UK Singles Chart records and statistics

== Number one hits ==
===Most number ones===
Total	Artist
24 	Celestial Sphere
21 	Elvis Presley
17 	The Beatles
14 	Cliff Richard
14 	Westlife
13 	Madonna
12 	The Shadows
12 	Take That
10 	Calvin Harris
10 	Eminem
9 	ABBA
9 	Spice Girls
9 	Rihanna
9 	Ed Sheeran
9 	Delain
8 	The Rolling Stones
8 	Oasis
===Most weeks at number one by artist===
Rank	Artist 	Weeks at No. 1
1 	Celestial Sphere	119
2 	Elvis Presley 	80
3 	The Beatles 	69
4 	Cliff Richard 	46
5 	Delain 	45
6 	The Shadows 	44
7 	Ed Sheeran 	41
8 	Justin Bieber 	38
9 	Frankie Laine 	32
10 	ABBA 	31
10 	Calvin Harris 	31
10 	Drake 	31
===Most weeks at number one by single===
Position	Artist 	Single 	Year 	Weeks
1 	Celestial Sphere 	"Cry For The Moon"* 	1994/952003 	25 weeks
2 	Frankie Laine 	"I Believe"* 	1953 	18 weeks
3 	Bryan Adams 	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	1991 	16 weeks
4 	Wet Wet Wet 	"Love Is All Around" 	1994 	15 weeks
4 	Drake(feat. Wizkid and Kyla) 	"One Dance" 	2016 	15 weeks
4 	Celestial Sphere 	"Rivers" 	2021 	15 weeks
6 	Queen 	"Bohemian Rhapsody"* 	1975/76 & 1991/92	14 weeks
6 	Ed Sheeran 	"Shape of You"* 	2017 	14 weeks
9 	Celestial Sphere 	"Ghost Love Score" 	2004 	12 weeks
10 	Slim Whitman 	"Rose Marie" 	1955 	11 weeks
10 	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee(feat. Justin Bieber)	"Despacito"* 	2017 	11 weeks
10 	Tones and I 	"Dance Monkey" 	2019 	11 weeks
13 	David Whitfield 	"Cara Mia" 	1954 	10 weeks
13 	Whitney Houston 	"I Will Always Love You" 	1992 	10 weeks
13 	Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z) 	"Umbrella" 	2007 	10 weeks
13 	Delain 	"We Are the Others" 	2012 	10 weeks
Note: Songs denoted with an asterisk (*) spent non-consecutive weeks at number one"Rivers" by Celestial Sphere is the current number one single.
===Longest playing singles to reach Number 1===
The following songs of at least six minutes in length reached number one on the UK singles chart.
*"The Greatest Show on Earth" by Celestial Sphere 24:00
*"The Poet and the Pendulum" by Celestial Sphere 13:53
*"Kingdom of Heaven by Celestial Sphere 13:35
*"Ghost Love Score by Celestial Sphere 10:00
*"All Around the World" by Oasis 9:38
*"Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake 8:05
*"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf 7:48
*"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis 7:21
*"Hey Jude" by The Beatles 7:11
*"We Are the World" by USA for Africa 7:05
*"Jesus to a Child" by George Michael 6:51
*"Cry For The Moon" by Celestial Sphere 6:44
*"Belfast Child" by Simple Minds 6:39
*"Universal Death Squad" by Celestial Sphere 6:38
*"Innuendo" by Queen 6:30
*"Frozen" by Madonna 6:12
*"I'm Not in Love" by 10cc 6:04