Ed Sheeran was the dominant artist of 2017, achieving a total of 11 UK top 10 singles during the year, two of which topped the chart. "Shape of You" became both the longest-reigning number-one single and the best-selling single of the year. Ten of the sixteen tracks from his third studio album ÷ reached the top 10. The remix of "Perfect" featuring Beyoncé helped the song to become the year's Christmas number-one single.Luis Fonsi collaborated with fellow Peurto Rican Daddy Yankee on "Despacito", which, thanks to the release of a remix featuring Justin Bieber, became the second best selling single of this year, spending eleven non-consecutive weeks at number-one and eighteen weeks in the top 10 altogether.Former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello had her first solo top 10 hit in 2017 with "Havana", a collaboration with Young Thug, which spent five weeks at number-one.Dua Lipa made her top 10 debut this year with four singles making the countdown, including "New Rules", which spent two weeks at number-one in August.
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] Since 2014, the singles chart has been based on both sales and streaming; in 2017 it used the ratio of 150 streams equivalent to one sale (not 100:1 as previously).[4] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2017, as well as singles which peaked in 2016 and 2018 but were in the top 10 in 2017. 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).
Ninety-eight singles charted in the top 10 in 2017, with eighty-two singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entry "All I Want for Christmas" which charted in previous years but reached a peak on its latest chart run).
Twenty-four artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2017. Ed Sheeran had the most top ten singles in 2017 with eleven. His comeback single "Shape of You" was made available for download on 6 January and has spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number-one while "Castle on the Hill", which came out on the same day, peaked at number two. Promotional single "How Would You Feel (Paean)" also reached a high of second in the chart on 2 March.
After Sheeran's third studio album, "÷" was released, all sixteen tracks were in the top 20 on the week ending 16 March, and he held nine of the top 10, with "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay the only single to break this monopoly.[5] In addition to the singles already in the chart, "Galway Girl (2), "Perfect" (4), "New Man" (5) "Happier" (6), "Dive" (8), and "Supermarket Flowers" (9, rising to 8) and "What Do I Know?" all reaching the top ten. In response, the Official Charts Company announced plans in June to limit the number of songs by the same artist in the chart at the same time, to reflect popularity of singles rather than album tracks.[6] "Perfect" returned to the chart later in the year after its official single release and became the Christmas number-one, with Sheeran'/ collaboration with Eminem, "River", behind it in the chart. "River" would eventually reach the top spot itself in early 2018.
Drake is one of eight artists who had three hit singles in 2017. "Passionfruit" entered the chart at number 4 on 30 March and rose to number three the following week. Two of his other album tracks from More Life peaked in the top 10 - KMT featuring the rapper Giggs reached number 9 and "Blem" landed one place lower.
The Official Charts Company announced plans in June to limit the number of songs by the same artist in the chart at the same time, to reflect popularity of singles rather than album tracks.[6] Chart rules were altered from 7 July to help new artists break through by limiting the number of tracks by the same artist allowed in the chart at the same time to 3. The streaming to sales ratio remained largely unchanged but for songs which have spent a high number of weeks in the chart the ratio was altered to 300:1.[6] This was largely in response to Ed Sheeran's album tracks dominating the chart, with all sixteen tracks from his third studio album ÷, reaching the top twenty in the same week.
Chart debuts
Forty-nine artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2017, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, six went on to record another hit single that year: Alessia Cara, DJ Khaled, Julia Michaels, Khalid, Marshmello and RAYE. Dua Lipa had three other entries in her 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.
Harry Styles made his solo debut in 2017, with his first single outside One Direction, "Sign of the Times", topping the chart in April. Likewise with Liam Payne, he made his solo debut in 2017, with his first single outside One Direction, "Strip That Down" entered the top 10 at number 3. Quavo is a member of the hip-hop group Migos, who debuted on the Calvin Harris single in "Slide" in March 2017, two months before he featured on DJ Khaled's number-one hit "I'm the One". He would also appear with Liam Payne on his solo top three single "Strip That Down".
