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List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2020s

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Ed Sheeran replaced his own number one single twice with ("Bad Habits" in July 2021 by "Shivers" in September 2021 and "Merry Christmas" in December 2021 by "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" in the same month. Sheeran has also spent the most weeks at number-one during the 2020s, with 23 weeks at the summit.

The UK singles chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, with the chart date given as the following Thursday.[1]

Audio streaming data was incorporated into the chart in 2014, with 100 streams equivalent to one sale.[1] In 2017, the OCC introduced an exception for songs that had spent a certain time on the charts and whose consumption had declined, whereby these songs are calculated at a rate of 300 streams equivalent to a sale.[2] Ellie Goulding was the first artist to top the chart in the decade with her cover of Joni Mitchell's song "River".

The following singles have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s:[3][4]

Number-one singles

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Key
No. nth single to top the UK Singles Chart
re Return of a single to number one
Best-selling single of the year
Wham! had the first 2021 number-one single with "Last Christmas", 36 years after its original release. The song returned to number-one in December 2022, January 2023, and most significantly as the 2023 Christmas number-one.
Ellie Goulding had the first number-one single of the decade with "River", a cover of the 1971 song by Joni Mitchell. She topped the charts again in April 2023 with "Miracle", her fourth overall.
Adele released her October 2021 number-one single "Easy on Me", a third number-one for the artist. The song went on to have the highest first week sales of 2021 and the highest for any single since 2017.
Kate Bush broke three chart-topping records in June 2022 with "Running Up That Hill". The song holds the longest gap between two of an artist's number one singles, the previous 44 years earlier with "Wuthering Heights" in 1978). It also holds the record for the longest time for a song to reach number one after its initial release and the oldest female artist to have a number one single.
The Beatles had their 18th number-one single with "Now and Then" in November 2023, making it the longest gap (60 years) between an artist's first and last number one in UK chart history.
Mariah Carey earned her third number-one single with "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which topped the UK charts in its 70th week in the top 40 in December 2020, 26 years after the song's original release. The song returned to number one in December 2022.
Taylor Swift earned three number-one singles in the 2020s with "Anti-Hero", "Is It Over Now?" and "Fortnight". All three singles achieved the prestigious Chart Double with the song's parent album simultaneously topping the UK Album Chart.
In 2024, Beyoncé became the first female artist to earn a number one country single with "Texas Hold 'Em", which spent five weeks at the top of the charts.
Sabrina Carpenter earned three number-one singles in 2024 with "Espresso", "Please Please Please" and "Taste", totalling 21 weeks at number one, the most weeks at number one for a female artist in a calendar year.
Contents
No. Artist[a] Single[a] Record label[b] Week ending date[a] Weeks at
number one[a]
2020
1361 Ellie Goulding "River" Polydor 2 January 2020 1
1362 Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy "Own It" Atlantic/Merky 9 January 2020 3
1363 Eminem featuring Juice Wrld "Godzilla" Interscope 30 January 2020 1
1364 Lewis Capaldi "Before You Go" EMI 6 February 2020 1
1365 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" † Republic 13 February 2020 2
1366 Billie Eilish "No Time to Die" Interscope 27 February 2020 1
re The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" † Republic 5 March 2020 3
1367 Saint Jhn "Roses" B1/Hitco/Ministry of Sound 26 March 2020 2
re The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" † Republic 9 April 2020 3
1368 Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir "You'll Never Walk Alone" Decca 30 April 2020 1
1369 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Allstars "Times Like These" BBC/Columbia 7 May 2020 1
1370 Drake "Toosie Slide" Republic/OVO 14 May 2020 1
1371 DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch "Rockstar" Interscope 21 May 2020 2
1372 Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande "Rain on Me" Interscope 4 June 2020 1
re DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch "Rockstar" Interscope 11 June 2020 4
1373 Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" Columbia 9 July 2020 3
1374 Joel Corry and MNEK "Head & Heart" Asylum/Perfect Havoc 30 July 2020 6
