List of artists who reached number one on the UK singles chart

This is a list of artists who have reached number one on the UK singles chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company since November 1952.

• Artists are listed alphabetically.
• Solo artists are listed by surname and groups are listed by full names excluding "the" or any foreign translations of "the".
• Artists are credited separately if more than one artist is credited on a song (e.g. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John each get separate credits for their duets from Grease).
• Artists who performed on a song but are not credited individually are not included, although notable cases may be recorded in the Notes column. Featured artists are listed if they are specifically credited on the single's cover.
• Artists who appear as part of a group who reached number one are not individually mentioned unless they have scored a solo number one (e.g. Paul McCartney's number one singles with The Beatles and Wings are not counted as his own, only those credited to himself are counted).

Elvis Presley holds the record for most number one singles.

The Beatles have the most number one singles of any group or British act.

Madonna has the most number one singles of any female artist.

Contents

• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
10cc	England	"Rubber Bullets"	1973	1
		"I'm Not in Love"	1975	2
		"Dreadlock Holiday"	1978	1
112	United States	"I'll Be Missing You"	1997	6	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
2 Chainz	United States	"Talk Dirty"	2013	2	Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz
2Pac	United States	"Ghetto Gospel"	2005	3	2Pac featuring Elton John, posthumous number one
2 Unlimited	Belgium / Netherlands	"No Limit"	1993	5
21 Savage	England	"Rockstar"	2017	4	Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
220 Kid	England	"Wellerman"	2021	2	Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted
24kGoldn	United States	"Mood"	2020	4	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior
3 of a Kind	England	"Baby Cakes"	2004	1
5 Seconds of Summer	Australia	"She Looks So Perfect"	2014	1
070 Shake	United States	"Escapism"	2023	1	Raye featuring 070 Shake
911	England	"A Little Bit More"	1999	1

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
A1	England / Norway	"Take On Me"	2000	1
		"Same Old Brand New You"		1
Aaliyah	United States	"More Than a Woman"	2002	1	Posthumous number one
ABBA	Sweden	"Waterloo"	1974	2
		"Mamma Mia"	1976	2
		"Fernando"		4
		"Dancing Queen"		6
		"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	1977	5
		"The Name of the Game"		4
		"Take a Chance on Me"	1978	3
		"The Winner Takes It All"	1980	2
		"Super Trouper"		3
Gracie Abrams	United States	"That's So True"	2024	8
Ace of Base	Sweden	"All That She Wants"	1993	3
Adam and the Ants	England	"Stand and Deliver"	1981	5
		"Prince Charming"		4
Bryan Adams	Canada	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	1991	16	Biggest selling single of 1991
		"Don't Give Up"	2000	1	Chicane featuring Bryan Adams
Adamski	England	"Killer"	1990	4	Features uncredited vocals from Seal.
Adassa	United States	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	2022	7	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz
Adele	England	"Someone Like You"	2011	5	Biggest selling single of 2011
		"Hello"	2015	3
		"Easy on Me"	2021	8
Afrojack	Netherlands	"Give Me Everything"	2011	3	Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
Afroman	United States	"Because I Got High"	2001	3
Christina Aguilera	United States	"Genie in a Bottle"	1999	2
		"Lady Marmalade"	2001	1	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink, 900th number one
		"Dirrty"	2002	2	Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
		"Beautiful"	2003	2
A-ha	Norway	"The Sun Always Shines on T.V."	1986	2
Akon	Senegal / United States	"Lonely"	2005	2
		"Smack That"	2006	1	Akon featuring Eminem
		"Sexy Bitch"	2009	1	David Guetta featuring Akon
Alesso	Sweden	"Under Control"	2013	1	Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts
Alice Cooper	United States	"School's Out"	1972	3
All Saints	England / Canada	"Never Ever"	1998	1
		"Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade"		2
		"Bootie Call"		1	800th number one
		"Pure Shores"	2000	2
		"Black Coffee"		1
Lily Allen	England	"Smile"	2006	2
		"The Fear"	2009	4
		"Somewhere Only We Know"	2013	3
Marc Almond	England	"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart"	1989	4	Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney, has another number one with Soft Cell
Althea & Donna	Jamaica	"Uptown Top Ranking"	1978	1
A*M*E	England	"Need U (100%)"	2013	2	Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E
Amen Corner	Wales	"(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice"	1969	2
Tori Amos	United States	"Professional Widow"	1997	1	Remixed by Armand van Helden
Peter Andre	England / Australia	"Flava"	1996	1
		"I Feel You"		1
		"Mysterious Girl"	2004	1	Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx
Michael Andrews	United States	"Mad World"	2003	3	Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules, 2003's Christmas number one
Aneka	Scotland	"Japanese Boy"	1981	1
The Animals	England	"The House of the Rising Sun"	1964	1
Paul Anka	Canada	"Diana"	1957	9	Biggest selling single of 1957
Anne-Marie	England	"Rockabye"	2016	9	Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie
Another Level	England	"Freak Me"	1998	1
Adam Ant	England	"Goody Two Shoes"	1982	2	Has other number one singles with Adam and the Ants
Ant & Dec	England	"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble"	2013	1	PJ & Duncan
Gabrielle Aplin	England	"The Power of Love"	2012	1
Aqua	Denmark / Norway	"Barbie Girl"	1997	4
		"Doctor Jones"	1998	2
		"Turn Back Time"		1
Tasmin Archer	England	"Sleeping Satellite"	1992	2
The Archies	United States	"Sugar, Sugar"	1969	8	Biggest selling single of 1969
Arctic Monkeys	England	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"	2005	1
		"When the Sun Goes Down"	2006	1
Louis Armstrong	United States	"What a Wonderful World"	1968	4
James Arthur	England	"Impossible"	2012	3
		"Say You Won't Let Go"	2016	3
Artists for Grenfell		"Bridge over Troubled Water"	2017	1
Ashanti	United States	"Wonderful"	2004	1	Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti
Rick Astley	England	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	1987	5	Biggest selling single of 1987
Aswad	England	"Don't Turn Around"	1988	2
ATB	Germany	"9 PM (Till I Come)"	1999	2
Atomic Kitten	England	"Whole Again"	2001	4
		"Eternal Flame"		2
		"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"	2002	3
Winifred Atwell	Trinidad and Tobago	"Let's Have Another Party"	1954	5	1954's Christmas number one
		"The Poor People of Paris"	1956	3
Avicii	Sweden	"I Could Be the One"	2013	1	Avicii vs. Nicky Romero
		"Wake Me Up"		3
Iggy Azalea	Australia	"Problem"	2014	1	Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea
Charles Aznavour	France / Armenia	"She"	1974	4

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Cardi B	United States	"WAP"	2020	3	Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
Katy B	England	"Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)"	2015	1	KDA featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B
Mel B	England	"I Want You Back"	1998	1	Melanie B featuring Missy Elliott, has more number one singles with the Spice Girls
Baby D	England	"Let Me Be Your Fantasy"	1994	2
Babylon Zoo	England	"Spaceman"	1996	5
Baccara	Spain	"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"	1977	1
The Bachelors	Ireland	"Diane"	1964	1
Backstreet Boys	United States	"I Want It That Way"	1999	1
David Baddiel	England	"Three Lions"	1996	3	Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
		"3 Lions '98'"	1998	3
Philip Bailey	United States	"Easy Lover"	1985	4	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
Sam Bailey	England	"Skyscraper"	2013	1	2013's Christmas number one
Long John Baldry	England	"Let the Heartaches Begin"	1967	2
Michael Ball	England	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	2020	1	Michael Ball and Captain Tom Moore
Band Aid		"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	1984	5	Biggest selling single of 1984 and the 1980s decade, 1984's Christmas number one
Band Aid II		"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	1989	3	1989's Christmas number one
Band Aid 20		"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	2004	4	2004's biggest selling single and Christmas number one
Band Aid 30		"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	2014	1
The Bangles	United States	"Eternal Flame"	1989	4
Pato Banton	England	"Baby Come Back"	1994	4	Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell
Gary Barlow	England	"Forever Love"	1996	1	Has more number ones with Take That
		"Love Won't Wait"	1997	1
		"Sing"	2012	1	Gary Barlow and the Commonwealth Band
J.J. Barrie	Canada	"No Charge"	1976	1
Shirley Bassey	Wales	"As I Love You"	1959	4
		"Reach for the Stars" / "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"	1961	1
Basshunter	Sweden	"Now You're Gone"	2008	5	Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz
Bay City Rollers	Scotland	"Bye Bye Baby"	1975	6	Biggest selling single of 1975
		"Give a Little Love"		3
The Beach Boys	United States	"Good Vibrations"	1966	2
		"Do It Again"	1968	1
The Beatles	England	"From Me to You"	1963	7
		"She Loves You"		6	Biggest selling single of 1963 and the 1960s decade
		"I Want to Hold Your Hand"		5	1963's Christmas number one
		"Can't Buy Me Love"	1964	3	Biggest selling single of 1964
		"A Hard Day's Night"		3
		"I Feel Fine"		5	1964's Christmas number one
		"Ticket to Ride"	1965	3
		"Help!"		3	200th number one single
		"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"		5	1965's Christmas number one
		"Paperback Writer"	1966	2
		"Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"		4
		"All You Need Is Love"	1967	3
		"Hello, Goodbye"		7	1967's Christmas number one
		"Lady Madonna"	1968	2
		"Hey Jude"		2	Biggest selling single of 1968
		"Get Back"	1969	6	The Beatles with Billy Preston
		"The Ballad of John and Yoko"		4
		"Now and Then"	2023	1
Stephanie Beatriz	United States	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	2022	7	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz
Beats International	England	"Dub Be Good to Me"	1990	4
The Beautiful South	England	"A Little Time"	1990	1
Robin Beck	United States	"First Time"	1988	3
Daniel Bedingfield	New Zealand / England	"Gotta Get Thru This"	2001	3	Also provides uncredited vocals on "I Wanna Feel" by Secondcity
		"If You're Not The One"	2002	1
		"Never Gonna Leave Your Side"	2003	1
Natasha Bedingfield	England	"These Words"	2004	2
Bee Gees	England	"Massachusetts"	1967	4
		"I've Gotta Get a Message to You"	1968	1
		"Night Fever"	1978	2
		"Tragedy"	1979	2
		"You Win Again"	1987	4
Lou Bega	Germany	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	1999	2
Harry Belafonte	United States	"Mary's Boy Child"	1957	7	1957's Christmas number one
Lauren Bennett	England	"Party Rock Anthem"	2011	4	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
Tony Bennett	United States	"Stranger in Paradise"	1955	2
Berlin	United States	"Take My Breath Away"	1986	4
Amelle Berrabah	England	"Never Leave You"	2009	1	Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle Berrabah, has other number ones with Sugababes
Chuck Berry	United States	"My Ding-a-Ling"	1972	4
Nick Berry	England	"Every Loser Wins"	1986	3
Beyoncé	United States	"Crazy in Love"	2003	3	Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
		"Déjà Vu"	2006	1
		"Beautiful Liar"	2007	3	Beyoncé and Shakira, remixed by Freemasons
		"If I Were a Boy"	2008	1	Has more number ones with Destiny's Child
		"Telephone"	2010	2	Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
		"Texas Hold 'Em"	2024	5
Justin Bieber	Canada	"What Do You Mean?"	2015	5
		"Sorry"		2
		"Love Yourself"		6
		"Cold Water"	2016	5	Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ
		"I'm the One"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
		"Despacito"		11	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
		"I Don't Care"	2019	8	Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber
		"Daisies"	2025	1
Big Sean	United States	"Feels"	2017	1	Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
Billen Ted	England	"Wellerman"	2021	2	Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted
Bingo Players	Netherlands	"Get Up (Rattle)"	2013	2	Bingo Players featuring Far East Movement
Jane Birkin	England	"Je t'aime... moi non plus"	1969	1	Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
Aloe Blacc	United States	"The Man"	2014	1	Also provides uncredited vocals on "Wake Me Up" by Avicii
Cilla Black	England	"Anyone Who Had a Heart"	1964	3
		"You're My World"		4
Black Box	Italy	"Ride on Time"	1989	6	Biggest selling single of 1989
Black Eyed Peas	United States	"Where Is the Love?"	2003	6	Biggest selling single of 2003
		"Boom Boom Pow"	2009	2
		"I Gotta Feeling"		2
		Meet Me Halfway"		1
		"The Time (Dirty Bit)"	2010	1
Black Legend	Italy	"You See the Trouble with Me"	2000	1
Benny Blanco	United States	"Eastside"	2018	1	Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid
Blazin' Squad	England	"Crossroads"	2002	1
Mr Blobby	England	"Mr Blobby"	1993	3	1993's Christmas number one
Blondie	United States	"Heart of Glass"	1979	4
		"Sunday Girl"		3
		"Atomic"	1980	2
		"Call Me"		1
		"The Tide Is High"		2
		"Maria"	1999	1
Blue	England	"Too Close"	2001	1
		"If You Come Back"		1
		"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	2002	1	Blue featuring Elton John
The Bluebells	Scotland	"Young at Heart"	1993	4
James Blunt	England	"You're Beautiful"	2005	5
Blur	England	"Country House"	1995	2	Famously won the Battle of Britpop against "Roll With It" by Oasis
		"Beetlebum"	1997	1
B.o.B	United States	"Nothin' on You"	2010	1	B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
		"Airplanes"		1	B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
		"Price Tag"	2011	2	Jessie J featuring B.o.B
Bob the Builder	England	"Can We Fix It?"	2000	3	2000's Christmas number one and biggest selling single
		"Mambo No. 5"	2001	1
Bombalurina	England	"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"	1990	3
Boney M.	Germany	"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"	1978	5	Biggest selling single of 1978
		"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"		4	1978's Christmas number one
The Boomtown Rats	Ireland	"Rat Trap"	1978	2
		"I Don't Like Mondays"	1979	4
Benson Boone	United States	"Beautiful Things"	2024	2
Pat Boone	United States	"I'll Be Home"	1956	5	Biggest selling single of 1956
Ken Boothe	Jamaica	"Everything I Own"	1974	3
Borgeous	United States	"Tsunami (Jump)"	2014	1	Dvbbs and Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah
David Bowie	England	"Space Oddity"	1975	2
		"Ashes to Ashes"	1980	2
		"Under Pressure"	1981	2	Queen and David Bowie
		"Let's Dance"	1983	3
		"Dancing in the Street"	1985	4	David Bowie and Mick Jagger
Boy George	England	"Everything I Own"	1987	2	Has more number ones with Culture Club
Boyz II Men	United States	"End of the Road"	1992	3
Boyzone	Ireland	"Words"	1996	1
		"A Different Beat"		1
		"All That I Need"	1998	1
		"No Matter What"		3
		"When the Going Gets Tough"	1999	2
		"You Needed Me"		1
Billy Bragg	England	"She's Leaving Home"	1988	4	Billy Bragg featuring Cara Tivey, double A-side with "With a Little Help from My Friends" by Wet Wet Wet
Brian and Michael	England	"Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs"	1978	3
Steve Brookstein	England	"Against All Odds"	2005	1
Bros	England	"I Owe You Nothing"	1988	2
Brotherhood of Man	England	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	1976	6	Biggest selling single of 1976
		"Angelo"	1977	1
		"Figaro"	1978	1
Chris Brown	United States	"Turn Up the Music"	2012	1
		"Freaky Friday"	2018	1	Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown
Rob Brydon	Wales	"(Barry) Islands in the Stream"	2009	1	Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Tom Jones and Robin Gibb
Bubbler Ranx	Jamaica	"Mysterious Girl"	2004	1	Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx
Bucks Fizz	England	"Making Your Mind Up"	1981	3
		"The Land of Make Believe"	1982	2
		"My Camera Never Lies"		1
The Buggles	England	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	1979	1
B. Bumble and the Stingers	United States	"Nut Rocker"	1962	1
Emma Bunton	England	"What Took You So Long?"	2001	2	Has more number one singles with Spice Girls
Alexandra Burke	England	"Hallelujah"	2008	3	2008's Christmas number one and biggest selling single
		"Bad Boys"	2009	1	Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida
		"Start Without You"	2010	2	Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan
Burna Boy	Nigeria	"Own It"	2020	3	Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy
Kate Bush	England	"Wuthering Heights"	1978	4
		"Running Up That Hill"	2022	3
Busted	England	"You Said No"	2003	1
		"Crashed the Wedding"		1
		"Who's David"	2004	1
		"Thunderbirds" / "3AM"		2
B*Witched	Ireland	"C'est la Vie"	1998	2
		"Rollercoaster"		2
		"To You I Belong"		1
		"Blame It on the Weatherman"	1999	1
The Byrds	United States	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	1965	2

