List of UK top-ten singles in 2019

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Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi had the best-selling single of 2019 with "Someone You Loved", which spent seven weeks at number-one and had a total of 31 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. Capaldi achieved four more top 10 singles this year, including "Before You Go", which would eventually peak at number-one on 6 February 2020. Lewis Capaldi - Ilosaarirock 2018 - 02.jpg
Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi had the best-selling single of 2019 with "Someone You Loved", which spent seven weeks at number-one and had a total of 31 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. Capaldi achieved four more top 10 singles this year, including "Before You Go", which would eventually peak at number-one on 6 February 2020.
Lil Nas X spent 16 consecutive weeks in the UK top 10 with his hit single "Old Town Road, which peaked at number-one for two weeks. It went on to become the second best selling single of this year. Lil Nas X back stage at the MTV Video Music Awards 2019.jpg
Lil Nas X spent 16 consecutive weeks in the UK top 10 with his hit single "Old Town Road, which peaked at number-one for two weeks. It went on to become the second best selling single of this year.
Australian singer and songwriter Tones and I spent eleven consecutive weeks at number-one in the UK Singles Chart with her song "Dance Monkey", which not only became the longest-running chart-topper of 2019, but also broke the record for the most weeks spent at the top of the UK charts by a female artist. Tones And I (50118162967) (cropped).jpg
Australian singer and songwriter Tones and I spent eleven consecutive weeks at number-one in the UK Singles Chart with her song "Dance Monkey", which not only became the longest-running chart-topper of 2019, but also broke the record for the most weeks spent at the top of the UK charts by a female artist.

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, with the ratio altered in 2017 to 150:1 streams and only three singles by the same artist eligible for the chart. [4] [5] From July 2018, video streams from YouTube Music and Spotify among others began to be counted for the Official Charts. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2019, as well as singles which peaked in 2018 and 2020 but were in the top 10 in 2019. 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).

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One-hundred and six singles were in the top ten this year. Twelve singles from 2018 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi, "Own It" by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy, "River" by Ellie Goulding and "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas were all released in 2019 but did not reach their peak until 2020. "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey, "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus, "Rewrite the Stars" by James Arthur featuring Anne-Marie, "Sunflower" by Post Malone featuring Swae Lee and "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max were the singles from 2018 to reach their peak in 2019. Twenty-two artists scored multiple entries in the top ten in 2019. AJ Tracey, Billie Eilish, Lewis Capaldi and Troye Sivan were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2019.

The first number-one single of the year was "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max. Overall, eleven different singles peaked at number-one in 2019, with Ed Sheeran (3) having the most singles hit that position. An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.

Background

Non-mover top 12

The top 12 singles on the chart on 13 June 2019 (week ending), all remained at their positions from the previous week. The singles included "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber at 1, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X at 2, "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi at 3, "Vossi Bop" by Stormzy at 4, "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish at 5, "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza featuring Goodboys at 6, "Hold Me While You Wait" by Lewis Capaldi at 7, "SOS" by Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc at 8, "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran featuring Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock at 9, "If I Can't Have You" by Shawn Mendes at 10, "All Day and Night" by Jax Jones, Martin Solveig and Madison Beer at 11 and "Location" by Dave featuring Burna Boy at 12. [6]

LadBaby back-to-back Christmas number-ones

YouTube vlogger LadBaby (real name Mark Hoyle) and his wife Roxy created a slice of chart history as they achieved a second successive Christmas number-one with their parody of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", re-titled "I Love Sausage Rolls". They had first topped the chart in 2018 with another parody single based on "We Built This City", raising money for the food charity Trussell Trust. They became only the second act after Spice Girls to score back-to-back Christmas chart toppers, and it was also the first time in history where two novelty singles reached Christmas number-one in successive years.

