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KSI reached the UK top 10 three times this year with the singles "Don't Play", "Patience" and "Holiday", which all peaked within the top three. Italian rock group Måneskin gained success following their win in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, securing two UK top 10 entries: "I Wanna Be Your Slave" and "Beggin'".
The song went on to have the highest first week sales of 2021 and the highest for any single since 2017. Kate Bush broke three chart-topping records in June 2022 with " Running Up That Hill ". The song holds the longest gap between two of an artist's number one singles, the previous 44 years earlier with " Wuthering Heights " in 1978).
Twenty-two artists have scored multiple entries in the top ten in 2020. DaBaby, Doja Cat, Future, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2020. The first number-one single of the year was "River" by Ellie Goulding.
The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. As of 28 December 2023, 1420 singles have reached number one.
With sales of over 1,920,000, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the best-selling single in the UK since January 2001. Will Young 's double A-side single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen", which has sold over 1,790,000 million copies, is the second-biggest seller, followed by "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Williams in third.
"Number 2" is a song by British YouTuber and rapper KSI featuring American rapper Future and Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage from the former's second studio album, All Over the Place (2021). The song was written by the three rappers alongside Rico Love , Ivory Scott, S-X , Aaron Ferrucci, Martell Smith Williams, & producers Diego Ave, Bankroll ...
Best-selling singles based on paid-for sales. The biggest selling single in the 2010s in the UK based on paid-for sales is "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which has sold over 1,920,000 copies. [ 1] During the decade, 37 singles released in the 2010s sold over 1 million copies—the highest number to achieve this within the decade of their release ...
Olivia Rodrigo, Celeste and Arlo Parks were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 album in 2021. The first new number-one album of the year was Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 by Barry Gibb. Overall, forty different albums peaked at number-one in 2021, with Taylor Swift (2) having the most albums hit that position.