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Melanie C	England	"Never Be the Same Again"	2000	1	Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
		"I Turn to You"		1	Remixed by Hex Hector, has more number ones with the Spice Girls
Camila Cabello	Cuba / United States	"Havana"	2017	5	Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug
		"Señorita"	2019	6	Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
Eddie Calvert	England	"Oh Mein Papa"	1954	9
		"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"	1955	4
Ali and Robin Campbell	England	"Baby Come Back"	1994	4	Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell, have other number ones with UB40
Blu Cantrell	United States	"Breathe"	2003	4	Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul
Lewis Capaldi	Scotland	"Someone You Loved"	2019	7	Biggest selling single of 2019
		"Before You Go"	2020	1
		"Forget Me"	2022	1
		"Pointless"	2023	1
		"Wish You the Best"		1
		"Survive"	2025	1
Dan Caplen	England	"These Days"	2018	1	Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
Irene Cara	United States	"Fame"	1982	3
Matt Cardle	England	"When We Collide"	2010	3	2010's Christmas number one
Mariah Carey	United States	"Without You"	1994	4
		"Against All Odds"	2000	2	Mariah Carey featuring Westlife
		"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	2020	3
Belinda Carlisle	United States	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	1988	2
Sabrina Carpenter	United States	"Espresso"	2024	7
		"Please Please Please"		5
		"Taste"		9
		"Manchild"	2025	2
Cascada	Germany	"Evacuate the Dancefloor"	2009	2	1100th number one
DJ Casper	United States	"Cha Cha Slide"	2004	1
David Cassidy	United States	"How Can I Be Sure"	1972	2
		"Daydreamer" / "The Puppy Song"	1973	3
Eva Cassidy	United States	"What a Wonderful World"	2007	1	Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua, posthumous number one
Mauro Castillo	Colombia	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	2022	7	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz
Central Cee	England	"Sprinter"	2023	10	Dave and Central Cee
The Chainsmokers	United States	"Closer"	2016	4	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
Chance the Rapper	United States	"I'm the One"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
Charlene	United States	"I've Never Been to Me"	1982	1
Ray Charles	United States	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	1962	2
Tina Charles	England	"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"	1976	3
Charles & Eddie	United States	"Would I Lie to You?"	1992	2
Chase & Status	England	"Backbone"	2024	2	Chase & Status and Stormzy
Oliver Cheatham	United States	"Make Luv"	2003	4	Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham
Chef	United States	"Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)"	1998	1	Character from the cartoon South Park, voiced by Isaac Hayes
The Chemical Brothers	England	"Setting Sun"	1996	1	Features uncredited vocals from Noel Gallagher
		"Block Rockin' Beats"	1997	1
Cher	United States	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	1991	5	Has another number one as part of Sonny & Cher
		"Love Can Build a Bridge"	1995	1	Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
		"Believe"	1998	7	Biggest selling single of 1998
Neneh Cherry	Sweden	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	1995	1	Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
Cheryl	England	"Fight for This Love"	2009	2	Cheryl Cole
		"Promise This"	2010	1
		"Call My Name"	2012	1	Has more number ones with Girls Aloud
		"Crazy Stupid Love"	2014	1	Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah
		"I Don't Care"		1
Chicago	United States	"If You Leave Me Now"	1976	3
Chicane	England	"Don't Give Up"	2000	1	Chicane featuring Bryan Adams
Chico	Wales	"It's Chico Time"	2006	2
Chicory Tip	England	"Son of My Father"	1972	3
Chip	England	"Oopsy Daisy"	2009	1	Chipmunk
The Christians	England	"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey"	1989	3	Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson, The Christians and Stock Aitken Waterman
Christie	England	"Yellow River"	1970	1
Tony Christie	England	"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"	2005	7	Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay, biggest selling single of 2005
Chrome	England	"Dance wiv Me"	2008	4	Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome
		"Holiday"	2009	1	Dizzee Rascal featuring Chrome
Chrystal	England	"Dior"	2025	2	MK featuring Chrystal
Ciara	United States	"Goodies"	2005	1	Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
Eric Clapton	England	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	1995	1	Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
The Dave Clark Five	England	"Glad All Over"	1964	2
Petula Clark	England	"Sailor"	1961	1
		"This Is My Song"	1967	2
Kelly Clarkson	United States	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	2009	1
The Clash	England	"Should I Stay or Should I Go"	1991	2
Clean Bandit	England	"Rather Be"	2014	4	Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
		"Rockabye"	2016	9	Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie, 2016's Christmas number one
		"Symphony"	2017	1	Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson
		"Solo"	2018	1	Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato
Rosemary Clooney	United States	"This Ole House"	1954	1
		"Mambo Italiano"	1955	3
Eddie Cochran	United States	"Three Steps to Heaven"	1960	2	Posthumous number one
Joe Cocker	England	"With a Little Help from My Friends"	1968	1
Alma Cogan	England	"Dreamboat"	1955	2
Coldplay	England	"Viva la Vida"	2008	1
		"Paradise"	2012	1
Dave and Ansell Collins	Jamaica	"Double Barrel"	1971	2
Phil Collins	England	"You Can't Hurry Love"	1983	2
		"Easy Lover"	1985	4	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
		"A Groovy Kind of Love"	1988	2
Color Me Badd	United States	"I Wanna Sex You Up"	1991	3
Commodores	United States	"Three Times a Lady"	1978	5
The Communards	England	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	1986	4	The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris, biggest selling single of 1986
Perry Como	United States	"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"	1953	5
		"Magic Moments"	1958	8
Billy Connolly	Scotland	"D.I.V.O.R.C.E."	1975	1
Russ Conway	England	"Side Saddle"	1959	4
		"Roulette"		2
Coolio	United States	"Gangsta's Paradise"	1995	2	Coolio featuring L.V.
Bradley Cooper	United States	"Shallow"	2018	2	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
James Corden	England	"Shout"	2010	2	Shout for England featuring Dizzee Rascal and James Corden
Don Cornell	United States	"Hold My Hand"	1954	5
Cornershop	England	"Brimful of Asha"	1998	1	Remixed by Fatboy Slim
The Corrs	Ireland	"Breathless"	2000	1
Joel Corry	England	"Head & Heart"	2020	6	Joel Corry and MNEK
Cover Drive	Barbados	"Twilight"	2012	1
Julie Covington	England	"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"	1977	1	400th number one
Floyd Cramer	United States	"On the Rebound"	1961	1
Crazy Frog	Sweden	"Axel F"	2005	4
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	England	"Fire"	1968	1
Creedence Clearwater Revival	United States	"Bad Moon Rising"	1969	3
The Crickets	United States	"That'll Be the Day"	1957	3
The Crowd		"You'll Never Walk Alone"	1985	2
Taio Cruz	England	"Break Your Heart"	2009	3
		"Dynamite"	2010	1
Culture Beat	Germany	"Mr. Vain"	1993	4
Culture Club	England	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"	1982	3
		"Karma Chameleon"	1983	6	Biggest selling single of 1983
Miley Cyrus	United States	"We Can't Stop"	2013	1
		"Wrecking Ball"		1
		"Flowers"	2023	10	Biggest selling single of 2023