On the flipside, the sales dropped off in its second week and the single fell to number 57, meaning they also joined Elvis Presley as only the second act to see two number-one singles fall out of the top 10 straight from the top spot. His reissued singles "One Night"/"I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never" from 2005 both dropped out of the top 10 the week after topping the chart. "We Built This City" had slipped from number-one to number 21 in the space of a week at the end of 2018.

Chart debuts

Forty-two artists achieved their first charting top 10 single in 2019. Four acts have had a second single reach the top 10: Russ, Tion Wayne, AJ Tracey, and Headie One. Aitch, Billie Eilish, and Burna Boy achieved two more chart hits in 2019. Lewis Capaldi had five more 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.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Lewis Capaldi 5"Someone You Loved"1"Hold Me While You Wait" (4), "Grace" (9), "Bruises" (6), "Before You Go" (1)
Aitch 3"Taste (Make It Shake)"2"Strike a Pose" (9), "Buss Down" (8)
Billie Eilish 3"Bury a Friend"6"Bad Guy" (2), "Everything I Wanted" (3)
Russ 2"Gun Lean"9"Keisha & Becky" (7)
Tion Wayne 2"Options"7
Burna Boy 3"Location"6"Be Honest" (8), "Own It" (1)
AJ Tracey 2"Fashion Week"7"Ladbroke Grove" (3)
Headie One 2"18Hunna"6"Audacity" (6)
Pinkfong 1"Baby Shark"6—
Gesaffelstein 1"Lost in the Fire"9—
J. Cole 1"Middle Child"9—
NSG 1"Options"7—
Jonas Brothers 1"Sucker"4—
Lauv 1"I'm So Tired"8—
Troye Sivan 18—
Steel Banglez 1"Fashion Week"7—
MoStack 17—
Meduza 1"Piece of Your Heart"2—
Goodboys 12—
Lil Nas X 1"Old Town Road"1—
Chvrches 1"Here With Me"9—
Brendon Urie 1"Me!"3—
Madison Beer 1"All Day and Night"10—
PnB Rock 1"Cross Me"4—
Mist 1"So High"7—
Dominic Fike 1"3 Nights"3—
Social House 1"Boyfriend"4—
Lil Tecca 1"Ransom"7—
Joel Corry 1"Sorry"6—
Young T & Bugsey 1"Strike a Pose"9—
Regard 1"Ride It"2—
Tones and I 1"Dance Monkey"1—
Dermot Kennedy 1"Outnumbered"6—
Jorja Smith 1"Be Honest"8—
Rani 1"Post Malone"10—
ZieZie 1"Buss Down"8—
Lizzo 1"Good as Hell"7—
Arizona Zervas 1"Roxanne"4—
KSI 1"Down Like That"10—
Lil Baby 110—
Rick Ross 110—
S-X 110—
Notes

Normani Kordei made her solo top 10 chart debut with "Dancing with a Stranger" by Sam Smith after following two top 10 hits with Fifth Harmony. Brendon Urie, the lead singer of Panic! At the Disco, had never previously achieved a top 10 single in over a decade career with his group, the closest to this milestone "High Hopes", peaked at number twelve in 2018. However, he made his solo top 10 debut by featuring on "Me!".

Songs from films

Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Sunflower" (from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse ) and "Don't Call Me Angel" ( Charlie's Angels ).

Additionally, "Rewrite the Stars" by James Arthur and Anne-Marie also entered the top 10 at number 8, however despite being from The Greatest Showman , this entry was part of The Greatest Showman: Reimagined soundtrack. The original version was sung by Zac Efron and Zendaya in the film.

Best-selling singles

Lewis Capaldi had the best-selling single of the year with "Someone You Loved". The song spent 21 weeks in the top 10 (including seven weeks at number-one), sold over 1,800,000 copies and was certified 3× platinum by the BPI. "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X came in second place, while Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's "I Don't Care", "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish and "Giant" from Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man made up the top five. Singles by Ava Max, Stormzy, Tones & I, Mabel and Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.

