List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2010s

The UK singles chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. As of 10 July 2015, the chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday.[2] Before this, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart date given as the following Saturday. During the 2010s, a total of 242 songs reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Joe McElderry was the first artist to top the chart in the decade, when "The Climb" replaced "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine. The final number-one of the decade was the novelty song "I Love Sausage Rolls" by LadBaby.

Drake had a 15-week run at the top of the UK Singles Chart in 2016 with "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, the longest number-one since Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around" in 1994. He then spent a further 14 weeks at the top in 2018 with "God's Plan", "Nice for What" and "In My Feelings", the former of which made him the only artist in UK chart history to have two songs spend at least nine weeks at number one.[1]

Digital downloads made up the majority of music sales at the start of the decade. In 2011, singles sales hit an all-time high, a record that was then surpassed in 2012. From July 2014, as download sales began to decline,[3] audio streaming began to be counted at a rate of 100 streams equivalent to a sale, later increased to 150 streams,[4] and later still to 300 streams once a song had spent a certain time on the charts and its consumption had declined.[5]

The following singles were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.[6][7]

Number-one singles

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Lady Gaga reached number one with "Telephone" (featuring Beyoncé) in 2010 and "Shallow" (a duet with Bradley Cooper) in 2018.
 
B.o.B achieved his first and second chart-topping singles in 2010 with "Nothin' on You" and "Airplanes". He then scored a third in 2011 with "Price Tag", a collaboration with Jessie J.
 
Tinie Tempah achieved his first number-one single in 2010 with "Pass Out", topping the charts again with "Written in the Stars" and "Not Letting Go", and as a featured artist on "R.I.P.", "Tsunami", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)".
 
Rihanna broke her own record in 2013 by becoming the first female artist to have number-one singles in seven consecutive years. The singles include "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010), "We Found Love" (2011), "Diamonds" (2012) and "The Monster" (2013).
 
Adele achieved her first number-one single in February 2011 with "Someone Like You", which became the year's biggest seller; having spent five weeks at the peak and sold over 1 million copies. The singer later broke records with her comeback single "Hello", which reached the number one spot in November 2015, staying there for three weeks.
 
Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen achieved her first number-one single in 2012 with the international hit "Call Me Maybe", which spent four consecutive weeks at the summit.
 
Gary Barlow achieved his fourteenth number-one single with "Sing"—whilst also becoming the first artist in 2012 to have the UK number-one single and album in the same week.[8]
 
Belgian-Australian singer Gotye held the number-one spot for five weeks in 2012 with the year's biggest selling international hit "Somebody That I Used to Know", which featured Kimbra.
 
Florence and the Machine scored their first UK number-one single with "Spectrum (Say My Name)" in 2012, spending three weeks at number one.
 
Girl group Little Mix became the first band to win The X Factor in 2011 and scored four number ones in the decade, with a cover of the Damien Rice song "Cannonball" in 2011, "Wings" in 2012, "Black Magic" in 2015 and "Shout Out to My Ex" in 2016.
 
The X Factor boy band One Direction had a number-one single three years in a row with "What Makes You Beautiful" in 2011, "Little Things" in 2012, and "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" in 2013, as well as their fourth UK number-one single, and first as a four-piece, "Drag Me Down" in 2015.
 
Pharrell Williams scored three number-one hits in 2013 after producing and being featured on the songs "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk, "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, which also featured T.I., and his own song "Happy", which also topped the year end chart in 2014.
 
Sam Smith scored two solo number ones in 2014 with "Money on My Mind" and "Stay with Me", after featuring on "La La La" by Naughty Boy which topped the charts in 2013. In 2015, Smith scored fourth and fifth number-ones with "Lay Me Down" and "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre. Smith scored a further two number ones in 2017 and 2018 with "Too Good at Goodbyes" and "Promises", a collaboration with Calvin Harris.
 