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Ms D	England	"Heatwave"	2012	2	Wiley featuring Ms D, also provides uncredited vocals on Chip's "Oopsy Daisy"
Rui da Silva	Portugal	"Touch Me"	2001	1	Rui da Silva featuring Cassandra
DaBaby	United States	"Rockstar"	2020	6	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
Daft Punk	France	"Get Lucky"	2013	4	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Vic Damone	United States	"On the Street Where You Live"	1958	2
Dana	Ireland	"All Kinds of Everything"	1970	2
Dappy	England	"No Regrets"	2011	1	Has another number one with N-Dubz
Bobby Darin	United States	"Dream Lover"	1959	4
		"Mack the Knife"		2
Darius	Scotland	"Colourblind"	2002	2
Dave	England	"Funky Friday"	2018	1	Dave featuring Fredo
		"Starlight"	2022	4
		"Sprinter"	2023	10	Dave and Central Cee
Craig David	England	"Fill Me In"	2000	1
		"7 Days"		1
Windsor Davies	England	"Whispering Grass"	1975	3	Windsor Davies and Don Estelle
The Spencer Davis Group	England	"Keep On Running"	1966	1
		"Somebody Help Me"		2
Doris Day	United States	"Secret Love"	1954	9	Biggest selling single of 1954
		"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"	1956	6
DCUP	Australia	"We No Speak Americano"	2010	1	Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP
Chris de Burgh	England	"The Lady in Red"	1986	3
Dead or Alive	England	"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"	1985	2
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	England	"The Legend of Xanadu"	1968	1
Kiki Dee	England	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	1976	6	Elton John and Kiki Dee
Deep Blue Something	United States	"Breakfast at Tiffany's"	1996	1
Desmond Dekker	Jamaica	"Israelites"	1969	1	Desmond Dekker and The Aces
Chaka Demus & Pliers	Jamaica	"Twist and Shout"	1994	2	700th number one single
John Denver	United States	"Annie's Song"	1974	1
Jason Derulo	United States	"In My Head"	2010	1
		"Don't Wanna Go Home"	2011	2
		"Talk Dirty"	2013	2	Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz
		"Want to Want Me"	2015	4
		"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"	2020	3	Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo
Destiny's Child	United States	"Independent Women Part I"	2000	1
		"Survivor"	2001	1
The Detroit Spinners	United States	"Working My Way Back to You – Forgive Me Girl"	1980	2
Dev	United States	"She Makes Me Wanna"	2011	1	JLS featuring Dev
Dexys Midnight Runners	England	"Geno"	1980	2
		"Come On Eileen"	1982	4	Biggest selling single of 1982
Tony Di Bart	England	"The Real Thing"	1994	1
Jim Diamond	Scotland	"I Should Have Known Better"	1984	1
Barbara Dickson	Scotland	"I Know Him So Well"	1985	4	Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson
Celine Dion	Canada	"Think Twice"	1995	7
		"My Heart Will Go On"	1998	2
Iann Dior	United States	"Mood"	2020	4	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior
Dizzee Rascal	England	"Dance wiv Me"	2008	4	Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome
		"Bonkers"	2009	2	Dizzee Rascal and Armand van Helden
		"Holiday"		1	Dizzee Rascal featuring Chrome
		"Dirtee Disco"	2010	1
		"Shout"		2	Shout for England featuring Dizzee Rascal and James Corden
Do	Netherlands	"Heaven"	2002	1	DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
Doctor and the Medics	England	"Spirit in the Sky"	1986	3
Dr. Hook	United States	"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"	1979	3
Ken Dodd	England	"Tears"	1965	5	Biggest selling single of 1965
Doja Cat	United States	"Paint the Town Red"	2023	5
Joe Dolce	United States	"Shaddap You Face"	1981	3
Lonnie Donegan	England	"Cumberland Gap"	1957	5
		"Gamblin' Man" / "Puttin' On the Style"		2
		"My Old Man's a Dustman"	1960	4
Jason Donovan	Australia	"Especially for You"	1989	3	Kylie and Jason
		"Too Many Broken Hearts"		2
		"Sealed with a Kiss"		2
		"Any Dream Will Do"	1991	2
Doop	Netherlands	"Doop"	1994	3
Carl Douglas	Jamaica	"Kung Fu Fighting"	1974	3
Craig Douglas	England	"Only Sixteen"	1959	4
Drake	Canada	"What's My Name?"	2011	1	Rihanna featuring Drake
		"One Dance"	2016	15	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla, biggest selling single of 2016
		"God's Plan"	2018	9
		"Nice for What"		1
		"In My Feelings"		4
		"Toosie Slide"	2020	1
D:Ream	Northern Ireland	"Things Can Only Get Better"	1994	4
The Dream Weavers	United States	"It's Almost Tomorrow"	1956	3
Duffy	Wales	"Mercy"	2008	5
Duke Dumont	England	"Need U (100%)"	2013	2	Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E
		"I Got U"	2014	1	Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
Dunblane	Scotland	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	1996	1
Clive Dunn	England	"Grandad"	1971	3
Duran Duran	England	"Is There Something I Should Know?"	1983	2
		"The Reflex"	1984	4
Ian Dury and the Blockheads	England	"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"	1979	1
Dvbbs	Canada	"Tsunami (Jump)"	2014	1	Dvbbs and Borgeous Featuring Tinie Tempah

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Eamon	United States	"Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"	2004	4
East 17	England	"Stay Another Day"	1994	5	1994's Christmas number one
Edison Lighthouse	England	"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"	1970	5
Dave Edmunds	Wales	"I Hear You Knocking"	1970	6	1970's Christmas number one
Tommy Edwards	United States	"It's All in the Game"	1958	3
Eiffel 65	Italy	"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"	1999	3
Billie Eilish	United States	"No Time to Die"	2020	1
		"What Was I Made For?"	2023	1
		"Guess"	2024	1	Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish
Electric Light Orchestra	England	"Xanadu"	1980	2	Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra
Missy Elliott	United States	"I Want You Back"	1998	1	Mel B featuring Missy Elliott, also provides uncredited vocals on 2001's "Lady Marmalade"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor	England	"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"	2000	1	Spiller (lead vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
Eminem	United States	"The Real Slim Shady"	2000	1	His single "Love the Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna was the biggest selling single of 2010, despite only reaching number two on the weekly chart
		"Stan"		1
		"Without Me"	2002	1
		"Lose Yourself"		1
		"Just Lose It"	2004	1
		"Like Toy Soldiers"	2005	1
		"Smack That"	2006	1	Akon featuring Eminem
		"The Monster"	2013	1	Eminem featuring Rihanna
		"River"	2018	1	Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran
		"Godzilla"	2020	1	Eminem featuring Juice Wrld
		"Houdini"	2024	2
England World Cup Squad	England	"Back Home"	1970	3
		"World in Motion"	1990	2	Englandneworder
Enigma	Germany	"Sadeness (Part I)"	1991	1
Enya	Ireland	"Orinoco Flow"	1988	3
		"I Don't Wanna Know"	2004	2	Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy
The Equals	England	"Baby, Come Back"	1968	3
Erasure	England	Abba-esque	1992	5
David Essex	England	"Gonna Make You a Star"	1974	3
		"Hold Me Close"	1975	3
Estelle	England	"American Boy"	2008	4	Estelle featuring Kanye West
Don Estelle	England	"Whispering Grass"	1975	3	Windsor Davies and Don Estelle
Eternal	England	"I Wanna Be the Only One"	1997	1	Eternal featuring BeBe Winans
Europe	Sweden	"The Final Countdown"	1986	2
Eurythmics	England	"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"	1985	1
Evanescence	United States	"Bring Me to Life"	2003	4
Faith Evans	United States	"I'll Be Missing You"	1997	6	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
Nathan Evans	Scotland	"Wellerman"	2021	2	Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted
Sian Evans	Wales	"Louder"	2011	1	DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans
The Everly Brothers	United States	"All I Have to Do Is Dream" / "Claudette"	1958	7
		"Cathy's Clown"	1960	7
		"Walk Right Back" / "Ebony Eyes"	1961	3
		"Temptation"		2
Example	England	"Changed the Way You Kiss Me"	2011	2
		"Stay Awake"		1
Ella Eyre	England	"Waiting All Night"	2013	1	Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre
George Ezra	England	"Shotgun"	2018	4

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Fairground Attraction	England	"Perfect"	1988	1
Adam Faith	England	"What Do You Want?"	1959	3
		"Poor Me"	1960	2
Paloma Faith	England	"Changing"	2014	1	Sigma featuring Paloma Faith
Falco	Austria	"Rock Me Amadeus"	1986	1
Georgie Fame	England	"Yeh, Yeh"	1965	2	Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
		"Get Away"	1966	1
		"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"	1968	1
Far East Movement	United States	"Get Up (Rattle)"	2013	2	Bingo Players featuring Far East Movement
Chris Farlowe	England	"Out of Time"	1966	1
Fatboy Slim	England	"Praise You"	1999	1	Has other number ones with The Housemartins and Beats International
Fatman Scoop	United States	"Be Faithful"	2003	2
Rhenzy Feliz	United States	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	2022	7	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz
Fergie	United States	"Gettin' Over You"	2010	1	David Guetta and Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO, has more number ones with the Black Eyed Peas
Ferry Aid		"Let It Be"	1987	3
The Firm	England	"Star Trekkin'"	1987	2
Eddie Fisher	United States	"Outside of Heaven"	1953	1
		"I'm Walking Behind You"		1	Eddie Fisher featuring Sally Sweetland
Five	England	"Keep On Movin'"	1999	1
		"We Will Rock You"	2000	1	Five and Queen
		"Let's Dance"	2001	2
Fleetwood Mac	England / United States	"Albatross"	1969	1
Flo Rida	United States	"Right Round"	2009	1	Flo Rida featuring Kesha
		Bad Boys"		1	Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida
		"Club Can't Handle Me"	2010	1	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta
		"Good Feeling"	2012	1
		"Troublemaker"		2	Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida
The Floaters	United States	"Float On"	1977	1
Florence and the Machine	England	"Spectrum (Say My Name)"	2012	3	Remixed by Calvin Harris
The Flying Pickets	England	"Only You"	1983	5	1983's Christmas number one
Luis Fonsi	Puerto Rico	"Despacito"	2017	11	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
Emile Ford	Saint Lucia	"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"	1959	6	Emile Ford and the Checkmates, 1959's Christmas number one
Tennessee Ernie Ford	United States	"Give Me Your Word"	1955	7
		"Sixteen Tons"	1956	4
Foreigner	England / United States	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	1985	3
The Foundations	England	"Baby Now That I've Found You"	1967	2
The Four Pennies	England	"Juliet"	1964	1
The Four Seasons	United States	"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"	1976	2
Four Tops	United States	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	1966	3
Cass Fox	England	"Touch Me"	2001	1	Rui da Silva featuring Cassandra
Fragma	Germany	"Toca's Miracle"	2000	2
Connie Francis	United States	"Who's Sorry Now?"	1958	6
		"Stupid Cupid" / "Carolina Moon"		6
Frankee	United States	"F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)"	2004	3
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	England	"Relax"	1984	5
		"Two Tribes"		9
		"The Power of Love"		1
Aretha Franklin	United States	"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"	1987	2	Aretha Franklin and George Michael
Fredo	England	"Funky Friday"	2018	1	Dave featuring Fredo
DJ Fresh	England	"Louder"	2011	1	DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans
		"Hot Right Now"	2012	1	DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora
Fugees	United States / Haiti	"Killing Me Softly"	1996	5	Biggest selling single of 1996
		"Ready or Not"		2
Fun	United States	"We Are Young"	2012	1	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
Nelly Furtado	Canada	"Maneater"	2006	3
		"Give It to Me"	2007	1	Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Gina G	Australia	"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"	1996	1
Gabrielle	England	"Dreams"	1993	3
		"Rise"	2000	2
Lady Gaga	United States	"Just Dance"	2009	3	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis
		"Poker Face"		3	Biggest selling single of 2009
		"Bad Romance"		2
		"Telephone"	2010	2	Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
		"Shallow"	2018	2	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
		"Rain on Me"	2020	1	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
Serge Gainsbourg	France	"Je t'aime... moi non plus"	1969	1	Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
Carolina Gaitán	Colombia	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	2022	7	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz
Boris Gardiner	Jamaica	"I Want to Wake Up with You"	1986	3
Art Garfunkel	United States	"I Only Have Eyes for You"	1975	2	Has another number one as part of Simon & Garfunkel
		"Bright Eyes"	1979	6	1979's biggest-selling single
Siedah Garrett	United States	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"	1987	2	Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
Martin Garrix	Netherlands	"Animals"	2013	1
Barbara Gaskin	England	"It's My Party"	1981	4	Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
Gareth Gates	England	"Unchained Melody"	2002	4
		"Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)"		3
		"The Long and Winding Road" / "Suspicious Minds"		2	Will Young and Gareth Gates / Gareth Gates
		"Spirit in the Sky"	2003	2	Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars
Marvin Gaye	United States	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	1969	3
Gayle	United States	"ABCDEFU"	2022	1
Gloria Gaynor	United States	"I Will Survive"	1979	4
Bobbie Gentry	United States	"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"	1969	1
Gerry and the Pacemakers	England	"How Do You Do It?"	1963	3
		"I Like It"		4
		"You'll Never Walk Alone"		4
Robin Gibb	England	"(Barry) Islands in the Stream"	2009	1	Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Tom Jones and Robin Gibb, has other number ones with the Bee Gees
Girls Aloud	England / Ireland	"Sound of the Underground"	2002	4	2002's Christmas number one
		"I'll Stand by You"	2004	2
		"Walk This Way"	2007	1	Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud
		"The Promise"	2008	1
Gary Glitter	England	"I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)"	1973	4
		"I Love You Love Me Love"		4
		"Always Yours"	1974	1
Jess Glynne	England	"Rather Be"	2014	4	Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
		"My Love"		1	Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne
		"Hold My Hand"	2015	3
		"Not Letting Go"		1	Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne
		"Don't Be So Hard on Yourself"		1
		"These Days"	2018	1	Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
		"I'll Be There"		1
Gnarls Barkley	United States	"Crazy"	2006	9	Biggest selling single of 2006
Goombay Dance Band	Germany	"Seven Tears"	1982	3
GoonRock	United States	"Party Rock Anthem"	2011	4	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
Gorillaz	England	"Dare"	2005	1	Features uncredited vocals from Shaun Ryder
Gotye	Belgium / Australia	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	2012	5	Biggest selling single of 2012
Ellie Goulding	England	"Burn"	2013	3
		"Love Me Like You Do"	2015	4
		"River"	2019	1
		"Miracle"	2023	8	Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
Kenya Grace	England	"Strangers"	2023	3
Ariana Grande	United States	"Problem"	2014	1	Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea, first number one with streaming data included
		"Bang Bang"		1	Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
		"Thank U, Next"	2018	6
		"7 Rings"	2019	4
		"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"		1
		"Rain on Me"	2020	1	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
		"Positions"		6
Eddy Grant	Guyana / England	"I Don't Wanna Dance"	1982	3	Has another number one with The Equals
CeeLo Green	United States	"Fuck You"	2010	2	Has another number one with Gnarls Barkley
Professor Green	England	"Read All About It"	2011	2	Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé
Norman Greenbaum	United States	"Spirit in the Sky"	1970	2
Diane Guerrero	United States	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	2022	7	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz
David Guetta	France	"When Love Takes Over"	2009	1	David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
		"Sexy Bitch"		1	David Guetta featuring Akon
		"Gettin' Over You"	2010	1	David Guetta and Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO
		"Club Can't Handle Me"		1	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta
		"Titanium"	2012	1	David Guetta featuring Sia
		"Lovers on the Sun"	2014	1	David Guetta featuring Sam Martin
		"I'm Good (Blue)"	2022	1	David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
Gunna	United States	"Lemonade"	2020	1	Internet Money, Gunna, and Don Toliver featuring Nav

