The UK Official Download Chart is a weekly music chart that ranks most-downloaded songs in the United Kingdom over the past seven days. It is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf on the British music industry,[1] and is based solely on non-subscription downloads of songs from official music retailers. The chart was founded in 2004 and was first published on 1 September that year. The first artist ever to reach number one was Irish boyband Westlife.[2] Since then, as of 16 July 2011[update], 150 different artists have reached number-one on the UK Official Download Chart as either a main or featured artist. The following table lists those artists. The totals do not include non-credited appearances (such as those on multiple-artist charity ensembles), although they are listed below.
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| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
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| Adele | "Chasing Pavements" | Beggars | 6 February 2008 | 1 | |
| "Someone Like You" | Beggars | 23 February 2011 | 5 | ||
| Afrojack | "Give Me Everything" | Sony BMG | 25 May 2011 | 3 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Akon | "Sexy Chick" | EMI | 26 August 2009 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Alexandra Burke[n 1][n 2] | "Hallelujah" | Sony BMG | 24 December 2008 | 3 | 2008 Christmas number one |
| "Bad Boys" | Sony BMG | 21 October 2009 | 1 | ||
| "Start Without You" | Sony BMG | 15 September 2010 | 2 | ||
| All Saints | "Rock Steady" | EMI | 15 November 2006 | 1 | |
| Amelle Berrabah[n 3] | "Never Leave You" | Universal | 12 August 2009 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Andy Pipkin | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | EMI | 21 March 2007 | 3 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Armand Van Helden | "Bonkers" | Dirtee Stank | 27 May 2009 | 2 | Co-credit with Dizzee Rascal |
| Avery Storm | "Nasty Girl" | Warner | 25 January 2006 | 2 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Avril Lavigne | "Girlfriend" | Sony BMG | 11 April 2007 | 1 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Band Aid 20 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Universal | 8 December 2004 | 4 | Multiple-artist ensemble; one-hit wonder; 2004 Christmas number one |
| Basshunter | "Now You're Gone" | Ministry of Sound | 16 January 2008 | 3 | |
| Beyoncé | "Beautiful Liar" | Sony BMG | 25 April 2007 | 3 | Co-credit with Shakira |
| "If I Were a Boy" | Sony BMG | 26 November 2008 | 1 | ||
| "Telephone" | Universal | 31 March 2010 | 1 | Featured artist | |
| The Black Eyed Peas | "Don't Phunk with My Heart" | Universal | 18 May 2005 | 2 | |
| "Boom Boom Pow" | Universal | 20 May 2009 | 2 | ||
| "I Gotta Feeling" | Universal | 5 August 2009 | 2 | As of 2 January 2011[update], the most-downloaded single in the UK | |
| "Meet Me Halfway" | Universal | 18 November 2009 | 1 | ||
| "The Time (Dirty Bit)" | Universal | 15 December 2010 | 1 | ||
| B.o.B | "Nothin' on You" | Warner | 26 May 2010 | 1 | |
| "Airplanes" | Warner | 28 July 2010 | 1 | ||
| "Price Tag" | Universal | 9 February 2011 | 2 | Featured artist | |
| Bruno Mars | "Nothin' on You" | Warner | 26 May 2010 | 1 | Featured artist |
| "Just the Way You Are" | Warner | 29 September 2010 | 3 | ||
| "Grenade" | Warner | 19 January 2011 | 2 | ||
| "The Lazy Song" | Warner | 18 May 2011 | 1 | ||
| Busta Rhymes | "Don't Cha" | Universal | 14 September 2005 | 3 | Featured artist |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Calvin Harris | "Dance wiv Me" | Dirtee Stank | 9 July 2008 | 4 | Featured artist |
| "I'm Not Alone" | Sony BMG | 15 April 2009 | 2 | ||
| "We Found Love" | Universal | 9 October 2011 | 6 | Featured artist | |
| Cascada | "Evacuate the Dancefloor" | Universal | 8 July 2009 | 2 | |
| Cee Lo Green[n 4] | "Forget You" | Warner | 13 October 2010 | 1 | |
| The Chemical Brothers | "Galvanize" | EMI | 2 February 2005 | 4 | |