Calvin Harris achieved the joint most number ones in the 2010s decade, with eight; his collaboration with Rihanna on "We Found Love" in 2011, "Sweet Nothing" in 2012, "Under Control" in 2013, "Summer" and "Blame" in 2014, "Feels" in 2017, and "One Kiss" and "Promises" in 2018. "One Kiss" was the best selling single of 2018.
 
Jess Glynne made chart history in 2015, scoring her fifth number one in just 18 months; the fastest for a British female artist in the UK. In 2018, she broke the record for most number ones for female artist, with seven, breaking Cheryl's record of five number ones.
 
Justin Bieber achieved his first three number one singles in 2015, with "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", and "Love Yourself", for a total of thirteen weeks at number one. Bieber was also featured on the number one singles "Cold Water" in 2016, and "I'm the One", and "Despacito (Remix)" in 2017. He attained his seventh number one of the decade in 2019 with "I Don't Care", a collaboration with Ed Sheeran.
 
Danish band Lukas Graham reached number one in February 2016 with "7 Years", which became the first UK chart-topper by an act from Denmark since Aqua's "Turn Back Time" back in 1998.
 
Ed Sheeran scored eight number ones throughout the decade, including a 14-week run at the top of the chart in 2017 with "Shape of You", the best-selling single of that year. His other number ones included "Perfect", which spent 6 weeks at number one in 2017 and 2018 and earned Sheeran his first Christmas number one, and "I Don't Care", which held the top spot for 8 weeks in 2019.
 
Luis Fonsi spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at number one in 2017 with "Despacito", the longest-running foreign language number one in UK chart history.[9]
 
