Female artists that have spent the most cumulative weeks at #1 on the Official UK Singles Chart:

 

 

 

1. Madonna: 29 weeks (13 no. 1s)

2. Rihanna: 25 weeks (9 no. 1s)

3. Sabrina Carpenter: 23 weeks (4 no. 1s)

4. Spice Girls: 22 weeks (9 no. 1s)

5. Ariana Grande: 21 weeks (8 no. 1s)

6. Taylor Swift: 19 weeks (7 no. 1s)

7. Olivia Newton-John: 18 weeks (3 no. 1s)

8.  Kylie Minogue: 17 weeks (8 no. 1s)

9. Whitney Houston: 16 weeks (4 no. 1s)

9. Ellie Goulding: 16 weeks (4 no. 1s)

9. Olivia Rodrigo: 16 weeks (4 no. 1s)

9. Adele: 16 weeks (3 no. 1s)

 

13. Cher: 15 weeks (4 no. 1s)

13. Kyla: 15 weeks (1 no. 1)

13. Beyoncé: 15 weeks (6 no. 1s)

16.Olivia Dean: 14 weeks (2 no. 1s)

17. Lady Gaga: 13 weeks (6 no. 1s)

17. Leona Lewis: 13 weeks (3 no. 1s)

19. Jess Glynne: 12 weeks (7 no. 1s)

19. Dua Lipa: 12 weeks (4 no. 1s)

19. Miley Cyrus: 12 weeks (3 no. 1s)

 

currently no. 1

 

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22. Sugababes: 11 weeks (6 no. 1s)

22. Katy Perry: 11 weeks (5 no. 1s)

22. Camila Cabello: 11 weeks (2 no. 1s)

22. Tones And I: 11 weeks (1 no. 1)

 26. HUNTR/X: 10 weeks (1 no. 1)

27. Little Mix: 9 weeks (5 no. 1s)

27. Atomic Kitten: 9 weeks (3 no. 1s)

27. Mariah Carey: 9 weeks (3 no. 1s)

27. Céline Dion: 9 weeks (2 no. 1s)

31. Britney Spears: 8 weeks (6 no. 1s)

31. Girls Aloud: 8 weeks (4 no. 1s)

31. Gracie Abrams: 8 weeks (1 no. 1)

Edited June 12Jun 12 by dangerousbutera

Thank you for this Sis @dangerousbutera.

 

Rihanna just may surpass Madonna with her next era. 

 

Queens!

 

Ms. Houston slaying also. 

Edited July 27, 20206 yr by GoodGuyGoneGhetto

12 minutes ago, dangerousbutera said:

 

6. Kyla: 15 weeks (1 no. 1)

 

What's a Kyla? 15 weeks at #1? 

Interesting

 

Spice Girls,Kylie,Sugababes truly those queens

Kylie, Gaga, Girls Aloud 

21 minutes ago, Brando said:

What's a Kyla? 15 weeks at #1? 

She was featured on Drake’s “One Dance” which was #1 for 15 weeks.

You're missing Adele, she has 8 weeks at #1, 5 for Someone Like You and 3 for Hello.

Rihanna

 

Kyla....  

30 minutes ago, NumbFentyStan said:

Rihanna

 

Kyla....  

‘Kyla’ scoring more than Grande, Perry and Gaga with a 30% feature, and just half of Rihanna and Madonna although she’s never to be seen again! 

 

Ariana has 6 No.1s in the UK! Holy crap.

1 hour ago, UnusualBoy said:

You're missing Adele, she has 8 weeks at #1, 5 for Someone Like You and 3 for Hello.

added, thank you!

 

2 hours ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

Thank you for this Sis @dangerousbutera.

 

Rihanna just may surpass Madonna with her next era. 

 

Queens!

 

Ms. Houston slaying also. 

the way Madonna & Rihanna dominate in the UK is just insane. rih will probably pass her with one more #1 tbh

Wait, shouldn’t Leona Lewis be on here? 
 

Bleeding Love - 7 weeks

Run - 4 weeks 

A Moment Like This - 4 weeks 

 

15 weeks 

Edited July 27, 20206 yr by MARTYN

What’s the Stats on Shirley Bassey????

1 hour ago, FINEWEATHER said:

What’s the Stats on Shirley Bassey????

She has two #1 singles, that spent a total of 5 weeks at the top.

• As I Love You - 4 weeks
• Reach for the Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain - 1 week

2 hours ago, MARTYN said:

Wait, shouldn’t Leona Lewis be on here? 
 

Bleeding Love - 7 weeks

Run - 4 weeks 

A Moment Like This - 4 weeks 

 

15 weeks 

Run spent 2 weeks at #1 but added! thank you!

Shocked Adele only has 2 #1s

Ellie Goulding 8weeks

Love Me Like You Do 4weeks

Burn 3weeks

River 1week

14 hours ago, vince_martin88 said:

Shocked Adele only has 2 #1s

yeah she has 4 #2s there.... but for example Set Fire to The Rain  wasnt even top 10 there for her so

11 hours ago, Jolin Tsai said:

Ellie Goulding 8weeks

Love Me Like You Do 4weeks

Burn 3weeks

River 1week

added, thank you!

Miss Houston sitting pretty at #4, legendary. 

Update: Ariana moves up to #6 (tied with Cher & Kyla) following positions’ #1 debut.

Update: Ariana moves up to #4 (tied with Whitney Houston and Kylie Minogue) with 16 weeks.

Update: Ariana breaks her tie with Whitney & Kylie and now ranks 4th with 17 weeks. (positions third week at #1)

Ariana coming for #1 I hope.

Update: Ariana Grande becomes the fourth female act to spend 20 total weeks at #1 as positions spends its sixth week atop the chart.