| Cher Lloyd[n 5] | "Swagger Jagger" | Sony BMG | 7 August 2011 | 1 | |
| Cheryl Cole[n 2][n 6] | "Fight for This Love" | Universal | 28 October 2009 | 2 | |
| "Promise This" | Universal | 3 November 2010 | 1 | ||
| Chipmunk | "Oopsy Daisy" | Sony BMG | 14 October 2009 | 1 | |
| Chris Willis | "Gettin' Over You" | EMI | 9 June 2010 | 1 | Co-credit with David Guetta |
| Christina Aguilera | "Moves Like Jagger" | Universal | 4 September 2011 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Chrome[n 7] | "Dance wiv Me" | Dirtee Stank | 9 July 2008 | 4 | Featured artist |
| Coldplay | "Speed of Sound" | EMI | 27 April 2005 | 3 | |
| "Viva la Vida" | EMI | 25 June 2008 | 2 | ||
| "Paradise" | EMI | 1 January 2012 | 1 | ||
| Corinne Bailey Rae | "Put Your Records On" | EMI | 1 March 2006 | 2 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Daniel Merriweather | "Stop Me" | Sony BMG | 18 April 2007 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Daniel Powter | "Bad Day" | Warner | 10 August 2005 | 5 | |
| Dappy | "No Regrets" | Universal | 25 September 2011 | 1 | |
| David Guetta | "When Love Takes Over" | EMI | 24 June 2009 | 1 | |
| "Sexy Chick" | EMI | 26 August 2009 | 2 | ||
| "Gettin' Over You" | EMI | 9 June 2010 | 1 | Co-credit with Chris Willis | |
| "Club Can't Handle Me" | Warner | 18 August 2010 | 1 | Featured artist | |
| DCUP | "We No Speak Americano" | Universal | 28 July 2010 | 1 | Co-credit with Yolanda Be Cool; one-hit wonder |
| Dev | "She Makes Me Wanna" | Sony BMG | 31 July 2011 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Diana Vickers[n 1] | "Once" | Sony BMG | 28 April 2010 | 1 | |
| Diddy | "Nasty Girl" | Warner | 25 January 2006 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Dizzee Rascal[n 8] | "Dance wiv Me" | Dirtee Stank | 9 July 2008 | 4 | |
| "Bonkers" | Dirtee Stank | 27 May 2009 | 2 | Co-credit with Armand van Helden | |
| "Holiday" | Dirtee Stank | 2 September 2009 | 1 | ||
| "You Got the Dirtee Love" | Dirtee Stank/Universal | 24 February 2010 | 1 | Co-credit with Florence and the Machine | |
| "Dirtee Disco" | Dirtee Stank | 2 June 2010 | 1 | ||
| "Shout" [6] | Sony BMG | 16 June 2010 | 2 | Featured artist | |
| DJ Fresh | "Louder" | Ministry of Sound | 10 July 2011 | 1 | |
| DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz | "Now You're Gone" | Ministry of Sound | 16 January 2008 | 3 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| D.O.E. | "The Way I Are" | Universal | 18 July 2007 | 1 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Drake | "What's My Name?" | Universal | 5 January 2011 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Duffy | "Mercy" | Universal | 20 February 2008 | 5 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Ellie Goulding | "Your Song" | Universal | 8 December 2010 | 1 | |
| Elton John | "Electricity" | Universal | 20 July 2005 | 1 | |
| Emeli Sandé | "Read All About It" | EMI | 30 October 2011 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Eric Turner | "Written in the Stars" | EMI | 6 October 2010 | 1 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Estelle[n 8] | "American Boy" | Warner | 26 March 2008 | 4 | |
| Example | "Changed the Way You Kiss Me" | Ministry of Sound | 15 June 2011 | 2 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Fedde le Grand | "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" | Ministry of Sound | 8 November 2006 | 1 | |
| Fergie[n 9] | "Gettin' Over You" | EMI | 9 June 2010 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Flo Rida | "Right Round" | Universal | 11 March 2009 | 2 | |
| "Bad Boys" | Sony BMG | 21 October 2009 | 1 | Featured artist | |
| "Club Can't Handle Me" | Warner | 18 August 2010 | 1 | ||
| Florence and the Machine | "You Got the Dirtee Love" | Dirtee Stank/Universal | 24 February 2010 | 1 | Co-credit with Dizzee Rascal |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Gareth Malone | "Wherever You Are" | Universal | 25 December 2011 | 1 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Girls Aloud | "The Promise" | Universal | 29 October 2008 | 1 | |
| Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" | Warner | 22 March 2006 | 11 | As of 1 July 2011[update], most ever weeks at number one for a single |
| Gorillaz | "Feel Good Inc." | EMI | 1 June 2005 | 3 | |
| Green Day | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Warner | 26 January 2005 | 1 | |
| Gwen Stefani | "What You Waiting For" | Universal | 12 January 2005 | 2 | |
| Gym Class Heroes | "Cupid's Chokehold" | Warner | 16 May 2007 | 1 | |
| GoonRock | "Party Rock Anthem" | Universal | 20 April 2011 | 4 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Hayley Williams | "Airplanes" | Warner | 28 July 2010 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Helping Haiti | "Everybody Hurts" | Sony BMG | 17 February 2010 | 1 | Multiple-artist ensemble; one-hit wonder |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Iyaz | "Replay" | Warner | 13 January 2010 | 2 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Jagged Edge | "Nasty Girl" | Warner | 25 January 2006 | 2 | |
| James Blunt[n 2] | "You're Beautiful" | Warner | 22 June 2005 | 5 | |
| James Corden | "Shout" | Sony BMG | 16 June 2010 | 2 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Jason Derülo | "Whatcha Say" | Warner | 2 December 2009 | 1 | |
| "In My Head" | Warner | 3 March 2010 | 1 | ||
| "Don't Wanna Go Home" | Warner | 26 June 2011 | 2 | ||
| Jay-Z | "Umbrella" | Universal | 23 May 2007 | 8 | Featured artist |
| "Run This Town" | Sony BMG | 9 September 2009 | 1 | ||
| Jennifer Lopez | "On the Floor" | Universal | 6 April 2011 | 2 | |
| Jessie J | "Price Tag" | Universal | 9 February 2011 | 2 | |
| JLS[n 1][n 2] | "Beat Again" | Sony BMG | 22 July 2009 | 2 | |
| "Everybody in Love" | Sony BMG | 11 November 2009 | 1 | ||
| "The Club Is Alive" | Sony BMG | 14 July 2010 | 1 | ||
| "Love You More" | Sony BMG | 24 November 2010 | 1 | ||
| "She Makes Me Wanna" | Sony BMG | 31 July 2011 | 1 | ||
| Jodie Connor | "Good Times" | EMI | 12 May 2010 | 2 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Josh Kumra | "Don't Go" | Ministry of Sound | 21 August 2011 | 1 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Justin Timberlake | "SexyBack" | Sony BMG | 9 August 2006 | 1 | |
| "4 Minutes" | Warner | 23 April 2008 | 4 | Featured artist | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Kaiser Chiefs | "Ruby" | Universal | 28 February 2007 | 3 | |
| Kanye West | "Stronger" | Universal | 15 August 2007 | 2 | |
| "American Boy" | Warner | 26 March 2008 | 4 | Featured artist | |
| "Run This Town" | Sony BMG | 9 September 2009 | 1 | Featured artist | |
| Kate Nash | "Foundations" | Universal | 25 July 2007 | 3 | |
| Katy Perry | "I Kissed a Girl" | EMI | 13 August 2008 | 5 | |
| "California Gurls" | EMI | 30 June 2010 | 2 | ||
| Kelly Clarkson | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | Sony BMG | 4 March 2009 | 1 | |
| Kelly Rowland | "When Love Takes Over" | EMI | 24 June 2009 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Keri Hilson | "The Way I Are" | Universal | 18 July 2007 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Kesha | "Right Round" | Universal | 11 March 2009 | 2 | Featured artist |
| "We R Who We R" | Sony BMG | 2 February 2011 | 1 | ||
| Kid Rock | "All Summer Long" | Warner | 6 August 2008 | 1 | One-hit wonder |
| Kings of Leon | "Sex on Fire" | Sony BMG | 17 September 2008 | 3 | As of 2 January 2011[update], the second most-downloaded single in the UK |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| La Roux | "Bulletproof" | EMI | 1 July 2009 | 1 | |
| Lady Gaga | "Just Dance" | Warner | 14 January 2009 | 3 | |
| "Poker Face" | Warner | 25 March 2009 | 3 | The most-downloaded single of the 2000s;[3] as of 2 January 2011[update], the third most-downloaded single in the UK | |
| "Bad Romance" | Warner | 16 December 2009 | 2 | ||
| "Telephone" | Universal | 31 March 2010 | 1 | ||