Taylor Swift earned her first ever UK number one single with her hit song "Look What You Made Me Do" in 2017, which topped the charts for two consecutive weeks.
Key
No. nth single to top the UK Singles Chart
re Return of a single to number one
Best-selling single of the year[a]
Best-selling single of the decade[10]
Contents
No. Artist[b] Single[b] Record label[c] Week ending date[b] Weeks at
number one[b]
2010
1118 Joe McElderry "The Climb" Syco 2 January 2010 1
re Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" Interscope 9 January 2010 1
1119 Iyaz "Replay" Reprise 16 January 2010 2
1120 Owl City "Fireflies" Island 30 January 2010 3
1121 Helping Haiti "Everybody Hurts" Syco 20 February 2010 2
1122 Jason Derulo "In My Head" Warner Bros. 6 March 2010 1
1123 Tinie Tempah "Pass Out" Parlophone 13 March 2010 2
1124 Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé "Telephone" Interscope 27 March 2010 2
1125 Scouting for Girls "This Ain't a Love Song" Epic 10 April 2010 2
1126 Usher featuring will.i.am "OMG" LaFace 24 April 2010 1
1127 Diana Vickers "Once" RCA 1 May 2010 1
1128 Roll Deep "Good Times" Relentless, Virgin 8 May 2010 3
1129 B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars "Nothin' on You" Atlantic 29 May 2010 1
1130 Dizzee Rascal "Dirtee Disco" Dirtee Stank 5 June 2010 1
1131 David Guetta and Chris Willis
featuring Fergie and LMFAO
"Gettin' Over You" Positiva, Virgin 12 June 2010 1
1132 Shout for England
featuring Dizzee Rascal and James Corden
"Shout" Syco 19 June 2010 2
1133 Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg "California Gurls" Virgin 3 July 2010 2
1134 JLS "The Club Is Alive" Epic 17 July 2010 1
1135 B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams "Airplanes" Atlantic 24 July 2010 1
1136 Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP "We No Speak Americano" AATW, Sweat It Out 31 July 2010 1
1137 The Wanted "All Time Low" Geffen 7 August 2010 1
1138 Ne-Yo "Beautiful Monster" Def Jam 14 August 2010 1
1139 Flo Rida featuring David Guetta "Club Can't Handle Me" Atlantic 21 August 2010 1
1140 Roll Deep "Green Light" Relentless, Virgin 28 August 2010 1
1141 Taio Cruz "Dynamite" 4th and Broadway 4 September 2010 1
1142 Olly Murs "Please Don't Let Me Go" Epic, Syco 11 September 2010 1
1143 Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan "Start Without You" Syco 18 September 2010 2
1144 Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)" Elektra 2 October 2010 1
1145 Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner "Written in the Stars" Parlophone 9 October 2010 1
1146 CeeLo Green "Forget You" Warner Bros. 16 October 2010 2
re Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)" Elektra 30 October 2010 1
1147 Cheryl Cole "Promise This" Polydor 6 November 2010 1
1148 Rihanna "Only Girl (In the World)" Def Jam 13 November 2010 2
1149 JLS "Love You More" Epic 27 November 2010 1
1150 The X Factor Finalists 2010 "Heroes" Syco 4 December 2010 2
1151 The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)" Interscope 18 December 2010 1
1152 Matt Cardle "When We Collide" Syco 25 December 2010 3
2011
1153 Rihanna featuring Drake "What's My Name?" Def Jam 15 January 2011 1
1154 Bruno Mars "Grenade" Elektra 22 January 2011 2
1155 Kesha "We R Who We R" RCA 5 February 2011 1
1156 Jessie J featuring B.o.B "Price Tag" Island, Lava 12 February 2011 2
1157 Adele "Someone Like You" † XL 26 February 2011 4
1158 Nicole Scherzinger "Don't Hold Your Breath" Interscope 26 March 2011 1
re Adele "Someone Like You" † XL 2 April 2011 1
1159 Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull "On the Floor" Def Jam 9 April 2011 2
1160 LMFAO
featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
"Party Rock Anthem" Interscope 23 April 2011 4
1161 Bruno Mars "The Lazy Song" Elektra 21 May 2011 1
1162 Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer "Give Me Everything" J 28 May 2011 3
1163 Example "Changed the Way You Kiss Me" Ministry of Sound 18 June 2011 2
1164 Jason Derulo "Don't Wanna Go Home" Warner Bros. 2 July 2011 2
1165 DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans "Louder" Ministry of Sound 16 July 2011 1
