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List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

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This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 37 artists have achieved this milestone. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company.[1]

Ed Sheeran has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1508 weeks. Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Drake and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Ed Sheeran has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with 1927 weeks followed by seventeen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Ed Sheeran being the latest to pass this threshold in July 2021. David Bowie passed the 1000-week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75.[2] ABBA's 'Gold' became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the top 100 UK albums chart in July 2021. Robbie Williams is the only artist to feature on the list twice: as a solo artist, and with Take That.

Figures are as of chart week 14-20 June 2024.

Artist Singles chart
(weeks)		 Albums chart
(weeks)		 Combined (weeks) Ref
United States Elvis Presley 1311 1635 2946 [3]
United Kingdom Ed Sheeran 1508 1395 2903 [4]
United Kingdom Queen 462 1962 2424 [5]
United States Michael Jackson 721 1661 2382 [6]
United Kingdom The Beatles 472 1779 2251 [7]
United Kingdom Elton John 799 1404 2203 [8]
United Kingdom Cliff Richard 1182 923 2105 [9]
United Kingdom Oasis 421 1664 2085 [10]
United Kingdom Fleetwood Mac 261 1807 2068 [11]
United Kingdom David Bowie 476 1569 2045 [12]
United States Taylor Swift 663 1358 2021 [13]
United States Madonna 770 1163 1933 [14]
Sweden ABBA 273 1466 1739 [15]
United States Eminem 574 1157 1731 [16]
Canada Drake 1160 551 1711 [17]
United Kingdom Rod Stewart 471 1189 1660 [18]
Barbados Rihanna 1151 482 1633 [19]
Republic of Ireland U2 364 1104 1468 [20]
United States Frank Sinatra 460 932 1392 [21]
United Kingdom The Rolling Stones 389 929 1318 [22]
Jamaica Bob Marley 196 1087 1283 [23]
United Kingdom Coldplay 571 661 1232 [24]
United States Whitney Houston 378 845 1223 [25]
Canada The Weeknd 697 522 1219 [26]
United States Diana Ross 569 634 1203 [27]
Canada Justin Bieber 924 278 1202 [28]
United Kingdom Adele 471 725 1196 [29]
United Kingdom Arctic Monkeys 183 1012 1195 [30]
United States Simon & Garfunkel 87 1092 1179 [31]
United Kingdom Take That 417 709 1126 [32]
United Kingdom Dua Lipa 613 484 1097 [33]
United Kingdom Robbie Williams 415 655 1070 [34]
United Kingdom Pink Floyd 57 993 1050 [35]
United Kingdom Phil Collins 251 793 1044 [36]
United Kingdom Calvin Harris 858 184 1042 [37]
United Kingdom George Michael 309 712 1021 [38]
Australia Kylie Minogue 517 491 1008 [39]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "View your favourite artist's chart history". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley". Official Charts. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Ed Sheeran". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Queen=". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Michael Jackson". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "The Beatles". Official Charts. 17 October 1962. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Elton John". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Cliff Richard". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Oasis". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Fleetwood Mac". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ "David Bowie". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Taylor Swift". Official Charts. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Madonna". Official Charts. 14 January 1984. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Abba". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Eminem". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Drake". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Rod Stewart". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Rihanna". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  20. ^ "U2". Official Charts. 8 August 1981. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Frank Sinatra". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  22. ^ "The Rolling Stones". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Bob Marley". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  24. ^ "Coldplay". Official Charts. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Whitney Houston". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  26. ^ "The Weeknd". Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  27. ^ "Diana Ross". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  28. ^ "Justin Bieber". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  29. ^ "Adele". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  30. ^ "Arctic Monkeys". Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  31. ^ "Simon & Garfunkel". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  32. ^ "Take That". Official Charts. 23 November 1991. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  33. ^ "Dua Lipa". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  34. ^ "Robbie Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Pink Floyd". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  36. ^ "Phil Collins". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  37. ^ "Calvin Harris". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  38. ^ "George Michael". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  39. ^ "Kylie Minogue". Official Charts. 16 January 1988. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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