| Lauren Bennett | "Party Rock Anthem" | Universal | 20 April 2011 | 4 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Laza Morgan | "Start Without You" | Sony BMG | 15 September 2010 | 2 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Leo Sayer | "Thunder in My Heart Again" | Universal | 15 February 2006 | 2 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Leon Jackson | "When You Believe" | Sony BMG | 26 December 2007 | 2 | |
| Leona Lewis[n 2] | "A Moment Like This" | Sony BMG | 27 December 2006 | 2 | |
| "Bleeding Love" | Sony BMG | 31 October 2007 | 7 | ||
| "Run" | Sony BMG | 10 December 2008 | 2 | ||
| Lily Allen | "The Fear" | EMI | 4 February 2009 | 4 | |
| Little Mix[n 10] | "Cannonball" | Sony BMG | 18 December 2011 | 1 | |
| LMFAO | "Gettin' Over You" | EMI | 9 June 2010 | 1 | Featured artist |
| "Party Rock Anthem" | Universal | 20 April 2011 | 4 | ||
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Madonna | "Hung Up" | Warner | 2 November 2005 | 7 | |
| "4 Minutes" | Warner | 23 April 2008 | 4 | ||
| Mariah Carey[n 2] | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Sony BMG | 19 December 2007 | 1 | 2007 Christmas number one |
| Maroon 5 | "Moves Like Jagger" | Universal | 4 September 2011 | 2 | |
| Mark Ronson | "Stop Me" | Sony BMG | 18 April 2007 | 1 | |
| Matt Cardle[n 5] | "When We Collide" | Sony BMG | 22 December 2010 | 2 | 2010 Christmas number one |
| McFly | "All About You" / "You've Got a Friend" | Universal | 16 March 2005 | 2 | |
| "Star Girl" [2] | Universal | 1 November 2006 | 1 | ||
| Meck | "Thunder in My Heart Again" | Universal | 15 February 2006 | 2 | |
| Military Wives | "Wherever You Are" | Universal | 25 December 2011 | 1 | One-hit wonder |
| Mika[n 2] | "Grace Kelly" | Universal | 17 January 2007 | 6 | |
| Mint Royale | "Singin' in the Rain" | Sony BMG | 11 June 2008 | 2 | One-hit wonder |
| Mouldy Lookin' Stain | "Dogz Don't Kill People Wabbits Do" | Warner | 27 October 2004 | 1 | One-hit wonder |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Natasha Bedingfield[n 8] | "These Words" | Sony BMG | 8 September 2004 | 4 | |
| Nayer | "Give Me Everything" | Sony BMG | 22 May 2011 | 3 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| N-Dubz | "Number 1" | Universal | 29 April 2009 | 3 | Featured artist |
| Nelly | "Nasty Girl" | Warner | 25 January 2006 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Nelly Furtado | "Maneater" | Universal | 14 June 2006 | 4 | |
| Nero | "Promises" | MTA | 14 August 2011 | 1 | |
| Ne-Yo | "Beautiful Monster" | Universal | 8 August 2010 | 1 | |
| "Give Me Everything" | Sony BMG | 22 May 2011 | 3 | Featured artist | |
| Nickelback | "Rockstar" | Warner | 13 February 2008 | 1 | |
| Nicole Scherzinger[n 11] | "Don't Hold Your Breath" | Universal | 20 March 2011 | 1 | |
| Nizlopi | "JCB" | FDM | 21 December 2005 | 3 | One-hit wonder; 2005 Christmas number one |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | "Nasty Girl" | Warner | 25 January 2006 | 2 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Olly Murs[n 12] | "Please Don't Let Me Go" | Sony BMG | 5 September 2010 | 1 | |
| "Heart Skips a Beat" | Sony BMG | 28 August 2011 | 1 | ||
| "Dance with Me Tonight" | Sony BMG | 11 December 2011 | 1 | ||
| One Direction[n 5] | "What Makes You Beautiful" | Sony BMG | 18 September 2011 | 1 | |
| OneRepublic | "Apologize" | Universal | 9 January 2008 | 1 | Co-credit with Timbaland |
| The Ordinary Boys | "Boys Will Be Boys" | Warner | 8 February 2006 | 1 | |
| Orson | "No Tomorrow" | Universal | 15 March 2006 | 1 | |
| Owl City | "Fireflies" | Universal | 27 January 2010 | 3 | One-hit wonder |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Paul McCartney[n 8] | "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | Universal | 13 July 2005 | 1 | Co-credit with U2 |
| Peter Kay | "Is This the Way to Amarillo" | Universal | 30 March 2005 | 4 | Featured artist |
| "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | EMI | 21 March 2007 | 3 | Featured artist; credited as Brian Potter | |