1166 The Wanted "Glad You Came" Global Talent 23 July 2011 2
1167 JLS featuring Dev "She Makes Me Wanna" Epic 6 August 2011 1
1168 Cher Lloyd "Swagger Jagger" Syco 13 August 2011 1
1169 Nero "Promises" MTA 20 August 2011 1
1170 Wretch 32 featuring Josh Kumra "Don't Go" Levels, Ministry of Sound 27 August 2011 1
1171 Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks "Heart Skips a Beat" Epic, Syco 3 September 2011 1
1172 Example "Stay Awake" Ministry of Sound 10 September 2011 1
1173 Pixie Lott "All About Tonight" Mercury 17 September 2011 1
1174 One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful" Syco 24 September 2011 1
1175 Dappy "No Regrets" AATW, Takeover, Island 1 October 2011 1
1176 Sak Noel "Loca People" 3 Beat, AATW 8 October 2011 1
1177 Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love" Def Jam 15 October 2011 3
1178 Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé "Read All About It" Virgin 5 November 2011 2
re Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love" Def Jam 19 November 2011 3
1179 The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction "Wishing on a Star" Syco 10 December 2011 1
1180 Olly Murs "Dance with Me Tonight" Epic 17 December 2011 1
1181 Little Mix "Cannonball" Syco 24 December 2011 1
1182 Military Wives with Gareth Malone "Wherever You Are" Decca 31 December 2011 1
2012
1183 Coldplay "Paradise" Parlophone 7 January 2012 1
1184 Flo Rida "Good Feeling" Atlantic 14 January 2012 1
1185 Jessie J "Domino" Island, Lava 21 January 2012 2
1186 Cover Drive "Twilight" Global Talent 4 February 2012 1
1187 David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium" Positiva, Virgin 11 February 2012 1
1188 Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know" † Island 18 February 2012 1
1189 DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora "Hot Right Now" Ministry of Sound 25 February 2012 1
re Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know" † Island 3 March 2012 4
1190 Katy Perry "Part of Me" Virgin 31 March 2012 1
1191 Chris Brown "Turn Up the Music" RCA 7 April 2012 1
1192 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" Interscope 14 April 2012 4
1193 Tulisa "Young" AATW, Island 12 May 2012 1
1194 Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah "RIP" Columbia, Roc Nation 19 May 2012 2
1195 Fun featuring Janelle Monáe "We Are Young" Atlantic, Fueled by Ramen 2 June 2012 1
1196 Rudimental featuring John Newman "Feel the Love" Asylum, Black Butter 9 June 2012 1
1197 Gary Barlow and the Commonwealth Band "Sing" Decca 16 June 2012 1
1198 Cheryl "Call My Name" Polydor 23 June 2012 1
1199 Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa "Payphone" A&M/Octone 30 June 2012 1
1200 will.i.am featuring Eva Simons "This Is Love" Interscope 7 July 2012 1
re Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa "Payphone" A&M/Octone 14 July 2012 1
1201 Florence and the Machine "Spectrum (Say My Name)" Island 21 July 2012 3
1202 Wiley featuring Ms D "Heatwave" One More Tune, Warner Bros. 11 August 2012 2
1203 Rita Ora "How We Do (Party)" Roc Nation, Columbia 25 August 2012 1
1204 Sam and the Womp "Bom Bom" One More Tune 1 September 2012 1
1205 Little Mix "Wings" Syco 8 September 2012 1
1206 Ne-Yo "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" Def Jam 15 September 2012 1
1207 The Script featuring will.i.am "Hall of Fame" Epic, Phonogenic 22 September 2012 2
1208 Psy "Gangnam Style" Island 6 October 2012 1
1209 Rihanna "Diamonds" Def Jam 13 October 2012 1
1210 Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin "Don't You Worry Child" Virgin 20 October 2012 1
1211 Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch "Sweet Nothing" Columbia, Fly Eye 27 October 2012 1
1212 Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé "Beneath Your Beautiful" Syco 3 November 2012 1
1213 Robbie Williams "Candy" Island 10 November 2012 2
1214 One Direction "Little Things" Syco 24 November 2012 1
1215 Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida "Troublemaker" Epic 1 December 2012 2
1216 Gabrielle Aplin "The Power of Love" Parlophone 15 December 2012 1
1217 James Arthur "Impossible" Syco 22 December 2012 1
