List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s
The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. As of 10 July 2015, the chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday.[2] Before this, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart date given as the following Saturday. During the 2010s, a total of 242 songs reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Joe McElderry was the first artist to top the chart in the decade, when "The Climb" replaced "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine. The final number-one of the decade was the novelty song "I Love Sausage Rolls" by LadBaby.
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Drake had a 15-week run at the top of the UK Singles Chart in 2016 with "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, the longest number-one since Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around" in 1994. He then spent a further 14 weeks at the top in 2018 with "God's Plan", "Nice for What" and "In My Feelings", the former of which made him the only artist in UK chart history to have two songs spend at least nine weeks at number one.[1]
Digital downloads made up the majority of music sales at the start of the decade. In 2011, singles sales hit an all-time high, a record that was then surpassed in 2012. From July 2014, as download sales began to decline,[3] audio streaming began to be counted at a rate of 100 streams equivalent to a sale, later increased to 150 streams,[4] and later still to 300 streams once a song had spent a certain time on the charts and its consumption had declined.[5]
The following singles were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.[6][7]
Number-one singles
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Lady Gaga reached number one with "Telephone" in 2010 and "Shallow" (a duet with Bradley Cooper) in 2018.
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B.o.B achieved his first and second chart-topping singles in 2010 with "Nothin' on You" and "Airplanes". He then scored a third in 2011 with "Price Tag", a collaboration with Jessie J.
Tinie Tempah achieved his first number-one single in 2010 with "Pass Out", topping the charts again with "Written in the Stars" and "Not Letting Go", and as a featured artist on "R.I.P.", "Tsunami", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)".
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Rihanna broke her own record in 2013 by becoming the first female artist to have number-one singles in seven consecutive years. The singles include "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010), "We Found Love" (2011), "Diamonds" (2012) and "The Monster" (2013).
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Adele achieved her first number-one single in February 2011 with "Someone Like You", which became the year's biggest seller; having spent five weeks at the peak and sold over 1 million copies. The singer later broke records with her comeback single "Hello", which reached the number one spot in November 2015, staying there for three weeks.
Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen achieved her first number-one single in 2012 with the international hit "Call Me Maybe", which spent four consecutive weeks at the summit.
Gary Barlow achieved his fourteenth number-one single with "Sing"—whilst also becoming the first artist in 2012 to have the UK number-one single and album in the same week.[8]
Belgian-Australian singer Gotye held the number-one spot for five weeks in 2012 with the year's biggest selling international hit "Somebody That I Used to Know", which featured Kimbra.
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Florence and the Machine scored their first UK number-one single with "Spectrum (Say My Name)" in 2012, spending three weeks at number one.
Girl group Little Mix became the first band to win The X Factor and have scored four number ones so far, with a cover of the Damien Rice song "Cannonball" in 2011, "Wings" in 2012, "Black Magic" in 2015, and "Shout Out to My Ex" in 2016.
The X Factor boy band One Direction had a number-one single three years in a row with "What Makes You Beautiful" in 2011, "Little Things" in 2012, and "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" in 2013, as well as their fourth UK number-one single, and first as a four-piece, "Drag Me Down" in 2015.
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Pharrell Williams scored three number-one hits in 2013 after producing and being featured on the songs "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk, "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, which also featured T.I., and his own song "Happy", which also topped the year end chart in 2014.
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Sam Smith scored two solo number ones in 2014 with "Money on My Mind" and "Stay with Me", after featuring on "La La La" by Naughty Boy which topped the charts in 2013. In 2015, Smith scored fourth and fifth number-ones with "Lay Me Down" and "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre. Smith scored a further two number ones in 2017 and 2018 with "Too Good at Goodbyes" and "Promises", a collaboration with Calvin Harris.
Calvin Harris achieved the joint most number ones in the 2010s decade, with eight; his collaboration with Rihanna on "We Found Love" in 2011, "Sweet Nothing" in 2012, "Under Control" in 2013, "Summer" and "Blame" in 2014, "Feels" in 2017, and "One Kiss" and "Promises" in 2018. "One Kiss" was the best selling single of 2018.
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Jess Glynne made chart history in 2015, scoring her fifth number one in just 18 months; the fastest for a British female artist in the UK. In 2018, she broke the record for most number ones for female artist, with seven, breaking Cheryl's record of five number ones.
Justin Bieber achieved his first three number one singles in 2015, with "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", and "Love Yourself", for a total of thirteen weeks at number one. Bieber was also featured on the number one singles "Cold Water" in 2016, and "I'm the One", and "Despacito (Remix)" in 2017. He attained his seventh number one of the decade in 2019 with "I Don't Care", a collaboration with Ed Sheeran.
