List of UK top-ten singles in 2024 explained

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.

Background

Chart debuts

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).

"Murder on the Dancefloor" returns to the top-ten

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]

Madonna secures first UK top 10 single in fifteen years

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]

Noah Kahan claims coveted Chart Double

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]

Beyoncé earns first UK number-one single in fourteen years and later secures second Chart Double

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 chart dominance continues as she secures her third Chart Double

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]

Eminem achieves eleventh UK number-one single

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]

Sabrina Carpenter sets records as she occupies number one and number two spots in UK chart

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]

Charli XCX earns first number-one single in eleven years

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]

Chase & Status secure first-ever number-one single

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]

Chart debuts

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.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Billy Gillies1"DNA (Loving You)"9 -
Hannah Boleyn
Sexyy Red1"Rich Baby Daddy"10 -
Teddy Swims1"Lose Control"2 -
Playboi Carti2"Popular"10"Carnival" (5)
Benson Boone1"Beautiful Things"1 -
YG Marley1"Praise Jah in the Moonlight"5 -
Djo1"End of Beginning"4 -
Rich the Kid1"Carnival"5 -
Michael Marcagi1"Scared to Start"9 -
Artemas1"I Like the Way You Kiss Me"3 -
Dasha1"Austin"5 -
Sabrina Carpenter2"Espresso"1"Please Please Please" (1)
Shaboozey1"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"3 -
Tommy Richman1"Million Dollar Baby"3 -
Morgan Wallen1"I Had Some Help"2 -
Myles Smith1"Stargazing"4 -
Chappell Roan1"Good Luck, Babe!"2 -
BL3SS1"Kisses"7 -
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Jordan Adetunji1"Kehlani"9 -
Notes¥$ was an American hip hop supergroup composed of rapper Kanye West and singer Ty Dolla Sign, both of whom had UK top 10 singles, either as solo artists or as part of collaborations with other artists. Perrie and Jade both earned their first UK top 10 singles as solo artists in 2024 with "Forget About Us" and "Angel of My Dreams", respectively. These also became their first top 10 hits since the UK girl band Little Mix announced their hiatus in May 2022.

Top-ten singles

Key
SymbolMeaning
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
EnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
data-sort-type="number" Weeks
in
top
10
SingleArtistdata-sort-type="number" PeakPeak
reached
(week ending)
data-sort-type="number" Weeks
at
peak
Singles in 2023
29"Cruel Summer" ‡ Taylor Swift21
22"Prada" ‡ Cassö, Raye & D-Block Europe25
20"Greedy" ‡ Tate McRae34
12"Water" ‡ Tyla41
24"Stick Season" Noah Kahan17
12"Lovin on Me" ‡ Jack Harlow13
7"Houdini" ‡ Dua Lipa21
5"Last Christmas" ‡ Wham!14
5"All I Want for Christmas Is You" ‡ Mariah Carey21
4"Fairytale of New York" ‡ featuring Kirsty MacColl 41
4"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee51
4"Merry Christmas" Ed Sheeran & Elton John41
4"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Michael Bublé71
3"You're Christmas to Me" ‡Sam Ryder22
Singles in 2024
1"Santa Tell Me" Ariana Grande81
1"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" Andy Williams91
7"Murder on the Dancefloor" Sophie Ellis-Bextor25
2"DNA (Loving You)"Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn 91
1"Rich Baby Daddy"Drake featuring Sexyy Red & SZA 101
18"Lose Control"Teddy Swims22
9"Yes, And?" Ariana Grande21
2"Homesick"Noah Kahan & Sam Fender51
1"Popular"The Weeknd, Playboi Carti & Madonna101
17"Beautiful Things"Benson Boone12
5"Praise Jah in the Moonlight"YG Marley51
11"Texas Hold 'Em"Beyoncé15
5"Training Season"Dua Lipa41
7"End of Beginning"Djo42
4"Carnival"¥$ featuring Rich the Kid & Playboi Carti51
1"Alibi"Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental 101
6"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"Ariana Grande21
3"Scared to Start" Michael Marcagi92
2"Like That"Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar61
9"Too Sweet"Hozier12
1"Obsessed"Olivia Rodrigo101
7"I Like the Way You Kiss Me"Artemas31
1"Jolene"Beyoncé81
1"II Most Wanted"Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus91
20*"Austin"Dasha51
16"Espresso"Sabrina Carpenter17
1"Illusion"Dua Lipa91
1"Forget About Us"Perrie101
5"Fortnight" Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone 11
1"The Tortured Poets Department"Taylor Swift31
2"Down Bad"41
14*"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" Shaboozey37
1"I Can Do It with a Broken Heart"Taylor Swift81
6"Million Dollar Baby" Tommy Richman31
5"Not Like Us" Kendrick Lamar61
10"I Had Some Help"Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen 21
4"Lunch"Billie Eilish22
1"Chihiro"71
14*"Birds of a Feather"22
5"Band4Band" Central Cee & Lil Baby31
12"Stargazing"Myles Smith41
10"Houdini"Eminem12
9"Please Please Please"Sabrina Carpenter15
9*"Good Luck, Babe!"Chappell Roan21
1"Three Lions" Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds81
1"Who"Jimin41
2"Angel of My Dreams" Jade71
4*"Kisses"BL3SS & CamrinWatsin featuring bbyclose 61
3*"Guess"Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish 11
3*"Apple"Charli XCX82
3*"Kehlani"Jordan Adetunji92
2*"Backbone"Chase & Status & Stormzy11
1*"Die with a Smile"Lady Gaga & Bruno MarsTBA1

