The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2] [3] Since 2014, the singles chart has been based on both sales and streaming, with the ratio altered in 2017 to 150:1 streams and only three singles by the same artist eligible for the chart.[4] [5] From July 2018, video streams from YouTube Music and Spotify among others began to be counted for the Official Charts. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2024, as well as singles which peaked in 2023 and 2025 but were in the top 10 in 2024. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Sixty-six singles have been in the top ten so far this year (as of 29 August 2024, week ending). Fourteen singles from 2023 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee, "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Bublé were the songs from 2023 to reach their peak in 2024. Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Artemas, Dasha and Sabrina Carpenter are among the many artists who have achieved their first top 10 single so far in 2024.
Country music dominated the UK Singles Chart during the first half of 2024, with an unprecedented seven country music songs entering the top ten in the space of four months, with "Texas Hold 'Em" by Beyoncé and "Please Please Please" by Sabrina Carpenter both reaching number-one.
The 2023 Christmas number-one, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, remained at number-one for the first week of 2024. The first new number-one single of the year was "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan. Overall, ten different songs have peaked at number-one so far in 2024, with Sabrina Carpenter (2) having the most songs hit that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.
Sixty-six singles have charted in the top 10 so far in 2024 (as of 29 August 2024, week ending), with fifty-six singles reaching their peak so far this year (including the re-entries "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Merry Christmas" and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
On 5 January 2024 (11 January 2024, week ending), Sophie Ellis-Bextor returned to the UK top-ten for the first time since 2007, when her 2001 hit "Murder on the Dancefloor" re-entered the chart at number 8. The song, which originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release, witnessed a resurgence in popularity following its use in the film Saltburn. The song also experienced its best ever streaming week, earning 293,000 weekly streams.[6] "Murder on the Dancefloor" reclaimed its 2001 peak of number 2 the following week, and surpassed the previous week's best for Ellis-Bextor by earning the most one-week streams since its release, with 4.7 million UK streams over the previous seven days.[7]
On 2 February 2024 (8 February 2024, week ending), Madonna secured her first UK top 10 single since "Celebration" in September 2009, thanks to her inclusion on "Popular", also featuring The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, after the song climbed to number 10 in the chart, having spent a total of 12 non-consecutive weeks inside the top 40 before finally breaking into the upper echelons of the chart. Madonna also earned her 64th top 10 hit in the process, extending her record as the female artist with the most UK top 10 singles.[8]
On 16 February 2024 (22 February 2024, week ending), Noah Kahan claimed the coveted Chart Double after his album Stick Season climbed to number-one in the UK Albums Chart while the album's title track of the same name spent its seventh consecutive week at number-one in the UK Singles Chart.[9]
On 23 February 2024 (29 February 2024, week ending), Beyoncé rose to the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Texas Hold 'Em" after debuting at number 9 the week before. The song became Beyoncé's fifth UK number-one as a solo artist (eighth overall) and her first number-one single in fourteen years, since "Telephone" (a collaboration with Lady Gaga) topped the charts in March 2010.[10] The song initially spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, becoming Beyoncé's longest-running UK number-one single to date,[11] before returning to number-one for a fifth non-consecutive week on 5 April 2024 (11 April 2024, week ending), after the album Cowboy Carter debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart, marking the second time that Beyoncé had secured the UK Chart Double.[12]
Taylor Swift's dominance of the UK Singles Chart continued into 2024. On 26 April 2024 (2 May 2024, week ending), three tracks from her album The Tortured Poets Department debuted inside the top 5 of the chart, including her duet with Post Malone, "Fortnight", which became her fourth UK number-one single, whilst The Tortured Poets Department debuted at number-one in the UK Albums Chart, thus giving Swift her third Chart Double. "Fortnight" also became Malone's first number-one single in almost seven years, since "Rockstar" topped the charts in 2017.[13] On 3 May 2024 (9 May 2024, week ending), a fourth track from The Tortured Poets Department, "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart", entered the top 10 at number 8.[14]