Top-ten singles

Key
SymbolMeaning
‡Single peaked in 2018 but still in chart in 2019.
♦Single released in 2019 but peaked in 2020.
(#)Year-end top-ten single position and rank
EnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending)		Weeks
in
top
10		SingleArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)		Weeks
at
peak
Singles in 2018
14 June 201816"Shotgun" ‡ [A] George Ezra 15 July 20184
11 October 20187"Lost Without You" ‡ [B] Freya Ridings 911 October 20185
1 November 201813"Sunflower" [C] Post Malone & Swae Lee 310 January 20191
7"Zeze" ‡ [D] Kodak Black featuring Travis Scott & Offset 78 November 20181
15 November 201812"Thank U, Next" ‡ Ariana Grande 115 November 20186
9"Without Me" ‡ [E] Halsey 313 December 20182
6 December 201812"Sweet but Psycho" (#6) [F] Ava Max 13 January 20194
13 December 20188"All I Want for Christmas Is You" [G] [TT] Mariah Carey 23 January 20192
3"Rewrite the Stars" [H] James Arthur & Anne-Marie 717 January 20191
10"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" [I] Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus 224 January 20191
20 December 20186"Last Christmas" [J] [UU] Wham! 33 January 20192
3"Fairytale of New York" [K] The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 43 January 20192
Singles in 2019
3 January 20191"Do They Know It's Christmas?" [L] [M] Band Aid 63 January 20191
1"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Michael Bublé 73 January 20191
1"One More Sleep" [N] Leona Lewis 83 January 20191
1"Merry Christmas Everyone" [O] Shakin' Stevens 93 January 20191
1"Step into Christmas" [P] Elton John 103 January 20191
10 January 20198"Wow"Post Malone324 January 20191
1"Baby Shark" Pinkfong 610 January 20191
1"Ruin My Life" Zara Larsson 910 January 20191
17 January 20191"18Hunna" Headie One featuring Dave 617 January 20191
1"Hold My Girl"George Ezra817 January 20191
24 January 20199"Dancing with a Stranger" Sam Smith & Normani 331 January 20193
14"Giant" (#5) Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man 27 March 20195
2"Play" Jax Jones & Years & Years 824 January 20191
1"Lost in the Fire" Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd 924 January 20191
31 January 20199"7 Rings"Ariana Grande131 January 20194
1"Gun Lean" Russ 931 January 20191
7 February 20198"Don't Call Me Up" (#9) Mabel 314 March 20193
1"Middle Child" J. Cole 97 February 20191
31"Someone You Loved" (#1) [Q] [BBB] Lewis Capaldi 17 March 20197
14 February 20196"Bury a Friend" [R] Billie Eilish 611 April 20191
21 February 20198"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"Ariana Grande121 February 20191
1"Needy"821 February 20191
28 February 20194"Options" NSG featuring Tion Wayne 77 March 20191
7 March 20193"Walk Me Home" Pink 87 March 20191
11"Just You and I" Tom Walker 34 April 20191
14 March 20198"Sucker" Jonas Brothers 44 April 20191
21 March 20192"Disaster"Dave featuring J Hus 821 March 20191
1"Streatham"Dave921 March 20191
28 March 20196"Location" [S] Dave featuring Burna Boy 64 April 20191
2"I'm So Tired..." Lauv & Troye Sivan 84 April 20191
4 April 20192"Fashion Week" Steel Banglez featuring AJ Tracey & MoStack 74 April 20191
11 April 201915"Bad Guy" (#4) [T] Billie Eilish211 April 20191
10"Piece of Your Heart" Meduza featuring Goodboys 22 May 20191
18 April 201916"Old Town Road" (#2) Lil Nas X 125 April 20192
2"Talk" [U] Khalid 918 April 20191
25 April 20193"Keisha & Becky" Russ & Tion Wayne725 April 20191
2"Here with Me" Marshmello featuring Chvrches 92 May 20191
2 May 201910"SOS" Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc 62 May 20191