The charity single "Bridge over Troubled Water" was dedicated to the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire. The single peaked at number 1 on 29 June 2017, just two days after release, becoming the second fastest selling single of 2017 behind "Shape of You".
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2017, including singles that reached their peak in 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 2017 is also shown.
a "24K Magic" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 5 January 2017 (week ending).
b "Shout Out to My Ex" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 5 January 2017 (week ending).
c "Last Christmas" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 5 January 2017 (week ending) following the death of George Michael, having originally peaked at number 2 upon release in 1984. It re-entered the top 10 again on 14 December 2017 at number 6.
d "Sexual" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 12 January 2017 (week ending).
e "Just Hold On" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 12 January 2017 (week ending).
f "Big For Your Boots" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 9 March 2017 (week ending).
g "It Ain't Me" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 6 April 2017 (week ending).
h "Issues" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 27 April 2017 (week ending).
i "Attention" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 22 June 2017 (week ending).
k Figure includes appearance on Clean Bandit's "Rockabye".
l Figure includes appearance on Sean Paul's "No Lie".
m Figure includes appearances on Luis Fonsi's "Despacito", DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" and David Guetta's "2U".
n Figure includes appearances on DJ Khaled's "I'm the One", Calvin Harris' "Slide" (with Migos) and Liam Payne's "Strip That Down".
o Figure includes appearance on Clean Bandit's "Symphony".
p Figure includes an appearance on the "Bridge over Troubled Water" charity single by Artists for Grenfell.
q Released as a charity single by Artists for Grenfell to support survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire.
r Figure includes appearance on Little Mix's "Power".
s Figure includes appearance on Jax Jones' "You Don't Know Me".
t Figure includes appearance on Calvin Harris' "Feels".
u "2U" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 27 June 2017 (week ending).
v Figure includes song that first charted in 2016 but peaked in 2017.
w "Came Here for Love" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 3 August 2017 (week ending).
x Figure includes appearance on Enrique Iglasias' "Súbeme la Radio".
y "Your Song" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 24 August 2017 (week ending).
z Figure includes appearance on Avicii's "Lonely Together".
aa "More Than Friends" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 5 October 2017 (week ending).
bb Figure includes appearance on Logic's "1-800-273-8255".
cc "Mi Gente" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 19 October 2017 (week ending) upon the release of the remix featuring Beyoncé.
dd Figure includes appearance on Stefflon Don's "Hurtin' Me".
ee Figure includes appearance on Logic's "1-800-273-8255", and Marshmello's "Silence".
ff "Perfect" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 2 November 2017 (week ending).
gg "Reggaetón Lento" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 16 November 2017 (week ending).
hh Figure includes appearance on Clean Bandit's "I Miss You".
ii "Last Christmas" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 14 December 2017 (week ending), having originally peaked at number 2 upon release in 1984.
jj "Fairytale of New York" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 14 December 2017 (week ending), having originally peaked at number 2 upon release in 1987.
kk "All I Want For Christmas" re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 14 December 2017 (week ending), having originally peaked at number 2 upon release in 1994.
ll "Perfect" reached a new peak at number 1 on 14 December 2017 upon the release of the remix featuring Beyoncé.
mm Figure includes appearance on Eminem's "River".
nn "Man's Not Hot" reached its peak of number three on 11 January 2018 (week ending).
oo "I Miss You" reached its peak of number four on 25 January 2018 (week ending).
pp "Let You Down" reached its peak of number six on 18 January 2018 (week ending).
English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa has released two studio albums, two reissues, one remix album, five extended plays (EPs), thirty-one singles, ten promotional singles, two charity singles, and thirty-three music videos. After signing with Warner Bros. Records, she released her debut single "New Love" in 2015. The following year, she gained recognition through the singles "Hotter than Hell" and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)". In June 2017 Lipa released her eponymous debut studio album, which reached the top 10 charts in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The album's chart-topping hits "Be the One", "New Rules" and "IDGAF" propelled Lipa to international fame.
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