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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Colin B » Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:21 am

Private Presley wrote:How many copies are being sold weekly?


Probably not that many.

The charts these days are made up of physical sales, downloads & streams.
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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Brian » Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:17 am

Private Presley wrote:How many copies are being sold weekly?


Roughly 2000 give or take.

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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby marvan » Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:59 am

Private Presley wrote:How many copies are being sold weekly?

Based on the weekly sales info ( Music Week ) and the Haven album sales info it has, for now, a steady weekly sale of around 3000.


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Brian » Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:12 pm

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 24TH MARCH,2023

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2880 weeks (1308 weeks for singles) (1572 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2709 weeks (1452 weeks for singles) (1257 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2359 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1897 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2313 weeks (716 weeks for singles) (1597 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2150 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1689 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2120 weeks (781 for singles) (1339 weeks for albums)
7. Cliff Richard - 2097 weeks (1181 weeks for singles) (916 weeks for albums)
8. David Bowie - 1978 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1502 weeks for albums)
9. Fleetwood Mac - 1919 weeks (241 weeks for singles) (1678 weeks for albums)
10.Madonna - 1901 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1161 weeks for albums)

ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES
21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
139 Top 40’s
164 Top 75's
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1308 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
13 No.1’s
53 Top 10’s
95 Top 40’s
124 Top 75’s
66 weeks at No.1
559 weeks in Top 10
1099 weeks in Top 40
1572 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna and Ed Sheeran (both with 13)
5. Take That - 12
6. Calvin Harris; Eminem and Elton John (all with 10)
7. Abba; Spice Girls and Rihanna (all with 9)
8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Sam Smith (all with 8)
9. Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Justin Bieber; Ariana Grande and David Guetta (all with 7)
10.Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie; Drake and Lady Ga Ga (all with 6)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 44
5. Ed Sheeran - 40
6. Drake - 37
7. Elton John - 36
8. Kylie Minogue - 34
9. U2 and Eminem (both with 33)
10.Robbie Williams and Rihanna (both with 31)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 16
2. Robbie Williams - 14
3. Elvis and Rolling Stones (both with 13)
4. Madonna and Bruce Springsteen (both with 12)
5. David Bowie - 11
6. U2; Michael Jackson; Rod Stewart; Eminem; Queen and Abba (all with 10)
7. Bob Dylan; Coldplay and Taylor Swift (all with 9)
8. Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M.; Take That; Westlife; Kylie Minogue; Elton John and Stereophonics (all with 8)
9. Cliff Richard; George Michael; Prodigy; Paul McCartney; The Killers and Muse (all with 7)
10. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys; Kings of Leon; Paul Weller; The Script; Kasabian) and Drake (all with 6)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 53
2. Cliff Richard - 47
3. Bob Dylan - 42
4. Rolling Stones - 41
5. Frank Sinatra - 40
6. Rod Stewart - 37
7. David Bowie -35
8. Beatles - 34
9. Elton John - 33
10. Queen - 27

MOST NO.2 SINGLES
1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1)
2. Madonna - 12
3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11)
4. Rihanna - 9
5. Michael Jackson; Justin Timberlake; Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran (all with 7)
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Bieber (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis - 8
3. Elton John; Bon Jovi and Paul Weller (all with 7)
4. Madonna; Rod Stewart; Queen and Cliff Richard (all with 6)
5. Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Britney Spears and Manic Street Preachers - (all with 5)
6. David Bowie; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who; Tom Jones; James; Steps and Bruce Springsteen (all with 4)
7. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton; Beautiful South; Take That; Guns N' Roses; A-Ha; Fleetwood Mac; Fall Out Boy; Phil Collins; Busted; Carpenters, Kanye West; Gorillaz; Gary Numan; Will Young; Westlife; Tears For Fears; Drake and Red Hot Chili Peppers (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 80
4. Madonna and Elton John (both with 71)
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo; Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (all with 57)
8. Michael Jackson - 56
9. Queen - 54
10.Rihanna - 50

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 68
3. Cliff Richard - 67
4. Bob Dylan - 66
5. Frank Sinatra - 64
6. Rolling Stones - 54
7. Rod Stewart - 47
8. Neil Young - 46
9. James Last and Beatles (both with 45)
10. Status Quo and Elton John (both with 43)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Drake - 129
4. Glee Cast - 100
5. Elton John - 91
6. David Bowie - 79
7. Diana Ross -78
8. Madonna - 75
9. Justin Bieber - 73
10. Ed Sheeran - 68

