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List of UK top 10 singles in [Year]

{{[Decade] in music}}

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during in British music charts, as well as songs which peaked in List of UK top 10 singles in and List of UK top 10 singles in but were in the top 10 in. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time.

[Number] songs were in the top ten in [Year]. [Number] singles from [Last Year] remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. [Song] by [Group], was the only song from [Last Year] to reach its peak in [Year], reaching number on [Date] having entered the top 10 on [Date]. [Number] artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in [Year]. [Artist], [Artist] and [Artist] were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in [Year].

The [Last Year] Christmas number-one, by [Artist] remained at number-one for the first week of [Year]. The first new number-one single of the year was "[Song]" by [Artist]. Overall, [number] different songs peaked at number-one in [Yeat], with [Artist] (number) having the most songs hit that position.

Background

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Multiple entries

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[Number] artists recorded [number] top 10 singles across the course of [Year].

[Rundown of artists with multiple entries, including chart positions, dates etc.]

[Artist] was one of a number of artists with [number] top-ten entries, including "[Song]" and "[Song]". [Artist], [Artist], [Artist], [Artist] and [Artist] were among the artists who had multiple top 10 entries in [Year].

Chart debuts

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[Number] artists achieved their first top 10 single in [Year], either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, [number] went on to record another hit single that year: [Number] artists scored two more top 10 singles in [Year]:. [Artist] had three other entries in their breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries
[Artist] [Number] "[Song Title]" [Chart Position] [Other entry] or —

Songs from films

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Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "[Song]" (from [Film]), [Song] ([Film]) and "[Song]" ([Film]).

Best-selling singles

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[Artist] had the best-selling single of the year with "[Song]". The song spent [number] weeks in the top 10 (including [number] weeks at number one), sold over [number] million copies and was certified [certification] by the BPI. "[Song]" by [Artist] came in second place, selling more than [number] copies and losing out by around [number] sales. [Artist]'s "[Song], "[Song]" from [Artist] and "[Song]" by [Artist] made up the top five. Songs by [Artist], [Artist], [Artist], [Artist] and [Artist] were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.

Top-ten singles

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Symbol Meaning
Single peaked in [Last Year] but still in chart in [Year].
Single released in [Year] but peaked in [Next Year].
(#) Year-end top-ten single and rank.
Entered The date that the song first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the song reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
Single Artist Peak Peak reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Singles in [Last Year]
{dts|link=off|format=dmy|Year|Month|Day} [Number of weeks] "[Song]" [Artist] [Peak position] {dts|link=off|format=dmy|Year|Month|Day}} [Weeks at peak]
Singles in [Year]
{dts|link=off|format=dmy|Year|Month|Day} [Number of weeks] "[Song]" [Artist] [Peak position] {dts|link=off|format=dmy|Year|Month|Day}} [Weeks at peak]

Entries by artist

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{see also|List of number-one singles from the [Decade] (UK)#Year}}

The following table shows artists who achieved [number] or more top 10 entries in [Year], including songs that reached their peak in [Last Year] or [Next Year]. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in [Year] is also shown.

Entries Artist Country of origin Weeks Songs
[Number of entries] [Artist] [Country] [Number of weeks] "[Song], "[Song]", "[Song]", "[Song]"

Notes

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See also

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  • [Year in British music]
  • [List of number-one singles from the Decade (UK)]

References

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  1. ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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