9 May 20199"Vossi Bop" (#7) Stormzy 19 May 20192
3"Me!" Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie 39 May 20191
16 May 201915"Hold Me While You Wait"Lewis Capaldi416 May 20193
4"If I Can't Have You" Shawn Mendes 916 May 20191
23 May 201912"I Don't Care" (#3) [V] Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 123 May 20198
30 May 20191"Grace"Lewis Capaldi930 May 20191
2"All Day and Night" [W] Europa & Madison Beer 1030 May 20192
6 June 201910"Cross Me"Ed Sheeran featuring Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock 44 July 20193
20 June 20193"No Guidance" Chris Brown featuring Drake 627 June 20191
27 June 20192"You Need to Calm Down"Taylor Swift527 June 20191
1"Bounce Back" Little Mix 1027 June 20191
4 July 20199"Señorita" (#10)Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 118 July 20196
4"Crown"Stormzy411 July 20191
11 July 20199"Beautiful People"Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid125 July 20191
2"Mad Love"Mabel811 July 20191
4"Wish You Well" Sigala & Becky Hill 825 July 20191
18 July 20192"Goodbyes" [II] Post Malone featuring Young Thug 518 July 20191
25 July 20197"Take Me Back to London" [X] [HH] Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy15 September 20195
13"Ladbroke Grove"AJ Tracey310 October 20191
7"So High" [Y] Mist featuring Fredo 725 July 20191
8 August 201911"3 Nights" Dominic Fike 322 August 20192
11"Higher Love" Kygo & Whitney Houston 25 September 20192
15 August 20191"Boyfriend"Ariana Grande & Social House 415 August 20191
9"Taste (Make It Shake)" Aitch 219 September 20192
22 August 20194"How Do You Sleep?"Sam Smith722 August 20191
29 August 20196"Ransom" [LL] Lil Tecca 729 August 20192
8"Sorry" Joel Corry 612 September 20194
12 September 20196"Strike a Pose" Young T & Bugsey featuring Aitch919 September 20192
19 September 201910"Circles"Post Malone331 October 20191
26 September 20191"Don't Call Me Angel"Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey 226 September 20191
3 October 20199"Ride It" Regard 210 October 20194
16"Dance Monkey" (#8) [WW] Tones and I 110 October 201911
17 October 20193"Highest in the Room" Travis Scott 217 October 20191
5"Outnumbered" Dermot Kennedy 624 October 20191
24 October 20191"Lights Up" Harry Styles 324 October 20191
8"South of the Border"Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello & Cardi B 431 October 20193
2"Be Honest" Jorja Smith featuring Burna Boy824 October 20191
7"Bruises"Lewis Capaldi631 October 20193
1"Post Malone" Sam Feldt featuring Rani 1024 October 20191
31 October 20191"Buss Down"Aitch featuring ZieZie831 October 20191
8"Memories" Maroon 5 528 November 20191
7 November 20195"Lose You to Love Me" [XX] Selena Gomez 37 November 20191
1"Follow God" Kanye West 67 November 20191
4"Good as Hell" [RR] Lizzo 77 November 20192
14 November 201925"Don't Start Now" [YY] Dua Lipa 214 November 20193
21 November 20191"Must Be" J Hus 521 November 20191
28 November 201910"Everything I Wanted" [ZZ] [DDD] Billie Eilish328 November 20191
11"Roxanne" ♦ [AAA] Arizona Zervas 49 January 20202
5 December 201912"Before You Go" ♦ [BBB] Lewis Capaldi16 February 20201
10"Own It" ♦Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy19 January 20203
1"Down Like That" KSI featuring Rick Ross, Lil Baby & S-X 105 December 20191
12 December 20191"Heartless" The Weeknd 1012 December 20191
19 December 20192"River" ♦ [VV] Ellie Goulding 12 January 20201
26 December 20191"I Love Sausage Rolls" LadBaby 126 December 20191
1"Audacity"Stormzy featuring Headie One626 December 20191
1"Lessons"Stormzy926 December 20191