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 90
3.Cliff Richard and Bob Dylan (both with 72)
4.Frank Sinatra - 70
5.Neil Young - 67
6.James Last - 65
7.Rolling Stones - 58
8.Beatles - 55
9.Diana Ross - 54
10. Van Morrison - 51

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 176
2. Elvis - 66
3. Abba - 58
4. Rolling Stones - 47
5. Ed Sheeran - 45
6. Adele - 42
7. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40)
8. Robbie Williams - 37
9. Rod Stewart - 32
10.Michael Jackson - 31

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Ed Sheeran - 60
4. Cliff Richard - 46
5. Justin Bieber - 38
6. Frankie Laine - 32
7. Abba; Calvin Harris and Drake (all with 31)
8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29)
9. Elton John - 28
10.Rihanna - 25

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Ed Sheeran - 289
4. Rihanna - 266
5. Madonna - 228
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Beatles - 188
8. Frankie Laine - 187
9. Drake - 180
10. Calvin Harris - 178

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 479
3. Ed Sheeran - 373
4. Cliff Richard -347
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen - 301
7. Rod Stewart - 277
8. Rolling Stones - 275
9. Elton John - 269
10.Michael Jackson - 266

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 849
4. Rihanna - 705
5. Drake - 602
6. Justin Bieber - 562
7. David Guetta - 554
8. Madonna - 516
9. Elton John - 508
10.Calvin Harris - 502

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1116
2. Elvis - 1099
3. Queen - 1015
4. Fleetwood Mac - 944
5. Elton John - 902
6. Ed Sheeran - 884
7. Michael Jackson - 879
8. Abba - 851
9. David Bowie - 834
10.Simon and Garfunkel - 826

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1452
2. Elvis - 1308
3. Cliff Richard - 1181
4. Rihanna - 1150
5. Drake - 1063
6. Justin Bieber - 918
7. David Guetta - 905
8. Calvin Harris - 782
9. Elton John - 781
10. Madonna - 740

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1897
2. Beatles - 1689
3. Fleetwood Mac - 1678
4. Michael Jackson - 1597
5. Elvis - 1572
6. Oasis - 1507
7. David Bowie -1502
8. Abba - 1402
9. Elton John - 1339
10.Ed Sheeran - 1257


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Colin B » Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:21 pm

From the UK Top 100 Album Chart - 24th March 2023:


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Postby marvan » Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:36 pm

This weeks sales "30 #1's" : approx. 3.400.


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Colin B » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:27 pm

From the UK Top 100 Album Chart - 31st March 2023:


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Brian » Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:06 pm

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 31ST MARCH,2023

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2881 weeks (1308 weeks for singles) (1573 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2714 weeks (1455 weeks for singles) (1259 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2360 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1898 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2314 weeks (716 weeks for singles) (1598 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2151 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1690 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2122 weeks (781 for singles) (1341 weeks for albums)
7. Cliff Richard - 2097 weeks (1181 weeks for singles) (916 weeks for albums)
8. David Bowie - 1979 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1503 weeks for albums)
9. Fleetwood Mac - 1921 weeks (241 weeks for singles) (1680 weeks for albums)
10.Madonna - 1901 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1161 weeks for albums)

ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES
21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
139 Top 40’s
164 Top 75's
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1308 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
13 No.1’s
53 Top 10’s
95 Top 40’s
124 Top 75’s
66 weeks at No.1
559 weeks in Top 10
1100 weeks in Top 40
1573 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard; Westlife and Ed Sheeran (all with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Calvin Harris; Eminem and Elton John (all with 10)
7. Abba; Spice Girls and Rihanna (all with 9)
8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Sam Smith (all with 8)
9. Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Justin Bieber; Ariana Grande and David Guetta (all with 7)
10.Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie; Drake and Lady Ga Ga (all with 6)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 44
5. Ed Sheeran - 41
6. Drake - 37
7. Elton John - 36
8. Kylie Minogue - 34
9. U2 and Eminem (both with 33)
10.Robbie Williams and Rihanna (both with 31)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 16
2. Robbie Williams - 14
3. Elvis and Rolling Stones (both with 13)
4. Madonna and Bruce Springsteen (both with 12)
5. David Bowie - 11
6. U2; Michael Jackson; Rod Stewart; Eminem; Queen and Abba (all with 10)
7. Bob Dylan; Coldplay and Taylor Swift (all with 9)
8. Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M.; Take That; Westlife; Kylie Minogue; Elton John and Stereophonics (all with 8)
9. Cliff Richard; George Michael; Prodigy; Paul McCartney; The Killers and Muse (all with 7)
10. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys; Kings of Leon; Paul Weller; The Script; Kasabian; Drake and Lana Del Rey (all with 6)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 53
2. Cliff Richard - 47
3. Bob Dylan - 42
4. Rolling Stones - 41
5. Frank Sinatra - 40
6. Rod Stewart - 37
7. David Bowie -35
8. Beatles - 34
9. Elton John - 33
10. Queen - 27

