# List of artists by number of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones

The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each song's weekly physical sales, digital downloads (since 2007) and streams (since 2015), and is currently published every Friday. The chart was first published on 9 October 1994, when American hard rock band Bon Jovi was number one with the Cross Road single "Always".
As of the chart ending on 6 March 2025, a total of 393 songs have topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. 11 artists have topped the chart with eight or more different songs. The most successful are American group Foo Fighters and British rock band Muse who have both reached number one with 15 different songs. Five more artists have topped the chart with ten or more different songs: Linkin Park has 14 while Bon Jovi, My Chemical Romance and Bring Me the Horizon with 12 each, and Nickelback with 11. The Current Number-One is "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls.

## Artists

The following artists have been credited on at least eight different number one songs, as recognised by the OCC.
Key :
| † | Indicates that the song reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart |
| Artist | Number-one songs | Total weeks at number one | Songs | Record label(s) | First reached number one | Weeks at number one |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" | Mushroom | 1 December 2001 | 1 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Time Is Running Out" † | East West | 20 September 2003 | 1 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Hysteria" | East West | 13 December 2003 | 1 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Supermassive Black Hole" † | A&E | 1 July 2006 | 5 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Starlight" | Helium 3 Warner Bros. | 16 September 2006 | 4 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Knights of Cydonia" † | Helium 3 Warner Bros. | 9 December 2006 | 2 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Invincible" | Helium 3 Warner Bros. | 21 April 2007 | 2 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Feeling Good" | A&E | 7 February 2009 | 11 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Undisclosed Desires" | Warner Bros. | 28 November 2009 | 4 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Resistance" | Warner Bros. | 6 March 2010 | 3 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Psycho" | Helium 3 Warner Bros. | 28 March 2015 | 1 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Dead Inside" | Helium 3 Warner Bros. | 4 April 2015 | 2 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Mercy" | Helium 3 Warner Bros. | 30 May 2015 | 1 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Thought Contagion" | Warner Bros. | 1 March 2018 | 1 |
| Muse | 15 | 40 | "Won't Stand Down" | Warner Bros. | 27 January 2022 | 1 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "I'll Stick Around" | Roswell | 16 September 1995 | 1 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Big Me" | Roswell | 6 April 1996 | 1 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Monkey Wrench" | Roswell | 10 May 1997 | 3 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "All My Life" † | RCA | 19 October 2002 | 2 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Times Like These" | RCA | 18 January 2003 | 2 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Best of You" † | RCA | 11 June 2005 | 5 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "DOA" | RCA | 17 September 2005 | 1 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun" | RCA | 25 March 2006 | 1 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Long Road to Ruin" | RCA | 15 December 2007 | 4 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Walk" | RCA | 25 June 2011 | 3 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Arlandria" | RCA | 17 September 2011 | 2 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Something from Nothing" | RCA | 22 November 2014 | 2 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Run" | RCA | 15 June 2017 | 2 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" | Columbia | 28 September 2017 | 3 |
| Foo Fighters | 15 | 32 | "Making a Fire" | Columbia | 18 February 2021 | 1 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Papercut" | Warner Bros. | 30 June 2001 | 4 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "In the End" † | Warner Bros. | 20 October 2001 | 1 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Pts.OF.Athrty" † | Warner Bros. | 3 August 2002 | 1 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Somewhere I Belong" † | Warner Bros. | 29 March 2003 | 5 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "What I've Done" † | Warner Bros. | 19 May 2007 | 5 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Bleed It Out" | Warner Bros. | 1 September 2007 | 2 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "New Divide" | Warner Bros. | 20 June 2009 | 13 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "The Catalyst" | Warner Bros. | 18 September 2010 | 3 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Rolling in the Deep" (live) | Warner Bros. | 16 July 2011 | 1 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Burn It Down" | Warner Bros. | 28 April 2012 | 7 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Until It's Gone" | Warner Bros. | 17 May 2014 | 2 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Numb" | Warner Bros. | 3 August 2017 | 5 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "Lost" | Warner Bros. | 17 February 2023 | 1 |
| Linkin Park | 14 | 56 | "The Emptiness Machine" † | Warner Bros. | 13 September 2024 | 6 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Always" † | Mercury | 15 October 1994 | 2 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "This Ain't a Love Song" † | Mercury | 10 June 1995 | 4 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Something for the Pain" † | Mercury | 30 September 1995 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "These Days" † | Mercury | 9 March 1996 | 3 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Hey God" | Mercury | 6 July 1996 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Real Life" | Reprise | 10 April 1999 | 3 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Thank You for Loving Me" | Mercury | 9 December 2000 | 3 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "One Wild Night" † | Mercury | 19 May 2001 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Everyday" † | Mercury | 28 September 2002 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "All About Lovin' You" † | Mercury | 24 May 2003 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "(You