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. 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]

Elvis Presley has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1306 weeks for 165 singles. Cliff Richard, Ed Sheeran and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Rihanna has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with 1715 weeks followed by twelve other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Oasis being the latest to pass this threshold in February 2019. 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]

Artists with over 1000 weeks combined on singles and albums charts

Figures are as of week ending 23 July 2020.

Artist Singles chart
(weeks)		 Albums chart
(weeks)		 Combined (weeks) Ref
Elvis Presley 1306 1449 2755 [3]
Queen 462 1735 2197 [4]
Michael Jackson 702 1460 2162 [5]
Cliff Richard 1178 902 2080 [6]
The Beatles 461 1528 1989 [7]
Ed Sheeran 1096 863 1959 [8]
Madonna 740 1153 1893 [9]
Elton John 676 1184 1860 [10]
David Bowie 476 1345 1821 [11]
Rod Stewart 480 1178 1658 [12]
Fleetwood Mac 229 1397 1626 [13]
Oasis 420 1173 1593 [14]
Rihanna 1138 449 1587 [15]
ABBA 260 1244 1504 [16]
U2 364 1099 1463 [17]
Eminem 555 823 1378 [18]
Frank Sinatra 442 930 1372 [19]
The Rolling Stones 387 886 1273 [20]
Drake 797 406 1203 [21]
Diana Ross 569 629 1198 [22]
Simon & Garfunkel 87 1087 1174 [23]
Coldplay 513 644 1157 [24]
Take That 417 703 1120 [25]
Bob Marley 190 885 1075 [26]
Robbie Williams 415 643 1058 [27]
Pink Floyd 56 967 1023 [28]
Whitney Houston 370 650 1020 [29]
Phil Collins 251 761 1012 [30]

References

  1. ^ "View your favourite artist's chart history". 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". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ^ "QUEEN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "MICHAEL JACKSON". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ "CLIFF RICHARD". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "THE BEATLES". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ "ED SHEERAN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "MADONNA". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ^ "ELTON JOHN". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ^ "DAVID BOWIE". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ "ROD STEWART". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  13. ^ "FLEETWOOD MAC". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  14. ^ "OASIS". Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. ^ "RIHANNA". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  16. ^ "ABBA". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  17. ^ "U2". Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  18. ^ "EMINEM". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  19. ^ "FRANK SINATRA". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  20. ^ "THE ROLLING STONES". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  21. ^ "DRAKE". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  22. ^ "DIANA ROSS". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  23. ^ "SIMON AND GARFUNKEL". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  24. ^ "COLDPLAY". Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  25. ^ "TAKE THAT". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  26. ^ "BOB MARLEY". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  27. ^ "ROBBIE WILLIAMS". Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  28. ^ "PINK FLOYD". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  29. ^ "WHITNEY HOUSTON". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  30. ^ "PHIL COLLINS". Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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