MOST NO.2 SINGLES
1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1)
2. Madonna - 12
3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11)
4. Rihanna - 9
5. Michael Jackson; Justin Timberlake; Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran (all with 7)
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Bieber (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis - 8
3. Elton John; Bon Jovi and Paul Weller (all with 7)
4. Madonna; Rod Stewart; Queen and Cliff Richard (all with 6)
5. Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Britney Spears and Manic Street Preachers - (all with 5)
6. David Bowie; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who; Tom Jones; James; Steps; Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode (all with 4)
7. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Elvis Costello; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton; Beautiful South; Take That; Guns N' Roses; A-Ha; Fleetwood Mac; Fall Out Boy; Phil Collins; Busted; Carpenters, Kanye West; Gorillaz; Gary Numan; Will Young; Westlife; Tears For Fears; Drake and Red Hot Chili Peppers (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 80
4. Madonna and Elton John (both with 71)
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross and Ed Sheeran (both with 58)
7. Status Quo and Justin Bieber (both with 57)
8. Michael Jackson - 56
9. Queen - 54
10.Rihanna - 50

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 68
3. Cliff Richard - 67
4. Bob Dylan - 66
5. Frank Sinatra - 64
6. Rolling Stones - 54
7. Rod Stewart - 47
8. Neil Young - 46
9. James Last and Beatles (both with 45)
10. Elton John - 44

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Drake - 129
4. Glee Cast - 100
5. Elton John - 91
6. David Bowie - 79
7. Diana Ross -78
8. Madonna - 75
9. Justin Bieber - 73
10. Ed Sheeran - 69

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 90
3.Cliff Richard and Bob Dylan (both with 72)
4.Frank Sinatra - 70
5.Neil Young - 67
6.James Last - 65
7.Rolling Stones - 58
8.Beatles - 55
9.Diana Ross - 54
10.Van Morrison - 51

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 176
2. Elvis - 66
3. Abba - 58
4. Rolling Stones - 47
5. Ed Sheeran - 45
6. Adele - 42
7. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40)
8. Robbie Williams - 37
9. Rod Stewart - 32
10.Michael Jackson - 31

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Ed Sheeran - 61
4. Cliff Richard - 46
5. Justin Bieber - 38
6. Frankie Laine - 32
7. Abba; Calvin Harris and Drake (all with 31)
8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29)
9. Elton John - 28
10.Rihanna - 25

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Ed Sheeran - 290
4. Rihanna - 266
5. Madonna - 228
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Beatles - 188
8. Frankie Laine - 187
9. Drake - 180
10. Calvin Harris - 179

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 479
3. Ed Sheeran - 373
4. Cliff Richard -347
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen - 301
7. Rod Stewart - 277
8. Rolling Stones - 275
9. Elton John - 270
10.Michael Jackson - 266

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 850
4. Rihanna - 705
5. Drake - 602
6. Justin Bieber - 562
7. David Guetta - 556
8. Madonna - 516
9. Elton John - 508
10.Calvin Harris - 503

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1116
2. Elvis - 1100
3. Queen - 1016
4. Fleetwood Mac - 946
5. Elton John - 904
6. Ed Sheeran - 886
7. Michael Jackson - 880
8. Abba - 852
9. David Bowie - 834
10.Simon and Garfunkel - 826

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1455
2. Elvis - 1308
3. Cliff Richard - 1181
4. Rihanna - 1150
5. Drake - 1063
6. Justin Bieber - 918
7. David Guetta - 906
8. Calvin Harris - 783
9. Elton John - 781
10. Madonna - 740