1218 The Justice Collective "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Metropolis 29 December 2012 1
2013
re James Arthur "Impossible" Syco 5 January 2013 2
1219 will.i.am featuring Britney Spears "Scream & Shout" Interscope 19 January 2013 2
1220 Bingo Players featuring Far East Movement "Get Up (Rattle)" Ministry of Sound 2 February 2013 2
1221 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz "Thrift Shop" Macklemore 16 February 2013 1
1222 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero "I Could Be the One" Positiva, Virgin 23 February 2013 1
1223 One Direction "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" Syco 2 March 2013 1
1224 Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" RCA 9 March 2013 3
1225 The Saturdays featuring Sean Paul "What About Us" Polydor 30 March 2013 1
1226 PJ & Duncan "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" Sony BMG 6 April 2013 1
1227 Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E "Need U (100%)" Ministry of Sound 13 April 2013 2
1228 Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre "Waiting All Night" Asylum, Black Butter 27 April 2013 1
1229 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky" Columbia 4 May 2013 4
1230 Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith "La La La" Virgin 1 June 2013 1
1231 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell "Blurred Lines" † Interscope 8 June 2013 4
1232 Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX "I Love It" Atlantic 6 July 2013 1
1233 John Newman "Love Me Again" Island 13 July 2013 1
re Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell "Blurred Lines" † Interscope 20 July 2013 1
1234 Avicii "Wake Me Up" Positiva, Virgin 27 July 2013 3
1235 Miley Cyrus "We Can't Stop" RCA 17 August 2013 1
1236 Ellie Goulding "Burn" Polydor 24 August 2013 3
1237 Katy Perry "Roar" Virgin 14 September 2013 2
1238 Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz "Talk Dirty" Warner Bros., Def Jam 28 September 2013 2
1239 OneRepublic "Counting Stars" Interscope 12 October 2013 1
1240 Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" RCA 19 October 2013 1
re OneRepublic "Counting Stars" Interscope 26 October 2013 1
1241 Lorde "Royals" Republic 2 November 2013 1
1242 Eminem featuring Rihanna "The Monster" Interscope 9 November 2013 1
1243 Storm Queen "Look Right Through" Ministry of Sound 16 November 2013 1
1244 Martin Garrix "Animals" Spinnin' 23 November 2013 1
1245 Lily Allen "Somewhere Only We Know" Warner Bros. 30 November 2013 1
1246 Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts "Under Control" Sony Music 7 December 2013 1
re Lily Allen "Somewhere Only We Know" Warner Bros. 14 December 2013 2
1247 Sam Bailey "Skyscraper" Syco 28 December 2013 1
2014
1248 Pharrell Williams "Happy" † Columbia 4 January 2014 1
1249 Pitbull featuring Kesha "Timber" RCA 11 January 2014 1
re Pharrell Williams "Happy" † Columbia 18 January 2014 2
1250 Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne "Rather Be" Atlantic 1 February 2014 4
1251 Sam Smith "Money on My Mind" Capitol 1 March 2014 1
re Pharrell Williams "Happy" † Columbia 8 March 2014 1
1252 Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne "My Love" Rinse 15 March 2014 1
1253 Dvbbs and Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah "Tsunami (Jump)" Spinnin' 22 March 2014 1
1254 Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones "I Got U" Virgin EMI 29 March 2014 1
1255 5 Seconds of Summer "She Looks So Perfect" Capitol 5 April 2014 1
1256 Aloe Blacc "The Man" Interscope 12 April 2014 1
1257 Sigma "Nobody to Love" 3Beat 19 April 2014 1
1258 Kiesza "Hideaway" Lokal Legend 26 April 2014 1
1259 Mr Probz "Waves" Epic 3 May 2014 1
1260 Calvin Harris "Summer" Columbia 10 May 2014 1
re Mr Probz "Waves" Epic 17 May 2014 1
1261 Rita Ora "I Will Never Let You Down" Columbia 24 May 2014 1
1262 Sam Smith "Stay with Me" Capitol 31 May 2014 1
1263 Secondcity "I Wanna Feel" Ministry of Sound 7 June 2014 1
1264 Ed Sheeran "Sing" Atlantic 14 June 2014 1
1265 Ella Henderson "Ghost" Syco 21 June 2014 2
1266 Oliver Heldens and Becky Hill "Gecko (Overdrive)" Parlophone 5 July 2014 1
