List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company.[1]

Elvis Presley has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1306 weeks for 165 singles. Cliff Richard, Ed Sheeran and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Rihanna has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with 1715 weeks followed by twelve other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Oasis being the latest to pass this threshold in February 2019. David Bowie passed the 1000-week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75.[2]

Artists with over 1000 weeks combined on singles and albums charts

Figures are as of week ending 19 November 2020.

ArtistSingles chart
(weeks)		Albums chart
(weeks)		Combined (weeks)Ref
Elvis Presley130614632769[3]
Queen46217662228[4]
Michael Jackson70314772180[5]
Cliff Richard11789042082[6]
Ed Sheeran11059142019[7]
The Beatles46115452006[8]
Madonna74011531893[9]
Elton John67612011877[10]
David Bowie47613671843[11]
Fleetwood Mac23514321667[12]
Rod Stewart48011781658[13]
Oasis42012121632[14]
Rihanna11384491587[15]
ABBA26012611521[16]
U236411001464[17]
Eminem5558401395[18]
Frank Sinatra4429301372[19]
Drake8644191283[20]
The Rolling Stones3878891276[21]
Diana Ross5696301199[22]
Simon & Garfunkel8710871174[23]
Coldplay5136441157[24]
Take That4177031120[25]
Bob Marley1909021092[26]
Robbie Williams4156431058[27]
Whitney Houston3706671037[28]
Pink Floyd569671023[29]
Phil Collins2517681019[30]

See Also

References
  1. "View your favourite artist's chart history". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "ELVIS". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. "QUEEN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. "MICHAEL JACKSON". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. "CLIFF RICHARD". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. "ED SHEERAN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. "THE BEATLES". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. "MADONNA". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. "ELTON JOHN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. "DAVID BOWIE". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. "FLEETWOOD MAC". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  13. "ROD STEWART". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  14. "OASIS". Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  15. "RIHANNA". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  16. "ABBA". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  17. "U2". Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  18. "EMINEM". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  19. "FRANK SINATRA". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  20. "DRAKE". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  21. "THE ROLLING STONES". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  22. "DIANA ROSS". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  23. "SIMON AND GARFUNKEL". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  24. "COLDPLAY". Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  25. "TAKE THAT". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  26. "BOB MARLEY". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  27. "ROBBIE WILLIAMS". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  28. "WHITNEY HOUSTON". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  29. "PINK FLOYD". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  30. "PHIL COLLINS". Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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