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Ariana Grande achieved her first two number ones in 2014, with "Problem" and "Bang Bang", a collaboration with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj. In 2018, she gained her third number one with "Thank U, Next", which stayed at the top spot for six consecutive weeks. In 2019, "7 Rings" and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" debuted at the top, giving her her fourth and fifth number ones.
Danish band Lukas Graham reached number one in February 2016 with "7 Years", which became the first UK chart-topper by an act from Denmark since Aqua's "Turn Back Time" back in 1998.
Ed Sheeran scored eight number ones throughout the decade, including a 14-week run at the top of the chart in 2017 with "Shape of You", the best-selling single of that year. His other number ones included "Perfect", which spent 6 weeks at number one in 2017 and 2018 and earned Sheeran his first Christmas number one, and "I Don't Care", which held the top spot for 8 weeks in 2019.
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Luis Fonsi spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at number one in 2017 with "Despacito", the longest-running foreign language number one in UK chart history.[9]
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Taylor Swift earned her first ever UK number one single with her hit song "Look What You Made Me Do" in 2017, which topped the charts for two consecutive weeks.
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Artists with the most number ones
Nineteen artists all had at least four number-one singles during the 2010s. Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran both had eight, more than anyone else.
Songs with the most weeks at number one
The following songs spent at least six weeks at number one during the 2010s.
| Artist | Song | Weeks at number one |
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| Drake featuring Kyla and Wizkid | "One Dance" | 15 |
| Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | 14 |
| Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | "Despacito (Remix)" | 11 |
| Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" | |
| Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie | "Rockabye" | 9 |
| Drake | "God's Plan" | |
| Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa | "One Kiss" | 8 |
| Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | "I Don't Care" | |
| Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | 7 |
| Lewis Capaldi | "Someone You Loved" | |
| Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | "We Found Love" | 6 |
| Justin Bieber | "Love Yourself" | |
| Ed Sheeran | "Perfect" | |
| Calvin Harris and Sam Smith | "Promises" | |
| Ariana Grande | "Thank U, Next" | |
| Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | "Señorita" |
Artists with the most weeks at number one
The following artists have all spent a total of nine or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2010s.
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Record labels with the most weeks at number one
Fourteen record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart during the 2010s.
| Record label | Number ones | Weeks at number-one |
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| Republic Records | 12 | 58 |
| Syco Music | 22 | 40 |
| Atlantic Records | 14 | 35 |
| Interscope Records | 14 | 27 |
| Def Jam Records | 11 | 26 |
| Island Records | 16 | 24 |
| Virgin Records | 12 | 19 |
| Columbia Records | 10 | 18 |
| Epic Records | 11 | 17 |
| Warner Bros. Records | 8 | 17 |
| Cash Money Records | 2 | 16 |
| Polydor Records | 9 | 14 |
| Ministry of Sound | 10 | 13 |
| RCA Records | 8 | 10 |
Million-selling and Platinum records
Since April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry has been classifying singles by the number of units shipped or by sales. The highest threshold is "Platinum record" and is currently awarded to singles that have shipped or sold over 600,000 units.[14][15][lower-alpha 4] From July 2014, BPI certifications (along with the Official Singles Chart) include audio streaming at 100 streams equal to one unit; these are referred to as 'combined sales' or 'chart sales'. So for example, "All of Me" by John Legend was certified double Platinum (1,200,000 combined sales) in October 2014 and became a million-seller in January 2015.[17]
For million selling records see List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
For Platinum singles see List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000
See also
Notes
- In 2010, the best-selling single of the year was "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna, which entered the chart on 27 June and peaked at number two.
- The artist, single, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.
- The record labels are those given by the OCC.[11]
- The number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver discs was dropped in 1989 from the former thresholds of Silver (250,000 units), Gold (500,000 units), and Platinum (1,000,000 units) to the current thresholds of Silver (200,000 units), Gold (400,000 units), and Platinum (600,000 units).[14][16]
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- "About Us > Who We Are". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- Kreisler, Lauren (22 June 2014). "UK's Official Singles Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company.
- Cooke, Chris (19 December 2016). "Chart revamp means more streams needed to equal a sale". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- Savage, Mark (7 July 2017). "Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules". BBC News. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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- "The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- Jones, Alan (11 June 2012). "Official Charts Analysis: Gary Barlow tops Album and Singles". Music Week. Intent Media.
- "Despacito breaks UK singles chart record". BBC. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "The UK's Official Top 100 biggest songs of the decade 2010 - 2019". OfficialCharts.com. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- "Military Wives with Gareth Malone and Paul Mealor". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- "Gary Barlow and The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- "International Certification Award levels" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2010. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- Gallup (4 February 1989). "The Top of the Pops Chart" (PDF). Record Mirror: 4. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- Copsey, Rob (15 January 2015). "John Legend's All of Me passes one million sales in the UK: "What an amazing year!"". Official Charts Company.
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