1267 Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea "Problem" Republic 12 July 2014 1
1268 will.i.am featuring Cody Wise "It's My Birthday" Interscope 19 July 2014 1
1269 Rixton "Me and My Broken Heart" Interscope 26 July 2014 1
1270 Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah "Crazy Stupid Love" Polydor 2 August 2014 1
1271 Magic! "Rude" RCA 9 August 2014 1
1272 Nico & Vinz "Am I Wrong" EMI, Warner Bros. 16 August 2014 2
1273 David Guetta featuring Sam Martin "Lovers on the Sun" Parlophone 30 August 2014 1
1274 Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz "Prayer in C" Atlantic/Warner Music[12] 6 September 2014 2
1275 Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "Blame" Columbia 20 September 2014 1
1276 Sigma featuring Paloma Faith "Changing" 3Beat 27 September 2014 1
1277 Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang" Republic 4 October 2014 1
1278 Meghan Trainor "All About That Bass" Epic 11 October 2014 4
1279 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" Atlantic 8 November 2014 1
1280 Cheryl "I Don't Care" Polydor 15 November 2014 1
1281 Gareth Malone's All Star Choir "Wake Me Up" Decca 22 November 2014 1
1282 Band Aid 30 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Virgin EMI, Universal Music 29 November 2014 1
1283 Take That "These Days" Polydor 6 December 2014 1
re Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" Atlantic 13 December 2014 1
1284 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" Sony 20 December 2014 1
1285 Ben Haenow "Something I Need" Syco 27 December 2014 1
2015
re Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" † Sony 3 January 2015 6
1286 Ellie Goulding "Love Me like You Do" Polydor 14 February 2015 4
1287 Years & Years "King" Polydor 14 March 2015 1
1288 Sam Smith featuring John Legend "Lay Me Down" Capitol 21 March 2015 2
1289 Jess Glynne "Hold My Hand" East West Records/Warner Music 4 April 2015 3
1290 Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "See You Again" Atlantic 25 April 2015 2
1291 Omi "Cheerleader" Oufah 9 May 2015 4
1292 Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me" Warner Bros. 6 June 2015 4
1293 Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne "Not Letting Go" Parlophone 4 July 2015 1
1294 Lost Frequencies "Are You with Me" AATW 9 July 2015 1
1295 David Zowie "House Every Weekend" Positiva 16 July 2015 1
1296 Little Mix "Black Magic" Syco 23 July 2015 3
1297 One Direction "Drag Me Down" Syco 13 August 2015 1
1298 Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor "Marvin Gaye" Atlantic 20 August 2015 1
1299 Jess Glynne "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" Atlantic/Warner Music[13] 27 August 2015 1
1300 Rachel Platten "Fight Song" Columbia 3 September 2015 1
1301 Justin Bieber "What Do You Mean?" Def Jam 10 September 2015 1
1302 Sigala "Easy Love" Ministry of Sound 17 September 2015 1
re Justin Bieber "What Do You Mean?" Def Jam 24 September 2015 2
1303 Sam Smith "Writing's on the Wall" Capitol 8 October 2015 1
re Justin Bieber "What Do You Mean?" Def Jam 15 October 2015 2
1304 KDA featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)" Ministry of Sound 29 October 2015 1
1305 Adele "Hello" XL Recordings 5 November 2015 3
1306 Justin Bieber "Sorry" Def Jam 26 November 2015 2
1307 "Love Yourself" Def Jam 10 December 2015 3
1308 The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir "A Bridge over You" EmuBands 31 December 2015 1
2016
re Justin Bieber "Love Yourself" Def Jam 7 January 2016 3
1309 Shawn Mendes "Stitches" Island 28 January 2016 2
1310 Zayn "Pillowtalk" RCA 11 February 2016 1
1311 Lukas Graham "7 Years" Warner Bros. 18 February 2016 5
1312 Mike Posner "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" Island 24 March 2016 4
1313 Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "One Dance" † Cash Money, Republic 21 April 2016 15
1314 Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and "Cold Water" Because Music 4 August 2016 5
1315 The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer" Columbia 8 September 2016 4
1316 James Arthur "Say You Won't Let Go" Columbia 6 October 2016 3
1317 Little Mix "Shout Out to My Ex" Syco 27 October 2016 3