Want To) Make a Memory" | Mercury | 7 July 2007 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi | 12 | 31 | "Livin' on a Prayer" † | Mercury | 28 February 2009 | 11 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Helena" | Reprise | 4 June 2005 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "The Ghost of You" | Reprise | 10 September 2005 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Welcome to the Black Parade" † | Reprise | 21 October 2006 | 9 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Famous Last Words" † | Reprise | 3 February 2007 | 6 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Desolation Row" | Reprise | 21 February 2009 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" | Reprise | 20 November 2010 | 4 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Planetary (Go!)" | Reprise | 9 April 2011 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Sing" | Reprise | 16 April 2011 | 4 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "The World Is Ugly" | Reprise | 29 December 2012 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Kiss the Ring" | Reprise | 19 January 2013 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "Fake Your Death" | Reprise | 1 March 2014 | 1 |
| My Chemical Romance | 12 | 31 | "The Foundations of Decay" | Warner | 20 May 2022 | 1 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Drown" | RCA | 20 December 2014 | 1 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Happy Song" | RCA | 23 July 2015 | 2 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Throne" | RCA | 6 August 2015 | 13 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "True Friends" | RCA | 3 December 2015 | 1 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Follow You" | RCA | 31 March 2016 | 1 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Mantra" | RCA | 30 August 2018 | 1 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Parasite Eve" | RCA | 9 July 2020 | 2 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Obey" | RCA | 17 September 2020 | 2 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Teardrops" | RCA | 30 October 2020 | 2 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Die4U" | RCA | 24 September 2021 | 2 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Lost" | RCA | 12 May 2023 | 1 |
| Bring Me the Horizon | 12 | 28 | "Kool-Aid" | RCA | 12 January 2024 | 1 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "How You Remind Me" † | Roadrunner | 9 March 2002 | 12 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Too Bad" † | Roadrunner | 31 August 2002 | 3 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Someday" † | Roadrunner | 27 September 2003 | 1 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" | Roadrunner | 27 March 2004 | 1 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Photograph" | Roadrunner | 8 October 2005 | 5 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Far Away" | Roadrunner | 25 February 2006 | 1 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Rockstar" † | Roadrunner | 24 November 2007 | 26 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "Gotta Be Somebody" | Roadrunner | 29 November 2008 | 5 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "I'd Come for You" | Roadrunner | 4 April 2009 | 2 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "If Today Was Your Last Day" | Roadrunner | 13 June 2009 | 1 |
| Nickelback | 11 | 60 | "When We Stand Together" | Roadrunner | 3 December 2011 | 3 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Stuck with Me" | Reprise | 27 January 1996 | 1 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Hitchin' a Ride" | Reprise | 11 October 1997 | 5 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Minority" | Reprise | 30 September 2000 | 4 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Warning" | Reprise | 23 December 2000 | 3 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "American Idiot" † | Reprise | 25 September 2004 | 5 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" † | Reprise | 11 December 2004 | 10 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Holiday" | Reprise | 26 March 2005 | 4 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Wake Me Up When September Ends" † | Reprise | 25 June 2005 | 7 |
| Green Day | 9 | 39 | "Bang Bang" | Reprise | 25 August 2016 | 1 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" † | Def Jam | 16 February 2013 | 8 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "The Phoenix" | Def Jam | 13 April 2013 | 1 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "Alone Together" | Def Jam | 31 August 2013 | 2 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "Young Volcanoes" | Def Jam | 9 November 2013 | 5 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "Centuries" | Island | 20 September 2014 | 27 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "Irresistible" | Def Jam | 17 January 2015 | 5 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "Uma Thurman" | Def Jam | 24 January 2015 | 4 |
| Fall Out Boy | 8 | 53 | "Immortals" | Def Jam | 13 June 2015 | 1 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "Until It Sleeps" † | Vertigo | 1 June 1996 | 2 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "Hero of the Day" | Vertigo | 28 September 1996 | 5 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "Mama Said" | Vertigo | 7 December 1996 | 1 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "The Memory Remains" | Vertigo | 22 November 1997 | 11 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "The Unforgiven II" | Vertigo | 7 March 1998 | 11 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "Whiskey in the Jar" | Vertigo | 27 February 1999 | 2 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "Enter Sandman" † | Vertigo | 12 July 2014 | 1 |
| Metallica | 8 | 38 | "Master of Puppets" | Vertigo | 8 July 2022 | 6 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "Man on the Edge" † | EMI | 7 October 1995 | 1 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "The Wicker Man" † | EMI | 20 May 2000 | 2 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "Wildest Dreams" † | EMI | 13 September 2003 | 1 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "Rainmaker" | EMI | 6 December 2003 | 1 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "The Number of the Beast" (live) † | EMI | 15 January 2005 | 2 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "The Trooper" (live) † | EMI | 27 August 2005 | 2 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "Different World" † | EMI | 6 January 2007 | 2 |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 12 | "The Number of the Beast" | EMI | 27 December 2014 | 1 |