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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 2025, as well as singles which peaked in 2024 and 2026 but were in the top 10 in 2025. 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).
Seventy-three singles have been in the top ten so far this year (as of 28 August 2025, week ending). Twenty-five singles from 2024 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar, "Luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee, "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms, "It Can't Be Christmas" by Tom Grennan, "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, "Santa Tell Me" by Ariana Grande, "Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson and "Messy" by Lola Young were the songs from 2024 to reach their peak in 2025. Chrystal, Alex Warren, Doechii, Ravyn Lenae, Sombr and Olivia Dean were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2025.
The 2024 Christmas number-one, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, remained at number-one for the first week of 2025, while in the second week of 2025, Gracie Abrams' "That's So True", which had spent five weeks at number-one in 2024, returned to the top spot for a further three weeks. The first new number-one single of the year was "Messy" by Lola Young. Overall, ten different songs have peaked at number-one so far in 2025, with Chappell Roan (2) having the most songs hit that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.
Seventy-three singles have charted in the top 10 so far in 2025 (as of 28 August 2025, week ending), with fifty-eight singles reaching their peak so far this year (including the re-entries "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Fairytale of New York" and "Santa Tell Me", which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
On 14 February 2025 (20 February 2025, week ending), Kendrick Lamar re-entered the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously with "Not Like Us" and "Luther" (a duet with SZA) following his performance at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. The following week, Lamar secured his first UK number-one single when "Not Like Us" topped the charts, nine months after the song's original release, whilst his 2018 hit "All the Stars" (also a duet with SZA), re-entered the top-ten at its original peak of number 5. [6]
On 2 May 2025 (8 May 2025, week ending), Jack Black's "Steve's Lava Chicken" from the soundtrack of A Minecraft Movie , running at just 34 seconds long, made history as the shortest song in duration to enter the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart after it climbed to number nine. [7]
On 6 June 2025 (12 June 2025, week ending), Alex Warren's "Ordinary" spent a twelfth consecutive week at number-one in the UK Singles Chart, not only becoming the longest-running UK number-one single of the 2020s, but also the longest-running UK number-one single ever by a US male solo artist, surpassing the eleven-week run at number-one in 1955 by Slim Whitman's "Rose Marie". [8] After being knocked off the top spot the following week by Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild", "Ordinary" returned to number-one for a thirteenth non-consecutive week on 20 June 2025 (26 June 2025, week ending). [9]
On 13 June 2025 (19 June 2025, week ending), Sabrina Carpenter secured her fourth number-one single with "Manchild", following her hat-trick of number one singles in 2024. [10] The song topped the UK Singles Chart for two non-consecutive weeks and opened at the top spot with 62,400 units, the biggest opening week for a female artist in 2025 so far. [11]
On 4 July 2025 (10 July 2025, week ending), Lewis Capaldi earned his sixth UK number-one single with "Survive", which debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart in the wake of his performance at the Glastonbury Festival 2025, which marked his first live appearance since 2023. The song opened with 68,500 units, earning Capaldi the biggest opening week of his career, as well as becoming the largest opening week of 2025 so far, surpassing "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter. [12]
On 11 July 2025 (17 July 2025, week ending), MK achieved his first UK number-one single with "Dior", thirty years after making his chart debut with "Always", which peaked at number 69 in August 1995. MK has become an artist with one of the longest gaps between their debut chart entry and chart-topper. [13] The song also went on to become Chrystal's first UK number-one single, and her second top-ten hit of the year, after "The Days".
On 18 July 2025 (24 July 2025, week ending), Justin Bieber secured his 28th UK top-ten single with "Daisies", which debuted at number four. The song reached number-one a week later on 25 July 2025 (31 July 2025, week ending), becoming Bieber's eighth UK number-one single, making it on the par with Sam Smith, the Rolling Stones and Oasis, and his first since "I Don't Care" (a duet with Ed Sheeran) topped the charts in May 2019. [14]
During July and August of 2025, three songs from the soundtrack of the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters entered the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart: "Golden" (1), recorded by Huntr/x (a fictional K-pop girl group consisting of members Rumi, Mira, and Zoey, whose singing voices are performed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, respectively), "Your Idol" (6) and "Soda Pop" (3), both recorded by Saja Boys (a fictional K-pop boy group consisting of members Jinu, Abs, Baby, Mystery and Romance, whose singing voices are performed by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and SamUIL Lee, respectively).