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Ben Haenow	England	"Something I Need"	2014	1	2014's Christmas number one
Hale and Pace	England	"The Stonk"	1991	1	Hale and Pace and the Stonkers
Bill Haley & His Comets	United States	"Rock Around the Clock"	1955	5	Biggest selling single of the 1950s decade
Geri Halliwell	England	"Mi Chico Latino"	1999	1	Has other number ones with the Spice Girls
		"Lift Me Up"		1
		"Bag It Up"	2000	1
		"It's Raining Men"	2001	2
Halsey	United States	"Closer"	2016	4	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
		"Eastside"	2018	1	Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid
Hanson	United States	"MMMBop"	1997	3
Paul Hardcastle	England	"19"	1985	5
Duane Harden	United States	"You Don't Know Me"	1999	1	Armand van Helden featuring Duane Harden
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	England	"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"	1975	2
Jack Harlow	United States	"Lovin On Me"	2023	3
Calvin Harris	Scotland	"Dance wiv Me"	2008	4	Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome
		"I'm Not Alone"	2009	2
		"We Found Love"	2011	6	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
		"Sweet Nothing"	2012	1	Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
		"Under Control"	2013	1	Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts
		"Summer"	2014	1
		"Blame"		1	Calvin Harris featuring John Newman
		"Feels"	2017	1	Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
		"One Kiss"	2018	8	Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa
		"Promises"		6	Calvin Harris and Sam Smith
		"Miracle"	2023	8	Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
Jet Harris	England	"Diamonds"	1963	3	Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, has more number ones with The Shadows
Rolf Harris	Australia	"Two Little Boys"	1969	6	1969's Christmas number one
George Harrison	England	"My Sweet Lord"	1971	5	Biggest-selling single of 1971
		"My Sweet Lord" (reissue)	2002	1	Posthumous number one, has more number ones with The Beatles
Chesney Hawkes	England	"The One and Only"	1991	5
Hear'Say	England	"Pure and Simple"	2001	3
		"The Way to Your Love"		1
Oliver Heldens	Netherlands	"Gecko (Overdrive)"	2014	1	Oliver Heldens and Becky Hill, the last single to be number one based on paid-for sales alone.
Helping Haiti		"Everybody Hurts"	2010	2
Ella Henderson	England	"Ghost"	2014	2
Jimi Hendrix	United States	"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"	1970	1	Posthumous number one
Herman's Hermits	England	"I'm Into Something Good"	1964	2
The Highwaymen	United States	"Michael"	1961	1
Becky Hill	England	"Gecko (Overdrive)"	2014	1	Oliver Heldens and Becky Hill
Benny Hill	England	"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"	1971	4	1971's Christmas number one
Keri Hilson	United States	"The Way I Are"	2007	2	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson
Ronnie Hilton	England	"No Other Love"	1956	6
Michael Holliday	England	"The Story of My Life"	1958	2
		"Starry Eyed"	1960	1
The Hollies	England	"I'm Alive"	1965	3
		"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	1988	2
Buddy Holly	United States	"It Doesn't Matter Anymore"	1959	3	Posthumous number one, has another number one with The Crickets
The Honeycombs	England	"Have I the Right?"	1964	2
Mary Hopkin	Wales	"Those Were the Days"	1968	6
Hot Chocolate	England	"So You Win Again"	1977	3
The Housemartins	England	"Caravan of Love"	1986	1
Whitney Houston	United States	"Saving All My Love for You"	1985	2
		"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	1987	2
		"One Moment in Time"	1988	2
		"I Will Always Love You"	1992	10	1992's Christmas number one and biggest-selling single
Hozier	Ireland	"Too Sweet"	2024	2
The Human League	England	"Don't You Want Me"	1981	5	1981's Christmas number one and biggest-selling single
Engelbert Humperdinck	England	"Release Me"	1967	6	Biggest selling single of 1967
		"The Last Waltz"		5
Tab Hunter	United States	"Young Love"	1957	7
Huntr/x	United States / South Korea	"Golden"	2025	1	Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
Steve "Silk" Hurley	United States	"Jack Your Body"	1987	2
Hurts	England	"Under Control"	2013	1	Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts
Chrissie Hynde	United States	"I Got You Babe"	1985	1	UB40 and Chrissie Hynde, has another number one with Pretenders
		"Love Can Build a Bridge"	1995	1	Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Icona Pop	Sweden	"I Love It"	2013	1	Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX
Frank Ifield	England / Australia	"I Remember You"	1962	7	Biggest selling single of 1962
		"Lovesick Blues"		5
		"The Wayward Wind"	1963	3
		"Confessin'"		2
Enrique Iglesias	Spain	"Hero"	2002	4
Julio Iglesias	Spain	"Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)"	1981	1
Internet Money	United States	"Lemonade"	2020	1	Internet Money, Gunna and Don Toliver featuring Nav
Interplanetary Criminal	England	"B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)"	2022	2	Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal
Iron Maiden	England	"Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"	1990	2
Iyaz	British Virgin Islands	"Replay"	2010	2

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Jessie J	England	"Price Tag"	2011	2	Jessie J featuring B.o.B
		"Domino"	2012	2
		"Bang Bang"	2014	1	Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
Ja Rule	United States	"Wonderful"	2004	1	Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti
Terry Jacks	Canada	"Seasons in the Sun"	1974	4
Leon Jackson	Scotland	"When You Believe"	2007	3	2007's Christmas number one
Michael Jackson	United States	"One Day in Your Life"	1981	2	Has another number one with The Jacksons.
		"Billie Jean"	1983	1
		"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"	1987	2	Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
		"Black or White"	1991	2
		"You Are Not Alone"	1995	2
		"Earth Song"		6	1995's Christmas number one
		"Blood on the Dance Floor"	1997	1
The Jacksons	United States	"Show You the Way to Go"	1977	1
Jagged Edge	United States	"Nasty Girl"	2006	2	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm
Mick Jagger	England	"Dancing in the Street"	1985	4	David Bowie and Mick Jagger, has more number ones with The Rolling Stones.
The Jam	England	"Going Underground" / "Dreams of Children"	1980	3
		"Start!"		1
		"Town Called Malice" / "Precious"	1982	3
		"Beat Surrender"		2
Tommy James and the Shondells	United States	"Mony Mony"	1968	3
Jamiroquai	England	"Deeper Underground"	1998	1
Jawsh 685	New Zealand	"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"	2020	3	Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo
Jay-Z	United States	"Crazy in Love"	2003	3	Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
		"Déjà Vu"	2006	1
		"Umbrella"	2007	10	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
		"Run This Town"	2009	1	Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince	United States	"Boom! Shake the Room"	1993	2
Wyclef Jean	Haiti	"Hips Don't Lie"	2006	5	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, has more number ones with Fugees
Carly Rae Jepsen	Canada	"Call Me Maybe"	2012	4
Saint Jhn	Guyana / United States	"Roses"	2020	2	Remixed by Imanbek
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	England	"Swing the Mood"	1989	5
		"That's What I Like"		3
		"Let's Party"		1
JLS	England	"Beat Again"	2009	2
		"Everybody in Love"		1
		"The Club Is Alive"	2010	1
		"Love You More"		1
		"She Makes Me Wanna"	2011	1	JLS featuring Dev
		"Wishing on a Star"		1	The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction
Billy Joel	United States	"Uptown Girl"	1983	5
Elton John	England	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	1976	6	Elton John and Kiki Dee
		"Sacrifice" / "Healing Hands"	1990	5
		"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	1991	2	George Michael and Elton John
		"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"	1997	5	Biggest selling single of 1997, the 1990s decade, and all time based on purchases alone
		"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	2002	1	Blue featuring Elton John
		"Are You Ready for Love"	2003	1	Remixed by Ashley Beedle
		"Ghetto Gospel"	2005	3	2Pac featuring Elton John
		"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"	2021	1	Elton John and Dua Lipa
		Merry Christmas"		3	Ed Sheeran and Elton John
		"Sausage Rolls for Everyone"		1	LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John
Holly Johnson	England	"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey"	1989	3	Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson, The Christians and Stock Aitken Waterman, has more number ones with Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Johnston Brothers	England	"Hernando's Hideaway"	1955	2
Jax Jones	England	"I Got U"	2014	1	Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
Jimmy Jones	United States	"Good Timin'"	1960	3
Ruth Jones	Wales	"(Barry) Islands in the Stream"	2009	1	Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Tom Jones and Robin Gibb
Tom Jones	Wales	"It's Not Unusual"	1965	1
		"Green, Green Grass of Home"	1966	7	1966's Christmas number one and biggest selling single
		"(Barry) Islands in the Stream"	2009	1	Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Tom Jones and Robin Gibb
Juice Wrld	United States	"Godzilla"	2020	1	Eminem featuring Juice Wrld, posthumous number one
Gary Jules	United States	"Mad World"	2003	3	Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
Junkie XL	Netherlands	"A Little Less Conversation"	2002	4	Elvis vs. JXL
The Justice Collective		"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	2012	1	2012's Christmas number one