1318 Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie "Rockabye" Atlantic/Warner Music[14] 17 November 2016 9
2017
1319 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" ‡ Atlantic 19 January 2017 13
1320 Harry Styles "Sign of the Times" Columbia 20 April 2017 1
re Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" ‡ Atlantic 27 April 2017 1
1321 Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson "Symphony" Atlantic, Epic 4 May 2017 1
1322 DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne "I'm the One" We the Best, Epic 11 May 2017 1
1323 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito" Republic 18 May 2017 6
1324 Artists for Grenfell "Bridge over Troubled Water" Syco 29 June 2017 1
re Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito" Republic 6 July 2017 3
1325 DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller "Wild Thoughts" We the Best, Epic 27 July 2017 1
re Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito" Republic 3 August 2017 2
1326 Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean "Feels" Sony 17 August 2017 1
1327 Dua Lipa "New Rules" Warner Bros. 24 August 2017 2
1328 Taylor Swift "Look What You Made Me Do" Big Machine 7 September 2017 2
1329 Sam Smith "Too Good at Goodbyes" Capitol 21 September 2017 3
1330 Post Malone featuring 21 Savage "Rockstar" Republic 12 October 2017 4
1331 Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug "Havana" Epic, Syco 9 November 2017 5
1332 Ed Sheeran "Perfect" Asylum, Atlantic 14 December 2017 6
2018
1333 Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran "River" Interscope 25 January 2018 1
1334 Drake "God's Plan" Cash Money, Republic 1 February 2018 9
1335 Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen "These Days" Asylum 5 April 2018 1
1336 Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown "Freaky Friday" Dirty Burd 12 April 2018 1
1337 Drake "Nice for What" Cash Money, Republic 19 April 2018 1
1338 Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "One Kiss" † Columbia/Warner Brothers[15][A] 26 April 2018 8
1339 Jess Glynne "I'll Be There" Atlantic 21 June 2018 1
1340 Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato "Solo" Atlantic 28 June 2018 1
1341 George Ezra "Shotgun" Columbia 5 July 2018 2
re Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds "Three Lions" Epic 19 July 2018 1
1342 Drake "In My Feelings" Cash Money, Republic 26 July 2018 4
re George Ezra "Shotgun" Columbia 23 August 2018 2
1343 Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid "Eastside" Interscope 6 September 2018 1
1344 Calvin Harris and Sam Smith "Promises" Columbia 13 September 2018 5
1345 Dave featuring Fredo "Funky Friday" Dave, Neighbourhood 18 October 2018 1
re Calvin Harris and Sam Smith "Promises" Columbia 25 October 2018 1
1346 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "Shallow" Interscope 1 November 2018 2
1347 Ariana Grande "Thank U, Next" Republic 15 November 2018 6
1348 LadBaby "We Built This City" Frtyfve 27 December 2018 1
2019
1349 Ava Max "Sweet but Psycho" Atlantic 3 January 2019 4
1350 Ariana Grande "7 Rings" Republic 31 January 2019 3
1351 "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" Republic 21 February 2019 1
re "7 Rings" Republic 28 February 2019 1
1352 Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved" † EMI 7 March 2019 7
1353 Lil Nas X "Old Town Road" Columbia 25 April 2019 2
1354 Stormzy "Vossi Bop" Merky 9 May 2019 2
1355 Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber "I Don't Care" Asylum 23 May 2019 8
1356 Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello "Señorita" EMI, Syco 18 July 2019 1
1357 Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid "Beautiful People" Asylum 25 July 2019 1
re Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello "Señorita" EMI, Syco 1 August 2019 5
1358 Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy "Take Me Back to London" Asylum 5 September 2019 5
1359 Tones and I "Dance Monkey" Bad Batch 10 October 2019 11
1360 LadBaby "I Love Sausage Rolls" Frtyfve 26 December 2019 1
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Artists with the most number ones