On 1 August 2025 (7 August 2025, week ending), "Golden" reached number-one in the UK Singles Chart, becoming only the second-ever K-pop song to achieve that feat after "Gangnam Style" by Psy in 2012. [15] After being knocked off the top spot the following week by Chappell Roan's "The Subway" [16] , "Golden" returned to number-one on 15 August 2025 (21 August 2025, week ending) [17] , and remained at the top for a further two weeks. [18]
On 8 August 2025 (14 August 2025, week ending), "Golden", "Soda Pop" and "Your Idol" were placed at numbers two, six and eight, respectively, in the UK Singles Chart, marking the first time that three K-pop songs charted in the top 10 of the UK chart simultaneously. [16]
On 29 August 2025 (4 September 2025, week ending), Olivia Dean earned three simultaneously charting top-ten singles with "Man I Need" (2), "Nice to Each Other" (7) and "Rein Me In" (10), a duet with Sam Fender. Dean also became the first British female artist to achieve this feat since Adele in December 2021. [18]
Sixteen artists achieved their first charting top ten single in 2025, 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.
Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
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Chrystal | 2 | "The Days" | 4 | "Dior" (1) |
Alex Warren | 4 | "Ordinary" | 1 | "Carry You Home" (9), "Bloodline" (9), "Eternity" (3) |
Doechii | 2 | "Denial is a River" | 9 | "Anxiety" (3) |
WizTheMc | 1 | "Show Me Love" | 3 | — |
Bees & Honey | ||||
Sleep Token | 1 | "Caramel" | 10 | — |
Ravyn Lenae | 1 | "Love Me Not" | 2 | — |
Jack Black | 1 | "Steve's Lava Chicken" | 9 | — |
Sombr | 2 | "Undressed" | 4 | "Back to Friends" (7) |
Skye Newman | 1 | "Family Matters" | 5 | — |
Jelly Roll | 1 | "Bloodline" | 9 | — |
PlaqueBoyMax | 1 | "Victory Lap" | 4 | — |
Olivia Dean | 3 | "Rein Me In" | 6 | "Nice to Each Other" (7), "Man I Need" (2) |
Huntr/x | 1 | "Golden" | 1 | — |
Disco Lines | 1 | "No Broke Boys" | 2 | — |
Saja Boys | 2 | "Your Idol" | 6 | "Soda Pop" (3) |
Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "All the Stars" (from Black Panther ), "Steve's Lava Chicken" (from A Minecraft Movie ), "Just Keep Watching" (from F1 ) and "Golden", "Your Idol" and "Soda Pop" (all from KPop Demon Hunters ).
Symbol | Meaning |
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‡ | Single peaked in 2024 but still in chart in 2025. |
♦ | Single released in 2025 but peaked in 2026. |
(#) | Year-end top-ten single [ broken anchor ] position and rank |
Entered | The date that the single first appeared in the chart. |
Peak | Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak | ||
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Singles in 2024 | ||||||||
15 February 2024 | 34 | "Beautiful Things" ‡ [GG] [YY] | Benson Boone | 1 | 28 March 2024 | 2 | ||
16 May 2024 | 10 | "Not Like Us" [A] [B] [FF] | Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 27 February 2025 | 2 | ||
20 June 2024 | 17 | "Please Please Please" ‡ [C] [JJ] | Sabrina Carpenter | 1 | 27 June 2024 | 5 | ||
1 August 2024 | 3 | "Who" ‡ [AA] [CC] | Jimin | 4 | 1 August 2024 | 1 | ||
29 August 2024 | 14 | "Die with a Smile" ‡ [W] | Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars | 2 | 24 October 2024 | 1 | ||
13 September 2024 | 9 | "Somedays" ‡ [X] | Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. | 5 | 24 October 2024 | 2 | ||
