charts discussion Female Acts With Most Weeks Top 10 in UK (Singles)

[dangerousbutera]

Female artists that have spent the most cumulative weeks in the top 10 of the Official UK Singles Chart:

 

 

 

1. Rihanna: 267 weeks (31 top 10s)

2. Madonna: 228 weeks (63 top 10s)

3. Taylor Swift: 135 weeks (26 top 10s)

4. Kylie Minogue: 122 weeks (35 top 10s)

5. Beyoncé: 116 weeks (24 top 10s)

6. Ariana Grande: 113 weeks (22 top 10s)

7. Dua Lipa: 112 weeks (15 top 10s)

8. Mariah Carey: 111 weeks (24 top 10s)

9. Katy Perry: 106 weeks (15 top 10s)

10. Little Mix: 103 weeks (19 top 10s)

 

11. Britney Spears: 91 weeks (24 top 10s)

12. Lady Gaga: 90 weeks (14 top 10s)

13. Whitney Houston: 88 weeks (18 top 10s)

14. Diana Ross: 82 weeks (21 top 10s)

14. Jess Glynne: 82 weeks (13 top 10s)

16. Shirley Bassey: 79 weeks (12 top 10s)

17. Janet Jackson: 76 weeks (17 top 10s)

18. Cher: 73 weeks (16 top 10s)

19. Connie Francis: 72 weeks (10 top 10s)

19. Nicki Minaj: 72 weeks (15 top 10s)

 

Acts in green currently have a single charting in the top 10

 

Females acts with most weeks at #1 on UK Singles Chart

Females acts with most weeks at #1 on UK Albums Chart

Females acts with most weeks top 10 on UK Albums Chart

Edited April 6 by dangerousbutera

[MingYouToo]

The top 10 being non UK acts whew

[liberalmusiclover]

That Rihanna Reign with less than half the number of top 10s as Madonna.

 

Just goes to show how massive her songs are.

[FENTY.]

Rihanna spent 5 years in top 10?

[Riha'love]

Adele has 53 weeks from 8 songs, I expected more weeks for her, I was also surprised to see RITD and Skyfall didn't go #1 there. 

Edited July 25, 2020 by Riha'love

[cuneytb]

Oh wow! That top 10 is fantastic  

 

Rain On Me is still top 2, maybe Gaga can surpass Beyoncé or even Mariah  

 

but Mariah might snatch it back in december. 
Queen Things  

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

No one is surpassing Rihanna anytime soon. 

 

Ms. Grande slaying! She’ll hit 100-150 with her next era. 

[Fitzswiftie]

22 minutes ago, MingYouToo said:

The top 10 being non UK acts whew

Are we surprised, the UK infamously drops their own after 1 era.

[NumbSoul]

Rihanna  The longevity of her Top10s  

[Fitzswiftie]

6 minutes ago, Riha'love said:

Adele has 53 weeks from 8 songs, I expected more weeks for her, I was also surprised to see RITD and Skyfall didn't go #1 there. 

Skyfall had the unfortunate luck being released on a Friday (to mark Bond’s 50th anniversary). The track week in 2012 ended on Saturday nights in 2012 (prior to the 2015 re-shuffle).

 

It debuted at #4 with 84,000 pure sales (Behind 1D’s LWWY, Gangnam Style & Rihanna’s Diamonds) and the next week rose to #2 with 92,000 sales but behind the 135k debut of Don’t You Worry Child.

[UnusualBoy]

Impressive, although digital era and streaming era gave more longevity to the songs, I was surprised to see the chart run from some others old singles.

Edited July 25, 2020 by UnusualBoy

[Doogle]

Ugh we kinda snapped when it comes to international female artists support

 

We’re awful at everything else tho

[gotportugal]

Dua doesn't even have 10 top10s and already close to the top10 here 

[smgupdated]

Streaming this in celebration 

https://open.spotify.com/track/2kkGRB3PKYCAFGmaLsmIbd?si=1OqcYGA4SOup18jL_rHsKw

[Lovett]

1 hour ago, cuneytb said:

Rain On Me is still top 2, maybe Gaga can surpass Beyoncé or even Mariah  

It's #4 this week, but I doubt it will be leaving the top 10 any time soon. It's smashing here.

