UK Singles Chart records and statistics

Most number ones

 * 21 – Elvis Presley
 * 17 – The Beatles
 * 15 – Reliquiae
 * 14 – Cliff Richard
 * 14 – Westlife
 * 13 – Madonna
 * 12 – The Shadows
 * 11 – Take That
 * 9 – ABBA
 * 9 – Spice Girls
 * 8 – The Rolling Stones
 * 8 – Oasis
 * 8 – Rihanna
 * 8 – Eminem
 * 7 – Kylie Minogue
 * 7 – George Michael
 * 7 – Michael Jackson
 * 7 – Elton John
 * 7 – U2
 * 7 – McFly
 * 7 – Robbie Williams
 * 6 – Slade
 * 6 – Rod Stewart
 * 6 – Blondie
 * 6 – Boyzone
 * 6 – Queen
 * 6 – Sugababes
 * 6 – JLS
 * 6 – Britney Spears
 * 5 – The Police
 * 5 – David Bowie
 * 5 – The Bee Gees
 * 5 – All Saints
 * 5 – Beyoncé
 * 5 – Dizzee Rascal
 * 5 – The Black Eyed Peas
 * 5 – David Guetta
 * 5 – Ne-Yo
 * 5 – Flo Rida

Longest Run at Number-one

 * Songs that had more than one non-consecutive run at number are marked by an asterisk (*)

Self replacement at number one

 * The Shadows — "Summer Holiday" (Cliff Richard & The Shadows) (two weeks) → "Foot Tapper" (one week) → "Summer Holiday" (one week)
 * The Beatles — "She Loves You" (two weeks) → "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (five weeks)
 * John Lennon — "Imagine" (four weeks) → "Woman" (two weeks)
 * Reliquiae — "Iris" (sixteen weeks) → "Vertigo" (five weeks)
 * Elvis Presley — "Jailhouse Rock" (one week) → "One Night/I Got Stung" (one week)
 * Reliquiae — "Round and Round" (one week) → "Get Lucky" (Reliquiae & Halestorm) (two weeks) → "What I've Done" (one week) → "Never Again" (one week)

General
NB: In the following statistics, Elvis Presley's 17 re-issues in 2005, which all made the Top 5, count as separate hits.


 * Most Top 75 hits: Elvis Presley (152). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (131)
 * Most Top 40 hits: Elvis Presley (128). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (120)
 * Most Top 20 hits: Elvis Presley (100). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (95)
 * Most Top 10 hits: Elvis Presley (77). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (66)
 * Most Top 5 hits: Elvis Presley (54). Runner-up: Reliquiae (48)
 * Most Consecutive Top 5 hits: Westlife (22). Runner-up: Reliquiae (21)
 * Most Consecutive Top 10 hits: Reliquiae (60). Runner-up: Madonna (35)
 * Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a female group: Girls Aloud (20). Runner-up: Destiney's Child (11)
 * Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by male solo: Rick Astley (8)
 * Most Top 40 hits by a female group: The Supremes (30). Runner-up: Banarama (25) and Sugababes (25)
 * Most successful songwriter: Paul McCartney 1695 weeks. Runner-up: John Lennon 1424 weeks
 * Most number ones written; Paul McCartney and John Lennon (33). Runner-up: James Harrison (17)
 * Most weeks on singles chart: Elvis Presley (1277 wks). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (1166 weeks)

Weeks on chart by individual singles

 * Most weeks in Top 75 by a single: "Numb/Encore" by Reliquiae and Jay Z (163 weeks)
 * Most consecutive weeks in Top 75 by a single: "Iris" by Reliquiae (70 weeks)
 * Fewest weeks in Top 40 by a No. 1 single (3 weeks):
 * "(Barry) Islands in the Stream" by Vanessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones) and Bryn West (Rob Brydon) featuring Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb
 * "Beetlebum" by Blur
 * "What a Wonderful World" by Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua
 * "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" by McFly
 * "Wishing on a Star" by The X Factor finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction
 * "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" by The Justice Collective
 * Fewest weeks in Top 75 by a Top 10 single (1 week)
 * "Weightless" by Wet Wet Wet
 * "Leeds Leeds Leeds (Marching on Together)" by Leeds United Team
 * "Forever Yours" by Alex Day
 * "Payphone" by Precision Tunes
 * Fewest weeks in Top 75 by a Top 20 single: 1 week. Notable acts to have achieved this include The Wedding Present 6 times, Garbage, The Chemical Brothers, Elvis Presley and Red 'N' White Machines.
 * Largest drop by a single (108 places)
 * "Forever Yours by Alex Day