The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, and the Top 40 is first revealed each Sunday on BBC Radio 1.[1]
Chart history edit
2010 edit
The first song of the 2010s was "The Climb" by Joe McElderry, the winner of the sixth series of the UK talent show The X Factor, which hit number one for the week ending 2 January 2010 (announced 27 December 2009). Subsequently, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga hit the top spot for the second time; the single was also number one for the week ending 19 December 2009. The first entirely new number one of the decade was "Replay" by Iyaz on the following week.
In an attempt to raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked Simon Cowell to arrange a charity single. Cowell chose "Everybody Hurts", Brown agreed to waive VAT on the single and R.E.M. agreed to waive all royalties.[2] The release was under the name Helping Haiti. The single featured many singers, most linked to Cowell's talent shows like: Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, JLS, Cheryl Cole and Susan Boyle. The song went straight in at number one and remained there for two weeks.
The year saw the first number-ones for Tinie Tempah with "Pass Out", Diana Vickers with "Once", Roll Deep with "Good Times", Scouting for Girls with "This Ain't a Love Song", B.o.B with "Nothin' On You", Jason Derülo with "In My Head", Olly Murs with "Please Don't Let Me Go" and the first solo number-one for Cee Lo Green with "Forget You".
2010 was another X Factor dominated year, with chart toppers from JLS, Alexandra Burke, Diana Vickers, Olly Murs and Cheryl Cole (Judge), and Matt Cardle many of whom also featured on the Helping Haiti Single.
Lady Gaga, JLS, B.o.B, Tinie Tempah, Bruno Mars, Dizzee Rascal and Roll Deep all achieved two number one singles in 2010.
Despite only peaking at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, the biggest selling song of the year 2010 was Eminem and Rihanna's collaborative single "Love the Way You Lie".
2011 edit
The first new number one of 2011 came from Rihanna with "What's My Name?", which featured Drake and topped the charts on 15 January 2011, after six weeks in the Top 10.
Bruno Mars became the first artist to achieve four number ones during the 2010s, when "The Lazy Song" topped the charts on 21 May 2011 – his other number ones being "Grenade", "Just the Way You Are" and "Nothin' On You" with B.o.B.
Artists who achieved their first number one singles during the year included: Drake with "What's My Name?", Jessie J with "Price Tag", Adele with "Someone Like You", Nicole Scherzinger with "Don't Hold Your Breath", Pitbull with "On the Floor", both Lauren Bennett and GoonRock with "Party Rock Anthem", both Afrojack and Nayer with "Give Me Everything", Example with "Changed the Way You Kiss Me", DJ Fresh and Sian Evans with "Louder", Dev with "She Makes Me Wanna", Cher Lloyd (Solo) with "Swagger Jagger", Nero with "Promises", both Wretch 32 and Josh Kumra with "Don't Go", Rizzle Kicks with "Heart Skips a Beat", One Direction (Solo) with "What Makes You Beautiful" and Sak Noel with "Loca People".
Adele's "Someone Like You" currently holds the title for most weeks at number one in 2011, having spent four consecutive weeks (and a further non-consecutive week) at the peak in February and March 2011. The single shares the title for most consecutive weeks in 2011 with LMFAO, whose "Party Rock Anthem" spent four consecutive weeks at the peak in April and May.
It was revealed on 2 October that a record had been broken regarding the most consecutive number-one singles by British artists. The record was broken by Dappy, whose single "No Regrets" become the eleventh consecutive number-one single from British artists, and was preceeded by the artists DJ Fresh, The Wanted, JLS, Cher Lloyd, Nero, Wretch 32, Olly Murs and Rizzle Kicks, Example, Pixie Lott and One Direction.
Number ones edit
- Key
- # – nth single to top the UK Singles Chart
- re – Return of a single to number one
- † – Best-selling single of the year[a]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The artist, single, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by The Official Charts Company.[3][4]
- ^ a b The record labels are those given by The Official Charts Company.[5]
By artist edit
The following artists have all spent more than a total of three weeks at the number-one spot during the 2010s. Six other artists have all spent a total of three weeks at the number-one spot. The figure for group LMFAO includes a collaboration with David Guetta, the figure for Pitbull includes a collaboration with Jennifer Lopez and the figure for Ne-Yo includes a collaboration with Pitbull.
| Artist | Number ones | Weeks at number-one |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno Mars | 4 | 6 |
| Rihanna | 3 | 6 |
| Adele | 1 | 5 |
| LMFAO | 2 | 5 |
| Pitbull | 2 | 5 |
| B.o.B | 3 | 4 |
| Ne-Yo | 2 | 4 |
| Roll Deep | 2 | 4 |
Million-selling and platinum records edit
Since April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry has been classifying singles and albums by the number of units shipped. The highest threshold is "platinum record" and is awarded to singles that have shipped over 600,000 units.[6][7][nb 1] As of September 2011[update], twelve singles from the 2010s have gone platinum.[9] One single, Adele's "Someone Like You" has sold over one million units.[10]
| Artist | Song | Date released | Date certified platinum |
Year of millionth sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe McElderry | "The Climb" | 1 January 2010 | 7 January 2010 | — |
| Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg | "California Gurls" | 21 June 2010 | 29 October 2010 | — |
| Cee Lo Green | "Forget You" | 4 October 2010 | 7 January 2011 | — |
| Rihanna | "Only Girl (In the World)" | 25 October 2010 | 7 January 2011 | — |
| Rihanna featuring Drake | "What's My Name?" | 20 December 2010 | 6 March 2011 | — |
| Tinie Tempah | "Pass Out" | 17 April 2010 | 11 March 2011 | — |
| Katy Perry | "Firework" | 26 November 2010 | 11 March 2011 | — |
| Adele | "Someone Like You" | 24 January 2011 | 1 April 2011 | 2011 |
| Jessie J featuring B.o.B | "Price Tag" | 28 January 2011 | 12 May 2011 | — |
| LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock | "Party Rock Anthem" | 10 April 2011 | 5 August 2011 | — |
| Lady Gaga | "Born This Way" | 11 February 2011 | 19 August 2011 | — |
| Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer | "Give Me Everything" | 1 April 2011 | 16 September 2011 | — |
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ "About Us > Who We Are". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ "Haiti all-star charity single gets first airplay". BBC News Online. February 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ "All the Number One Singles: 2010". London: The Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "All the Number One Singles: 2011". London: The Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: The Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
Customise search with the following settings – Search by: "Keyword", By Award: "Platinum", By Format: "Single" – then search by "2010". - ^ Cardew, Ben (5 July 2011). "Adele makes UK digital first". Music Week.
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