charts discussion Female Acts With The Most Weeks #1 in UK (Singles)

[dangerousbutera]

Update: Mariah Carey enters the list (tied at #19) following All I Want for Christmas Is You's two week stint at the top. Little Mix moves up to #18 (tied with Céline Dion) as Sweet Melody hits #1 for the first time.

[dangerousbutera]

Update: After coring her first #1 single less than six months ago, Olivia Rodrigo now ranks 12th (tied) for the most weeks atop the Official UK Singles Chart among female artists. The current #1, good 4 u, is currently on track to spend a third week at #1 - which would bring her to #11.

[ariananext]

Ari is such a force in the UK

[MingYouToo]

When she returns next era Ariana just might surpass Rih and the Spice Girls whew

[dangerousbutera]

Update: Olivia Rodrigo jumps to #10, with 14 total weeks, as good 4 u spends its fifth week at the top.

[Mariano]

These kind of lists are becoming useless imo, streaming really changed the game. 

Madonna has 29 weeks with 13 smashes and Olivia has 14 weeks with 2 smashes.  I know some songs do spend longer on top, but in the past with digital sales (in the UK specifically) it was a lot harder. 

[dangerousbutera]

Update:

• Adele and Dua Lipa both join the tie for No. 14 with 11 weeks on top. Adele currently has the No. 1 single with Easy On Me, which is in its third week at the summit.

[dangerousbutera]

Update:

• Adele jumps to #6 (in a tie with Kylie Minogue and Whitney Houston) as Easy On Me's eighth week at No. 1 brings her to a total of 16 weeks.

[dangerousbutera]

Update:

• Ellie Goulding jumps from 24th to 6th (tied with Kylie Minogue, Whitney Houston & Adele) with 16 weeks, following Miracle's 8-week run at the top.
• Olivia Rodrigo enters the top 10 (tied with Cher & Kyla) with 15 weeks, after vampire spent a week at #1.
• Miley Cyrus enters the list at 15th with 12 weeks at #1, following Flowers' 10-week reign.
• Dua Lipa adds a week with Dance The Night bringing her to a tie for 15th with 12 weeks at the top.
• Taylor Swift joins the list in a tie for 27th with 8 weeks. Anti-Hero spent 6 weeks at #1 last year.
• Mariah Carey adds a 9th week at #1 following All I Want For Christmas Is You's return to the summit during last year's Christmas season.

Bonus, outside of the list:

• Doja Cat rakes in 5 weeks at #1 with her first chart-topper Paint The Town Red.
• Billie Eilish added her second week at #1 with her second #1 hit What Was I Made For?
• Kim Petras earned 4 weeks at the top with Unholy.
• Kenya Grace scores her first week at #1 with Strangers.
• Kate Bush brought her total to 7 weeks after Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)'s 3-week stint at the top in 2022.
• Eliza Rose earned two weeks at #1 with B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) last summer.
• Bebe Rexha earned her first #1 with I'm Good (Blue) spending a week on top.
• Raye's Escapism became hers and 070 Shake's first #1s (1 week).

[stevyy]

Miss Carey

 

01 - 1994 - #1 - 4x - 18 weeks charting - Without You

CR: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 13 - 25 - 32 - 46 - 60 - 63 - / - 116 - / - 89 - 96 - / - 196

 

02 - 2000 - #1 - 2x - 27 weeks charting - Against All Odds

CR: 1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 13 - 17 - 27 - 40 - 46 - 55 - 73 - 82 - 96 - 85 - 90 - 68 - 92 - 111 - 167 - 182 - 184 - 159 - 145 - 187 - / - 124 - 117 - 165

 

03 - 1994 - #2 - 3x - 138 weeks charting - All I want for Christmas Is You

 

