Showing posts with label #1 singles in the uk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #1 singles in the uk. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Monday, August 1, 2016
Today in Music History (August 1st)
August 1st 1970
Elvis hits #1 on the UK Official Songs Chart with "The Wonder of You".
This song would stay at #1 for 6 consecutive weeks and was the #1 song of 1970 was most successful song ever in the UK.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Today In Music History (August 29th)
Released August 29th 1964
Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
This would be Roy's 2nd #1 single in the US on the Hot 100, where it spent 3 consecutive weeks in the top spot in September and October.
It was his 3rd #1 single on the UK Top 40 chart where it spent 3 non consecutive weeks at the top in October/November of 1964
The song would sell over 7 million copies and had sold over 500,000 in just a few months after its release.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
UK Official Chart - Top 20 Songs (12/27/2014)
UK Official Chart
Top 20 Songs
Week Ending December 27th 2014
19 - Stay With Me - Sam Smith
18 - All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
17 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
16 - Real Love - Clean Bandit w/Jess Glynne
15 - Steal My Girl - One Direction
14 - Go All Night - Gorgon City w/Jennifer Hudson
(Debut)
13 - Like I Can - Sam Smith
12 - Wrapped Up - Olly Murs w/Travie McCoy
11 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues w/Kristy MacColl
10 - All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
9 - Outside - Calvin Harris w/Ellie Goulding
8 - Night Changes - One Direction
7 - Blank Space - Taylor Swift
6 - These Days - Take That
5 - Got No Fans - Wealdstone Raider
(Debut)
4 - Up - Olly Murs w/Demi Lovato
3 - Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
2 - Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson w/Bruno Mars
1 - Something I Need - Ben Haenow
(Debut)
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Top 10 Songs of the Week (UK Singles Chart) - August 23, 2014!
UK Official Chart
Top 10 Songs
Week Ending August 23rd 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Official UK Singles Chart Top 50 - 05/31/2014
Official UK Singles Chart
Top 50
Week Ending May 31st 2014
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
UK Official Chart - Top 50 Songs (04/19/2014)
UK Official Chart
Top 50 Songs
Week Ending April 19th 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
Official UK Singles Chart (04/12/2014)
The Official UK Singles Chart
Top 100 Songs
Week Ending April 12th 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
UK Official Top 50 Songs Chart (04/05/2014)
The Official UK Singles Chart
Top 50
Week Ending April 5th 2014
Friday, December 6, 2013
Biggest Selling Single of 2006 - UK
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
This was the bestselling single in the UK for 2006. It went to #1 on the Official UK Top 40 and stayed there for 9 weeks. This was the first single to top the UK chart on download sales only.
"Crazy" reached one million downloads in 2011.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
UK Million Seller 1960
In 1960 only one song sold a million copies in the UK.
It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley
Elvis spent 8 weeks atop the UK Official Chart with "It's Now or Never" and it was his biggest selling single of all time with over 25 million copies worldwide. This entered the UK Chart at #1 on November 3rd 1960. Rereleased in January 2005 it once again went to #1 in the UK, this time for a single week.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
UK # 1 Single - 1970
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix Experience
(1 week at #1)
November 21st 1970
Released as a single after the death of Jimi Hendrix this from the album "Electric Ladyland". It did not chart in US and was the last Hendrix single to chart in the UK.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
UK #1 Single - 1967
The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck
September 6th 1967
5 consecutive weeks at #1
This was Engelbert's second #1 in the UK in 1967. He also had the #1 single of all 1967 with "Release Me", which spent 7 consecutive weeks at #1 in March. This gave him 2 of the 3 songs with the most weeks at the top in 1967 with #1 and #3.
The #2 song was the Beatles "Hello,Goodbye" also with 7 weeks at #1.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
UK #1 Single 1985
Topping the UK Top 40 August 31st 1985 for 1 week
I Got You Babe - UB40 and Chrissie Hynde
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
UK #1 Singles - 1984
UK #1 Singles of 1984
Only You - The Flying Pickets
(5 weeks and carry over from 1984)
Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
(2 weeks)
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
(5 weeks)
99 Red Balloons - Nena
(3 weeks)
Hello - Lionel Richie
(6 weeks)
The Reflex - Duran Duran
(4 weeks)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
(2 weeks)
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
(9 weeks)
Careless Whisper - Wham!
(3 weeks)
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
(6 weeks)
Freedom - Wham!
(3 weeks)
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
(3 weeks)
I Should Have Known Better - Jim Diamond
(1 week)
The Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
(1 week)
Do They Know Its Christmas - Band Aid
(5 weeks)
(The Best Selling Single of 1984 and the Best Selling Single of the 1980s in the UK)
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