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Noah Kahan	United States	"Stick Season"	2024	7	Biggest selling single of 2024
Kaiser Chiefs	England	"Ruby"	2007	1
Kajagoogoo	England	"Too Shy"	1983	2
Kalin Twins	United States	"When"	1958	5
Kitty Kallen	United States	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	1954	1
Eden Kane	England	"Well I Ask You"	1961	1
Peter Kay	England	"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"	2005	7	Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay
		"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	2007	3	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin
		"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley"	2009	2	Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band
KC and the Sunshine Band	United States	"Give It Up"	1983	3
KDA	England	"Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)"	2015	1	KDA featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B
Ronan Keating	Ireland	"When You Say Nothing at All"	1999	2	Has other number ones with Boyzone
		"Life Is a Rollercoaster"	2000	1
		"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	2002	1
Jerry Keller	United States	"Here Comes Summer"	1959	1
R. Kelly	United States	"I Believe I Can Fly"	1997	3
		"Ignition"	2003	4
		"Wonderful"	2004	1	Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti
Kesha	United States	"Right Round"	2009	1	Flo Rida featuring Kesha
		"We R Who We R"	2011	1
		"Timber"	2014	1	Pitbull featuring Kesha
Las Ketchup	Spain	"The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"	2002	1
DJ Khaled	United States	"I'm the One"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
		"Wild Thoughts"		1	DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
Khalid	United States	"Eastside"	2018	1	Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid
		"Beautiful People"	2019	1	Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid
Wiz Khalifa	United States	"Payphone"	2012	2	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
		"See You Again"	2015	2	Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Chaka Khan	United States	"I Feel for You"	1984	3
Kid Rock	United States	"All Summer Long"	2008	1
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates	England	"Shakin' All Over"	1960	1
Nicole Kidman	Australia	"Somethin' Stupid"	2001	3	Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman, 2001's Christmas number one
Kiesza	Canada	"Hideaway"	2014	1
Kimbra	New Zealand	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	2012	5	Gotye featuring Kimbra
Ben E. King	United States	"Stand by Me"	1987	3
Kings of Leon	United States	"Sex on Fire"	2008	3
Sean Kingston	Jamaica / United States	"Beautiful Girls"	2007	4
The Kinks	England	"You Really Got Me"	1964	2
		"Tired of Waiting for You"	1965	1
		"Sunny Afternoon"	1966	2
Fern Kinney	United States	"Together We Are Beautiful"	1980	1
Kleerup	Sweden	"With Every Heartbeat"	2007	1	Robyn with Kleerup
The KLF	England	"Doctorin' the Tardis"	1988	1	The Timelords
		"3 a.m. Eternal"	1991	2
Kraftwerk	Germany	"The Model" / "Computer Love"	1982	1
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas	England	"Bad to Me"	1963	3
		"Little Children"	1964	2
Lenny Kravitz	United States	"Fly Away"	1999	1
The Kumars	England	"Spirit in the Sky"	2003	2	Gareth Gates featuring the Kumars
Josh Kumra	England	"Don't Go"	2011	1	Wretch 32 featuring Josh Kumra
KWS	England	"Please Don't Go"	1992	5
Kyla	England	"One Dance"	2016	15	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Labrinth	England	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	2012	1	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé, also provides uncredited vocals on "Pass Out" by Tinie Tempah
LadBaby	England	"We Built This City"	2018	1	2018's Christmas number one
		"I Love Sausage Rolls"	2019	1	2019's Christmas number one
		"Don't Stop Me Eatin'"	2020	1	2020's Christmas number one
		"Sausage Rolls for Everyone"	2021	1	LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John, 2021's Christmas number one
		"Food Aid"	2022	1	2022's Christmas number one, features uncredited vocals from Martin Lewis
Frankie Laine	United States	"I Believe"	1953	18	Biggest selling single of 1953
		"Hey Joe"		2
		"Answer Me"		8	1953's Christmas number one
		"A Woman in Love"	1956	4
Kendrick Lamar	United States	"Not Like Us"	2025	2
Zara Larsson	Sweden	"Symphony"	2017	1	Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson
Fedde Le Grand	Netherlands	"Put Your Hands Up for Detroit"	2006	1
John Legend	United States	"Lay Me Down"	2015	2	Sam Smith featuring John Legend
John Lennon	England	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	1980	1	Posthumous number ones, has more number ones with The Beatles
		"Imagine"	1981	4
		"Woman"		2
Jerry Lee Lewis	United States	"Great Balls of Fire"	1958	2
Leona Lewis	England	"A Moment Like This"	2006	4	2006's Christmas number one
		"Bleeding Love"	2007	7	Biggest selling single of 2007
		"Run"	2008	2
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir	England	"A Bridge over You"	2015	1	2015's Christmas number one
John Leyton	England	"Johnny Remember Me"	1961	4
LF System	Scotland	"Afraid to Feel"	2022	8
Liberty X	England / Ireland	"Just a Little"	2002	1
Lieutenant Pigeon	England	"Mouldy Old Dough"	1972	4
The Lightning Seeds	England	"Three Lions"	1996	3	Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
		"3 Lions '98"	1998	3
Lil Dicky	United States	"Freaky Friday"	2018	1	Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown, features uncredited cameos from Ed Sheeran, DJ Khaled and Kendall Jenner
Lil Jon	United States	"Yeah!"	2004	2	Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
Lil' Kim	United States	"Lady Marmalade"	2001	1	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink
Lil Nas X	United States	"Old Town Road"	2019	2	Remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
		"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"	2021	5
Lil Wayne	United States	"I'm the One"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
Lilly Wood and the Prick	France	"Prayer in C"	2014	2	Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz
Limp Bizkit	United States	"Rollin'"	2001	2
Dua Lipa	England	"New Rules"	2017	2
		"One Kiss"	2018	8	Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa, biggest selling single of 2018
		"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"	2021	1	Elton John and Dua Lipa
		"Dance the Night"	2023	1
Little Mix	England	"Cannonball"	2011	1
		"Wings"	2012	1
		"Black Magic"	2015	3
		"Shout Out to My Ex"	2016	3
		"Sweet Melody"	2021	1
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Allstars		"Times Like These"	2020	1
Livin' Joy	Italy	"Dreamer"	1995	1
LL Cool J	United States	"Ain't Nobody"	1997	1
Cher Lloyd	England	"Swagger Jagger"	2011	1
LMC	England	"Take Me to the Clouds Above"	2004	2	LMC vs. U2
LMFAO	United States	"Gettin' Over You"	2010	1	David Guetta and Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO
		"Party Rock Anthem"	2011	4	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
Los Lobos	United States	"La Bamba"	1987	2
Johnny Logan	Ireland	"What's Another Year"	1980	2
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	United States	"Never Be the Same Again"	2000	1	Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Jennifer Lopez	United States	"Love Don't Cost a Thing"	2001	1
		"Get Right"	2005	1
		"On the Floor"	2011	2	Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
Lorde	New Zealand	"Royals"	2013	1
Lost Frequencies	Belgium	"Are You with Me"	2015	1	Last song to be number one when the chart was revealed on Sunday.[1]
Pixie Lott	England	"Mama Do"	2009	1
		"Boys and Girls"		1
		"All About Tonight"	2011	1
Demi Lovato	United States	"Solo"	2018	1	Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato
Love Affair	England	"Everlasting Love"	1968	2
Matt Lucas	England	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	2007	3	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin
Ludacris	United States	"Yeah!"	2004	2	Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
Baz Luhrmann	Australia	"Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)"	1999	1
Lukas Graham	Denmark	"7 Years"	2016	5
Lulu	Scotland	"Relight My Fire"	1993	2	Take That featuring Lulu
L.V.	United States	"Gangsta's Paradise"	1995	2	Coolio featuring L.V.
Vera Lynn	England	"My Son, My Son"	1954	2

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Macklemore	United States	"These Days"	2018	1	Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen, has another number one as part of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	United States	"Thrift Shop"	2013	1	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Madison Avenue	Australia	"Don't Call Me Baby"	2000	1
Madness	England	"House of Fun"	1982	2
Madonna	United States	"Into the Groove"	1985	4
		"Papa Don't Preach"	1986	3
		"True Blue"		1
		"La Isla Bonita"	1987	2
		"Who's That Girl"		1
		"Like a Prayer"	1989	3
		"Vogue"	1990	4
		"Frozen"	1998	1
		"American Pie"	2000	1
		"Music"		1
		"Hung Up"	2005	3
		"Sorry"	2006	1
		"4 Minutes"	2008	4	Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
Magic!	Canada	"Rude"	2014	1
Major Lazer	United States	"Cold Water"	2016	5	Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ
Gareth Malone	England	"Wherever You Are"	2011	1	Military Wives with Gareth Malone, 2011's Christmas number one
		"Wake Me Up"	2014	1	Gareth Malone's All-Star Choir
Post Malone	United States	"Rockstar"	2017	4	Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
		"Fortnight"	2024	1	Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
Manchester United F.C.	England	"Come On You Reds"	1994	2
Manfred Mann	England	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"	1964	2
		"Pretty Flamingo"	1966	3
		"Mighty Quinn"	1968	2
The Manhattan Transfer	United States	"Chanson D'Amour"	1977	3
Manic Street Preachers	Wales	"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"	1998	1
		"The Masses Against the Classes"	2000	1
Mantovani	Italy	"The Song from Moulin Rouge"	1953	1
		"Cara Mia"	1954	10	David Whitfield with Mantovani and his Orchestra
The Marcels	United States	"Blue Moon"	1961	2
Kelly Marie	Scotland	"Feels Like I'm in Love"	1980	2
Marmalade	Scotland	"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"	1969	3
Maroon 5	United States	"Payphone"	2012	2	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
MARRS	England	"Pump Up the Volume"	1987	2
Bruno Mars	United States	"Nothin' on You"	2010	1	B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
		"Just the Way You Are"		2
		"Grenade"	2011	2
		"The Lazy Song"		1
		"Uptown Funk"	2014	7	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Gerry Marsden	England	"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey"	1989	3	Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson, The Christians and Stock Aitken Waterman, has more number ones with Gerry and the Pacemakers
Lena Martell	Scotland	"One Day at a Time"	1979	3
Dean Martin	United States	"Memories Are Made of This"	1956	4
John Martin	Sweden	"Don't You Worry Child"	2012	1	Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
Ricky Martin	Puerto Rico	"Livin' la Vida Loca"	1999	3
Sam Martin	United States	"Lovers on the Sun"	2014	1	David Guetta featuring Sam Martin
Al Martino	United States	"Here in My Heart"	1952	9	First ever number one
Hank Marvin	England	"Living Doll"	1986	3	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin, has more number ones with The Shadows
Lee Marvin	United States	"Wand'rin' Star"	1970	3
The Mash	United States	"Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)"	1980	3
Johnny Mathis	United States	"When a Child Is Born (Soleado)"	1976	3	1976's Christmas number one
Matthews Southern Comfort	England	"Woodstock"	1970	3
Ava Max	United States	"Sweet but Psycho"	2018	4
Paul McCartney	England	"Ebony and Ivory"	1982	3	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
		"Pipes of Peace"	1984	2	Has more number ones with The Beatles and Wings
		"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey"	1989	3	Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson, The Christians and Stock Aitken Waterman
George McCrae	United States	"Rock Your Baby"	1974	3
Martine McCutcheon	England	"Perfect Moment"	1999	2
Joe McElderry	England	"The Climb"	2009	1
Brian McFadden	Ireland	"Real to Me"	2004	1	Has more number ones with Westlife
McFly	England	"5 Colours in Her Hair"	2004	2
		"Obviously"		1
		"All About You" / "You've Got a Friend"	2005	1
		"I'll Be OK"		1
		"Don't Stop Me Now" / "Please, Please"	2006	1
		"Star Girl"		1
		"Baby's Coming Back" / "Transylvania"	2007	1
Tim McGraw	United States	"Over and Over"	2005	1	Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
Maria McKee	United States	"Show Me Heaven"	1990	4
Scott McKenzie	United States	"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"	1967	4
Don McLean	United States	"Vincent"	1972	2
		"Crying"	1980	3
Meat Loaf	United States	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	1993	7	Biggest selling single of 1993
Meck	England	"Thunder in My Heart Again"	2006	2	Meck featuring Leo Sayer
Glenn Medeiros	United States	"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"	1988	4
Tony Meehan	England	"Diamonds"	1963	3	Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, has more number ones with The Shadows
Megan Thee Stallion	United States	"WAP"	2020	3	Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
Mel and Kim	England	"Respectable"	1987	1
Katie Melua	Georgia / England	"What a Wonderful World"	2007	1	Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua
Men at Work	Australia	"Down Under"	1983	3
Shawn Mendes	Canada	"Stitches"	2016	2
		"Señorita"	2019	6	Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz	Netherlands	"Now You're Gone"	2008	5	Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz
Freddie Mercury	England	"Living on My Own"	1993	2	Remixed version, posthumous number one, has more number ones with Queen
George Michael	England	"Careless Whisper"	1984	3	Has more number ones with Wham!
		"A Different Corner"	1986	3
		"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"	1987	2	Aretha Franklin and George Michael
		"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	1991	2	George Michael and Elton John
		Five Live	1993	3	George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield
		"Jesus to a Child"	1996	1
		"Fastlove"		3
Michelle	Scotland	"All This Time"	2004	3
Middle of the Road	Scotland	"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"	1971	5
Mika	England	"Grace Kelly"	2007	5
Military Wives	England	"Wherever You Are"	2011	1	Military Wives with Gareth Malone, 2011's Christmas number one
Roger Miller	United States	"King of the Road"	1965	1
Steve Miller Band	United States	"The Joker"	1990	2
Russ Millions	England	"Body"	2021	3	Tion Wayne and Russ Millions, remix featuring ArrDee, Bugzy Malone, Darkoo, Fivio Foreign, Buni, E1 and ZT
Nicki Minaj	Trinidad and Tobago	"Bang Bang"	2014	1	Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
Kylie Minogue	Australia	"I Should Be So Lucky"	1988	5
		"Especially for You"	1989	3	Kylie and Jason
		"Hand on Your Heart"		1
		"Tears on My Pillow"	1990	1
		"Spinning Around"	2000	1
		"Can't Get You Out of My Head"	2001	4
		"Slow"	2003	1
Mint Royale	England	"Singin' in the Rain"	2008	2
The Miracles	United States	"The Tears of a Clown"	1970	1	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Guy Mitchell	United States	"She Wears Red Feathers"	1953	4
		"Look at That Girl"		6
		"Singing the Blues"	1957	3
		"Rock-a-Billy"		1
MK	United States	"Dior"	2025	2	MK featuring Chrystal
MNEK	England	"Head & Heart"	2020	6	Joel Corry and MNEK
MØ	Denmark	"Cold Water"	2016	5	Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ
Modjo	France	"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"	2000	2
Janelle Monáe	United States	"We Are Young"	2012	1	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
The Monkees	United States	"I'm a Believer"	1967	4
Hugo Montenegro	United States	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"	1968	4
The Moody Blues	England	"Go Now"	1965	1
Captain Tom Moore	England	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	2020	1	Michael Ball and Captain Tom Moore
Jane Morgan	United States	"The Day the Rains Came"	1959	1
Laza Morgan	United States / Jamaica	"Start Without You"	2010	2	Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan
Sarah Jane Morris	England	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	1986	4	The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
Mark Morrison	England	"Return of the Mack"	1996	2
The Move	England	"Blackberry Way"	1969	1
Mud	England	"Tiger Feet"	1974	4	Biggest selling single of 1974
		"Lonely This Christmas"		4	1974's Christmas number one
		"Oh Boy"	1975	2
Mungo Jerry	England	"In the Summertime"	1970	7	Biggest selling single of 1970
		"Baby Jump"	1971	2
Ruby Murray	Northern Ireland	"Softly, Softly"	1955	3
Olly Murs	England	"Please Don't Let Me Go"	2010	1
		"Heart Skips a Beat"	2011	1	Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks
		"Dance with Me Tonight"		1
		"Troublemaker"	2012	2	Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida
Musical Youth	Jamaica / England	"Pass the Dutchie"	1982	3
My Chemical Romance	United States	"Welcome to the Black Parade"	2006	2
Mya	United States	"Lady Marmalade"	2001	1	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Jimmy Nail	England	"Ain't No Doubt"	1992	3
Johnny Nash	United States	"Tears on My Pillow"	1975	1
Naughty Boy	England	"La La La"	2013	1	Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith
Nav	Canada	"Lemonade"	2020	1	Internet Money, Gunna and Don Toliver featuring Nav
Nayer	United States	"Give Me Everything"	2011	3	Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
N-Dubz	England	"Number 1"	2009	3	Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz
Nelly	United States	"Dilemma"	2002	2	Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
		"My Place" / "Flap Your Wings"	2004	1
		"Over and Over"	2005	1	Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
		"Nasty Girl"	2006	2	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm
Phyllis Nelson	United States	"Move Closer"	1985	1
Nena	Germany	"99 Red Balloons"	1984	3
Nero	England	"Promises"	2011	1
Jason Nevins	United States	"It's Like That"	1998	6	Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins
New Edition	United States	"Candy Girl"	1983	1
New Kids on the Block	United States	"You Got It (The Right Stuff)"	1989	3
		"Hangin' Tough"	1990	2
New Order	England	"World in Motion"	1990	2	Englandneworder
The New Seekers	England	"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"	1972	4
		"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"	1974	1
Anthony Newley	England	"Why"	1960	4
		"Do You Mind"		1	100th number one
John Newman	England	"Feel the Love"	2012	1	Rudimental featuring John Newman
		"Love Me Again"	2013	1
		"Blame"	2014	1	Calvin Harris featuring John Newman
Olivia Newton-John	England / Australia	"You're the One That I Want"	1978	9	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
		"Summer Nights"	1978	7
		"Xanadu"	1980	2	Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra
Ne-Yo	United States	"So Sick"	2006	1
		"Closer"	2008	1
		"Beautiful Monster"	2010	1
		"Give Me Everything"	2011	3	Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
		"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"	2012	1
Nico & Vinz	Norway	"Am I Wrong"	2014	2
Nicole	Germany	"A Little Peace"	1982	2	500th number one
Nilsson	United States	"Without You"	1972	5
Nizlopi	England	"JCB"	2005	1
No Doubt	United States	"Don't Speak"	1997	3
Sak Noel	Spain	"Loca People"	2011	1
The Notorious B.I.G.	United States	"Nasty Girl"	2006	2	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm, posthumous number one
Gary Numan	England	"Cars"	1979	1	Has another number one with Tubeway Army

