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[Brian Quinn]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 4TH MARCH, 2016

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2665 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1363 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2047 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (870 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1945 weeks (687 weeks for singles) (1258 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1881 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1141 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1856 weeks (440 weeks for singles) (1416 weeks for albums)
6. The Beatles – 1850 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1389 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1696 weeks (660 weeks for singles) (1036 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1619 weeks (480 weeks for singles) (1139 weeks for albums)
9. David Bowie – 1537 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1061 weeks for albums)
10. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 weeks for albums)


ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES
21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
139 Top 40’s
164 Top 75’s
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
12 No.1’s
50 Top 10’s
90 Top 40’s
115 Top 75’s
65 weeks at No.1
535 weeks in Top 10
1023 weeks in Top 40
1363 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - both with 14
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael and Calvin Harris (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie; David Guetta and Tinie Tempah (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS; NE-YO;Jess Glynne and Sam Smith (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 30
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem and Rihanna (both with 27)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis and Madonna (both with 12)
3. Rolling Stones; Robbie Williams and David Bowie (all with 11)
4. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
5. Queen and Abba (both with 9)
6. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
7. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John; Westlife and Coldplay (all with 7)
8. Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers and Stereophonics (all with 6)
9. Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Muse; Prince; Simply Red and Iron Maiden (all with 5)
10. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai; Moody Blues; Paul Weller; Paul Simon; Will Young; Status Quo and One Direction (all with 4)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 50
2. Cliff Richard - 43
3. Frank Sinatra - 40
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Rod Stewart - 34
7. David Bowie - 32
8. Beatles and Elton John - 31
9. Queen - 25
10. Iron Maiden - 24

MOST NO.2 SINGLES
1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1)
2. Madonna - 12
3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11)
4. Rihanna and Michael Jackson (both with 7)
5. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths; Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart - (all with 5)
4. David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)
5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode; Elvis Costello; James; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton and Beautiful South (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 66
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 90
2. Frank Sinatra - 63
3. Cliff Richard - 61
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. Rolling Stones and David Bowie (both with 46)
6. James Last - 45
7. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 43)
8. Elton John - 40
9. Status Quo and Diana Ross (both with 39)
10. Daniel O'Donnell - 33

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Glee Cast - 100
4. Elton John - 85
5. David Bowie - 79
6. Diana Ross - 78
7. Madonna - 75
8. Status Quo - 66
9. Rod Stewart - 65
10. Michael Jackson - 62

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 115
2. Frank Sinatra - 69
3. Cliff Richard - 66
4. James Last - 65
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Bob Dylan - 60
7. Beatles - 54
8. Diana Ross and Neil Young (both with 52)
9. Rolling Stones - 51
10.Elton John - 46

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 65
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon And Garfunkel - 40
6. Robbie Williams - 34
7. Adele - 33
7. Michael Jackson - 31
8. Cliff Richard and Madonna (both with 30)
9. Elton John; Carpenters and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Cliff Richard - 46
4. Frankie Laine - 32
5. Abba - 31
6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29)
7. Rihanna - 24
8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23)
9. Spice Girls - 22
10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 218
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 133
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 535
2. Beatles - 467
3. Cliff Richard - 339
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones (both with 265)
6. Rod Stewart - 259
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
8. The Shadows - 229
9. Abba - 224
10. Madonna - 219

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 596
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 422
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. David Bowie - 344
10. David Guetta - 339

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis - 1023
2. Beatles - 968
3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816
4. Frank Sinatra - 744
5. Rod Stewart - 732
6. Michael Jackson - 726
7. Cliff Richard - 688
8. Queen - 685
9. Madonna - 666
10. Elton John - 660


SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Elvis - 1302
2. Cliff Richard - 1177
3. Rihanna - 957
4. Madonna - 740
5. Michael Jackson - 687
6. Elton John - 660
7. David Guetta - 570
8. Diana Ross - 569
9. Kanye West - 533
10. Ed Sheeran - 516


ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1416
2. Beatles - 1389
3. Elvis - 1363
4. Michael Jackson - 1258
6. Madonna - 1141
5. Rod Stewart - 1139
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1069
10. David Bowie - 1061

Brian

[Brian Quinn]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 9TH JUNE,2023

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2891 weeks (1308 weeks for singles) (1583 weeks for albums)
2. Ed Sheeran - 2768 weeks (1483 weeks for singles) (1285 weeks for albums)
3. Queen - 2370 weeks (462 weeks for singles) (1908 weeks for albums)
4. Michael Jackson - 2324 weeks (716 weeks for singles) (1608 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles - 2161 weeks (461 weeks for singles) (1700 weeks for albums)
6. Elton John - 2132 weeks (781 for singles) (1351 weeks for albums)
7. Cliff Richard - 2097 weeks (1181 weeks for singles) (916 weeks for albums)
8. David Bowie - 1990 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1514 weeks for albums)
9. Fleetwood Mac - 1941 weeks (241 weeks for singles) (1700 weeks for albums)
10.Madonna - 1902 weeks (741 weeks for singles) (1161 weeks for albums)

ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES
21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
139 Top 40’s
164 Top 75's
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1308 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS
13 No.1’s
53 Top 10’s
95 Top 40’s
124 Top 75’s
66 weeks at No.1
559 weeks in Top 10
1107 weeks in Top 40
1583 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard; Westlife and Ed Sheeran (all with 14)
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Calvin Harris - 11
7. Eminem and Elton John (both with 10)
8. Abba; Spice Girls and Rihanna (all with 9)
9. Rolling Stones; Oasis and Sam Smith (all with 8)
10. Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael; Tinie Tempah; Jess Glynne; Justin Bieber; Ariana Grande and David Guetta (all with 7)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 44
5. Ed Sheeran - 41
6. Drake - 38
7. Elton John - 36
8. Kylie Minogue - 34
9. U2 and Eminem (both with 33)
10.Robbie Williams and Rihanna (both with 31)

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 16
2. Robbie Williams - 14
3. Elvis and Rolling Stones (both with 13)
4. Madonna and Bruce Springsteen (both with 12)
5. David Bowie - 11
6. U2; Michael Jackson; Rod Stewart; Eminem; Queen and Abba (all with 10)
7. Bob Dylan; Coldplay and Taylor Swift (all with 9)
8. Oasis; Led Zeppelin; R.E.M.; Take That; Westlife; Kylie Minogue; Elton John and Stereophonics (all with 8)
9. Cliff Richard; George Michael; Prodigy; Paul McCartney; The Killers and Muse (all with 7)
10. Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Blur; Police; Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Barbra Streisand; Arctic Monkeys; Kings of Leon; Paul Weller; The Script; Kasabian; Drake; Lana Del Rey; Ed Sheeran and Foo Fighters (all with 6)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 53
2. Cliff Richard - 47
3. Bob Dylan - 42
4. Rolling Stones - 41
5. Frank Sinatra - 40
6. Rod Stewart - 37
7. David Bowie -35
8. Beatles - 34
9. Elton John - 33
10.Queen - 27

MOST NO.2 SINGLES
1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1)
2. Madonna - 12
3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11)
4. Rihanna - 9
5. Michael Jackson; Justin Timberlake; Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran (all with 7)
6. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Bieber (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis - 8
3. Elton John; Bon Jovi and Paul Weller (all with 7)
4. Madonna; Rod Stewart; Queen and Cliff Richard (all with 6)
5. Smiths; Frank Sinatra; Britney Spears and Manic Street Preachers - (all with 5)
6. David Bowie; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who; Tom Jones; James; Steps; Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode (all with 4)
7. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Elvis Costello; Kate Bush; M People; Portishead; Robert Plant; Sheryl Crow; Simply Red; Tina Turner; Cat Stevens; Eric Clapton; Beautiful South; Take That; Guns N' Roses; A-Ha; Fleetwood Mac; Fall Out Boy; Phil Collins; Busted; Carpenters, Kanye West; Gorillaz; Gary Numan; Will Young; Westlife; Tears For Fears; Drake and Red Hot Chili Peppers (all with 3)

TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 139
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Drake - 81
4. Madonna and Elton John (both with 71)
5. David Bowie - 63
6. Ed Sheeran - 61
7. Diana Ross - 58
8. Status Quo and Justin Bieber (both with 57)
9. Michael Jackson - 56
10.Queen - 54

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 95
2. David Bowie - 68
3. Cliff Richard and Bob Dylan (both with 67)
4. Frank Sinatra - 64
5. Rolling Stones - 54
6. Rod Stewart - 47
7. Neil Young - 46
8. James Last and Beatles (both with 45)
9. Elton John - 44
10.Status Quo and Van Morrison (both with 43)

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 164
2. Cliff Richard - 135
3. Drake - 131
4. Glee Cast - 100
5. Elton John - 91
6. David Bowie - 79
7. Diana Ross -78
8. Madonna - 75
9. Justin Bieber - 74
10.Ed Sheeran - 72

TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS
1.Elvis - 124
2.David Bowie - 90
3.Cliff Richard and Bob Dylan (both with 72)
4.Frank Sinatra - 70
5.Neil Young - 67
6.James Last - 65
7.Rolling Stones - 58
8.Beatles - 55
9.Diana Ross - 54
10.Van Morrison and Elton John (both with 51)

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 176
2. Elvis - 66
3. Abba - 58
4. Rolling Stones and Ed Sheeran (both with 47)
5. Adele - 42
6. Simon and Garfunkel and Motion Picture Cast Recording (both with 40)
7. Robbie Williams - 37
8. Rod Stewart - 32
9. Michael Jackson - 31
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SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Elvis - 80
2. Beatles - 65
3. Ed Sheeran - 61
4. Cliff Richard - 46
5. Calvin Harris - 39
6. Justin Bieber - 38
7. Frankie Laine - 32
8. Abba and Drake (both with 31)
9. Madonna and Take That (both with 29)
10.Elton John - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Ed Sheeran - 299
4. Rihanna - 266
5. Madonna - 228
6. Justin Bieber - 201
7. Calvin Harris - 189
8. Beatles - 188
9. Frankie Laine - 187
10. Drake - 182

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 559
2. Beatles - 479
3. Ed Sheeran - 378
4. Cliff Richard -347
5. Frank Sinatra - 316
6. Queen - 301
7. Rod Stewart and Elton John (both with 277)
8. Rolling Stones - 275
9. Michael Jackson - 266
10.Awaits

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Ed Sheeran - 865
4. Rihanna - 705
5. Drake - 608
6. David Guetta - 568
7. Justin Bieber - 562
8. Madonna - 517
9. Calvin Harris - 513
10.Elton John - 508

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Beatles -1116
2. Elvis - 1107
3. Queen - 1026
4. Fleetwood Mac - 966
5. Elton John - 914
6. Ed Sheeran - 911
7. Michael Jackson - 890
8. Abba - 862
9. David Bowie - 834
10.Simon and Garfunkel - 826

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Ed Sheeran - 1483
2. Elvis - 1308
3. Cliff Richard - 1181
4. Rihanna - 1150
5. Drake - 1072
6. David Guetta - 925
7. Justin Bieber - 919
8. Calvin Harris - 793
9. Elton John - 781
10.Madonna - 741

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1908
2. Beatles and Fleetwood Mac (both with 1700)
3. Michael Jackson - 1608
4. Elvis - 1583
5. Oasis - 1540
6. David Bowie -1514
7. Abba - 1413
8. Elton John - 1351
9. Ed Sheeran - 1285
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Brian