[Brando]

2 hours ago, liberalmusiclover said:

That Rihanna Reign with less than half the number of top 10s as Madonna.

 

Different times. Tracks have a lot more longevity nowadays. 

[cuneytb]

17 minutes ago, MrLovett said:

It's #4 this week, but I doubt it will be leaving the top 10 any time soon. It's smashing here.

I thought UK charts had some rules that were breaking the points in half after a certain time  

 

 

[Lovett]

1 minute ago, cuneytb said:

I thought UK charts had some rules that were breaking the points in half after a certain time  

We do. The streams-to-sales ratio for tracks whose sales (including streams) have declined for three consecutive weeks and have charted for at least 10 weeks is changed from 150:1 to 300:1 to accelerate the removal of older songs.

 

"Rain on Me" has been charting for 9 weeks so far and has been stable inside the top 5 for its entire chart run. I think it'll stay inside the top 10 for a few more weeks at least.

[cuneytb]

23 minutes ago, MrLovett said:

We do. The streams-to-sales ratio for tracks whose sales (including streams) have declined for three consecutive weeks and have charted for at least 10 weeks is changed from 150:1 to 300:1 to accelerate the removal of older songs.

 

"Rain on Me" has been charting for 9 weeks so far and has been stable inside the top 5 for its entire chart run. I think it'll stay inside the top 10 for a few more weeks at least.

Oh okay, thanks! 

[badgirlriri]

Rihanna

[ariananext]

ARIANA 

[Heart.me]

12. Jess Glynne: 79 weeks (12 top 10s)

 

Queen coming for top 10 with ha next era 

 

1 hour ago, MrLovett said:

We do. The streams-to-sales ratio for tracks whose sales (including streams) have declined for three consecutive weeks and have charted for at least 10 weeks is changed from 150:1 to 300:1 to accelerate the removal of older songs.

 

"Rain on Me" has been charting for 9 weeks so far and has been stable inside the top 5 for its entire chart run. I think it'll stay inside the top 10 for a few more weeks at least.

Rain On Me hit ACR this week.

[Jake Frank]

7. Lady Gaga: 90 weeks (14 top 10s)

 

100 weeks soon with ROM 

 

[gotportugal]

19 minutes ago, Jake Frank said:

7. Lady Gaga: 90 weeks (14 top 10s)

 

100 weeks soon with ROM 

 

ROM hit ACR this week

 

[stevyy]

Mariah Carey:

 

1990 - #9 - 2 weeks - Vision of Love

1992 - #2 - 3 weeks - I'll Be There

1993 - #9 - 4 weeks - Dreamlover

1993 - #7 - 3 weeks - Hero

1994 - #1 - 8 weeks - Without You

1994 - #8 - 2 weeks - Anytime You Need a Friend

1994 - #3 - 4 weeks - Endless Love

1994 - #2 - 5 weeks - All I want for Christmas Is You

1995 - #4 - 5 weeks - Fantasy

1995 - #6 - 2 weeks - One Sweet Day

1996 - #4 - 1 week - Open Arms

1996 - #3 - 3 weeks - Always be my Baby

1997 - #3 - 2 weeks - Honey

1998 - #4 - 1 week - My All

1998 - #4 - 1 week - When You Believe

1999 - #5 - 1 week - Heartbreaker

2000 - #10 - 1 week - Thank God I Found You

2000 - #1 - 4 weeks - Against All Odds

2002 - #8 - 1 week - Through The Rain

2003 - #4 - 5 weeks - I Know what You Want

2005 - #4 - 3 weeks - It's Like That

2005 - #2 - 6 weeks - We Belong Together

2005 - #9 - 2 weeks - Shake It Off

2007 - #4 - 3 weeks - All I want for Christmas Is You

2008 - #5 - 3 weeks - Touch my Body

2016 - #5 - 4 weeks - All I want for Christmas Is You

2017 - #2 - 4 weeks - All I want for Christmas Is You

2018 - #2 - 4 weeks - All I want for Christmas Is You

2019 - #2 - 4 weeks - All I want for Christmas Is You

= 97 weeks