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1898
2. Beatles - 1690
3. Fleetwood Mac - 1680
4. Michael Jackson - 1598
5. Elvis - 1573
6. Oasis - 1510
7. David Bowie -1503
8. Abba - 1403
9. Elton John - 1341
10.Ed Sheeran - 1259


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Colin B » Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:42 pm

UK Top 100 Album Chart - 7th April 2023:

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Postby Brian » Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:14 am

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 7TH APRIL,2023

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2882 weeks (1308 weeks for singles) (1574 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2719 weeks (1458 weeks for singles) (1261 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2361 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1899 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2315 weeks (716 weeks for singles) (1599 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2152 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1691 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2123 weeks (781 for singles) (1342 weeks for albums)
7. Cliff Richard - 2097 weeks (1181 weeks for singles) (916 weeks for albums)
8. David Bowie - 1980 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1504 weeks for albums)
9. Fleetwood Mac - 1923 weeks (241 weeks for singles) (1682 weeks for albums)
10.Madonna - 1901 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1161 weeks for albums)

ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES
21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
139 Top 40’s
164 Top 75's
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1308 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
13 No.1’s
53 Top 10’s
95 Top 40’s
124 Top 75’s
66 weeks at No.1
559 weeks in Top 10
1101 weeks in Top 40
1574 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard; Westlife and Ed Sheeran (all with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Calvin Harris - 11
7. Eminem and Elton John (both with 10)
8. Abba; Spice Girls and Rihanna (all with 9)
9. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Sam Smith (all with 8)
10. Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Justin Bieber; Ariana Grande and David Guetta (all with 7)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 44
5. Ed Sheeran - 41
6. Drake - 37
7. Elton John - 36
8. Kylie Minogue - 34
9. U2 and Eminem (both with 33)
10.Robbie Williams and Rihanna (both with 31)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 16
2. Robbie Williams - 14
3. Elvis and Rolling Stones (both with 13)
4. Madonna and Bruce Springsteen (both with 12)
5. David Bowie - 11
6. U2; Michael Jackson; Rod Stewart; Eminem; Queen and Abba (all with 10)
7. Bob Dylan; Coldplay and Taylor Swift (all with 9)
8. Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M.; Take That; Westlife; Kylie Minogue; Elton John and Stereophonics (all with 8)
9. Cliff Richard; George Michael; Prodigy; Paul McCartney; The Killers and Muse (all with 7)
10. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys; Kings of Leon; Paul Weller; The Script; Kasabian; Drake and Lana Del Rey (all with 6)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 53
2. Cliff Richard - 47
3. Bob Dylan - 42
4. Rolling Stones - 41
5. Frank Sinatra - 40
6. Rod Stewart - 37
7. David Bowie -35
8. Beatles - 34
9. Elton John - 33
10. Queen - 27

MOST NO.2 SINGLES
1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1)
2. Madonna - 12
3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11)
4. Rihanna - 9
5. Michael Jackson; Justin Timberlake; Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran (all with 7)
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Bieber (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis - 8
3. Elton John; Bon Jovi and Paul Weller (all with 7)
4. Madonna; Rod Stewart; Queen and Cliff Richard (all with 6)
5. Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Britney Spears and Manic Street Preachers - (all with 5)
6. David Bowie; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who; Tom Jones; James; Steps; Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode (all with 4)
7. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Elvis Costello; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton; Beautiful South; Take That; Guns N' Roses; A-Ha; Fleetwood Mac; Fall Out Boy; Phil Collins; Busted; Carpenters, Kanye West; Gorillaz; Gary Numan; Will Young; Westlife; Tears For Fears; Drake and Red Hot Chili Peppers (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 80
4. Madonna and Elton John (both with 71)
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross and Ed Sheeran (both with 58)
7. Status Quo and Justin Bieber (both with 57)
8. Michael Jackson - 56
9. Queen - 54
10.Rihanna - 50

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 68
3. Cliff Richard - 67
4. Bob Dylan - 66
5. Frank Sinatra - 64
6. Rolling Stones - 54
7. Rod Stewart - 47
8. Neil Young - 46
9. James Last and Beatles (both with 45)
10. Elton John - 44

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Drake - 129
4. Glee Cast - 100
5. Elton John - 91
6. David Bowie - 79
7. Diana Ross -78
8. Madonna - 75
9. Justin Bieber - 73
10. Ed Sheeran - 69

