List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2008

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 track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams.[1] In 2008, there were ten singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Long Road to Ruin" by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent the last three weeks of 2007 and the first of 2008 atop the chart.[2] The final number-one single of the year was "All Summer Long" by American country rock musician Kid Rock.[3]

"Rockstar" by Nickelback was the longest-running number one of 2008, spending 23 weeks atop the chart.

The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2008 was "Rockstar" by Canadian band Nickelback, which spent 23 weeks at number one during the year, including a single run of 20 consecutive weeks. The band spent a total of 29 weeks atop the chart in 2008, with "Photograph" and "Gotta Be Somebody" each spending three weeks at number one. Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" spent a total of 16 weeks at number one during the year, including separate runs of eight and seven consecutive weeks. Only one single – Enter Shikari's "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape" – spent two weeks at number one.

Chart history

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Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" spent a total of 16 weeks at number one on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2008.
 
Enter Shikari were number one for two weeks with "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape".
 
Foo Fighters spent the first week of 2008 at number one at the end of a four-week run with "Long Road to Ruin".
 
Bullet for My Valentine topped the chart for the first time with "Scream Aim Fire".
 
Queen + Paul Rodgers obtained their only number one, "C-lebrity", in 2008.
Issue date Single Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
5 January "Long Road to Ruin" Foo Fighters RCA [2]
12 January "Rockstar" Nickelback Roadrunner [4]
19 January [5]
26 January [6]
2 February "Scream Aim Fire" Bullet for My Valentine 20-20 [7]
9 February "Rockstar" Nickelback Roadrunner [8]
16 February [9]
23 February [10]
1 March [11]
8 March [12]
15 March [13]
22 March [14]
29 March [15]
5 April [16]
12 April [17]
19 April [18]
26 April [19]
3 May [20]
10 May [21]
17 May [22]
24 May [23]
31 May [24]
7 June [25]
14 June [26]
21 June [27]
28 June "I Am the Message" Fightstar Gut [28]
5 July "Photograph" Nickelback Roadrunner [29]
12 July [30]
19 July [31]
26 July "All Summer Long" Kid Rock Atlantic [32]
2 August [33]
9 August [34]
16 August [35]
23 August [36]
30 August [37]
6 September [38]
13 September [39]
20 September "C-lebrity" Queen + Paul Rodgers Parlophone [40]
27 September "All Summer Long" Kid Rock Atlantic [41]
4 October [42]
11 October [43]
18 October [44]
25 October [45]
1 November [46]
8 November [47]
15 November "We Can Breathe in Space, They
Just Don't Want Us to Escape
"
Enter Shikari Ambush Reality [48]
22 November [49]
29 November "Gotta Be Somebody" Nickelback Roadrunner [50]
6 December [51]
13 December [52]
20 December "Smile Pretty for the Devil" Children of Bodom Spinefarm [53]
27 December "All Summer Long" Kid Rock Atlantic [3]

See also

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References

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  10. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 17 February 2008 – 23 February 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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  19. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 20 April 2008 – 26 April 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 27 April 2008 – 03 May 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  21. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 04 May 2008 – 10 May 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 11 May 2008 – 17 May 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 18 May 2008 – 24 May 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 25 May 2008 – 31 May 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  25. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 01 June 2008 – 07 June 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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  28. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 22 June 2008 – 28 June 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  29. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 29 June 2008 – 05 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  30. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 06 July 2008 – 12 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 13 July 2008 – 19 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  32. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 20 July 2008 – 26 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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  36. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 17 August 2008 – 23 August 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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  38. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 31 August 2008 – 06 September 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  39. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 07 September 2008 – 13 September 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  40. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 14 September 2008 – 20 September 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  41. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 21 September 2008 – 27 September 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  42. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 28 September 2008 – 04 October 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  43. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 05 October 2008 – 11 October 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  44. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 12 October 2008 – 18 October 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  45. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 19 October 2008 – 25 October 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  46. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 26 October 2008 – 01 November 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  47. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 02 November 2008 – 08 November 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  48. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 09 November 2008 – 15 November 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  49. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 16 November 2008 – 22 November 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  50. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 23 November 2008 – 29 November 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  51. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 30 November 2008 – 06 December 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  52. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 07 December 2008 – 13 December 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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