1375 Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion "WAP" Atlantic 10 September 2020 3
1376 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior "Mood" Columbia 1 October 2020 4
1377 Internet Money featuring Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav "Lemonade" Internet Money/TenThousand 29 October 2020 1
1378 Ariana Grande "Positions" Republic 5 November 2020 6
1379 Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Columbia 17 December 2020 2
1380 LadBaby "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" Frtyfve 31 December 2020 1
2021
1381 Wham! "Last Christmas" RCA 7 January 2021 1
1382 Little Mix "Sweet Melody" RCA 14 January 2021 1
1383 Olivia Rodrigo "Drivers License" Interscope 21 January 2021 9
1384 Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted "Wellerman" Polydor 25 March 2021 2
1385 Lil Nas X "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" Columbia 8 April 2021 5
1386 Tion Wayne and Russ Millions "Body" Atlantic 13 May 2021 3
1387 Olivia Rodrigo "Good 4 U" Geffen 3 June 2021 5
1388 Ed Sheeran "Bad Habits" † Asylum 8 July 2021 11
1389 Ed Sheeran "Shivers" Asylum 23 September 2021 4
1390 Elton John and Dua Lipa "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" EMI 21 October 2021 1
1391 Adele "Easy on Me" Columbia 28 October 2021 7
1392 Ed Sheeran and Elton John "Merry Christmas" Atlantic 16 December 2021 2
1393 LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" Frtyfve 30 December 2021 1
2022
re Ed Sheeran and Elton John "Merry Christmas" Atlantic 6 January 2022 1
re Adele "Easy on Me" Columbia 13 January 2022 1
1394 Gayle "ABCDEFU" Atlantic 20 January 2022 1
1395 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Walt Disney 27 January 2022 7
1396 Dave "Starlight" Dave/Neighbourhood 17 March 2022 4
1397 Harry Styles "As It Was" † Columbia 14 April 2022 10
1398 Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill" Fish People[c] 23 June 2022 3
1399 LF System "Afraid to Feel" Warner Music UK 14 July 2022 8
1400 Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" Rosebud/Warner Music UK[d] 8 September 2022 2
1401 Lewis Capaldi "Forget Me" Vertigo 22 September 2022 1
1402 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha "I'm Good (Blue)" Warner Music UK 29 September 2022 1
1403 Sam Smith and Kim Petras "Unholy" EMI 6 October 2022 4
1404 Taylor Swift "Anti-Hero" EMI 3 November 2022 6
re Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Columbia 15 December 2022 1
re Wham! "Last Christmas" RCA 22 December 2022 1
1405 LadBaby "Food Aid" Frtyfve 29 December 2022 1
2023
re Wham! "Last Christmas" RCA 5 January 2023 1
1406 Raye featuring 070 Shake "Escapism" Human Re Sources 12 January 2023 1
1407 Lewis Capaldi "Pointless" Vertigo 19 January 2023 1
1408 Miley Cyrus "Flowers" † Columbia 26 January 2023 10
1409 Ed Sheeran "Eyes Closed" Asylum 6 April 2023 1
1410 Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding "Miracle" Sony 13 April 2023 2
1411 Lewis Capaldi "Wish You the Best" Vertigo 27 April 2023 1
re Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding "Miracle" Sony 4 May 2023 6
1412 Dave and Central Cee "Sprinter" Live Yours/Neighbourhood 15 June 2023 10
1413 Billie Eilish "What Was I Made For?" Interscope 24 August 2023 1
1414 Dua Lipa "Dance the Night" Warner 31 August 2023 1
1415 Olivia Rodrigo "Vampire" Geffen 7 September 2023 1
1416 Doja Cat "Paint the Town Red" Ministry of Sound 14 September 2023 5
1417 Kenya Grace "Strangers" Warner 19 October 2023 3
1418 Taylor Swift "Is It Over Now?" EMI 9 November 2023 1
1419 The Beatles "Now and Then" Apple 16 November 2023 1
1420 Jack Harlow "Lovin on Me" Atlantic 23 November 2023 3
re Wham! "Last Christmas" RCA 14 December 2023 4
2024
1421 Noah Kahan "Stick Season" Republic 11 January 2024 7
1422 Beyoncé "Texas Hold 'Em" Columbia/Parkwood 29 February 2024 4
1423 Benson Boone "Beautiful Things" Night Street/Warner 28 March 2024 2
re Beyoncé "Texas Hold 'Em" Columbia/Parkwood 11 April 2024 1
1424 Hozier "Too Sweet" Rubyworks/Island/Columbia 18 April 2024 2
1425 Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone "Fortnight" EMI 2 May 2024 1
1426 Sabrina Carpenter "Espresso" Island 9 May 2024 5
1427 Eminem "Houdini" Interscope 13 June 2024 2
1428 Sabrina Carpenter "Please Please Please" Island 27 June 2024 3
re "Espresso" Island 18 July 2024 2
re "Please Please Please" Island 1 August 2024 2
1429 Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish "Guess" Atlantic 15 August 2024 1
1430 Chase & Status and Stormzy "Backbone" EMI 22 August 2024 2
1431 Sabrina Carpenter "Taste" Island 5 September 2024 9
1432 Gigi Perez "Sailor Song" Interscope 7 November 2024 1
1433 Gracie Abrams "That's So True" Interscope 14 November 2024 2

Artists with the most number ones

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Thirteen artists have at least two number-one singles during the 2020s.