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Oasis	England	"Some Might Say"	1995	1
		"Don't Look Back in Anger"	1996	1
		"D'You Know What I Mean?"	1997	1
		"All Around the World"	1998	1
		"Go Let It Out"	2000	1
		"The Hindu Times"	2002	1
		"Lyla"	2005	1
		"The Importance of Being Idle"		1
Billy Ocean	Trinidad and Tobago / England	"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"	1986	4
Des O'Connor	England	"I Pretend"	1968	1
Sinéad O'Connor	Ireland	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	1990	4
Colby O'Donis	United States	"Just Dance"	2009	3	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis
Odyssey	United States	"Use It Up and Wear It Out"	1980	2
Esther & Abi Ofarim	Israel	"Cinderella Rockefella"	1968	3
The Offspring	United States	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	1999	1
Mr. Oizo	France	"Flat Beat"	1999	2
Olive	England	"You're Not Alone"	1997	2
Omi	Jamaica	"Cheerleader"	2015	4	Remixed by Felix Jaehn
One Direction	England / Ireland	"What Makes You Beautiful"	2011	1
		"Wishing on a Star"		1	The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction
		"Little Things"	2012	1
		"One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"	2013	1
		"Drag Me Down"	2015	1
OneRepublic	United States	"Counting Stars"	2013	2
Rita Ora	England	"Hot Right Now"	2012	1	DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora
		"R.I.P"		2	Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah
		"How We Do (Party)"		1
		"I Will Never Let You Down"	2014	1
Roy Orbison	United States	"Only the Lonely"	1960	2
		"It's Over"	1964	2
		"Oh, Pretty Woman"		3
Tony Orlando and Dawn	United States	"Knock Three Times"	1971	5	Dawn
		"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"	1973	4	1973's biggest selling single
Orson	United States	"No Tomorrow"	2006	1
Kelly Osbourne	England	"Changes"	2003	1	Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne	England	"Changes"	2003	1	Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne
Donny Osmond	United States	"Puppy Love"	1972	5	Has another number one with The Osmonds
		"The Twelfth of Never"	1973	1
		"Young Love"		4
Jimmy Osmond	United States	"Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"	1972	5	1972's Christmas number one. Has another number one with The Osmonds
The Osmonds	United States	"Love Me for a Reason"	1974	3
Gilbert O'Sullivan	Ireland	"Clair"	1972	2
		"Get Down"	1973	2
DJ Ötzi	Austria	"Hey Baby"	2001	1
The Outhere Brothers	United States	"Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)"	1995	1
		"Boom Boom Boom"		4
The Overlanders	England	"Michelle"	1966	3
Owl City	United States	"Fireflies"	2010	3
Oxide & Neutrino	England	"Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty)"	2000	1	Have another number one with So Solid Crew

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
P. Diddy	United States	"I'll Be Missing You"	1997	6	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
		"I Don't Wanna Know"	2004	2	Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy
		"Nasty Girl"	2006	2	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm Posthumous Number One
Petey Pablo	United States	"Goodies"	2005	1	Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
Elaine Paige	England	"I Know Him So Well"	1985	4	Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson
Paper Lace	England	"Billy Don't Be a Hero"	1974	3
Simon Park Orchestra	England	"Eye Level"	1973	4
Partners in Kryme	United States	"Turtle Power!"	1990	4
Sean Paul	Jamaica	"Breathe"	2003	4	Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul
		"What About Us"	2013	1	The Saturdays featuring Sean Paul
		"Rockabye"	2016	9	Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie
Freda Payne	United States	"Band of Gold"	1970	6
Gigi Perez	United States	"Sailor Song"	2024	1
Katy Perry	United States	"I Kissed a Girl"	2008	5
		"California Gurls"	2010	2	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
		"Part of Me"	2012	1
		"Roar"	2013	2
		"Feels"	2017	1	Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
Pet Shop Boys	England	"West End Girls"	1986	2
		"It's a Sin"	1987	3
		"Always on My Mind"		4	1987's Christmas number one
		"Heart"	1988	3
Peter and Gordon	England	"A World Without Love"	1964	2
Peters and Lee	England	"Welcome Home"	1973	1
Kim Petras	Germany	"Unholy"	2022	4	Sam Smith and Kim Petras
DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies	England	"Do You Really Like It?"	2001	1
Pilot	Scotland	"January"	1975	3
Pink	United States	"Lady Marmalade"	2001	1	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink
		"Just Like a Pill"	2002	1
		"So What"	2008	3
Pink Floyd	England	"Another Brick in the Wall"	1979	5	1979's Christmas number one
Billie Piper	England	"Because We Want To"	1998	1	Billie
		"Girlfriend"		1
		"Day and Night"	2000	1
Pitbull	United States	"On the Floor"	2011	2	Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
		"Give Me Everything"		3	Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
		"Timber"	2014	1	Pitbull featuring Kesha
Gene Pitney	United States	"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart"	1989	4	Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney
Rachel Platten	United States	"Fight Song"	2015	1	1300th number one
The Platters	United States	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"	1959	1
The Police	England	"Message in a Bottle"	1979	3
		"Walking on the Moon"		1
		"Don't Stand So Close to Me"	1980	4	Biggest selling single of 1980
		"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"	1981	1
		"Every Breath You Take"	1983	4
Mike Posner	United States	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"	2016	4	Remixed by Seeb
Pérez Prado	Cuba	"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"	1955	2
Elvis Presley	United States	"All Shook Up"	1957	7
		"Jailhouse Rock"	1958	3	Biggest selling single of 1958
		"One Night" / "I Got Stung"	1959	3
		"A Fool Such as I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight"		5
		"It's Now or Never"	1960	8	Biggest selling single of 1960
		"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"		4
		"Wooden Heart"	1961	6	Biggest selling single of 1961
		"Surrender"		4
		"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister"		4
		"Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"	1962	4
		"Good Luck Charm"		5
		"She's Not You"		3
		"Return to Sender"		3	1962's Christmas number one
		"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"	1963	1
		"Crying in the Chapel"	1965	2
		"The Wonder of You"	1970	6
		"Way Down"	1977	5	Posthumous number one
		"A Little Less Conversation"	2002	4	Elvis vs. JXL, posthumous number one
		"Jailhouse Rock" (reissue)	2005	1	Posthumous number one
		"One Night" / "I Got Stung" (reissue)		1	1000th number one, posthumous number one
		"It's Now or Never" (reissue)		1	Posthumous number one
Billy Preston	United States	"Get Back"	1969	6	The Beatles with Billy Preston
Johnny Preston	United States	"Running Bear"	1960	2
Pretenders	England / United States	"Brass in Pocket"	1980	2
Prince	United States	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"	1994	2
Mr. Probz	Netherlands	"Waves"	2014	2	Remixed by Robin Schulz
The Proclaimers	Scotland	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	2007	3	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin
Procol Harum	England	"A Whiter Shade of Pale"	1967	6
The Prodigy	England	"Firestarter"	1996	3
		"Breathe"		2
Eric Prydz	Sweden	"Call on Me"	2004	5
Psy	South Korea	"Gangnam Style"	2012	1
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	United States	"Young Girl"	1968	4
Pussycat	Netherlands	"Mississippi"	1976	4
The Pussycat Dolls	United States	"Don't Cha"	2005	3	The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
		"Stickwitu"		2
Charlie Puth	United States	"See You Again"	2015	2	Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
		"Marvin Gaye"		1	Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Suzi Quatro	United States	"Can the Can"	1973	1
		"Devil Gate Drive"	1974	2
Quavo	United States	"I'm the One"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
Queen	England	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	1975	9	1975's Christmas number one
		"Under Pressure"	1981	2	Queen and David Bowie
		"Innuendo"	1991	1
		"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"		5	1991's Christmas number one
		Five Live	1993	3	George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield
		"We Will Rock You"	2000	1	Five and Queen

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Rage Against the Machine	United States	"Killing in the Name"	2009	1	2009's Christmas number one
Marvin Rainwater	United States	"Whole Lotta Woman"	1958	3
Johnnie Ray	United States	"Such a Night"	1954	1
		"Just Walkin' in the Rain"	1956	7	1956's Christmas number one
		"Yes Tonight Josephine"	1957	3
Raye	England	"Escapism"	2023	1	Raye featuring 070 Shake
Rayvon	Barbados	"Angel"	2001	3	Shaggy featuring Rayvon
Razorlight	England	"America"	2006	1
The Real Thing	England	"You to Me Are Everything"	1976	3
Redman	United States	"Dirrty"	2002	2	Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
Rednex	Sweden	"Cotton Eye Joe"	1995	3
Jim Reeves	United States	"Distant Drums"	1966	5	Posthumous number one
Vic Reeves	England	"Dizzy"	1991	2	Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff
Renée and Renato	England / Italy	"Save Your Love"	1982	4	1982's Christmas number one
Bebe Rexha	United States	"I'm Good (Blue)"	2022	1	David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
Busta Rhymes	United States	"Don't Cha"	2005	3	The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
Roddy Ricch	United States	"Rockstar"	2020	6	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
Cliff Richard	England	"Living Doll"	1959	6	Biggest selling single of 1959
		"Travellin' Light"		5
		"Please Don't Tease"	1960	3
		"I Love You"		2	1960's Christmas number one
		"The Young Ones"	1962	6
		"The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy"	1963	3
		"Summer Holiday"		3
		"The Minute You're Gone"	1965	1
		"Congratulations"	1968	2
		"We Don't Talk Anymore"	1979	4
		"Living Doll"	1986	3	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin
		"Mistletoe and Wine"	1988	4	1988's Christmas number one and biggest selling single
		"Saviour's Day"	1990	1	1990's Christmas number one
		"The Millennium Prayer"	1999	3
Wendy Richard	England	"Come Outside"	1962	2	Mike Sarne featuring Wendy Richard
Lionel Richie	United States	"Hello"	1984	6	Has another number one with the Commodores
Right Said Fred	England	"Deeply Dippy"	1992	3
The Righteous Brothers	United States	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	1965	2
		"Unchained Melody"	1990	4	Biggest selling single of 1990
Rihanna	Barbados	"Umbrella"	2007	10	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
		"Take a Bow"	2008	2
		"Run This Town"	2009	1	Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
		"Only Girl (In the World)"	2010	2
		"What's My Name?"	2011	1	Rihanna featuring Drake
		"We Found Love"		6	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
		"Diamonds"	2012	1
		"The Monster"	2013	1	Eminem featuring Rihanna
		"Wild Thoughts"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
RikRok	Jamaica / England	"It Wasn't Me"	2001	1	Shaggy featuring RikRok
LeAnn Rimes	United States	"Can't Fight the Moonlight"	2000	1
Rixton	England	"Me and My Broken Heart"	2014	1
Rizzle Kicks	England	"Heart Skips a Beat"	2011	1	Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks
Chappell Roan	United States	"Pink Pony Club"	2025	2
		"The Subway"		1
Smokey Robinson	United States	"Being with You"	1981	2	Has another number one with The Miracles
Robson & Jerome	England	"Unchained Melody" / "White Cliffs of Dover"	1995	7	Biggest selling single of 1995
		"I Believe" / "Up on the Roof"		4
		"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" / "Saturday Night at the Movies" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"	1996	2
Robyn	Sweden	"With Every Heartbeat"	2007	1	Robyn with Kleerup
Lord Rockingham's XI	England	"Hoots Mon"	1958	3
Nile Rodgers	United States	"Get Lucky"	2013	4	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Olivia Rodrigo	United States	"Drivers License"	2021	9
		"Good 4 U"		5
		"Vampire"	2023	1
Tommy Roe	United States	"Dizzy"	1969	1
Kenny Rogers	United States	"Lucille"	1977	1
		"Coward of the County"	1980	2
Roll Deep	England	"Good Times"	2010	3
		"Green Light"		1
The Rolling Stones	England	"It's All Over Now"	1964	1
		"Little Red Rooster"		1
		"The Last Time"	1965	3
		"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"		2
		"Get Off of My Cloud"		3
		"Paint It Black"	1966	1
		"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	1968	2
		"Honky Tonk Women"	1969	5
Nicky Romero	Netherlands	"I Could Be the One"	2013	1	Avicii vs. Nicky Romero
Mark Ronson	England	"Uptown Funk"	2014	7	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, biggest selling single of 2015
Room 5	Italy	"Make Luv"	2003	4	Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham
Eliza Rose	England	"B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)"	2022	2	Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal, 1400th number one single
Diana Ross	United States	"I'm Still Waiting"	1971	4	Has another number one with The Supremes
		"Chain Reaction"	1986	3
Demis Roussos	Greece	The Roussos Phenomenon	1976	1
Route 94	England	"My Love"	2014	1	Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne
La Roux	England	"Bulletproof"	2009	1
Kelly Rowland	United States	"Dilemma"	2002	2	Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland, has more number ones with Destiny's Child
		"When Love Takes Over"	2009	1	David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
Roxy Music	England	"Jealous Guy"	1981	2
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Scotland	"Amazing Grace"	1972	5	Biggest selling single of 1972
Lita Roza	England	"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"	1953	1
The Rubettes	England	"Sugar Baby Love"	1974	4
Rudimental	England	"Feel the Love"	2012	1	Rudimental featuring John Newman
		"Waiting All Night"	2013	1	Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre
		"These Days"	2018	1	Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
Run-DMC	United States	"It's Like That"	1998	6	Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins
Jennifer Rush	United States	"The Power of Love"	1985	5	Biggest selling single of 1985

