OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 23RD AUGUST, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2120 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1419 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2102 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1640 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1920 (461 for singles) (1459 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1809 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1137 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1773 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1297 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1678 weeks (956 weeks for singles) (722 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones and Oasis (both with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith; Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie - 33 8. Beatles and Elton John (both with 32) 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo and Iron Maiden (both with 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; Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John - 42 10. Status Quo - 41
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 and Drake (both with 78) 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart and Van Morrison (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 175 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber - 38 5. Ed Sheeran - 33 6. Frankie Laine - 32 7. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 8. Drake -30 9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 10. Rihanna - 25
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 176 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 474 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 260 9. Ed Sheeran - 248 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 533 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 424 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 999 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 798 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Cliff Richard - 709 10. Elton John - 704
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 956 5. Madonna - 740 6. Calvin Harris and Drake (both with 720) 7. David Guetta - 715 8. Michael Jackson - 701 9. Elton John - 672 10. Awaits
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1640 2. Beatles - 1459 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1419 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1303 6. David Bowie -1297 7. Abba - 1197 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1137
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 30TH AUGUST, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2121 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1420 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2104 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1642 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1921 (461 for singles) (1460 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1810 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1138 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1774 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1298 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1685 weeks (959 weeks for singles) (726 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie - 33 8. Beatles and Elton John (both with 32) 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo and Iron Maiden (both with 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; Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John - 42 10. Status Quo - 41
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 and Drake (both with 78) 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart and Van Morrison (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 175 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber - 38 5. Ed Sheeran - 34 6. Frankie Laine - 32 7. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 8. Drake -30 9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 10. Rihanna - 25
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 178 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 474 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 261 9. Ed Sheeran - 250 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 536 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1000 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 799 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Cliff Richard - 709 10. Elton John - 705
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 959 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 723 7. Calvin Harris - 721 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1642 2. Beatles - 1459 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1420 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1305 6. David Bowie -1298 7. Abba - 1198 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1138
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2122 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1421 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2106 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1644 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1922 (461 for singles) (1461 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1811 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1139 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1775 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1299 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1692 weeks (962 weeks for singles) (730 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie - 33 8. Beatles and Elton John (both with 32) 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo and Iron Maiden (both with 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; Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John - 42 10. Status Quo - 41
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 and Drake (both with 78) 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart and Van Morrison (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 175 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber - 38 5. Ed Sheeran - 35 6. Frankie Laine - 32 7. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 8. Drake -30 9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 10. Rihanna - 25
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 179 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 474 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 261 9. Ed Sheeran - 251 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 539 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1001 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 800 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Cliff Richard - 709 10. Elton John - 706
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 959 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 726 7. Calvin Harris - 722 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1644 2. Beatles - 1461 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1421 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1307 6. David Bowie -1299 7. Abba - 1199 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1139
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2123 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1422 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2108 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1646 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1923 (461 for singles) (1462 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1812 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1140 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1776 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1300 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1698 weeks (965 weeks for singles) (733 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie - 33 8. Beatles and Elton John (both with 32) 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
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 and Drake (both with 78) 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart; Van Morrison and Status Quo) (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 175 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber - 38 5. Ed Sheeran - 36 6. Frankie Laine - 32 7. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 8. Drake -30 9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 10. Rihanna - 25
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 180 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 474 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 261 9. Ed Sheeran - 252 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 542 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1001 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 801 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Cliff Richard - 709 10. Elton John - 707
