OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF23RD DECEMBER,2022
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 – 2866 weeks (1307 weeks for singles) (1559 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2656 weeks (1425 weeks for singles) (1231 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2346 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1884 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2299 weeks (715 weeks for singles) (1584 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2137 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1676 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2105 weeks (779 for singles) (1326 weeks for albums)
7. Cliff Richard - 2095 weeks (1180 weeks for singles) (915 weeks for albums)
8. David Bowie - 1965 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1489 weeks for albums)
9. Madonna - 1900 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1160 weeks for albums)
10.Fleetwood Mac - 1893 weeks (241 weeks for singles) (1652 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
1307 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
1086 weeks in Top 40
1559 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 and Drake (both with 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 and Rolling Stones (both with 41)
4. Frank Sinatra - 40
5. Rod Stewart - 37
6. David Bowie -35
7. Beatles - 34
8. Elton John - 33
9. Queen - 27
10. Iron Maiden - 26
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 and tears For Fears (all with 3)
TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 79
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. Awaits
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 68
3. Cliff Richard - 67
4. Bob Dylan - 65
5. Frank Sinatra - 64
6. Rolling Stones - 53
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 - 67
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 90
3.Cliff Richard - 72
4.Bob Dylan - 71
5.Frank Sinatra - 70
6.Neil Young - 67
7.James Last - 65
8.Rolling Stones - 57
9.Beatles - 55
10.Diana Ross - 54
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 - 287
4. Rihanna - 266
5. Madonna - 228
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Beatles - 188
8. Frankie Laine - 187
9. Drake - 180
10. Calvin Harris - 176
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 479
3. Ed Sheeran - 365
4. Cliff Richard -347
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen - 301
7. Rod Stewart - 277
8. Rolling Stones - 275
9. Michael Jackson - 266
10.Elton John - 258
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 848
4. Rihanna - 703
5. Drake - 596
6. Justin Bieber - 560
7. David Guetta - 543
8. Madonna - 516
9. Elton John - 506
10.Calvin Harris - 492
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1114
2. Elvis - 1086
3. Queen - 1002
4. Fleetwood Mac - 918
5. Elton John - 889
6. Michael Jackson - 867
7. Ed Sheeran - 858
8. Abba - 838
9. David Bowie - 830
10.Simon and Garfunkel - 826
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1425
2. Elvis - 1307
3. Cliff Richard - 1180
4. Rihanna - 1145
5. Drake - 1053
6. Justin Bieber - 913
7. David Guetta - 892
8. Elton John - 779
9. Calvin Harris - 769
10. Madonna - 740
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1884
2. Beatles - 1676
3. Fleetwood Mac - 1652
4. Michael Jackson - 1584
5. Elvis - 1559
6. David Bowie -1489
7. Oasis - 1468
8. Abba - 1389
9. Elton John - 1326
10.Ed Sheeran - 1231
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