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
S Club 7	England	"Bring It All Back"	1999	1
		"Never Had a Dream Come True"	2000	1
		"Don't Stop Movin'"	2001	2
		"Have You Ever"
Sam & Mark	England	"With a Little Help from My Friends"	2004	1
Sam and the Womp	England / Netherlands	"Bom Bom"	2012	1
DJ Sammy	Spain	"Heaven"	2002	1	DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
Roger Sanchez	United States	"Another Chance"	2001	1
Emeli Sandé	Scotland	"Read All About It"	2011	2	Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé
		"Beneath Your Beautiful"	2012	1	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé
Mike Sarne	England	"Come Outside"	1962	2	Mike Sarne featuring Wendy Richard
Peter Sarstedt	England	"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"	1969	4
The Saturdays	England / Ireland	"What About Us"	2013	1	The Saturdays featuring Sean Paul
Telly Savalas	United States	"If"	1975	2
Leo Sayer	England	"When I Need You"	1977	3
		"Thunder in My Heart Again"	2006	2	Meck featuring Leo Sayer
The Scaffold	England	"Lily the Pink"	1968	4	1968's Christmas number one
Nicole Scherzinger	United States	"Don't Hold Your Breath"	2011	1	Has more number ones with The Pussycat Dolls
Robin Schulz	Germany	"Prayer in C"	2014	2	Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz
Scissor Sisters	United States	"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"	2006	4
Scouting for Girls	England	"This Ain't a Love Song"	2010	2
The Script	Ireland	"Hall of Fame"	2012	2	The Script featuring will.i.am
The Searchers	England	"Sweets for My Sweet"	1963	2
		"Needles and Pins"	1964	3
		"Don't Throw Your Love Away"		2
Secondcity	United States / England	"I Wanna Feel"	2014	1
The Seekers	Australia	"I'll Never Find Another You"	1965	2
		"The Carnival Is Over"		3
Captain Sensible	England	"Happy Talk"	1982	2
S'Express	England	"Theme from S'Express"	1988	2
The Shadows	England	"Apache"	1960	5	Have more number ones as Cliff Richard's backing band
		"Kon-Tiki"	1961	1
		"Wonderful Land"	1962	8
		"Dance On!"	1963	1
		"Foot Tapper"		1
Shaggy	Jamaica	"Oh Carolina"	1993	2
		"Boombastic"	1995	1
		"It Wasn't Me"	2001	1	Shaggy featuring RikRok, biggest selling single of 2001
		"Angel"		3	Shaggy featuring Rayvon
Shakespears Sister	England	"Stay"	1992	8
Shakin' Stevens	Wales	"This Ole House"	1981	3
		"Green Door"		4
		"Oh Julie"	1982	1
		"Merry Christmas Everyone"	1985	2	1985's Christmas number one
Shakira	Colombia	"Hips Don't Lie"	2006	5	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
		"Beautiful Liar"	2007	3	Beyoncé and Shakira, remixed by Freemasons
The Shamen	Scotland	"Ebeneezer Goode"	1992	4
Shanks & Bigfoot	England	"Sweet Like Chocolate"	1999	2
Del Shannon	United States	"Runaway"	1961	3
The Shapeshifters	England	"Lola's Theme"	2004	1
Helen Shapiro	England	"You Don't Know"	1961	3
		"Walkin' Back to Happiness"		3
Feargal Sharkey	Northern Ireland	"A Good Heart"	1985	2
Sandie Shaw	England	"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"	1964	3
		"Long Live Love"	1965	3
		"Puppet on a String"	1967	3
Ed Sheeran	England	"Sing"	2014	1
		"Thinking Out Loud"		2
		"Shape of You"	2017	14	Biggest selling single of 2017, the 2010s decade, and all time including streaming data
		"Perfect"		6	2017's Christmas number one
		"River"	2018	1	Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran
		"I Don't Care"	2019	8	Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber
		"Beautiful People"		1	Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid
		"Take Me Back to London"		5	Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy, remix featuring Jaykae and Aitch
		"Own It"	2020	3	Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy
		"Bad Habits"	2021	11	Biggest selling single of 2021
		"Shivers"		4
		"Merry Christmas"		3	Ed Sheeran and Elton John
		"Sausage Rolls for Everyone"		1	LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John
		"Eyes Closed"	2023	1
Anne Shelton	England	"Lay Down Your Arms"	1956	4
Shout for England	England	"Shout"	2010	2	Shout for England featuring Dizzee Rascal and James Corden
Showaddywaddy	England	"Under the Moon of Love"	1976	3
Sia	Australia	"Titanium"	2012	1	David Guetta featuring Sia
Sigala	England	"Easy Love"	2015	1
Sigma	England	"Nobody to Love"	2014	1
		"Changing"		1	Sigma featuring Paloma Faith
Simon & Garfunkel	United States	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	1970	3
Eva Simons	Netherlands	"This Is Love"	2012	1	will.i.am featuring Eva Simons
Simple Minds	Scotland	"Belfast Child"	1989	2
Simply Red	England	"Fairground"	1995	4
The Simpsons	United States	"Do the Bartman"	1991	3
Frank Sinatra	United States	"Three Coins in the Fountain"	1954	3
		"Strangers in the Night"	1966	3
		"Somethin' Stupid"	1967	2	Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra	United States	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	1966	4
		"Somethin' Stupid"	1967	2	Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Sister Sledge	United States	"Frankie"	1985	4
Frank Skinner	England	"Three Lions"	1996	3	Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
		"3 Lions '98'"	1998	3
Slade	England	"Coz I Luv You"	1971	4
		"Take Me Bak 'Ome"	1972	1
		"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"		3
		"Cum On Feel the Noize"	1973	4
		"Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me"		3
		"Merry Xmas Everybody"		5	1973's Christmas number one
Slik	Scotland	"Forever and Ever"	1976	1
Small Faces	England	"All or Nothing"	1966	1
Sam Smith	England	"La La La"	2013	1	Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith
		"Money on My Mind"	2014	1
		"Stay with Me"		1
		"Lay Me Down"	2015	2	Sam Smith featuring John Legend
		"Writing's on the Wall"		1
		"Too Good at Goodbyes"	2017	3
		"Promises"	2018	6	Calvin Harris and Sam Smith
		"Unholy"	2022	4	Sam Smith and Kim Petras
Will Smith	United States	"Men in Black"	1997	4	Has another number one as part of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Snap!	Germany	"The Power"	1990	2
		"Rhythm Is a Dancer"	1992	6
David Sneddon	Scotland	"Stop Living the Lie"	2003	2
Snoop Dogg	United States	"California Gurls"	2010	2	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
So Solid Crew	England	"21 Seconds"	2001	1
Soft Cell	England	"Tainted Love"	1981	2
Sonia	England	"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"	1989	2
Sonique	England	"It Feels So Good"	2000	3
Sonny & Cher	United States	"I Got You Babe"	1965	2
David Soul	United States	"Don't Give Up On Us"	1977	4
		"Silver Lady"		3
Soul II Soul	England	"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"	1989	4
Spacedust	England	"Gym and Tonic"	1998	1
Spandau Ballet	England	"True"	1983	4
Britney Spears	United States	"...Baby One More Time"	1999	2	Biggest selling single of 1999
		"Born to Make You Happy"	2000	1
		"Oops!... I Did It Again"		1
		"Toxic"	2004	1
		"Everytime"		1
		"Scream & Shout"	2013	2	will.i.am featuring Britney Spears
The Specials	England	Too Much Too Young – The Special A.K.A. Live!	1980	2	The Special A.K.A.
		"Ghost Town"	1981	3
Spice Girls	England	"Wannabe"	1996	7
		"Say You'll Be There"		2
		"2 Become 1"		3	1996's Christmas number one
		"Mama" / "Who Do You Think You Are"	1997	3
		"Spice Up Your Life"		1
		"Too Much"		2	1997's Christmas number one
		"Viva Forever"	1998	2
		"Goodbye"		1	1998's Christmas number one
		"Holler" / "Let Love Lead the Way"	2000	1
Spiller	Italy	"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"	2000	1	Spiller (lead vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
Spitting Image	England	"The Chicken Song"	1986	3
Dusty Springfield	England	"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"	1966	1
Jo Stafford	United States	"You Belong to Me"	1953	1
Lisa Stansfield	England	"All Around the World"	1989	2
		Five Live	1993	3	George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield
Alvin Stardust	England	"Jealous Mind"	1974	1
The Stargazers	England	"Broken Wings"	1953	1
		"I See the Moon"	1954	6
		"The Finger of Suspicion"	1955	3	Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers
Kay Starr	United States	"Comes A-Long A-Love"	1953	1
		"Rock and Roll Waltz"	1956	1
Starship	United States	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	1987	4
Status Quo	England	"Down Down"	1975	1
Tommy Steele	England	"Singing the Blues"	1957	1
Steps	England / Wales	"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy"	1999	1
		"Stomp"	2000	1
Stereophonics	Wales	"Dakota"	2005	1
Ray Stevens	United States	"The Streak"	1974	1
Dave Stewart	England	"It's My Party"	1981	4	Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin
Rod Stewart	England	"Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"	1971	5
		"You Wear It Well"	1972	1
		"Sailing"	1975	4
		"I Don't Want to Talk About It" / "The First Cut Is the Deepest"	1977	4
		"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	1978	1
		"Baby Jane"	1983	3
Stiltskin	Scotland	"Inside"	1994	1
Stock Aitken Waterman	England	"Ferry Cross the Mersey"	1989	3	Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson, The Christians and Stock Aitken Waterman Have more number ones as producers
Avery Storm	United States	"Nasty Girl"	2006	2	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm
Storm Queen	United States	"Look Right Through"	2013	1	Remixed by MK
Stormzy	England	"Vossi Bop"	2019	2
		"Take Me Back to London"		5	Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy, remix featuring Jaykae and Aitch
		"Own It"	2020	3	Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy
		"Backbone"	2024	2	Chase & Status and Stormzy
The Streets	England	"Dry Your Eyes"	2004	1
Barbra Streisand	United States	"Woman in Love"	1980	3
Harry Styles	England	"Sign of the Times"	2017	1	Has more number ones with One Direction
		"As It Was"	2022	10	Biggest-selling single of 2022
The Stylistics	United States	"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"	1975	3
Sugababes	England	"Freak Like Me"	2002	1
		"Round Round"		1
		"Hole in the Head"	2003	1
		"Push the Button"	2005	3
		"Walk This Way"	2007	1	Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud
		"About You Now"		4
Donna Summer	United States	"I Feel Love"	1977	4
The Supremes	United States	"Baby Love"	1964	2
Survivor	United States	"Eye of the Tiger"	1982	4
Swedish House Mafia	Sweden	"Don't You Worry Child"	2012	1	Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
The Sweet	England	"Block Buster!"	1973	5
Sweet Sensation	England	"Sad Sweet Dreamer"	1974	1
Sally Sweetland	United States	"I'm Walking Behind You"	1953	1	Eddie Fisher featuring Sally Sweetland
Taylor Swift	United States	"Look What You Made Me Do"	2017	2
		"Anti-Hero"	2022	6
		"Is It Over Now?"	2023	1
		"Fortnight"	2024	1	Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
T. Rex	England	"Hot Love"	1971	6
		"Get It On"		4
		"Telegram Sam"	1972	2
		"Metal Guru"		4
Take That	England	"Pray"	1993	4
		"Relight My Fire"		2	Take That featuring Lulu
		"Babe"		1
		"Everything Changes"	1994	2
		"Sure"		2
		"Back for Good"	1995	4
		"Never Forget"		3
		"How Deep Is Your Love"	1996	3
		"Patience"	2006	4
		"Shine"	2007	2
		"Greatest Day"	2008	1
		"These Days"	2014	1
The Tamperer featuring Maya	Italy	"Feel It"	1998	1
The Tams	United States	"Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"	1971	3
t.A.T.u.	Russia	"All the Things She Said"	2003	4
The Teenagers	United States	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	1956	3
Teletubbies	England	"Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!""	1997	2
The Temperance Seven	England	"You're Driving Me Crazy"	1961	1
Robin Thicke	United States	"Blurred Lines"	2013	5	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell, biggest selling single of 2013
Sandi Thom	Scotland	"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)"	2006	1
The Three Degrees	United States	"When Will I See You Again"	1974	2
Thunderclap Newman	England	"Something in the Air"	1969	3
T.I.	United States	"Blurred Lines"	2013	5	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
Tiffany	United States	"I Think We're Alone Now"	1988	3
Tight Fit	England	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	1982	3
Bryson Tiller	United States	"Wild Thoughts"	2017	1	DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
Johnny Tillotson	United States	"Poetry in Motion"	1961	2
Timbaland	United States	"Give It to Me"	2007	1	Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
		"The Way I Are"		2	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson
Justin Timberlake	United States	"SexyBack"	2006	1
		"Give It to Me"	2007	1	Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
		"4 Minutes"	2008	4	Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
		"Mirrors"	2013	3	Also provides uncredited vocals on "Where is the Love?" by the Black Eyed Peas
Tinchy Stryder	Ghana / England	"Number 1"	2009	3	Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz
		"Never Leave You"		1	Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle Berrabah
The Ting Tings	England	"That's Not My Name"	2008	1
Tinie Tempah	England	"Pass Out"	2010	2
		"Written in the Stars"		1	Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner
		"R.I.P"	2012	2	Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah
		"Tsunami (Jump)"	2014	1	Dvbbs and Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah
		"Crazy Stupid Love"		1	Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah
		"Not Letting Go"	2015	1	Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne
		"Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)"		1	KDA featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B
Cara Tivey	England	"She's Leaving Home"	1988	4	Billy Bragg featuring Cara Tivey
Don Toliver	United States	"Lemonade"	2020	1	Internet Money, Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav
Tomcraft	Germany	"Loneliness"	2003	1
Tones and I	Australia	"Dance Monkey"	2019	11
The Tornados	England	"Telstar"	1962	5
T'Pau	England	"China in Your Hand"	1987	5	600th number one single
Meghan Trainor	United States	"All About That Bass"	2014	4
		"Marvin Gaye"	2015	1	Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor
John Travolta	United States	"You're the One That I Want"	1978	9	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
		"Summer Nights"		7
The Tremeloes	England	"Do You Love Me"	1963	3	Brian Poole and the Tremeloes
		"Silence Is Golden"	1967	3
Jackie Trent	England	"Where Are You Now"	1965	1
The Troggs	England	"With a Girl Like You"	1966	2
Tubeway Army	England	"Are "Friends" Electric?"	1979	4
Tulisa	England	"Young"	2012	1	Has another number one with N-Dubz
Eric Turner	United States	"Written in the Stars"	2010	1	Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner
Conway Twitty	United States	"It's Only Make Believe"	1958	5	1958's Christmas number one
Bonnie Tyler	Wales	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	1983	2
The Tymes	United States	"Ms Grace"	1975	1
Typically Tropical	England	"Barbados"	1975	1