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 965 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 729 7. Calvin Harris - 723 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1646 2. Beatles - 1462 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1422 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1309 6. David Bowie -1300 7. Abba - 1200 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1140
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2124 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1423 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2110 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1648 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1924 (461 for singles) (1463 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1813 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1777 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1301 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1704 weeks (968 weeks for singles) (736 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie - 33 8. Beatles and Elton John (both with 32) 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 164 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 85 5. David Bowie and Drake - (both with 79) 6. Diana Ross -78 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart; Van Morrison and Status Quo) (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 175 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber - 38 5. Ed Sheeran - 37 6. Frankie Laine - 32 7. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 8. Drake -30 9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 10. Rihanna - 25
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 181 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 474 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 261 9. Ed Sheeran - 253 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 545 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1002 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 802 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Cliff Richard - 709 10. Elton John - 708
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 968 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 731 7. Calvin Harris - 724 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1648 2. Beatles - 1463 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1423 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1311 6. David Bowie -1301 7. Abba - 1201 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1141
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 4TH OCTOBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2126 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1425 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2114 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1652 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1929 (461 for singles) (1468 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1815 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1143 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1779 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1303 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1715 weeks (973 weeks for singles) (742 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 16 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie and Beatles (both with 33) 8. Elton John - 32 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 164 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 85 5. David Bowie and Drake - (both with 79) 6. Diana Ross -78 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart; Van Morrison and Status Quo) (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 176 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (both with - 38) 5. Frankie Laine - 32 6. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 7. Drake -30 8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 9. Rihanna - 25 10. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 182 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 475 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 263 9. Ed Sheeran - 255 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 550 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1005 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 806 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Elton John - 710 10. Cliff Richard - 709
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 973 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 735 7. Calvin Harris - 724 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1652 2. Beatles - 1468 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1425 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1315 6. David Bowie -1303 7. Abba - 1203 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1143
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 11TH OCTOBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2127 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1426 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2116 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1654 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1931 (461 for singles) (1470 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1816 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1144 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1780 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1304 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1722 weeks (977 weeks for singles) (745 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 16 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie and Beatles (both with 33) 8. Elton John - 32 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 164 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 85 5. David Bowie and Drake - (both with 79) 6. Diana Ross -78 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart; Van Morrison and Status Quo) (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 176 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (both with - 38) 5. Frankie Laine - 32 6. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 7. Drake -30 8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 9. Rihanna - 25 10. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 182 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 476 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart - 264 8. Queen - 263 9. Ed Sheeran - 255 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 552 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1007 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 808 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Elton John - 711 10. Cliff Richard - 709
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 977 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 737 7. Calvin Harris - 724 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1654 2. Beatles - 1470 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1426 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1317 6. David Bowie -1304 7. Abba - 1204 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1144
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 18TH OCTOBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2128 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1427 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2119 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1657 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1933 (461 for singles) (1472 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1817 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1145 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1781 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1305 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1729 weeks (980 weeks for singles) (749 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 16 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie and Beatles (both with 33) 8. Elton John - 32 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 164 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 85 5. David Bowie and Drake - (both with 79) 6. Diana Ross -78 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart; Van Morrison and Status Quo) (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 176 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (both with - 38) 5. Frankie Laine - 32 6. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 7. Drake -30 8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 9. Rihanna - 25 10. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 183 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 477 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Rod Stewart and Queen (both with 264 8. Ed Sheeran - 257 9. Simon And Garfunkel - 240 10. The Shadows - 229
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 557 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1008 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 810 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Elton John - 712 10. Cliff Richard - 709
