List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts
This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks in the top 75 UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 38 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]
Ed Sheeran has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1508 weeks. Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Drake 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 in the album chart followed by seventeen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Taylor Swift being the latest to pass this threshold. 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. Robbie Williams is the only artist to feature on the list twice: as a solo artist and with Take That.
Figures are as of chart week 23-29 August 2024.
Artist | Singles chart (weeks) |
Albums chart (weeks) |
Combined (weeks) | Ref |
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1311 | 1645 | 2956 | [3] |
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1508 | 1406 | 2914 | [4] |
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462 | 1972 | 2434 | [5] |
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721 | 1671 | 2392 | [6] |
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472 | 1788 | 2260 | [7] |
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799 | 1414 | 2213 | [8] |
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697 | 1446 | 2143 | [9] |
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421 | 1694 | 2115 | [10] |
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1182 | 923 | 2105 | [11] |
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261 | 1827 | 2088 | [12] |
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476 | 1578 | 2054 | [13] |
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772 | 1163 | 1935 | [14] |
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592 | 1185 | 1777 | [15] |
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273 | 1476 | 1749 | [16] |
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1160 | 551 | 1711 | [17] |
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471 | 1189 | 1660 | [18] |
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1151 | 482 | 1633 | [19] |
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364 | 1104 | 1468 | [20] |
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460 | 932 | 1392 | [21] |
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389 | 930 | 1319 | [22] |
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196 | 1097 | 1293 | [23] |
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584 | 661 | 1245 | [24] |
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378 | 855 | 1233 | [25] |
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697 | 532 | 1229 | [26] |
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183 | 1022 | 1205 | [27] |
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569 | 634 | 1203 | [28] |
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471 | 731 | 1202 | [29] |
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924 | 278 | 1202 | [30] |
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87 | 1092 | 1179 | [31] |
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627 | 506 | 1133 | [32] |
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417 | 709 | 1126 | [33] |
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415 | 655 | 1070 | [34] |
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679 | 377 | 1056 | [35] |
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57 | 993 | 1050 | [36] |
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251 | 797 | 1048 | [37] |
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862 | 186 | 1048 | [38] |
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309 | 722 | 1031 | [39] |
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518 | 491 | 1009 | [40] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "View your favourite artist's chart history". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Elvis Presley". Official Charts. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Ed Sheeran". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Queen=". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Michael Jackson". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "The Beatles". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Elton John". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Taylor Swift". Official Charts. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Oasis". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Cliff Richard". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Fleetwood Mac". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "David Bowie". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Madonna". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Eminem". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Abba". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Drake". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Rod Stewart". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Rihanna". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "U2". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Frank Sinatra". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "The Rolling Stones". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Bob Marley". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Coldplay". Official Charts. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Whitney Houston". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "The Weeknd". Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Arctic Monkeys". Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Diana Ross". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Adele". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Justin Bieber". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Simon & Garfunkel". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Dua Lipa". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Take That". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Robbie Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Beyonce". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Pink Floyd". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Phil Collins". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Calvin Harris". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "George Michael". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.