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Nineteen artists all had at least four number-one singles during the 2010s. Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran both had eight, more than anyone else.

Artist Number ones Songs Notes
Calvin Harris 8
List
Ed Sheeran
List
  • Includes feature on "River"
Justin Bieber 7
List
Jess Glynne
List
Sam Smith
List
Tinie Tempah
List
Rihanna 6
List
Bruno Mars 5
List
One Direction
Drake
List
Ariana Grande
List
will.i.am
List
Cheryl 4
List
Clean Bandit
List
Jason Derulo
List
David Guetta
List
JLS
List
Little Mix
List
Olly Murs
Rita Ora
List
Katy Perry
List
  • Includes feature on "Feels"
Pharrell Williams
List

Songs with the most weeks at number one

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The following songs spent at least six weeks at number one during the 2010s.

Artist Song Weeks at
number one
Drake featuring Kyla and Wizkid "One Dance" 15
Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" 14
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito (Remix)" 11
Tones and I "Dance Monkey"
Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie "Rockabye" 9
Drake "God's Plan"
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "One Kiss" 8
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber "I Don't Care"
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" 7
Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved"
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love" 6
Justin Bieber "Love Yourself"
Ed Sheeran "Perfect"
Calvin Harris and Sam Smith "Promises"
Ariana Grande "Thank U, Next"
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello "Señorita"

Artists with the most weeks at number one

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The following artists have all spent a total of nine or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2010s.

Artist Weeks at
number-one
Songs Notes
Justin Bieber 38
List
Ed Sheeran
List
Drake 30
List
Calvin Harris 25
List
Clean Bandit 15
List
Wizkid
List
Kyla
Sam Smith
List
Pharrell Williams 14
List
Bruno Mars 13
List
Ariana Grande
List
Jess Glynne 12
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Rihanna
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Luis Fonsi 11
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Daddy Yankee
Camila Cabello
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Tones and I
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Dua Lipa 10
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Sean Paul
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Anne-Marie 9
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Jason Derulo
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Tinie Tempah
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Record labels with the most weeks at number one

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Fourteen record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart during the 2010s.

Record label Number ones Weeks at
number-one
Republic Records 12 58
Syco Music 22 40
Atlantic Records 17 47
Interscope Records 14 27
Def Jam Records 11 26
Island Records 16 24
Virgin Records 12 19
Columbia Records[A] 10 18
Epic Records 11 17
Warner Bros. Records[A][B] 9 25
Cash Money Records 2 16
Polydor Records 9 14
Ministry of Sound 10 13
RCA Records 8 10

Million-selling and Platinum records

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Since April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry has been classifying singles by the number of units shipped or by sales. The highest threshold is "Platinum record" and is currently awarded to singles that have shipped or sold over 600,000 units.[16][17][d] From July 2014, BPI certifications (along with the Official Singles Chart) include audio streaming at 100 streams equal to one unit; these are referred to as 'combined sales' or 'chart sales'. So for example, "All of Me" by John Legend was certified double Platinum (1,200,000 combined sales) in October 2014 and became a million-seller in January 2015.[19]

For million selling records see List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom

For Platinum singles see List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000

See also

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Notes

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other notes

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  1. ^ In 2010, the best-selling single of the year was "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna, which entered the chart on 27 June and peaked at number two.
  2. ^ a b c d The artist, single, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ The record labels are those given by the OCC.[11]
  4. ^ The number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver discs was dropped in 1989 from the former thresholds of Silver (250,000 units), Gold (500,000 units), and Platinum (1,000,000 units) to the current thresholds of Silver (200,000 units), Gold (400,000 units), and Platinum (600,000 units).[16][18]

References

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  1. ^ White, Jack (26 March 2018). "God's Plan and One Dance lead Drake to new Official Chart Record". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ "About Us > Who We Are". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  3. ^ Kreisler, Lauren (22 June 2014). "UK's Official Singles Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ Cooke, Chris (19 December 2016). "Chart revamp means more streams needed to equal a sale". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ Savage, Mark (7 July 2017). "Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules". BBC News. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ "The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. ^ "The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. ^ Jones, Alan (11 June 2012). "Official Charts Analysis: Gary Barlow tops Album and Singles". Music Week. Intent Media.
  9. ^ "Despacito breaks UK singles chart record". BBC. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. ^ "The UK's Official Top 100 biggest songs of the decade 2010 - 2019". OfficialCharts.com. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  12. ^ "LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  13. ^ "Jess Glynne | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  14. ^ "Clean Bandit | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  15. ^ a b "Dua Lipa | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  16. ^ a b "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  17. ^ "International Certification Award levels" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2010. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  18. ^ Gallup (4 February 1989). "The Top of the Pops Chart" (PDF). Record Mirror: 4. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  19. ^ Copsey, Rob (15 January 2015). "John Legend's All of Me passes one million sales in the UK: "What an amazing year!"". Official Charts Company.
  20. ^ "Calvin Harris | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
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