Artist Number ones Songs Notes
Ed Sheeran 6
List
Lewis Capaldi 4
List
Taylor Swift 3
List
Olivia Rodrigo
List
Billie Eilish
List
Sabrina Carpenter
List
LadBaby
List
Elton John
Ariana Grande 2
List
Ellie Goulding
List
Dave
List
Dua Lipa
List
Eminem
List
Stormzy
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 2020s.

Artist Song Weeks at
number one
Ed Sheeran "Bad Habits" 11
Harry Styles "As It Was 10
Miley Cyrus "Flowers"
Dave and Central Cee "Sprinter"
Olivia Rodrigo "Drivers License" 9
Sabrina Carpenter "Taste"
The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" 8
Adele "Easy on Me"
LF System "Afraid to Feel"
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding "Miracle"
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz "We Don't Talk About Bruno" 7
Wham! "Last Christmas"
Noah Kahan "Stick Season"
Sabrina Carpenter "Espresso"
DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch "Rockstar" 6
Joel Corry and MNEK "Head & Heart"
Ariana Grande "Positions"
Taylor Swift "Anti-Hero"

Artists with the most weeks at number one

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The following artists have all spent a total of six or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2020s.

Artist Weeks at
number one
Songs Notes
Ed Sheeran 23
List
Sabrina Carpenter 21
List
Olivia Rodrigo 15
List
Dave 14
List
Harry Styles 10
List
Miley Cyrus
List
Central Cee
List
Ellie Goulding 9
List
Taylor Swift 8
List
The Weeknd
List
Adele
List
LF System
List
Calvin Harris
List
Ariana Grande 7
List
Noah Kahan
List
Carolina Gaitán
List
Mauro Castillo
List
Adassa
List
Rhenzy Feliz
List
Diane Guerrero
List
Stephanie Beatriz
List
Wham!
List
Joel Corry 6
List
DaBaby
List
MNEK
List
Roddy Ricch
List

Record labels with the most weeks at number one

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Ten record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart during the 2020s.

Record label Number
ones
Weeks at
number one
Columbia Records 9 42
Republic Records 5 24
Interscope Records 8 23
Island Records 4 23
Asylum Records[e] 4 22
EMI 7 16
Geffen Records 3 15
Warner Music UK 6 14
Atlantic Records 5 13
Neighbourhood 2 13

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The record labels are those given by the OCC.[5]
  3. ^ This was originally issued as a single by EMI Records, the majority of whose catalogue was purchased along with Virgin Records by Universal Music Group (UMG). However, UMG did not purchase the catalogue of Kate Bush as the licence for her work was part of the Parlophone-deal arranged with Warner Music (WMG). Fish People[6] is Kate Bush's record label, who also issued a version with a re-recorded vocal in 2012. Rhino, the catalogue division of WMG, held distribution rights only until February 2023, after which she moved distribution of her post-1980 recordings catalogue to the state51 Conspiracy.[7][8][9][10][11]
  4. ^ This was originally issued as a single by Rosebud, Eliza Rose's own independent record label and picked up by Warner Music UK a few weeks after charting.[12] After being listed solely under the Warner Music UK banner, the record label credit was changed for a third time to Warner Records X One House[13][14][15] during the record's stay in the UK charts.
  5. ^ Asylum Records was jointly credited alongside Perfect Havoc, a dance record label founded by Adam Griffin and Robert Davies, on Joel Corry's number one hit.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Who We Are – How the Official Charts are compiled". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ Savage, Mark (7 July 2017). "Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules". BBC News. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ "The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  7. ^ Kate Bush - Interview with Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2, 9 May 2011
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 09/05/2011, Kate Bush talks to Ken Bruce". 9 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  10. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  11. ^ Sinclair, Paul (23 February 2023). "Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love to be reissued later this year". SuperDeluxeEdition.
  12. ^ "U.k. Midweeks: Kasabian for #1".
  13. ^ "Eliza Rose/Interplanetary". Official Charts.
  14. ^ "Eliza Rose | One House Artist".
  15. ^ "About | One House".
  16. ^ Garner, George (26 November 2020). "Independent dance label Perfect Havoc expands". Music Week.
  17. ^ "Perfect Havoc Celebrate 100 Million Streams In London". Sidekick Music. 19 September 2019.
  18. ^ Bennett, Buster (31 March 2020). "LSA partners with Perfect Havoc Records!". London Sound Academy.
  19. ^ "Perfect Havoc · Overview · Promoter ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor.
  20. ^ "About". www.perfecthavoc.com.
  21. ^ "PERFECT HAVOC LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  22. ^ "PERFECT HAVOC LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
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