The UK Dance Singles Chart is a weekly music chart compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) from sales of songs in the dance music genre (house, drum and bass, dubstep, etc.) in record stores and digital downloads. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. [1]
This is a list of the songs which were number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart during 2019.
Best-performing dance single of the year |
Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | References |
---|---|---|---|
3 January | "Promises" | Calvin Harris and Sam Smith | [2] |
10 January | [3] | ||
17 January | [4] | ||
24 January | [5] | ||
31 January | "Play" | Jax Jones and Years & Years | [6] |
7 February | [7] | ||
14 February | [8] | ||
21 February | [9] | ||
28 February | "Promises" | Calvin Harris and Sam Smith | [10] |
7 March | [11] | ||
14 March | [12] | ||
21 March | [13] | ||
28 March | "Here with Me" | Marshmello featuring Chvrches | [14] |
4 April | [15] | ||
11 April | "Piece of Your Heart" | Meduza featuring Goodboys | [16] |
18 April | [17] | ||
25 April | [18] | ||
2 May | [19] | ||
9 May | [20] | ||
16 May | [21] | ||
23 May | [22] | ||
30 May | [23] | ||
6 June | [24] | ||
13 June | [25] | ||
20 June | [26] | ||
27 June | [27] | ||
4 July | [28] | ||
11 July | [29] | ||
18 July | "Wish You Well" | Sigala and Becky Hill | [30] |
25 July | [31] | ||
1 August | [32] | ||
8 August | [33] | ||
15 August | [34] | ||
22 August | [35] | ||
29 August | "Sorry" | Joel Corry | [36] |
5 September | [37] | ||
12 September | [38] | ||
19 September | [39] | ||
26 September | [40] | ||
3 October | "Ride It" | Regard | [41] |
10 October | [42] | ||
17 October | [43] | ||
24 October | [44] | ||
31 October | [45] | ||
7 November | [46] | ||
14 November | [47] | ||
21 November | [48] | ||
28 November | [49] | ||
5 December | [50] | ||
12 December | [51] | ||
19 December | [52] | ||
26 December | [53] |
Position | Nationality | Artist | Weeks at number one |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ITA | Meduza | 14 |
2 | KOS | Regard | 13 |
3 | UK | Calvin Harris | 8 |
3 | UK | Sam Smith | 8 |
4 | UK | Sigala | 6 |
4 | UK | Becky Hill | 6 |
5 | UK | Joel Corry | 5 |
6 | UK | Jax Jones | 4 |
6 | UK | Years & Years | 4 |
7 | US | Marshmello | 2 |
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