List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

This is a list of artists who have spent more than one thousand weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company.[1]

Elvis Presley has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1,302 weeks for 165 singles. Cliff Richard and Rihanna are the only other artists to record over one thousand weeks in the singles chart. Rihanna has the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000, with 1058 between September 2005 and September 2016 – an average of over 1.8 singles per chart week during this eleven-year period.

Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with over 1,400 weeks, followed by ten other artists with more than a thousand weeks. David Bowie passed the thousand week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75.[2]

Artists with over 1000 weeks combined on singles and albums charts

Figures are as of week ending 19 November 2016.

Artist Singles chart
(weeks) 		Albums chart
(weeks) 		Combined (weeks) Ref
Elvis Presley 1302 1386 2688 [3]
Cliff Richard 1177 870 2047 [4]
Michael Jackson 688 1294 1982 [5]
Madonna 740 1143 1883 [6]
Queen 440 1430 1870 [7]
The Beatles 461 1399 1860 [8]
Elton John 651 1029 1680 [9]
Rod Stewart 480 1141 1621 [10]
David Bowie 476 1131 1607 [11]
Rihanna 1083 447 1530 [12]
U2 363 1082 1445 [13]
Frank Sinatra 440 928 1368 [14]
ABBA 260 1083 1343 [15]
Fleetwood Mac 229 1028 1258 [16]
The Rolling Stones 385 854 1239 [17]
Diana Ross 569 629 1198 [18]
Simon & Garfunkel 87 1086 1173 [19]
Oasis 409 758 1167 [20]
Take That 416 646 1062 [21]
Coldplay 449 583 1032 [22]
Robbie Williams 406 608 1014 [23]
Pink Floyd 56 945 1001 [24]

References

  1. ↑ "View your favourite artist's chart history". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "ELVIS". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ↑ [v v] Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 18 November 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "MICHAEL JACKSON". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "MADONNA". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "QUEEN". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "THE BEATLES". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "ELTON JOHN". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "ROD STEWART". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "DAVID BOWIE". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "RIHANNA". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "U2". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "FRANK SINATRA". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "ABBA". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "FLEETWOOD MAC". Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "THE ROLLING STONES". Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "DIANA ROSS". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "SIMON AND GARFUNKEL". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "OASIS". Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "TAKE THAT". Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  22. ↑ "COLDPLAY". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  23. ↑ "ROBBIE WILLIAMS". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  24. ↑ "PINK FLOYD". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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