Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk", a collaboration with Bruno Mars, became the best-selling single of 2015. The song entered the charts at number-one in December 2014 and lasted 18 weeks in the top 10, seven of which were at the top spot.Charlie Puth made his UK top 10 debut this year, achieving two number-one singles: "See You Again" (with Wiz Khalifa) and "Marvin Gaye" (with Meghan Trainor). "See You Again" was recorded as a tribute to actor Paul Walker, who died in a car accident in November 2013, and featured on the soundtrack of the movie Furious 7, in which Walker posthumously appeared.Adele returned to the UK charts in 2015 with "Hello", which spent three weeks at number-one and lasted 14 weeks in the top 10. It ended up as the year's sixth best selling single.
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] From 6 July 2014, streaming figures became incorporated into the singles chart which means that a song will count as a sale, if streamed 100 times.[4] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2015, as well as singles which peaked in 2014 and 2016 but were in the top 10 in 2015. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and fifteen singles were in the top ten in 2015. Eight singles from 2014 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "History" by One Direction was released in 2015 but did not reach its peak until 2016. Eighteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2015. Charlie Puth, Fifth Harmony, Hozier, Kygo, Lost Frequencies, The Weeknd and Zara Larsson were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2015.
The Christmas number one – "A Bridge Over You" by the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir – set the record for the biggest drop from number-one, falling to number 29 on its second week on the chart, and only the fourth number-one single in history to leave the top 10 after one week.
"Uptown Funk" by British record producer Mark Ronson and American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars returned to number-one for the first six weeks of 2015, giving the song a total of seven weeks on top of the chart. The song had vacated the top spot for one week as the X Factorseries 11 winner Ben Haenow secured the 2014 Christmas number one with "Something I Need". The first new number-one single of the year was "Love Me like You Do" by British singer Ellie Goulding, taken from the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades of Grey. Overall, twenty-four different singles peaked at number-one in 2015, with Jess Glynne and Justin Bieber (3) having the joint most singles hit that position.
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Multiple entries
One-hundred and fifteen singles charted in the top 10 in 2015, with one-hundred and four singles reaching their peak this year.
Eighteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2009. Jess Glynne and Justin Bieber shared the record for most top 10 hits in 2015 with four hit singles each.
Sixty-seven artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2015, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, five went on to record another hit single that year: Charlie Puth, Galantis, James Bay, Philip George and Sigala. The Weeknd had two other entries in his breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Jack Ü is made up of Skrillex and Diplo. Skrillex had not recorded a top 10 single before but Diplo was featured on "Earthquake" by DJ Fresh. Alex Newell was an uncredited vocalist on Clean Bandit's "Stronger" (charted 2 May 2015). Nick Jonas relaunched his solo career in 2014 and had his first top 10 charting single, "Jealous", outside Jonas Brothers in 2015. The group had never reached the top 10; the closest they came was with "S.O.S" in 2008 which peaked at number 13.
Rachel Platten became a one-hit wonder in the UK charts this year with "Fight Song", which spent one week at number-one.American rapper and singer Jeremih provided guest vocals on Natalie La Rose's hit single "Somebody", which reached number two in the UK in June 2015.Fleur East, who finished as the runner-up of the 10th series of The X Factor, reached number three in November of this year with her debut single "Sax", which lasted six weeks in the top 10.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2015, including singles that reached their peak in 2014 or 2016. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2015 is also shown.
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