 24 January 2020 (one week)
  • Drake – "Toosie Slide" and Dark Lane Demo Tapes 8 May 2020 (one week)
  • Ariana Grande – "Positions" and Positions 6 November 2020 (one week)
  • Olivia Rodrigo – "Good 4 U" and Sour 28 May 2021 (two weeks)
  • Adele – "Easy on Me" and 30 26 November 2021 (two weeks)
  • Ed Sheeran – "Merry Christmas" and = 31 December 2021 (one week)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Myers, Justin (26 October 2018). "Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper score the Official Chart double as Shallow becomes Gaga's fifth UK Number 1". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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