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
U2	Ireland	"Desire"	1988	1
		"The Fly"	1991	1
		"Discothèque"	1997	1
		"Beautiful Day"	2000	1
		"Take Me to the Clouds Above"	2004	2	LMC vs. U2
		"Vertigo"		1
		"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"	2005	1
UB40	England	"Red Red Wine"	1983	3
		"I Got You Babe"	1985	1	UB40 and Chrissie Hynde
		"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You"	1993	2
Unit 4 + 2	England	"Concrete and Clay"	1965	1
Midge Ure	Scotland	"If I Was"	1985	1	Has another number one with Slik
USA for Africa		"We Are the World"	1985	2
Usher	United States	"You Make Me Wanna..."	1998	1
		"Yeah!"	2004	2	Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
		"Burn"		2
		"OMG"	2010	1	Usher featuring will.i.am

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Holly Valance	Australia	"Kiss Kiss"	2002	1
Ricky Valance	Wales	"Tell Laura I Love Her"	1960	3
Dickie Valentine	England	"The Finger of Suspicion"	1955	3	Dickie Valentine and The Stargazers
		"Christmas Alphabet"		3	1955's Christmas number one
Armand van Helden	United States	"You Don't Know Me"	1999	1	Armand van Helden featuring Duane Harden
		"Bonkers"	2009	2	Dizzee Rascal and Armand van Helden
Vanilla Ice	United States	"Ice Ice Baby"	1990	4
Various Artists		"Perfect Day"	1997	3	Released as a BBC promotional film, then as a charity single for Children in Need.
Frankie Vaughan	England	"The Garden of Eden"	1957	3
		"Tower Of Strength"	1961	4
Vengaboys	Netherlands	"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"	1999	1
		"We're Going to Ibiza!"		1
The Verve	England	"The Drugs Don't Work"	1997	1
Diana Vickers	England	"Once"	2010	1
Village People	United States	"Y.M.C.A."	1978	3

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
The Walker Brothers	United States	"Make It Easy on Yourself"	1965	1
		"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"	1966	4
Wamdue Project	United States	"King of My Castle"	1999	1
The Wanted	England / Ireland	"All Time Low"	2010	1
		"Glad You Came"	2011	2
Wanz	United States	"Thrift Shop"	2013	1	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Anita Ward	United States	"Ring My Bell"	1979	2
Shayne Ward	England	"That's My Goal"	2005	4	2005's Christmas number one
Alex Warren	United States	"Ordinary"	2025	13
Tion Wayne	England	"Body"	2021	3	Tion Wayne and Russ Millions, remix featuring ArrDee, Bugzy Malone, Darkoo, Fivio Foreign, Buni, E1 and ZT
The Weeknd	Canada	"Blinding Lights"	2020	8	Biggest selling single of 2020
Florence Welch	England	"Sweet Nothing"	2012	1	Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch, has another number one with Florence and the Machine
Kanye West	United States	"Stronger"	2007	2
		"American Boy"	2008	4	Estelle featuring Kanye West
		"Run This Town"	2009	1	Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
Westlife	Ireland	"Swear It Again"	1999	2
		"If I Let You Go"		1
		"Flying Without Wings"		1
		"I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"		4	1999's Christmas number one
		"Fool Again"	2000	1
		"Against All Odds"		2	Mariah Carey featuring Westlife
		"My Love"		1
		"Uptown Girl"	2001	1
		"Queen of My Heart"		1
		"World of Our Own"	2002	1
		"Unbreakable"		1
		"Mandy"	2003	1
		"You Raise Me Up"	2005	2
		"The Rose"	2006	1
Wet Wet Wet	Scotland	"With a Little Help from My Friends"	1988	4	Double A-Side with "She's Leaving Home" by Billy Bragg featuring Cara Tivey
		"Goodnight Girl"	1992	4
		"Love Is All Around"	1994	15	Biggest selling single of 1994
Wham!	England	"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"	1984	2
		"Freedom"		3
		"I'm Your Man"	1985	2
		"The Edge of Heaven"	1986	2
		"Last Christmas"	2021	10	2023's and 2024's Christmas number one
Whigfield	Denmark	"Saturday Night"	1994	4
Barry White	United States	"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"	1974	2
White Town	India / England	"Your Woman"	1997	1
David Whitfield	England	"Answer Me"	1953	2
		"Cara Mia"	1954	10	David Whitfield with Mantovani and his Orchestra
Slim Whitman	United States	"Rose Marie"	1955	11	Biggest selling single of 1955
Wiley	England	"Heatwave"	2012	2	Wiley featuring Ms D, has more number ones with Roll Deep
will.i.am	United States	"OMG"	2010	1	Usher featuring will.i.am
		"This Is Love"	2012	1	will.i.am featuring Eva Simons
		"Hall of Fame"		2	The Script featuring will.i.am
		"Scream & Shout"	2013	2	will.i.am featuring Britney Spears
		"It's My Birthday"	2014	1	will.i.am featuring Cody Wise, has other number ones with the Black Eyed Peas
Andy Williams	United States	"Butterfly"	1957	2
Danny Williams	South Africa	"Moon River"	1961	2	1961's Christmas number one
Deniece Williams	United States	"Free"	1977	2
Hayley Williams	United States	"Airplanes"	2010	1	B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
Pharrell Williams	United States	"Get Lucky"	2013	4	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
		"Blurred Lines"		5	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
		"Happy"		4	Biggest selling single of 2014
		"Feels"	2017	1	Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
Robbie Williams	England	"Millennium"	1998	1
		"She's the One" / "It's Only Us"	1999	1
		"Rock DJ"	2000	1
		"Eternity/The Road to Mandalay"	2001	2
		"Somethin' Stupid"		3	Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman, 2001's Christmas number one
		"Radio"	2004	1
		"Candy"	2012	2
Chris Willis	United States	"Gettin' Over You"	2010	1	David Guetta and Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO
Jackie Wilson	United States	"Reet Petite"	1986	4	Posthumous number one, 1986's Christmas number one
BeBe Winans	United States	"I Wanna Be the Only One"	1997	1	Eternal featuring BeBe Winans
Mario Winans	United States	"I Don't Wanna Know"	2004	2	Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy
Wings	England / United States	"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"	1977	9	Biggest selling single of 1977 and the 1970s decade, 1977's Christmas number one
St Winifred's School Choir	England	"There's No One Quite Like Grandma"	1980	2	1980's Christmas number one, Also provided backing vocals on "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" by Brian and Michael
Cody Wise	United States	"It's My Birthday"	2014	1	will.i.am featuring Cody Wise
Wizkid	Nigeria	"One Dance"	2016	15	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
Wizzard	England	"See My Baby Jive"	1973	4
		"Angel Fingers"		1
Stevie Wonder	United States	"Ebony and Ivory"	1982	3	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
		"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	1984	6
The Wonder Stuff	England	"Dizzy"	1991	2	Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff
Wretch 32	England	"Don't Go"	2011	1	Wretch 32 featuring Josh Kumra
The Wurzels	England	"Combine Harvester"	1976	2
Tammy Wynette	United States	"Stand by Your Man"	1975	3

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
The X Factor Finalists 2008		"Hero"	2008	3
The X Factor Finalists 2009		"You Are Not Alone"	2009	1
The X Factor Finalists 2010		"Heroes"	2010	2
The X Factor Finalists 2011		"Wishing on a Star"	2011	1	The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction
Charli XCX	England	"I Love It"	2013	1	Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX
		"Guess"	2024	1	Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Daddy Yankee	Puerto Rico	"Despacito"	2017	11	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
Yanou	Germany	"Heaven"	2002	1	DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do, has another number one with Cascada
Yazz	England	"The Only Way Is Up"	1988	5	Yazz and the Plastic Population
Years & Years	England	"King"	2015	1
Yolanda Be Cool	Australia	"We No Speak Americano"	2010	1	Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP
Jimmy Young	England	"Unchained Melody"	1955	3
		"The Man from Laramie"		4
Lola Young	England	"Messy"	2025	4
Paul Young	England	"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"	1983	3
Will Young	England	"Anything is Possible" / "Evergreen"	2002	3	Biggest-selling single of 2002 and the 2000s decade
		"Light My Fire		2
		"The Long and Winding Road"		2	Will Young and Gareth Gates
		"Leave Right Now"	2003	2
The Young Ones	England	"Living Doll"	1986	3	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin
Young Thug	United States	"Havana"	2017	5	Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug

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Artist	Country	Number-one single(s)	Year	Weeks at #1	Notes
Zager and Evans	United States	"In the Year 2525"	1969	3
Zayn	England	"Pillowtalk"	2016	1	Has more number ones with One Direction
David Zowie	England	"House Every Weekend"	2015	1	First number one when the chart was revealed on Friday

See also

• Record production portal

• List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart