Question: Stardust starred an English musician who attained how many Top 40 singles in the UK? 

Context articles: Opus (Opus album)
The Kinks discography
Colleen Hewett
David Essex
Aaliyah discography
Elton John singles discography
Hanson (band)
Stardust (1974 film)
Diana Ross discography
Kate Bush

Opus is the sixth studio album by Austrian pop rock band Opus.
 It was released in 1987.
 It peaked at #7 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Longplay.
 The first single "Whiteland", peaked at #3 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Singles and #2 on the Ö3-Hitparade.
 The second single, "Faster and Faster", peaked at #12 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Singles and #2 on the Ö3-Hitparade.
 The third single, "Will You Ever Know Me", peaked at #24 on the Ö3-Hitparade.
The Kinks were active for more than 30 years between 1964 and 1996, releasing 28 regular albums in the UK (24 studio, four live), and 30 in the USA (24 studio, four live, two compilation), where the early albums were slightly different from the British albums partly due to the method that publishing royalties were calculated in the two countries, partly due to difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market didn't, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due to the US albums including the hit singles, and the UK albums not; after "The Kink Kontroversy" in 1965 the albums were the same.
 There have been somewhere between 100 and 200 compilation albums released worldwide.
 Their hit singles included three UK number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "You Really Got Me"; plus 18 Top 40 singles in the 1960s alone and further Top 40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s.
Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian theatre and TV actress, and a popular singer.
 Her top 40 singles on the Kent Music Report include "Super Star", "Day by Day" (both 1971), "Carry That Weight" (1972), "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1980), and "Gigolo" (1981).
 Her version of "Day by Day" peaked at No. 1 on the "Go-Set" National Top 40 Singles Chart and was certified as a gold record.
 At the "TV Week" King of Pop Awards she was voted in both 1972 and 1973.
 During 1985, she played Sheila Brady in the international hit TV series, "Prisoner".
David Essex, OBE (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor.
 Since the 1970s, he has attained 19 Top 40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and 16 Top 40 albums.
 He has also had an extensive career as an actor.
American singer Aaliyah has released three studio albums, two compilation albums, and 26 singles.
 She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan.
 At age 10, she appeared on "Star Search" and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight.
 At age 12, Aaliyah was signed to Jive Records and Blackground Records by her uncle, Barry Hankerson.
 He introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album. "
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" sold three million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
 After facing allegations of an illegal marriage with Kelly, Aaliyah ended her contract with Jive and signed to Atlantic Records.
 During her short career, Aaliyah earned 13 top 40 singles in the U.S. as well as 18 top 40 singles in the UK.
The singles discography of British musician/singer-songwriter Elton John consists of 133 official singles and 17 as featured artist, as well as 47 other non-single guest appearances.
 Across his career, John has yielded 57 top 40 hits in the United States, only second to Elvis Presley in total, with 27 of those hitting the top ten and 9 achieving number-one.
 In his native United Kingdom, he has accumulated 69 top 40 singles, including 32 top tens and 7 number-ones.
 In 1997, John released the double A-side single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" in dedication to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
 It subsequently hit number-one in every country that it charted in and became the biggest selling single of all-time since the UK and US charts began in the 1950s, with sales of 33 million.
 John has sold 100 million singles worldwide.
Hanson is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, formed by brothers Isaac (guitar, bass, piano, vocals), Taylor (keyboards, piano, guitar, drums, vocals) and Zac (drums, piano, guitar, vocals).
 Supporting members include Dimitrius Collins (keyboards, guitar), and Andrew Perusi (bass) who have toured and performed live with the band since 2007.
 They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their debut album released through Mercury, Polygram, "Middle of Nowhere", which earned three Grammy nominations.
 Despite the enormous commercial success of "Middle of Nowhere", the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records .
 The group was moved to Island Def Jam Music Group, which they eventually left after a conflict with the label.
 Hanson has sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had 8 top 40 albums and 6 top 40 singles in the US, as well as 8 top 40 singles in the UK.
 The band now records under its own independent record label, 3CG Records.
Stardust is a 1974 British film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex and Adam Faith.
 The film is the sequel to the 1973 film "That'll Be the Day".
 Its tagline is: "Show me a boy who never wanted to be a rock star and I'll show you a liar."
The discography of American recording artist Diana Ross, the former lead singer of The Supremes, consists of 25 studio albums and 91 singles.
 27 of her singles reached the "Billboard" Top 40 in the US, 12 of them the "Billboard" Top 10, and six of those reaching number-one, placing her in a tie for fifth among the top female solo performers who have reached the top spot there.
 In the UK, she amassed a total of 47 Top 40 singles with 20 of them reaching the Top 10 and two of those reaching number-one.
 In the U.S., 17 albums reached the "Billboard" Top 40, four of those the Top 10, and one album topping the chart.
 In the UK, 26 albums reached the Top 40, eight of those the Top Ten, and one album topping the chart.
 Ross had a Top 10 UK hit in every one of the last five decades, and sang lead on a Top 75 hit single at least once every year from 1964 to 1996 in the UK, a period of 33 consecutive years and a record for any performer.
 As of 2016 she continues to collect gold and silver awards for UK sales of her many greatest hits compilation albums.
Catherine "Kate" Bush, CBE (born 30 July 1958 ) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer.
 Bush first came to note in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number-one with a self-written song.
 She has since released twenty-five UK Top 40 singles, including the top ten hits "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Peter Gabriel) and "King of the Mountain".
 She has released ten studio albums, all of which reached the UK Top 10, including the UK number-one albums "Never for Ever" (1980), "Hounds of Love" (1985), and the compilation "The Whole Story" (1986).
 She is the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at number-one.