Entries by artist

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.

EntriesArtistWeeksSingles
5Taylor Swift16"Cruel Summer", "Fortnight", "The Tortured Poets Department", "Down Bad", "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart"
4Billie Eilish14*"Lunch", "Chihiro" "Birds of a Feather", "Guess"
3Ariana Grande14"Santa Tell Me", "Yes, And?", "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
Beyoncé11"Texas Hold 'Em", "Jolene", "II Most Wanted"
Dua Lipa10"Houdini", "Training Season", "Illusion"
2Noah Kahan15"Stick Season", "Homesick"
Sabrina Carpenter17"Espresso", "Please Please Please"
13"Fortnight", "I Had Some Help"
Playboi Carti5"Popular", "Carnival"
Kendrick Lamar7"Like That", "Not Like Us"
Charli XCX3*"Guess", "Apple"

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
  2. Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums. 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. . 18th .
  3. Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.
  4. Web site: Official Singles Chart rules are changing to help new bands break through. 26 June 2017. Newsbeat. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Official Charts Company changes conversion rate to reflect rise in streaming. Ben. Homewood. 19 December 2016. Music Week. 20 January 2017.
  6. Web site: Griffiths. George. January 5, 2024. The Saltburn Effect! Sophie Ellis-Bextor on Murder on the Dancefloor's Top 10 return: “Thank you for this magical adventure!”. January 5, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  7. Web site: Smith. Carl. January 12, 2024. Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor reclaims UK chart peak amid Saltburn resurgence. January 12, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  8. Web site: Griffiths. George. February 2, 2024. Madonna celebrates landmark 64th UK Top 10 single, and first in 15 years. February 2, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  9. Web site: Smith. Carl. February 16, 2024. The season of Noah Kahan! Vermont singer-songwriter celebrates the Official Chart Double. February 16, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  10. Web site: Griffiths. George. February 23, 2024. Beyoncé’s TEXAS HOLD ‘EM lassoes itself to Number 1 – becomes superstar’s first UK chart-topper in 14 years. February 23, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  11. Web site: Griffiths. George. March 15, 2024. TEXAS HOLD ‘EM becomes Beyoncé’s longest-running UK Number 1 single. March 15, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  12. Web site: Griffiths. George. April 5, 2024. Beyoncé is first black artist ever to take country album to Number 1 in the UK. April 5, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  13. Web site: Smith. Carl. April 26, 2024. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department secures UK’s biggest opening week in seven years. April 26, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  14. Web site: Griffiths. George. May 3, 2024. Sabrina Carpenter gets major caffeine hit! Espresso is her first UK Number 1 single. May 3, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  15. Web site: Smith. Carl. June 7, 2024. Eminem nets biggest opening week of 2024 so far as Houdini hits Number 1. June 7, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  16. Web site: Griffiths. George. June 14, 2024. Eminem hits personal best with Houdini's second week at Number 1. June 14, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  17. Web site: Smith. Carl. June 21, 2024. Sabrina Carpenter makes UK Official Chart history as Please Please Please claims Number 1. June 21, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  18. Web site: Smith. Carl. July 5, 2024. Sabrina Carpenter becomes first female artist in chart history to secure three consecutive weeks at Numbers 1 and 2 concurrently. July 5, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  19. Web site: Griffiths. George. July 12, 2024. Sabrina Carpenter replaces herself at Number 1 as Espresso returns to the top. July 12, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  20. Web site: Griffiths. George. July 19, 2024. Sabrina Carpenter makes history (again!) as Espresso hits Number 1 for a seventh week. July 19, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  21. Web site: Griffiths. George. August 9, 2024. Charli xcx and Billie Eilish debut at Number 1 with Guess remix. August 9, 2024. Official Charts Company.
  22. Web site: Griffiths. George. August 16, 2024. Chase & Status and Stormzy’s BACKBONE debuts at Number 1: “It couldn't get any better for us” . August 16, 2024. Official Charts Company.