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, 20242 yr by dangerousbutera

The top 10 being non UK acts whew

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

 

Just goes to show how massive her songs are.

Rihanna spent 5 years in top 10?

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, 20206 yr by Riha'love

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  

No one is surpassing Rihanna anytime soon. 

 

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

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.

Rihanna  The longevity of her Top10s  

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.

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, 20206 yr by UnusualBoy

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

 

We’re awful at everything else tho

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

Streaming this in celebration 

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

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.

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. 

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  

 

 

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.

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! 

Rihanna

ARIANA 

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.

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

 

100 weeks soon with ROM 

 

19 minutes ago, Jake Frank said:

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

 

100 weeks soon with ROM 

 

ROM hit ACR this week

 

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