The UK Dance Singles Chart is a weekly music chart compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) from sales of songs in the dance music genre (house, drum and bass, dubstep, etc.) in record stores and digital downloads. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday.[1]
This is a list of the songs which were number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart during 2016.
Best-performing dance single of the year |
Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | Sales | References | |
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7 January | "Sweet Lovin'" | [2] | |||
14 January | [3] | ||||
21 January | [4] | ||||
28 January | "The Girl Is Mine" | [5] | |||
4 February | "Fast Car" | [6] | |||
11 February | [7] | ||||
18 February | [8] | ||||
25 February | [9] | ||||
3 March | [10] | ||||
10 March | [11] | ||||
17 March | [12] | ||||
24 March | [13] | ||||
31 March | "Say You Do" | [14] | |||
7 April | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="5" | "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" | [15] | ||
14 April | [16] | ||||
21 April | [17] | ||||
28 April | [18] | ||||
5 May | [19] | ||||
12 May | "This Is What You Came For" | [20] | |||
19 May | [21] | ||||
26 May | [22] | ||||
2 June | [23] | ||||
9 June | [24] | ||||
16 June | [25] | ||||
23 June | "This Girl" | [26] | |||
30 June | [27] | ||||
7 July | [28] | ||||
14 July | [29] | ||||
21 July | "Don't Let Me Down" | [30] | |||
28 July | "Perfect Strangers" | [31] | |||
4 August | "Cold Water" | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ | [32] | ||
11 August | [33] | ||||
18 August | [34] | ||||
25 August | [35] | ||||
1 September | [36] | ||||
8 September | "Closer" | [37] | |||
15 September | [38] | ||||
22 September | [39] | ||||
29 September | [40] | ||||
6 October | [41] | ||||
13 October | [42] | ||||
20 October | [43] | ||||
27 October | [44] | ||||
3 November | [45] | ||||
10 November | [46] | ||||
17 November | [47] | ||||
24 November | [48] | ||||
1 December | [49] | ||||
8 December | [50] | ||||
15 December | [51] | ||||
22 December | [52] | ||||
29 December | [53] |
scope=col | Position | scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
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1 | 18 | ||||
2 | 9 | ||||
3 | 6 | ||||
4 | 5 | ||||
4 | SeeB (as producer) | 5 | |||
5 | 4 | ||||
5 | 4 | ||||
5 | 4 | ||||
6 | 1 | ||||
6 | DJ Fresh (as featuring) | 1 |