| Pink | "So What" | Sony BMG | 8 October 2008 | 3 | |
| Pitbull | "On the Floor" | Universal | 3 April 2011 | 2 | Featured artist |
| "Give Me Everything" | Sony BMG | 22 May 2011 | 3 | ||
| Pixie Lott | "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" | Universal | 17 June 2009 | 1 | |
| "All About Tonight" | Universal | 11 September 2011 | 1 | ||
| Plain White T's | "Hey There Delilah" | EMI | 12 September 2007 | 3 | One-hit wonder |
| The Proclaimers | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | EMI | 21 March 2007 | 3 | One-hit wonder |
| Professor Green | "Read All About It" | EMI | 30 October 2011 | 2 | |
| Pussycat Dolls | "Don't Cha" | Universal | 14 September 2005 | 3 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Rage Against the Machine | "Killing in the Name" | Sony BMG | 23 December 2009 | 2 | One-hit wonder; 2009 Christmas number one |
| Razorlight | "America" | Universal | 11 October 2006 | 3 | |
| Rihanna | "Umbrella" | Universal | 23 May 2007 | 8 | |
| "Take a Bow" | Universal | 21 May 2008 | 2 | ||
| "Live Your Life" [3] | Warner | 19 November 2008 | 1 | Featured artist | |
| "Run This Town" [4] | Sony BMG | 9 September 2009 | 1 | Featured artist | |
| "Russian Roulette" [5] | Universal | 9 December 2009 | 1 | ||
| "Only Girl (In the World)" | Universal | 10 November 2010 | 2 | ||
| "What's My Name?" [7] | Universal | 5 January 2011 | 2 | ||
| "We Found Love" [8] | Universal | 9 October 2011 | 6 | ||
| Rizzle Kicks | "Heart Skips a Beat" | Sony BMG | 28 August 2011 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Roll Deep | "Good Times" | EMI | 9 May 2010 | 2 | |
| "Green Light" | EMI | 22 August 2010 | 1 | ||
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Sandi Thom | "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" | Sony BMG | 7 June 2006 | 1 | |
| Scissor Sisters | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Universal | 23 August 2006 | 7 | |
| Scouting for Girls | "This Ain't a Love Song" | Sony BMG | 4 April 2010 | 2 | |
| Sean Kingston | "Beautiful Girls" | Sony BMG | 29 August 2007 | 2 | |
| Shakira | "Hips Don't Lie" | Sony BMG | 12 July 2006 | 5 | |
| "Beautiful Liar" | Sony BMG | 25 April 2007 | 3 | Co-credit with Beyoncé | |
| Shayne Ward | "That's My Goal" | Sony BMG | 28 December 2005 | 2 | |
| Shout For England | "Shout" | Sony BMG | 13 June 2010 | 2 | Multiple-artist ensemble; one-hit wonder |
| Sian Evans | "Louder" | Ministry of Sound | 10 July 2011 | 1 | Featured artist |
| Snoop Dogg | "California Gurls" | EMI | 30 June 2010 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Stereophonics | "Dakota" | V2 | 2 March 2005 | 2 | |
| Sugababes[n 8] | "Push the Button" | Universal | 5 October 2005 | 4 | |
| "About You Now" | Universal | 3 October 2007 | 4 | ||
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Taio Cruz | "Break Your Heart" | Universal | 23 September 2009 | 3 | The 100th single ever to reach number one on the UK Official Download Chart |
| "Dynamite" | Universal | 29 August 2010 | 1 | ||
| Take That | "Patience" | Universal | 22 November 2006 | 6 | 2006 Christmas number one |
| "Greatest Day" | Warner | 3 December 2008 | 1 | ||
| Tania Foster | "Green Light" | EMI | 22 August 2010 | 1 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| T.I. | "Live Your Life" | Warner | 19 November 2008 | 1 | |
| The Ting Tings | "That's Not My Name" | Sony BMG | 28 May 2008 | 1 | |
| Timbaland | "The Way I Are" | Universal | 18 July 2007 | 1 | |
| "Apologize" | Universal | 9 January 2008 | 1 | ||
| Tinchy Stryder | "Number 1" | Universal | 29 April 2009 | 3 | |
| "Never Leave You" | Universal | 12 August 2009 | 1 | ||
| Tinie Tempah | "Pass Out" | EMI | 10 March 2010 | 3 | |
| "Written in the Stars" | EMI | 3 October 2010 | 1 | ||
| Tony Christie | "Is This the Way to Amarillo" | Universal | 30 March 2005 | 4 | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Usher | "OMG" | Sony BMG | 18 April 2010 | 2 | |
| U2 | "Vertigo" | Universal | 6 October 2004 | 9 | |
| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | Universal | 13 July 2005 | 1 | Co-credit with Paul McCartney | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| The Wanted | "Glad You Came" | Global Talent | 17 July 2011 | 2 | |
| Westlife[n 2] | "Flying Without Wings" [1] | Sony BMG | 1 September 2004 | 1 | The first single ever to reach number one on the UK Official Download Chart[2] |
| will.i.am[n 9] | "OMG" | Sony BMG | 18 April 2010 | 2 | Featured artist |
| Wretch 32 | "Don't Go" | Ministry of Sound | 21 August 2011 | 1 | |
| Wyclef Jean | "Hips Don't Lie" | Sony BMG | 12 July 2006 | 4 | Featured artist; one-hit wonder |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| The X Factor Finalists | "Hero" | Sony BMG | 5 November 2008 | 2 | Multiple-artist ensemble |
| "You Are Not Alone" | Sony BMG | 25 November 2009 | 1 | Multiple-artist ensemble | |
| "Heroes" | Sony BMG | 1 December 2010 | 1 | Multiple-artist ensemble | |
| "Wishing on a Star" | Sony BMG | 4 December 2011 | 1 | Multiple-artist ensemble | |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
| Yolanda Be Cool | "We No Speak Americano" | Universal | 25 July 2010 | 1 | Co-credit with DCUP; one-hit wonder |
| Artist | Singles | Record labels | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Notes |
Since its inception in 2004, fourteen different artists have reached number-one on the UK Official Download Chart with three or more singles. To qualify for entry on this list, the act must have been credited as an artist on three or more number one singles, as recognised by The Official Charts Company. The list does not include credits on multiple-artist charity ensembles. The most successful artist is Rihanna, who has been credited on eight different number-one singles on the download chart.
For the purposes of this list, a one-hit wonder is defined as an act that has reached number one on the UK Official Download Chart but has not since charted with any other single.
| Artist | Single | Record label | Reached number one | Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouldy Lookin' Stain | "Dogz Don't Kill People Wabbits Do" | Warner | 27 October 2004 | 1 | A parody of Goldie Lookin' Chain's single "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles |
| Nizlopi | "JCB" | FDM | 21 December 2005 | 1 | Two school friends John Parker and Luke Concannon had a surprise #1 hit, but failed to chart again.[4] |
| The Proclaimers | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | EMI | 21 March 2007 | 3 | Rereleased in 2007 with additional vocals in aid of Comic Relief |
| Plain White T's | "Hey There Delilah" | EMI | 12 September 2007 | 3 | Follow-up singles failed to chart |
| Mint Royale | "Singin' in the Rain" | Sony BMG | 11 June 2008 | 2 | Rereleased in 2008 after George Sampson used the track in his winning dance on the second series of Britain's Got Talent |
| Kid Rock | "All Summer Long" | Warner | 6 August 2008 | 1 | Follow-up singles failed to chart |
| Rage Against the Machine | "Killing in the Name" | Sony BMG | 23 December 2009 | 2 | Reached number one after an online campaign pushed it to the top |
| Owl City | "Fireflies" | Universal | 27 January 2010 | 3 | Follow-up singles failed to chart |
| Yolanda Be Cool vs. DCUP | "We No Speak Americano" | Universal | 25 July 2010 | 1 | |
| Military Wives | "Wherever You Are" | Universal | 25 December 2011 | 1 |
| Artist | Single | Record label | Reached number one | Weeks at number one |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band Aid 20 | "Do They Know It's Christmas" | Universal | 8 December 2004 | 4 | Released in aid of Band Aid |
| Helping Haiti | "Everybody Hurts" | Sony BMG | 17 February 2010 | 1 | Released in aid of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake |
| Shout For England | "Shout" | Sony BMG | 13 June 2010 | 2 | Unofficial anthem of the England national football team's 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign in South Africa |