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 90
3.Cliff Richard and Bob Dylan (both with 72)
4.Frank Sinatra - 70
5.Neil Young - 67
6.James Last - 65
7.Rolling Stones - 58
8.Beatles - 55
9.Diana Ross - 54
10.Van Morrison - 51

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 176
2. Elvis - 66
3. Abba - 58
4. Rolling Stones - 47
5. Ed Sheeran - 45
6. Adele - 42
7. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40)
8. Robbie Williams - 37
9. Rod Stewart - 32
10.Michael Jackson - 31

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Ed Sheeran - 61
4. Cliff Richard - 46
5. Justin Bieber - 38
6. Frankie Laine and Calvin Harris (both with 32)
7. Abba and Drake (both with 31)
8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29)
9. Elton John - 28
10.Rihanna - 25

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Ed Sheeran - 291
4. Rihanna - 266
5. Madonna - 228
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Beatles - 188
8. Frankie Laine - 187
9. Drake and Calvin Harris (both with 180)
10.Awaits

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 479
3. Ed Sheeran - 373
4. Cliff Richard -347
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen - 301
7. Rod Stewart - 277
8. Rolling Stones - 275
9. Elton John - 271
10.Michael Jackson - 266

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 851
4. Rihanna - 705
5. Drake - 602
6. Justin Bieber - 562
7. David Guetta - 557
8. Madonna - 516
9. Elton John - 508
10.Calvin Harris - 504

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1116
2. Elvis - 1101
3. Queen - 1017
4. Fleetwood Mac - 948
5. Elton John - 905
6. Ed Sheeran - 886
7. Michael Jackson - 881
8. Abba - 853
9. David Bowie - 834
10.Simon and Garfunkel - 826

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1458
2. Elvis - 1308
3. Cliff Richard - 1181
4. Rihanna - 1150
5. Drake - 1063
6. Justin Bieber - 918
7. David Guetta - 907
8. Calvin Harris - 784
9. Elton John - 781
10. Madonna - 740

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1899
2. Beatles - 1691
3. Fleetwood Mac - 1682
4. Michael Jackson - 1599
5. Elvis - 1574
6. Oasis - 1513
7. David Bowie -1504
8. Abba - 1404
9. Elton John - 1342
10.Ed Sheeran - 1261


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby marvan » Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:32 am

This week : " 30 #1 Hits " : 3,200 sales.


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Colin B » Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:41 am

marvan wrote:This week : " 30 #1 Hits " : 3,200 sales.


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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

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Colin B wrote:
marvan wrote:This week : " 30 #1 Hits " : 3,200 sales.


Including downloads & streaming, or just physical ?

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Re: UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

Postby Brian » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:46 pm

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 14TH APRIL,2023

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2883 weeks (1308 weeks for singles) (1575 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2724 weeks (1461 weeks for singles) (1263 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2362 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1900 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2316 weeks (716 weeks for singles) (1600 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2153 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1692 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2124 weeks (781 for singles) (1343 weeks for albums)
7. Cliff Richard - 2097 weeks (1181 weeks for singles) (916 weeks for albums)
8. David Bowie - 1981 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1505 weeks for albums)
9. Fleetwood Mac - 1925 weeks (241 weeks for singles) (1684 weeks for albums)
10.Madonna - 1901 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1161 weeks for albums)

ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES
21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
139 Top 40’s
164 Top 75's
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1308 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
13 No.1’s
53 Top 10’s
95 Top 40’s
124 Top 75’s
66 weeks at No.1
559 weeks in Top 10
1102 weeks in Top 40
1575 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard; Westlife and Ed Sheeran (all with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Calvin Harris - 11
7. Eminem and Elton John (both with 10)
8. Abba; Spice Girls and Rihanna (all with 9)
9. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Sam Smith (all with 8)
10. Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Justin Bieber; Ariana Grande and David Guetta (all with 7)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 44
5. Ed Sheeran - 41
6. Drake - 38
7. Elton John - 36
8. Kylie Minogue - 34
9. U2 and Eminem (both with 33)
10.Robbie Williams and Rihanna (both with 31)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 16
2. Robbie Williams - 14
3. Elvis and Rolling Stones (both with 13)
4. Madonna and Bruce Springsteen (both with 12)
5. David Bowie - 11
6. U2; Michael Jackson; Rod Stewart; Eminem; Queen and Abba (all with 10)
7. Bob Dylan; Coldplay and Taylor Swift (all with 9)
8. Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M.; Take That; Westlife; Kylie Minogue; Elton John and Stereophonics (all with 8)
9. Cliff Richard; George Michael; Prodigy; Paul McCartney; The Killers and Muse (all with 7)
10. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys; Kings of Leon; Paul Weller; The Script; Kasabian; Drake and Lana Del Rey (all with 6)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 53
2. Cliff Richard - 47
3. Bob Dylan - 42
4. Rolling Stones - 41
5. Frank Sinatra - 40
6. Rod Stewart - 37
7. David Bowie -35
8. Beatles - 34
9. Elton John - 33
10. Queen - 27