Entries by artist

Stormzy scored six top 10 entries this year. "Vossi Bop" debuted at number-one in May and became his first single to top the UK chart. He also reached the top spot thanks to his appearance on Ed Sheeran's "Take Me Back to London". "Own It", which also featured Sheeran as well as Nigerian singer Burna Boy, would reach its peak of number-one on 9 January 2020. Roskilde Festival Stormzy-2.jpg
Stormzy scored six top 10 entries this year. "Vossi Bop" debuted at number-one in May and became his first single to top the UK chart. He also reached the top spot thanks to his appearance on Ed Sheeran's "Take Me Back to London". "Own It", which also featured Sheeran as well as Nigerian singer Burna Boy, would reach its peak of number-one on 9 January 2020.
2019 also proved to be a successful year for Shawn Mendes, who achieved two top 10 hits, including his duet with Camila Cabello, "Senorita", which spent six weeks at number-one. "Senorita" was the second UK chart-topper for both Mendes and Cabello. Shawn Mendes teaches you Canadian slangs 01.jpg
2019 also proved to be a successful year for Shawn Mendes, who achieved two top 10 hits, including his duet with Camila Cabello, "Señorita", which spent six weeks at number-one. "Señorita" was the second UK chart-topper for both Mendes and Cabello.

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2019, including singles that reached their peak in 2018. 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 2019 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksSingles
6 Ariana Grande [AAA] 17"Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", "Needy", "Boyfriend", "Don't Call Me Angel"
Ed Sheeran [SS] 33"I Don't Care", "Cross Me", "Beautiful People", "Take Me Back to London", "South of the Border", “Own It”
Stormzy [BB] 23"Vossi Bop", "Crown", "Take Me Back to London", "Own It", "Audacity", "Lessons"
5 Lewis Capaldi 39"Grace", "Someone You Loved", "Hold Me While You Wait", "Bruises", "Before You Go"
4 Post Malone [CC] 22"Sunflower", "Wow", "Goodbyes", "Circles"
Dave [AA] 7"18Hunna", "Streatham", "Disaster", "Location"
3 Billie Eilish 34"Bury a Friend", "Bad Guy", "Everything I Wanted"
Burna Boy [OO] [PP] [SS] 13"Location", "Be Honest", "Own It"
Aitch [NN] 11"Strike a Pose", "Taste (Make It Shake)", "Buss Down"
2 Taylor Swift 5"Me!", "You Need to Calm Down"
Khalid [DD] 11"Talk", "Beautiful People"
Miley Cyrus [JJ] [KK] 8"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart", "Don't Call Me Angel"
George Ezra [AAA] 2"Shotgun", "Hold My Girl"
George Michael [EE] [FF] 4"Last Christmas", "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Russ 3"Gun Lean", "Keisha & Becky"
Tion Wayne [GG] 3"Options", "Keisha & Becky"
Jax Jones [QQ] 4"Play", "All Day and Night"
Mabel 10"Don't Call Me Up", "Mad Love"
AJ Tracey 15"Fashion Week", "Ladbroke Grove"
Sam Smith 13"Dancing with a Stranger", "How Do You Sleep?"
Headie One 2"18Hunna", "Audacity"
Shawn Mendes 13"If I Can't Have You", "Señorita"
The Weeknd 2"Lost in the Fire", "Heartless"
Camila Cabello [MM] 17"Señorita", "South of the Border"

Notes

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN   1-904994-00-8.
  3. ↑ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News . 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart rules are changing to help new bands break through". Newsbeat. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Homewood, Ben (19 December 2016). "Official Charts Company changes conversion rate to reflect rise in streaming". Music Week. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Charts analysis: First ever static singles Top 10 in chart history | Analysis". Musicweek.com.
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