List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s
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The UK Singles Chart is a 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.[1] Before this, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart-date given as the following Saturday.
Number-one singles
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)".
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.[2]
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.
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, the most of any winner of the show to date, 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 fourpiece, "Drag Me Down" in 2015.
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 his first and second solo number ones in 2014 with "Money on My Mind" and "Stay with Me", giving him his third number one in total after his feature on "La La La" with Naughty Boy topped the charts in 2013. In 2015, Smith scored his fourth number-one single with "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre.
Calvin Harris took his total to seven number ones after gaining five this decade; his collaboration with Rihanna on "We Found Love" in 2011, "Sweet Nothing" in 2012, "Under Control" in 2013 and "Summer" and "Blame" in 2014.
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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.
Canadian singer Justin Bieber achieved his first three number one singles in 2015. The first, "What Do You Mean?", was number one for five weeks, followed later in the year by "Sorry", which topped the chart for two weeks before being knocked off the top spot by Bieber's third single "Love Yourself", which has held the top spot for six weeks.
Lukas Graham reached number one in February 2016 with "7 Years", which became the first UK chart topper by a Danish act since Aqua's "Turn Back Time" back in 1998.
Drake had a 15-week run at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, the longest number one since Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around" in 1994.
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| re | Return of a single to number one |
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Best-selling single of the year[lower-alpha 1] |
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By artist
The following artists have all spent a total of ten or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2010s.
| Artist | Number ones | Weeks at number-one | Notes |
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| Bieber, JustinJustin Bieber | 4 | 18 |
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| Drake | 2 | 16 |
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| Mars, BrunoBruno Mars | 5 | 13 |
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| Williams, PharrellPharrell Williams | 3 | 13 |
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| Rihanna | 5 | 11 |
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| Harris, CalvinCalvin Harris | 5 | 10 |
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| Glynne, JessJess Glynne | 5 | 10 |
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By record label
Fourteen record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart so far during the 2010s.
| Record label | Number ones | Weeks at number-one |
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| Syco Music | 21 | 34 |
| Interscope Records | 14 | 27 |
| Def Jam Records | 11 | 26 |
| Island Records | 16 | 24 |
| Virgin Records | 12 | 19 |
| Republic Records | 4 | 18 |
| Epic Records | 11 | 17 |
| Warner Bros. Records | 8 | 17 |
| Columbia Records | 9 | 16 |
| Atlantic Records | 10 | 15 |
| Cash Money Records | 1 | 15 |
| 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.[6][7][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.[9]
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
- List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s
- List of Official Subscription Plays Chart number-one songs of the 2010s
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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The artist, single, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The record labels are those given by the OCC.[3]
- ↑ 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).[6][8]
References
- ↑ "About Us > Who We Are". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ↑ Jones, Alan (11 June 2012). "Official Charts Analysis: Gary Barlow tops Album and Singles".
- ↑ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ "Military Wives with Gareth Malone and Paul Mealor". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ "Gary Barlow and The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- 1 2 "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ↑ "International Certification Award levels" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2010. p. 7. 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.
External links
- Official UK Singles Top 100 at the Official Charts Company
- The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart at BBC Radio 1
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