UK's Most Successful Chart Acts

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 1ST APRIL, 2016

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 – 2669 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1367 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1949 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1262 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1857 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1417 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1557 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1081 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1027 weeks in Top 40
1367 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael and Calvin Harris (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie; David Guetta and Tinie Tempah (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem and Rihanna (both with 27)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 8
5. Michael Jackson - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. Rolling Stones and David Bowie (both with 46)
6. James Last - 45
7. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
8. Elton John - 40
9. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)
10. Daniel O'Donnell - 33

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 222
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 600
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 346
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1027
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. Madonna - 666
10. David Bowie - 665

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 961
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 574
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 533
10. Ed Sheeran - 525

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1417
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1367
4. Michael Jackson - 1262
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
7. U2 - 1082
8. David Bowie - 1081
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 991

Brian

[Rickeap]

Wow, our man did all right. Thanks for all the info Brian

[Alexander]

Anyone any insight in the number of records sold in Brittain?

[luckyjaxon]

The Album artists Weeks in top 75 is probably up a couple by now.

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 8TH APRIL, 2016

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 – 2670 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1368 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1950 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1263 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1562 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1086 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1028 weeks in Top 40
1368 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael and Calvin Harris (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie; David Guetta and Tinie Tempah (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem and Rihanna (both with 27)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 8
5. Michael Jackson - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. Rolling Stones and David Bowie (both with 46)
6. James Last - 45
7. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
8. Elton John - 40
9. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)
10. Daniel O'Donnell - 33

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 223
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 601
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 346
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1028
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 671
10. Madonna - 666

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 963
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 575
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 536
10. Ed Sheeran - 525

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1368
4. Michael Jackson - 1263
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1086
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 991

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 15TH APRIL, 2016

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 – 2671 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1369 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1951 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1264 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1565 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1089 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1369 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem and Rihanna (both with 27)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 8
5. Michael Jackson - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. Rolling Stones and David Bowie (both with 46)
6. James Last - 45
7. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
8. Elton John - 40
9. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)
10. Daniel O'Donnell - 33

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 224
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 602
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 346
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 673
10. Madonna - 666

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 965
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 576
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 538
10. Ed Sheeran - 525

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1369
4. Michael Jackson - 1264
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1089
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 995

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 22ND APRIL, 2016

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 – 2672 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1370 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1952 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1265 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1569 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1093 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1370 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem and Rihanna (both with 27)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 8
5. Michael Jackson - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. Rolling Stones and David Bowie (both with 46)
6. James Last - 45
7. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
8. Elton John - 40
9. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)
10. Daniel O'Donnell - 33

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 225
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 603
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 344
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 676
10. Madonna - 666

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 967
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 577
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 540
10. Ed Sheeran - 525

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1370
4. Michael Jackson - 1265
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1093
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 996

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 29TH APRIL, 2016

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 – 2673 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1371 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1953 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1266 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1572 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1096 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1371 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem and Rihanna (both with 27)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 8
5. Michael Jackson - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. David Bowie - 47
6. Rolling Stones - 46
7. James Last - 45
8. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
9. Elton John - 40
10. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 225
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 604
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 344
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 678
10. Madonna - 666


SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 969
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 578
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 541
10. Ed Sheeran - 525


ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1371
4. Michael Jackson - 1266
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1096
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 997

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 6TH MAY, 2016

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 – 2674 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1372 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1954 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1267 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1575 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1099 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1372 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles and Rihanna (both with 28)
10. Eminem - 27

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 8
5. Michael Jackson - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. David Bowie - 47
6. Rolling Stones - 46
7. James Last - 45
8. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
9. Elton John - 40
10. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 226
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 606
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 344
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 679
10. Madonna - 666

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 974
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 578
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 542
10. Beyoncé - 530

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1372
4. Michael Jackson - 1267
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1099
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 998

Brian

[Colin B]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 6TH MAY, 2016...

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1372
4. Michael Jackson - 1267
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1099
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 998

Wouldn't it be great if our boy could close the gap on, & eventually overtake, the Beatles & Queen ?

I reckon it's 'do-able'...

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 6TH MAY, 2016...

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1372
4. Michael Jackson - 1267
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1099
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 998

Wouldn't it be great if our boy could close the gap on, & eventually overtake, the Beatles & Queen ?

I reckon it's 'do-able'...

I have been thinking about that issue also Colin and I agree with you. Elvis should get at least another 25 weeks in the Top 75 with the next RPO album putting him ahead of The Beatles. Of course things like deaths e.g. Paul McCartney or Brian May would be a problem or even other new releases. However, definitely do-able as you say.

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 13TH MAY, 2016

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 – 2674 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1372 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1955 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1268 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1577 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1101 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1372 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles and Rihanna (both with 28)
10. Eminem - 27

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics and Radiohead (all with 6)
9. Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams; Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. David Bowie - 47
6. Rolling Stones - 46
7. James Last - 45
8. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
9. Elton John - 40
10. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 227
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 609
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 344
10. David Guetta - 343

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 680
10. Madonna - 666


SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 979
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 578
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 543
10. Beyoncé - 531

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1372
4. Michael Jackson - 1268
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1101
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. Fleetwood Mac - 998

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 20TH MAY, 2016

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 – 2674 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1372 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1956 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1269 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1579 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1103 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1372 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 39
9. Rihanna - 29
10. Beatles - 28

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics and Radiohead (all with 6)
9. Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

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 - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams; Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. David Bowie - 47
6. Rolling Stones - 46
7. James Last - 45
8. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
9. Elton John - 40
10. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Rihanna - 229
4. Madonna - 228
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 612
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. David Guetta - 371
9. The Beatles - 365
10. David Bowie - 344

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 681
10. Madonna - 666

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 984
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 624
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 544
10. Beyoncé - 532

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1372
4. Michael Jackson - 1269
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1103
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1070
10. Fleetwood Mac - 999

Brian

[Brian]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 27TH MAY, 2016

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 – 2674 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1372 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1957 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1270 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1858 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1418 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1854 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1393 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1621 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1581 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1105 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 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
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
536 weeks in Top 10
1029 weeks in Top 40
1372 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - (both with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO; Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 39
9. Rihanna - 29
10. Beatles - 28

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics and Radiohead (all with 6)
9. Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan (both with 37)
5. Rod Stewart - 34
6. David Bowie - 32
7. Beatles and Elton John - 31
8. Queen - 25
9. Iron Maiden - 24
10. Status Quo - 23

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 - 7
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams; Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. David Bowie - 48
6. Rolling Stones - 46
7. James Last - 45
8. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
9. Elton John - 40
10. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 64
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon and Garfunkel - 40
6. Adele - 36
7. Robbie Williams - 34
8. Michael Jackson - 31
9. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
10. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Rihanna - 231
4. Madonna - 228
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 536
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 615
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. David Guetta - 371
9. The Beatles - 365
10. David Bowie - 344

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1029
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 733
6. Michael Jackson - 729
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. David Bowie - 683
10. Madonna - 666

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 989
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 624
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 544
10. Beyoncé - 533

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1418
2. Beatles - 1393
3. Elvis - 1372
4. Michael Jackson - 1270
5. Madonna and Rod Stewart (both with 1141)
6. David Bowie - 1105
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1071
10. Fleetwood Mac - 1000

Brian

[Colin B]

Top Ten Album Artists Weeks at No.1

Rod Stewart shouldn't be listed.