List of artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones

This is a list of artists and the titles of their number-one singles in order of total number-one singles in the UK Singles Chart since it began in 1952.
The UK singles chart is currently compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) and to qualify for entry on the list, the artist in question must have been individually credited as an artist on four or more number one singles. Simply playing or singing on a single is not counted (for example as part of a group or supergroup), so, for example Clem Cattini, a prolific session musician who has played on over 40 number ones, is not included. Also not included are The Jordanaires, who were credited on 11 number ones with Elvis Presley between 1957 and 1963 by The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles (who based their data on the record's label info and the catalogue numbers of the chart hit) but not currently by the OCC. Unlike The Shadows, who had 7 number ones backing Cliff Richard (including one using their original name, the Drifters), The Jordanaires never charted in their own right and so did not get their own entry in the OCC database. In addition, the OCC's database fails to credit JLS and One Direction as featured artists on The X Factor contestants' cover of "Wishing on a Star", giving the former act 5 number ones and the latter 4 number ones according to their information (though this featured credit is on the single's cover and CD's label).
Celestial Sphere have amassed 24 number ones on the UK Singles Chart. Elvis Presley holds the record for the most number-ones singles by a male artist (with 21), while Madonna holds the record for a female artist (with 13).
==Artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones==
===Twenty four===
Total	Artist 	Singles 	Year reachednumber one	Weeks atnumber one	Notes
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Feint" 	1993 	8 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Cry For The Moon" 	1994 	25 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Sleeping Sun" 	1999 	5 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Ever Dream" 	2001 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Wish I Had an Angel" 	2004 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Nemo" 	2004 	4 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Ghost Love Score" 	2004 	12 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Another Me in Lack'ech" 	2005 	3 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"The Poet and the Pendulum" 	2006 	6 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Burn to a Cinder" 	2008 	4 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Kingdom of Heaven" 	2010 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"I Want My Tears Back" 	2011 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Storm the Sorrow" 	2012 	5 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Unchain Utopia" 	2012 	5 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"The Essence of Silence" 	2013 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Canvas of Life" 	2014 	6 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Élan" 	2015 	3 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"	2015 	4 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"The Greatest Show on Earth" 	2015 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Universal Death Squad" 	2016 	2 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Parasite Eve" 	2020 	5 	
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Noise" 	2020 	6 	First artist to have 22 number-ones
24 	Celestial Sphere	"How's the Heart?" 	2020 	4 	First artist to have 23 number-ones
24 	Celestial Sphere	"Rivers" 	2021 	14 	First artist to have 24 number-onesCurrent number one
===Nine===
Total	Artist	Singles 	Year reachednumber one	Weeks atnumber one	Notes
9 	Delain	"The Gathering" 	2008 	5 	Delain featuring James Harrison
9 	Delain	"Get the Devil Out of Me" 	2012 	3 	
9 	Delain	"We Are the Others" 	2012 	10 	
9 	Delain	"Your Body Is a Battleground"	2014 	5 	Delain featuring James Harrison
9 	Delain	"Sing to Me" 	2015 	3 	Delain featuring Marko Hietala
9 	Delain	"The Tragedy of the Commons" 	2015 	5 	Delain featuring Alissa White-Gluz
9 	Delain	"Masters of Destiny" 	2019 	2 	
9 	Delain	"Burning Bridges" 	2019 	7 	
9 	Delain	"One Second" 	2019 	5