List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

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This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 30 artists have achieved this milestone. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company.[1]

Elvis Presley has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1307 weeks for 165 singles. Cliff Richard, Ed Sheeran and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Ed Sheeran has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with 1831 weeks followed by thirteen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Ed Sheeran being the latest to pass this threshold in July 2021. David Bowie passed the 1000-week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75.[2] ABBA's 'Gold' became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the top 100 UK albums chart in July 2021.

Artists with over 1000 weeks combined on singles and albums charts[]

Figures are as of week ending 6 January 2022.

Artist Singles chart
(weeks)		 Albums chart
(weeks)		 Combined (weeks) Ref
Elvis Presley 1307 1508 2815 [3]
Queen 462 1831 2293 [4]
Ed Sheeran 1191 1085 2276 [5]
Michael Jackson 711 1532 2243 [6]
Cliff Richard 1180 911 2091 [7]
The Beatles 461 1616 2077 [8]
Elton John 720 1271 1991 [9]
David Bowie 476 1433 1909 [10]
Madonna 740 1153 1893 [11]
Fleetwood Mac 241 1550 1791 [12]
Oasis 420 1347 1767 [13]
Rod Stewart 480 1185 1665 [14]
ABBA 273 1330 1603 [15]
Rihanna 1138 449 1587 [16]
Eminem 557 912 1469 [17]
U2 364 1101 1465 [18]
Drake 977 436 1413 [19]
Frank Sinatra 450 932 1382 [20]
The Rolling Stones 387 892 1279 [21]
Coldplay 559 658 1217 [22]
Diana Ross 569 633 1202 [23]
Simon & Garfunkel 87 1092 1179 [24]
Bob Marley 190 961 1151 [25]
Justin Bieber 866 260 1126 [26]
Take That 417 703 1120 [27]
Whitney Houston 370 721 1091 [28]
Robbie Williams 415 647 1062 [29]
Phil Collins 251 786 1037 [30]
Pink Floyd 56 974 1030 [31]
Adele 431 576 1007 [32]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "View your favourite artist's chart history". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ "ELVIS". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ^ "QUEEN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "ED SHEERAN". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ^ "MICHAEL JACKSON". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "CLIFF RICHARD". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ "THE BEATLES". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ^ "ELTON JOHN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. ^ "MADONNA". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. ^ "DAVID BOWIE". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ "FLEETWOOD MAC". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  13. ^ "OASIS". Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  14. ^ "ROD STEWART". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "RIHANNA". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  16. ^ "ABBA". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  17. ^ "EMINEM". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  18. ^ "U2". Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  19. ^ "FRANK SINATRA". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  20. ^ "DRAKE". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  21. ^ "THE ROLLING STONES". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  22. ^ "COLDPLAY". Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  23. ^ "DIANA ROSS". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  24. ^ "SIMON AND GARFUNKEL". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  25. ^ "TAKE THAT". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  26. ^ "JUSTIN BIEBER". Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  27. ^ "BOB MARLEY". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  28. ^ "WHITNEY HOUSTON". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  29. ^ "ROBBIE WILLIAMS". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  30. ^ "PHIL COLLINS". Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  31. ^ "PINK FLOYD". Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  32. ^ "ADELE". Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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