The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, with the chart date given as the following Thursday.[1]
Audio streaming data was incorporated into the chart in 2014, with 100 streams equivalent to one sale.[1] In 2017, the OCC introduced an exception for songs that had spent a certain time on the charts and whose consumption had declined, whereby these songs are calculated at a rate of 300 streams equivalent to a sale.[2] Ellie Goulding was the first artist to top the chart in the decade with her cover of Joni Mitchell's song "River".
The following singles have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s:[3] [4]
| nth single to top the UK Singles Chart | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Return of a single to number one | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best-selling single of the year | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue align=center | Best-selling single of the decade--> |
| scope=col | scope=col style="width:19em;" | Artist | scope=col | Single | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Week ending date | scope=col | Weeks at number one | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1361 | Ellie Goulding | "River" | Polydor | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1362 | Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy | "Own It" | Atlantic/Merky | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1363 | Eminem featuring Juice Wrld | "Godzilla" | Interscope | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1364 | Lewis Capaldi | "Before You Go" | EMI | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1365 | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | Republic | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1366 | Billie Eilish | "No Time to Die" | Interscope | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | Republic | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1367 | Saint Jhn | "Roses" | B1/Hitco/Ministry of Sound | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | Republic | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1368 | Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir | "You'll Never Walk Alone" | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1369 | BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Allstars | "Times Like These" | BBC/Columbia | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1370 | Drake | "Toosie Slide" | Republic/OVO | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1371 | DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | "Rockstar" | Interscope | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1372 | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande | "Rain on Me" | Interscope | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | "Rockstar" | Interscope | 4 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1373 | Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo | "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" | Columbia | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1374 | Joel Corry and MNEK | "Head & Heart" | Asylum/Perfect Havoc | 6 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1375 | Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion | "WAP" | Atlantic | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1376 | 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior | "Mood" | Columbia | 4 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1377 | Internet Money featuring Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav | "Lemonade" | Internet Money/TenThousand | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1378 | Ariana Grande | "Positions" | Republic | 6 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1379 | Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Columbia | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1380 | LadBaby | "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" | Frtyfve | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1381 | Wham! | "Last Christmas" | RCA | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1382 | Little Mix | "Sweet Melody" | RCA | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1383 | Olivia Rodrigo | "Drivers License" | Interscope | 9 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1384 | Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted | "Wellerman" | Polydor | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1385 | Lil Nas X | "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" | Columbia | 5 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1386 | Tion Wayne and Russ Millions | "Body" | Atlantic | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1387 | Olivia Rodrigo | "Good 4 U" | Geffen | 5 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1388 | Ed Sheeran | "Bad Habits" | Asylum | 11 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1389 | "Shivers" | Asylum | 4 | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1390 | Elton John and Dua Lipa | "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" | EMI | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1391 | Adele | "Easy on Me" | Columbia | 7 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1392 | Ed Sheeran and Elton John | "Merry Christmas" | Atlantic | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1393 | LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John | "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" | Frtyfve | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Ed Sheeran and Elton John | "Merry Christmas" | Atlantic | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | "Easy on Me" | Columbia | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1394 | Gayle | "ABCDEFU" | Atlantic | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1395 | "We Don't Talk About Bruno" | Walt Disney | 7 | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1396 | Dave | "Starlight" | Dave/Neighbourhood | 4 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1397 | Harry Styles | "As It Was" | Columbia | 10 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1398 | Kate Bush | "Running Up That Hill" | Fish People | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1399 | LF System | "Afraid to Feel" | Warner Music UK | 8 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1400 | Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal | "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" | Rosebud/Warner Music UK | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1401 | Lewis Capaldi | "Forget Me" | Vertigo | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1402 | David Guetta and Bebe Rexha | "I'm Good (Blue)" | Warner Music UK | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1403 | Sam Smith and Kim Petras | "Unholy" | EMI | 4 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1404 | Taylor Swift | "Anti-Hero" | EMI | 6 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Columbia | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Wham! | "Last Christmas" | RCA | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1405 | LadBaby | "Food Aid" | Frtyfve | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Wham! | "Last Christmas" | RCA | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1406 | Raye featuring 070 Shake | "Escapism" | Human Re Sources | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1407 | Lewis Capaldi | "Pointless" | Vertigo | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1408 | Miley Cyrus | "Flowers" | Columbia | 10 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1409 | Ed Sheeran | "Eyes Closed" | Asylum | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1410 | Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding | "Miracle" | Sony | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1411 | Lewis Capaldi | "Wish You the Best" | Vertigo | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding | "Miracle" | Sony | 6 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1412 | Dave and Central Cee | "Sprinter" | Live Yours/Neighbourhood | 10 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1413 | Billie Eilish | "What Was I Made For?" | Interscope | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1414 | Dua Lipa | "Dance the Night" | Warner | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1415 | Olivia Rodrigo | "Vampire" | Geffen | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1416 | Doja Cat | "Paint the Town Red" | Ministry of Sound | 5 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1417 | Kenya Grace | "Strangers" | Warner | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1418 | Taylor Swift | "Is It Over Now?" | EMI | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1419 | The Beatles | "Now and Then" | Apple | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1420 | Jack Harlow | "Lovin on Me" | Atlantic | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Wham! | "Last Christmas" | RCA | 4 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1421 | Noah Kahan | "Stick Season" | Republic | 7 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1422 | Beyoncé | "Texas Hold 'Em" | Columbia/Parkwood | 4 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1423 | Benson Boone | "Beautiful Things" | Night Street/Warner | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Beyoncé | "Texas Hold 'Em" | Columbia/Parkwood | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center; | 1424 | Hozier | "Too Sweet" | Rubyworks/Island/Columbia | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1425 | Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone | "Fortnight" | EMI | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1426 | Sabrina Carpenter | "Espresso" | Island | 5 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1427 | Eminem | "Houdini" | Interscope | 2 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1428 | Sabrina Carpenter | "Please Please Please" | Island | 3 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | "Espresso" | Island | 2 | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | "Please Please Please" | Island | 2 | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1429 | Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish | "Guess" | Atlantic | 1 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1430 | Chase & Status and Stormzy | "Backbone" | EMI | 1 |
Thirteen artists have at least two number-one singles during the 2020s.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Number ones | scope=col | Songs | scope=col | Notes |
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| Lewis Capaldi | 4 | rowspan="4" | |||||
| Taylor Swift | 3 | ||||||
| Billie Eilish | |||||||
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| Dave | |||||||
| Dua Lipa | |||||||
| Eminem | |||||||
| Sabrina Carpenter | |||||||
| Stormzy |
The following songs spent at least six weeks at number one during the 2020s.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Song | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sheeran | "Bad Habits" | 11 | |||
| Harry Styles | "As It Was | 10 | |||
| Miley Cyrus | "Flowers" | ||||
| Dave and Central Cee | "Sprinter" | ||||
| Olivia Rodrigo | "Drivers License" | 9 | |||
| The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | 8 | |||
| Adele | "Easy on Me" | ||||
| LF System | "Afraid to Feel" | ||||
| Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding | "Miracle" | ||||
| "We Don't Talk About Bruno" | 7 | ||||
| Wham! | "Last Christmas" | ||||
| Noah Kahan | "Stick Season" | ||||
| Sabrina Carpenter | "Espresso" | ||||
| DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | "Rockstar" | 6 | |||
| Joel Corry and MNEK | "Head & Heart" | ||||
| Ariana Grande | "Positions" | ||||
| Taylor Swift | "Anti-Hero" | ||||
The following artists have all spent a total of six or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2020s.
| Artist | Weeks at number one | Songs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sheeran | 23 |
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| Olivia Rodrigo | 15 | rowspan="24" | |
| Dave | 14 | ||
| Sabrina Carpenter | 12 | ||
| Harry Styles | 10 | ||
| Miley Cyrus | |||
| Central Cee | |||
| Ellie Goulding | 9 | ||
| Taylor Swift | 8 | ||
| The Weeknd | |||
| Adele | |||
| LF System | |||
| Calvin Harris | |||
| Ariana Grande | 7 | ||
| Noah Kahan | |||
| Carolina Gaitán | |||
| Mauro Castillo | |||
| Adassa | |||
| Rhenzy Feliz | |||
| Diane Guerrero | |||
| Stephanie Beatriz | |||
| Wham! | |||
| Joel Corry | 6 | ||
| DaBaby | |||
| MNEK | |||
| Roddy Ricch |
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Ten record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart during the 2020s.
| scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Number ones | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Records | 9 | 42 | |||
| Republic Records | 5 | 24 | |||
| Asylum Records | 4 | 22 | |||
| Interscope Records | 6 | 20 | |||
| EMI | 7 | 16 | |||
| Geffen Records | 3 | 15 | |||
| Warner Music UK | 6 | 14 | |||
| Atlantic Records | 5 | 13 | |||
| Neighbourhood | 2 | 13 | |||
| Island Records | 2 | 12 |