List of UK Singles Chart number ones

This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Singles Chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present. The UK number-one position is considered to be one of the most important in the music industry and is therefore highly coveted by artists. The sources, in accordance with the official canon of The Official UK Charts Company, are the New Musical Express chart from 1952 to 1960; the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969; and the Official UK Singles Chart from 1969 on.

Alternative charts

List of Record Mirror number-one singles – Chart run by Record Mirror from January 1955 to February 1962
List of Mersey Beat number-one singles – Chart run by Mersey Beat from April 1964 to April 1966
List of NME number-one singles from the 1960s – The original chart source continued to independently compile a chart
List of NME number-one singles from the 1970s – The original chart source continued to independently compile a chart
List of NME number-one singles from the 1980s – The original chart source continued to independently compile a chart
List of number-one singles (by radio airplay) from the 1990s (UK)
List of number-one singles (by radio airplay) from the 2000s (UK)
List of number-one singles (by radio airplay) from the 2010s (UK)

UK Music Charts

UK Singles Chart	Number ones (of the 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s) Best-selling (of the 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s) Best-selling by year • Christmas number ones • Number-one artists • Most number ones • Most weeks on chart • One-hit wonders • Instrumental number ones • Posthumous number ones • Simultaneous UK and US number ones • Top 10 singles • Records

UK Albums Chart	Number ones (of the 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s) Best-selling (of the 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s) Best-selling by year • Christmas number ones • Most number ones • Most weeks on chart • One-hit wonders • Posthumous number ones • Simultaneous UK and US number ones

UK Official Download Chart	Number-one singles (of the 2000s • 2010s) Number-one albums (of the 2000s • 2010s) Best-selling • Christmas number ones • Number-one artists • Most number-one singles • One-hit wonders

Other charts	Fab 40 • NME number-one singles • Number-one EPs • Number-one singles by radio airplay • Official Subscription Plays Chart • Record Mirror number-one singles • Scottish Singles and Albums Charts • UK Classical Charts • UK Compilation Chart • UK Dance Chart • UK Indie Chart • UK Indie Breakers Chart • UK Rock Chart • UK R&B Chart

Related	Midweeks • Music Week • Official Charts Company • The Radio 1 Chart Show • UKChartsPlus • UK DVD Chart • UK music charts (1952–1969) • UKHOT40 • The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles • The Vodafone Big Top 40

Music of the United Kingdom

Review by decade

Early popular music • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s

Popular contemporary genres

Baroque • Blues • Classical • Early music • Folk • Hip Hop • Jazz • Pop • Popular • Rock • Soul

Traditional genres

British folk revival • Ballad • Carol • Children's song • Hornpipe • Jig • Morris dance • Protest song • Reel • Sea shanty • Strathspey • War song • Work song

Ethnic music

Caribbean • England • Ireland • Scotland • Wales

Media and Performance

Music awards	Brit Awards • Classic Brit Awards • Gramophone Awards • Ivor Novello Awards • Mercury Prize • Music of Black Origin Awards

Music charts	Albums chart • Classical charts • Compilation chart • Dance chart • Download chart • Indie chart • R&B chart • Rock chart • Singles chart • Subscription plays chart

Music festivals	Cambridge folk • Download • Edinburgh • Eisteddfodd • Glastonbury • Isle of Wight • Knebworth • Royal National Mod • The Proms • Reading and Leeds • T in the Park • V

Music media	NME • Melody Maker • Mojo • Q • The Wire • The Gramophone

National anthem	"God Save the Queen"

Regional Music

British Isles	Birmingham • Cardiff • Cornwall • Liverpool • Manchester • Northumbria • Somerset • Yorkshire

Overseas	Anguilla • Bermuda • Cayman Islands • Gibraltar • Montserrat • Turks and Caicos • Virgin Islands

List of UK Singles Chart number ones

See also