UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 13TH SEPTEMBER,2024

Based on sales of CD's, downloads, vinyl, audio streams and video streams

1. Elvis – 2959 weeks (1311 weeks for singles) (1648 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2916 weeks (1508 weeks for singles) (1408 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2437 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1975 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2395 weeks (721 weeks for singles) (1674 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2263 weeks (472 weeks for singles) (1791 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2216 weeks (799 for singles) (1417 weeks for albums)
7. Taylor Swift - 2175 weeks (705 weeks for singles) (1470 weeks for albums)
8. Oasis - 2135 weeks (430 weeks for singles) (1705 weeks for albums)
9. Cliff Richard - 2105 weeks (1182 weeks for singles) (923 weeks for albums)
10.Fleetwood Mac - 2094 weeks (261 weeks for singles) (1833 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
1311 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
1113 weeks in Top 40
1648 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 18
3. Cliff Richard; Westlife and Ed Sheeran (all with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Calvin Harris and Eminem (both with 11)
7. Elton John - 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 - 64
4. Drake - 45
5. Michael Jackson - 44
6. Ed Sheeran - 41
7. Elton John - 36
8. Kylie Minogue -35
9. Eminem - 34
10.U2 - 33

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

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 53
2. Cliff Richard - 48
3. Bob Dylan and Rolling Stones (both with 42)
4. Frank Sinatra - 40
5. Rod Stewart - 38
6. David Bowie - 36
7. The Beatles - 34
8. Elton John - 33
9. Queen - 27
10.Iron Maiden - 26

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 94
4. Madonna and Elton John (both with 72)
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Ed Sheeran - 62
7. Diana Ross - 58
8. Status Quo; Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift (all with 57)
9. Michael Jackson -56
10.Queen - 54

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 71
3. Cliff Richard - 68
4. Bob Dylan - 67
5. Frank Sinatra - 64
6. Rolling Stones - 55
7. Rod Stewart - 48
8. Neil Young and Beatles (both with 46)
9. James Last - 45
10.Elton John - 44

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Drake - 147
3. Cliff Richard - 135
4. Glee Cast - 100
5. Elton John - 92
6. David Bowie - 79
7. Diana Ross -78
8. Madonna - 77
9. Taylor Swift - 75
10. Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (both with 74)

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 93
3.Bob Dylan and Cliff Richard (both with 73)
4.Frank Sinatra - 70
5.Neil Young - 68
6.James Last - 65
7.Rolling Stones - 59
8.Beatles - 55
9.Diana Ross - 54
10.Elton John - 51

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 176
2. Elvis - 66
3. Abba - 58
4. Rolling Stones - 49
5. Ed Sheeran - 48
6. Adele - 42
7. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40)
8. Robbie Williams - 37
9 .Rod Stewart and Eminem (both with 33)
10.Awaits

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 70
3. Ed Sheeran - 61
4. Cliff Richard - 46
5. Calvin Harris - 39
6. Justin Bieber - 38
7. Frankie Laine - 32
8. Abba and Drake (both with 31)
9. Take That and Madonna (both with 29)
10.Awaits

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Ed Sheeran - 303
4. Rihanna - 267
5. Madonna - 229
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Calvin Harris - 198
8. Drake - 196
9. Beatles - 194
10.Frankie Laine - 187

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 482
3. Ed Sheeran - 380
4. Cliff Richard -348
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen and Elton John (both with 301)
7. Rolling Stones - 285
8. Rod Stewart - 280
9. Michael Jackson - 266
10.Awaits

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 871
4. Rihanna - 706
5. Drake - 663
6. David Guetta - 613
7. Justin Bieber - 565
8. Calvin Harris - 554
9. Madonna - 537
10.Elton John - 523

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1135
2. Elvis - 1113
3. Fleetwood Mac - 1099
4. Queen - 1093
5. Ed Sheeran and Elton John (both with 980)
6. Michael Jackson - 954
7. Abba - 928
8. Oasis - 892
9. Taylor Swift -879
10.Awaits

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1508
2. Elvis - 1311
3. Cliff Richard - 1182
4. Drake - 1160
5. Rihanna - 1151
6. David Guetta - 1004
7. Justin Bieber - 923
8. Calvin Harris - 865
9. Elton John - 799
10.Madonna - 775

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1975
2. Fleetwood Mac - 1833
3. Beatles - 1791
4. Oasis - 1705
5. Michael Jackson - 1674
6. Elvis - 1648
7. David Bowie -1581
8. Abba - 1479
9. Taylor Swift - 1470
10.Elton John - 1417


Brian

[Colin B]

From the UK Top 100 Album Chart - 13th September 2024:

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