On 7 June 2024 (13 June 2024, week ending), Eminem's "Houdini" debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming his eleventh number-one single in the United Kingdom, making it on the par with Calvin Harris. During its first week of release, the single accumulated 104,800 chart units, including 13.3 million streams, the biggest opening week for a single of 2024 so far.[15] The song remained at number-one the following week, and became Eminem's first single to spend two weeks at the top of the UK charts.[16]
On 21 June 2024 (27 June 2024, week ending), Sabrina Carpenter, at 25 years, 1 month and 10 days old, became the youngest female artist to occupy the number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart simultaneously, after "Please Please Please" climbed to the top spot whilst her former chart-topper "Espresso" held at the runner-up position. "Please Please Please" was also the UK’s most-streamed song of the week, totalling 9.8 million combined streams, whilst "Espresso" came second, with 8.1 million.[17] On 5 July 2024 (11 July 2024, week ending), Carpenter set yet another record by becoming the first-ever female artist to secure three consecutive weeks at number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart concurrently. She also became only the second act to achieve this feat after The Beatles, who achieved the same feat on two occasions, managing three consecutive weeks at numbers one and two in 1963 with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" and again in 1967 with "Hello Goodbye" and Magical Mystery Tour (EP).[18] She extended her record to four consecutive weeks on 12 July 2024 (18 July 2024, week ending), whilst "Please Please Please" was dethroned from the summit and "Espresso" rebounded to number-one for a sixth non-consecutive week,[19] then set another record on 19 July 2024 (25 July 2024, week ending), when she became the first-ever female artist to occupy the top two spots of the UK chart for five consecutive weeks, and only the second to ever do so, after Ed Sheeran.[20]
On 9 August 2024 (15 August 2024, week ending), Charli XCX debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Guess" which became her second UK number-one single, and first in eleven years since "I Love It" (with Icona Pop) reached the summit in 2013. The song also includes an appearance by Billie Eilish, who secured her third UK number-one single following 2020's "No Time to Die" and 2023's "What Was I Made For?".[21]
On 16 August 2024 (22 August 2024, week ending), "Backbone", a collaboration by Chase & Status and Stormzy, debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, and became the first UK number-one single for Chase & Status and the fourth for Stormzy. "Backbone" was the most-streamed track in the UK during its first week of release, accumulating 6.4 million streams.[22]
Twenty-two artists have achieved their first charting top ten single so far in 2024, either as a lead or featured artist.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top ten solo single.
| Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Gillies | 1 | "DNA (Loving You)" | 9 | - | |
| Hannah Boleyn | |||||
| Sexyy Red | 1 | "Rich Baby Daddy" | 10 | - | |
| Teddy Swims | 1 | "Lose Control" | 2 | - | |
| Playboi Carti | 2 | "Popular" | 10 | "Carnival" (5) | |
| Benson Boone | 1 | "Beautiful Things" | 1 | - | |
| YG Marley | 1 | "Praise Jah in the Moonlight" | 5 | - | |
| Djo | 1 | "End of Beginning" | 4 | - | |
| Rich the Kid | 1 | "Carnival" | 5 | - | |
| Michael Marcagi | 1 | "Scared to Start" | 9 | - | |
| Artemas | 1 | "I Like the Way You Kiss Me" | 3 | - | |
| Dasha | 1 | "Austin" | 5 | - | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | 2 | "Espresso" | 1 | "Please Please Please" (1) | |
| Shaboozey | 1 | "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" | 3 | - | |
| Tommy Richman | 1 | "Million Dollar Baby" | 3 | - | |
| Morgan Wallen | 1 | "I Had Some Help" | 2 | - | |
| Myles Smith | 1 | "Stargazing" | 4 | - | |
| Chappell Roan | 1 | "Good Luck, Babe!" | 2 | - | |
| BL3SS | 1 | "Kisses" | 7 | - | |
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| Jordan Adetunji | 1 | "Kehlani" | 9 | - |
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| ‡ | Single peaked in 2023 but still in chart in 2024. | |
| ♦ | Single released in 2024 but peaked in 2025. | |
| (#) | Year-end top-ten single position and rank | |
| Entered | The date that the single first appeared in the chart. | |
| Peak | Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2024, including singles that reached their peak in 2023. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2024 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Singles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Taylor Swift | 16 | "Cruel Summer", "Fortnight", "The Tortured Poets Department", "Down Bad", "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" |
| 4 | Billie Eilish | 14* | "Lunch", "Chihiro" "Birds of a Feather", "Guess" |
| 3 | Ariana Grande | 14 | "Santa Tell Me", "Yes, And?", "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" |
| Beyoncé | 11 | "Texas Hold 'Em", "Jolene", "II Most Wanted" | |
| Dua Lipa | 10 | "Houdini", "Training Season", "Illusion" | |
| 2 | Noah Kahan | 15 | "Stick Season", "Homesick" |
| Sabrina Carpenter | 17 | "Espresso", "Please Please Please" | |
| 13 | "Fortnight", "I Had Some Help" | ||
| Playboi Carti | 5 | "Popular", "Carnival" | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 7 | "Like That", "Not Like Us" | |
| Charli XCX | 3* | "Guess", "Apple" | |