Beyoncé has achieved three top 10 singles so far in 2024, all featuring a country-tinged flavour, with "Texas Hold 'Em" spending five non-consecutive weeks at number-one.Taylor Swift's UK chart dominance continued into this year, with four singles making the countdown so far, including her chart-topping duet with Post Malone, "Fortnight".Rich the Kid made the UK top 10 for the first time in March 2024 thanks to his guest appearance, alongside Playboy Carti, on Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign's "Carnival".
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 2024, as well as singles which peaked in 2023 and 2025 but were in the top 10 in 2024. 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).
The 2023 Christmas number-one, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, remained at number-one for the first week of 2024. The first new number-one single of the year was "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan. Overall, five different songs have peaked at number-one so far in 2024, with five unique artists hitting that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.
Background
Chart debuts
Forty-four singles have charted in the top 10 so far in 2024 (as of 2 May 2024, week ending), with thirty-four singles reaching their peak so far this year (including the re-entries "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Merry Christmas" and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
"Murder on the Dancefloor" returns to the top-ten
On 5 January 2024 (11 January 2024, week ending), Sophie Ellis-Bextor returned to the UK top-ten for the first time since 2007, when her 2001 hit "Murder on the Dancefloor" re-entered the chart at number 8. The song, which originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release, witnessed a resurgence in popularity following its use in the film Saltburn. The song also experienced its best ever streaming week, earning 293,000 weekly streams.[6] "Murder on the Dancefloor" reclaimed its 2001 peak of number 2 the following week, and surpassed the previous week's best for Ellis-Bextor by earning the most one-week streams since its release, with 4.7 million UK streams over the previous seven days.[7]
Madonna secures first UK top 10 single in fifteen years
On 2 February 2024 (8 February 2024, week ending), Madonna secured her first UK top 10 single since "Celebration" in September 2009, thanks to her inclusion on "Popular", also featuring The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, after the song climbed to number 10 in the chart, having spent a total of 12 non-consecutive weeks inside the top 40 before finally breaking into the upper echelons of the chart. Madonna also earned her 64th top 10 hit in the process, extending her record as the female artist with the most UK top 10 singles.[8]
Beyoncé earns first UK number-one single in fourteen years and later secures second Chart Double
On 23 February 2024 (29 February 2024, week ending), Beyoncé rose to the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Texas Hold 'Em" after debuting at number 9 the week before. The song became Beyoncé's fifth UK number-one as a solo artist (eighth overall) and her first number-one single in fourteen years, since "Telephone" (a collaboration with Lady Gaga) topped the charts in March 2010.[10] The song initially spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, becoming Beyoncé's longest-running UK number-one single to date,[11] before returning to number-one for a fifth non-consecutive week on 5 April 2024 (11 April 2024, week ending), after the album Cowboy Carter debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart, marking the second time that Beyoncé had secured the UK Chart Double.[12]
Taylor Swift's chart dominance continues as she secures her third chart double.
Taylor Swift's dominance of the UK Singles Chart continued into 2024. On 26 April 2024 (2 May 2024, week ending), three singles from her album The Tortured Poets Department debuted inside the top 5 of the chart, including her duet with Post Malone, "Fortnight", which became her fourth UK number-one single, whilst The Tortured Poets Department debuted at number-one in the UK Albums Chart, thus giving Swift her third Chart Double. "Fortnight" also became Malone's first number-one single in almost seven years, since "Rockstar" topped the charts in 2017.[13]
Chart debuts
Thirteen artists have achieved their first charting top ten single so far in 2024, either as a lead or featured artist.
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 ten solo single.
Perrie earned her first UK top ten debut in April 2024 with "Forget About Us". This also became her first top 10 since the UK girl band Little Mix announced their hiatus in May 2022.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2024, including singles that reached their peak in 2023. 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 2024 is also shown.
a "Cruel Summer" re-entered the top 10 at number 3 on 2 November 2023 (week ending) following the release of a live version to tie in with the cinematic release of the film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
b "Cruel Summer" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 16 November 2023 (week ending).
c "Last Christmas" re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 7 December 2023 (week ending). The song originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release in 1984 and reached number-one for the first time ever on 7 January 2021 (week ending).
d "All I Want for Christmas Is You" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 7 December 2023 (week ending). The song originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release in 1994 and reached number-one for the first time ever on 17 December 2020 (week ending).
e "Fairytale of New York" re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 14 December 2023 (week ending), following the death of The Pogues' lead singer Shane MacGowan. The song originally peaked at number 2 upon release in 1987.
f "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 14 December 2023 (week ending). Having originally number 6 upon its original release in 1962, the song reached a new peak of number TBA on 4 January 2023 (week ending).
g "Merry Christmas" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 14 December 2023 (week ending), having originally peaked at number-one upon release in 2021.
h "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 14 December 2023 (week ending).
i "Greedy" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 21 December 2023 (week ending), following the release of the album Think Later.
j "Santa Tell Me" entered the top 10 for the first time at number 8 on 4 January 2024 (week ending). The song first charted at number 79 in 2014, and later peaked at number 11 in 2020.
k "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 4 January 2024 (week ending). The song first charted at number 21 in 2007, and reached the top 10 for the first time on 6 January 2022 (week ending), peaking at number 9.
l "Lovin on Me" re-entered the top 10 at number 2 on 11 January 2024 (week ending).
m "Prada" re-entered the top 10 at number 3 on 11 January 2024 (week ending).
n "Greedy" re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 11 January 2024 (week ending).
o "Cruel Summer" re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 11 January 2024 (week ending).
p "Houdini" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 11 January 2024 (week ending).
q "Water" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 11 January 2024 (week ending).
r "Murder on the Dancefloor" originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release in 2001. The song re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 11 January 2024 (week ending) after experiencing renewed popularity due to featuring prominently in the final scene of the film Saltburn.
s "Yes, And?" re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 21 March 2024 (week ending), following the release of the album Eternal Sunshine.
t "Scared to Start" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 18 April 2024 (week ending).
u "Stick Season" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 18 April 2024 (week ending).
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