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Kitty Kallen became a one-hit wonder in the UK charts in 1954 with her number-one hit "Little Things Mean a Lot", which stayed in the top 10 for 20 consecutive weeks. The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
Seventy-eight artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1991, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, eleven went on to record another hit single that year: Seal, C+C Music Factory, Color Me Badd, Dannii Minogue, Freedom Williams, James, Right Said Fred, Salt-N-Pepa, The Simpsons, Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff,
The following is a list of songs that have charted for 100 weeks or more in total on the UK Singles Chart Top 100, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC). [1] The chart here is as recorded by the OCC, i.e. usually a Top 50 from 1960 to 1978, Top 75 from then until 1982, and Top 100 from 1983 onwards.
Twenty-five artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1994. Boyzone, Oasis, R. Kelly, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Toni Braxton were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1994. The 1993 Christmas number-one, "Mr Blobby" by Mr Blobby, remained at number-one for the first week of 1994.
Seventy-four artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2001, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, eleven went on to record another hit single that year: Alicia Keys, BBMak, D12, Dido DJ Ötzi, Gorillaz, Ian Van Dahl, Lil' Kim, M.O.P., O-Town, So Solid Crew, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Wheatus.
Irish group The Bachelors achieved five UK top 10 hits this year, the highest-charting of which was "Diane", which reached number-one for one week in February. The Rolling Stones entered the top 10 for the first time in 1964, with three singles making the countdown, including the number-one hits "It's All Over Now" and "Little Red Rooster".
John Lennon had four UK top 10 singles in 1969, the most of any artist this year. Three of these were as part of The Beatles, of which two topped the chart: "Get Back" and "The Ballad of John and Yoko". Marvin Gaye achieved his first UK top 10 single this year with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", which spent three weeks at number-one. He ...
The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced). One-hundred and sixty-nine singles were in the top ten in 2006. Nine singles from 2005 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year.