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 980 5. Madonna - 740 6. Drake - 737 7. Calvin Harris - 724 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1657 2. Beatles - 1472 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1427 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1319 6. David Bowie -1305 7. Abba - 1205 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1145
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 25TH OCTOBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2129 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1428 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2121 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1659 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1935 (461 for singles) (1474 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1818 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1146 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1782 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1306 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1736 weeks (983 weeks for singles) (753 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 16 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy and Kylie Minogue (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie and Beatles (both with 33) 8. Elton John - 32 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted and Carpenters (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 164 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 85 5. David Bowie and Drake - (both with 79) 6. Diana Ross -78 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 57 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Elton John; Rod Stewart; Van Morrison and Status Quo) (all with 47)
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 176 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (both with - 38) 5. Frankie Laine - 32 6. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 7. Drake -30 8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 9. Rihanna - 25 10. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 184 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 477 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Queen - 265 8. Rod Stewart - 264 9. Ed Sheeran - 258 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 560 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1009 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 812 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Elton John - 713 10. Cliff Richard - 709
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 983 5. Drake - 741 6. Madonna - 740 7. Calvin Harris - 724 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1659 2. Beatles - 1474 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1428 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1321 6. David Bowie -1306 7. Abba - 1206 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1146
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 1ST NOVEMBER, 2019
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 – 2738 weeks (1305 weeks for singles) (1433 weeks for albums) 2. Michael Jackson – 2130 weeks (701 weeks for singles) (1429 weeks for albums) 3. Queen - 2123 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1661 weeks for albums) 4. Cliff Richard – 2073 weeks (1178 weeks for singles) (895 weeks for albums) 5. The Beatles - 1937 (461 for singles) (1476 for albums) 6. Madonna – 1892 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1152 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1819 weeks (672 weeks for singles) (1147 weeks for albums) 8. David Bowie – 1783 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1307 weeks for albums) 9. Ed Sheeran - 1742 weeks (986 weeks for singles) (756 weeks for albums) 10. Rod Stewart – 1638 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1158 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 1305 weeks in Top 75
ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 13 No.1’s 53 Top 10’s 95 Top 40’s 121 Top 75’s 66 weeks at No.1 556 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1433 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. Calvin Harris - 10 7. Abba; Spice Girls; Rihanna and Eminem - (all with 9) 8. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Ed Sheeran (all with 8) 9. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Sam Smith and Justin Bieber (all with 7) 10. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 44 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Eminem - 32 8. Robbie Williams and Elton John (both with 31) 9. Rihanna - 30 10. Beatles - 28
NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 16 2. Elvis - 13 3. Madonna; Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones (all with 12) 4. David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11) 5. U2 and Michael Jackson (both with 10) 6. Queen; Abba; Eminem and Rod Stewart (all with 9) 7. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M. and Take That (all with 8) 8. Cliff Richard; Elton John; Westlife; Coldplay; George Michael; Prodigy; Kylie Minogue and Stereophonics (all with 7) 9. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys and Muse (all with 6) 10. Boyzone; Celine Dion; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red; Iron Maiden; Paul Simon; Kings Of Leon; Kasabian; The Killers and Motion Picture Cast Recording (all with 5)
TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 53 2. Cliff Richard - 45 3. Frank Sinatra - 40 4. Rolling Stones - 39 5. Bob Dylan - 38 6. Rod Stewart - 35 7. David Bowie and Beatles (both with 33) 8. Elton John - 32 9. Queen - 26 10. Status Quo - 25
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 and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams (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 - 6 5. Cliff Richard; Queen; Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Rod Stewart; 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 and James (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; Bruce Springsteen; Busted; Carpenters and Kanye West (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 - 56 9. Queen - 54 10. Kylie Minogue - 51
TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 95 2.Cliff Richard - 64 3. Frank Sinatra - 63 4. Bob Dylan - 61 5. David Bowie - 57 6. Rolling Stones - 50 7. James Last and Rod Stewart (both with 45) 8. Beatles - 44 9. Elton John and Status Quo- (both with 42) 10. Van Morrison - 40
TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 164 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 85 5. David Bowie and Drake - (both with 79) 6. Diana Ross -78 7. Madonna - 75 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 65 10. Michael Jackson - 63
TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 121 2. David Bowie - 76 3. Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard (both with 69) 4. Bob Dylan - 67 5. James Last - 65 6. Neil Young - 58 7. Beatles - 55 8. Rolling Stones - 54 9. Diana Ross - 52 10. Van Morrison - 48
ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 176 2. Elvis - 66 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 46 5. Ed Sheeran - 41 6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40) 7. Adele - 37 8. Robbie Williams - 35 9. Michael Jackson - 31 10. Cliff Richard; Madonna and Take That (all with 30)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran (both with - 38) 5. Frankie Laine - 32 6. Abba and Calvin Harris (both with 31) 7. Drake -30 8. Madonna and Take That (both with 29) 9. Rihanna - 25 10. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Rihanna - 265 4. Madonna - 228 5. Beatles - 188 6. Frankie Laine - 187 7. Ed Sheeran - 185 8. Calvin Harris - 173 9. Michael Jackson - 158 10. Justin Bieber - 154
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 556 2. Beatles - 477 3. Cliff Richard - 341 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Rolling Stones - 273 6. Michael Jackson - 266 7. Queen - 265 8. Rod Stewart - 264 9. Ed Sheeran - 259 10. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 688 4. Ed Sheeran - 562 5. Madonna - 516 6. Calvin Harris - 461 7. Michael Jackson - 448 8. Elton John - 429 9. Drake - 425 10. David Guetta - 417
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1062 2. Beatles - 1010 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Queen - 813 5. David Bowie - 769 6. Michael Jackson - 753 7. Rod Stewart - 749 8. Frank Sinatra - 744 9. Elton John - 714 10. Cliff Richard - 709
SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1305 2. Cliff Richard - 1178 3. Rihanna - 1127 4. Ed Sheeran - 986 5. Drake - 741 6. Madonna - 740 7. Calvin Harris - 724 8. David Guetta - 715 9. Michael Jackson - 701 10. Elton John - 672
ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1661 2. Beatles - 1476 3. Elvis - 1433 4. Michael Jackson - 1429 5. Fleetwood Mac - 1323 6. David Bowie -1307 7. Abba - 1207 8. Rod Stewart - 1158 9. Madonna - 1152 10. Elton John - 1147