MOST NO.2 SINGLES
1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1)
2. Madonna - 12
3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11)
4. Rihanna - 9
5. Michael Jackson; Justin Timberlake; Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran (all with 7)
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Bieber (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis - 8
3. Elton John; Bon Jovi and Paul Weller (all with 7)
4. Madonna; Rod Stewart; Queen and Cliff Richard (all with 6)
5. Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Britney Spears and Manic Street Preachers - (all with 5)
6. David Bowie; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who; Tom Jones; James; Steps; Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode (all with 4)
7. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Elvis Costello; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton; Beautiful South; Take That; Guns N' Roses; A-Ha; Fleetwood Mac; Fall Out Boy; Phil Collins; Busted; Carpenters, Kanye West; Gorillaz; Gary Numan; Will Young; Westlife; Tears For Fears; Drake and Red Hot Chili Peppers (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 81
4. Madonna and Elton John (both with 71)
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross and Ed Sheeran (both with 58)
7. Status Quo and Justin Bieber (both with 57)
8. Michael Jackson - 56
9. Queen - 54
10.Rihanna - 50

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 68
3. Cliff Richard - 67
4. Bob Dylan - 66
5. Frank Sinatra - 64
6. Rolling Stones - 54
7. Rod Stewart - 47
8. Neil Young - 46
9. James Last and Beatles (both with 45)
10. Elton John - 44

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Drake - 131
4. Glee Cast - 100
5. Elton John - 91
6. David Bowie - 79
7. Diana Ross -78
8. Madonna - 75
9. Justin Bieber - 73
10. Ed Sheeran - 69

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 90
3.Cliff Richard and Bob Dylan (both with 72)
4.Frank Sinatra - 70
5.Neil Young - 67
6.James Last - 65
7.Rolling Stones - 58
8.Beatles - 55
9.Diana Ross - 54
10.Van Morrison - 51

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 176
2. Elvis - 66
3. Abba - 58
4. Rolling Stones - 47
5. Ed Sheeran - 45
6. Adele - 42
7. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40)
8. Robbie Williams - 37
9. Rod Stewart - 32
10.Michael Jackson - 31

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Ed Sheeran - 61
4. Cliff Richard - 46
5. Justin Bieber - 38
6. Calvin Harris - 33
7. Frankie Laine - 32
8. Abba and Drake (both with 31)
9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29)
10. Elton John - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Ed Sheeran - 292
4. Rihanna - 266
5. Madonna - 228
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Beatles - 188
8. Frankie Laine - 187
9. Calvin Harris and Drake (both with 181)
10. Awaits

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 479
3. Ed Sheeran - 373
4. Cliff Richard -347
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen - 301
7. Rod Stewart - 277
8. Rolling Stones - 275
9. Elton John - 272
10.Michael Jackson - 266

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 852
4. Rihanna - 705
5. Drake - 603
6. Justin Bieber - 562
7. David Guetta - 558
8. Madonna - 516
9. Elton John - 508
10.Calvin Harris - 505

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1116
2. Elvis - 1102
3. Queen - 1018
4. Fleetwood Mac - 950
5. Elton John - 906
6. Ed Sheeran - 890
7. Michael Jackson - 882
8. Abba - 854
9. David Bowie - 834
10.Simon and Garfunkel - 826

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1461
2. Elvis - 1308
3. Cliff Richard - 1181
4. Rihanna - 1150
5. Drake - 1064
6. Justin Bieber - 918
7. David Guetta - 908
8. Calvin Harris - 785
9. Elton John - 781
10. Madonna - 740

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1900
2. Beatles - 1692
3. Fleetwood Mac - 1684
4. Michael Jackson - 1600
5. Elvis - 1575
6. Oasis - 1516
7. David Bowie -1505
8. Abba - 1405
9. Elton John - 1343
10.Ed Sheeran - 1263


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