(1994): 5 - 2 - 2 - 2 - (1995): 8 - 28 - 50 - 77 - 100 - 97 - 91 - 106 - 119 - 59 - 80 - 76 - 104 - 177 (2007): 194 / 163 - 105 - 78 - 46 - 23 - 8 - 4 - 6 - 20 (2008): 151 - 104 - 59 - 45 - 37 - 17 - 12 - 17 - 25 - (2009): 171 - 113 - 77 - 51 - 29 - 19 - 21 - 18 (2010): 186 - 132 - 96 - 48 - 22 - 23 - 25 - 31 (2011): 181 - 145 - 100 - 64 - 27 - 12 - 11 - 17 - (2012): 115 - / - 156 - 88 - 56 - 30 - 20 - 21 - 20 - (2013): 55 - / - 187 - 98 - 68 - 47 - 14 - 12 - 13 - (2014): 30 - / - 68 - 52 - 17 - 16 - 18 - 20 (2015): 94 - 35 - 13 - 12 - 11 (2016): 37 - / - 118 - 72 - 29 - 6 - 8 - 5 (2017): 5 - / - 89 - 88 - 34 - 22 - 5 - 2 - 4 - 4 (2018): 65 - 34 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 2 (2019): 77 - 59 - 34 - 8 - 6 - 8 - 2 (2020): 60 - 31 - 14 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 (2021): 2 - / - 69 - 44 - 24 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - (2022): 56 - 36 - 18 - 8 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 2 -

[Lovett]

@dangerousbutera We need an update!

[dangerousbutera]

Update:

• Beyoncé enters a tie for 18th with Sugababes, Katy Perry, Camila Cabello and Tones And I with 11 weeks, following TEXAS HOLD ‘EM’s ascent to the summit.
• Taylor Swift is now tied with Little Mix, Atomic Kitten, Mariah Carey and Céline Dion for 23rd after Is It Over Now? added a week to her total, bringing her to 9 weeks across 3 no. 1s.

Outside of the list:

• Kenya Grace brought her total to 3 weeks with Strangers scoring an additional two weeks on top.

 

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@Lovett

 

Edited February 24 by dangerousbutera

[Lovett]

1 minute ago, dangerousbutera said:

Update:

• Beyoncé enters a tie for 18th with Sugababes, Katy Perry, Camila Cabello and Tones And I with 11 weeks, following TEXAS HOLD ‘EM’s ascent to the summit.
• Taylor Swift is now tied with Little Mix, Atomic Kitten, Mariah Carey and Céline Dion for 23rd after Is It Over Now? added a week to her total, bringing her to 9 weeks across 3 no. 1s.

Outside of the list:

• Kenya Grace brought her total to 3 weeks with Strangers scoring an additional two weeks on top.

 

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@Lovett

Thank you!

[Patient Zero]

Spice Girls did it only with two albums and during a streak of only 3 years

 

Relatively speaking their position is the most impressive feat, by far.

Edited February 24 by Patient Zero

[Lovett]

Beyoncé up to 13 weeks now.  Hopefully she'll stay at #1 again this week too.

[Lovett]

14th week for Beyoncé.  Hopefully it returns to #1 when the album drops and she moves into the top 10!

[dangerousbutera]

Update:

• Beyoncé breaks her tie with Sugababes, Katy Perry, Camila Cabello and Tones And I, and surpasses Lady Gaga, Leona Lewis, Jess Glynne, Dua Lipa and Miley Cyrus following three more weeks at the top for TEXAS HOLD 'EM (4 total). With 14 frames atop the chart, she is one week from entering the top 10.

[dangerousbutera]

Update:

• Beyoncé ties Cher, Olivia Rodrigo & Kyla at #10 with 15 weeks following a final week atop for TEXAS HOLD 'EM.
• Taylor Swift earns her 10th week, breaking her tie for #24 with Little Mix, Mariah Carey, Atomic Kitten, and Céline Dion, following Fortnight's week at the summit.
• Sabrina Carpenter makes a huge debut at #14 (tied with Leona Lewis and Lady Gaga) with 13 weeks at #1. Espresso ruled for 7 weeks, Please Please Please spent five weeks on the throne, and Taste has just debuted at the top. Bonus: she occupies the entire top 3 this week.

[Julia Fox]

Sabrina now top 5 

[Hot Volcano]

1 hour ago, Julia Fox said:

Sabrina now top 5 

and she's staying at least two more weeks at #1