10 October 2024 | 2 | "Timeless" ‡ [EE] | The Weeknd & Playboi Carti | 7 | 10 October 2024 | 2 | ||
17 October 2024 | 15 | "Sailor Song" ‡ [T] | Gigi Perez | 1 | 7 November 2024 | 1 | ||
24 October 2024 | 6 | "Bed Chem" ‡ [D] [BB] | Sabrina Carpenter | 6 | 21 November 2024 | 1 | ||
31 October 2024 | 16 | "Apt." ‡ [R] | Rosé & Bruno Mars | 2 | 7 November 2024 | 7 | ||
7 November 2024 | 14 | "That's So True" ‡ [Q] | Gracie Abrams | 1 | 14 November 2024 | 8 | ||
14 November 2024 | 10 | "The Door" ‡ [Y] | Teddy Swims | 5 | 21 November 2024 | 2 | ||
21 November 2024 | 12 | "Bad Dreams" ‡ [Z] [DD] [NN] [PP] [QQ] [RR] | 6 | 28 November 2024 | 1 | |||
5 December 2024 | 4 | "Luther" [HH] | Kendrick Lamar & SZA | 4 | 27 February 2025 | 1 | ||
4 | "Defying Gravity" ‡ [Y] | Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande | 7 | 5 December 2024 | 2 | |||
5 | "Last Christmas" ‡ [E] | Wham! | 1 | 19 December 2024 | 3 | |||
5 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" [F] | Mariah Carey | 2 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | |||
12 December 2024 | 4 | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" [H] | Brenda Lee | 4 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | ||
2 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" ‡ [I] [O] | Band Aid | 8 | 12 December 2024 | 1 | |||
4 | "Jingle Bell Rock" [J] | Bobby Helms | 5 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | |||
19 December 2024 | 3 | "It Can't Be Christmas" | Tom Grennan | 3 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | ||
3 | "Fairytale of New York" [K] | The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl | 6 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | |||
3 | "Santa Tell Me" [L] | Ariana Grande | 8 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | |||
2 | "Underneath the Tree" [M] [N] | Kelly Clarkson | 7 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | |||
26 December 2024 | 11 | "Messy" [S] | Lola Young | 1 | 30 January 2025 | 4 | ||
Singles in 2025 | ||||||||
2 January 2025 | 1 | "Step into Christmas" [P] | Elton John | 10 | 2 January 2025 | 1 | ||
9 January 2025 | 8 | "The Days" | Chrystal | 4 | 30 January 2025 | 3 | ||
23 January 2025 | 5 | "Nice to Meet You" [MM] [SS] | Myles Smith | 6 | 23 January 2025 | 1 | ||
30 January 2025 | 2 | "GBP" | Central Cee featuring 21 Savage | 6 | 30 January 2025 | 1 | ||
6 February 2025 | 1 | "CRG" | Central Cee featuring Dave | 6 | 6 February 2025 | 1 | ||
13 | "Sports Car" [KK] | Tate McRae | 3 | 6 March 2025 | 1 | |||
13 February 2025 | 8 | "Abracadabra" | Lady Gaga | 3 | 20 February 2025 | 2 | ||
1 | "Cry for Me" | The Weeknd | 8 | 13 February 2025 | 1 | |||
20 February 2025 | 22 | "Pink Pony Club" | Chappell Roan | 1 | 13 March 2025 | 2 | ||
26 | "Ordinary" [LL] [XX] | Alex Warren | 1 | 27 March 2025 | 13 | |||
1 | "Denial Is a River" | Doechii | 9 | 20 February 2025 | 1 | |||
27 February 2025 | 2 | "All the Stars" [II] | Kendrick Lamar & SZA | 5 | 27 February 2025 | 1 | ||
9 | "Busy Woman" [OO] | Sabrina Carpenter | 6 | 27 March 2025 | 1 | |||
6 March 2025 | 2 | "Revolving Door" | Tate McRae | 9 | 13 March 2025 | 1 | ||
20 March 2025 | 9 | "Anxiety" | Doechii | 3 | 27 March 2025 | 3 | ||
27 March 2025 | 4 | "The Giver" | Chappell Roan | 2 | 27 March 2025 | 1 | ||
1 | "Evil J0rdan" | Playboi Carti | 7 | 27 March 2025 | 1 | |||
1 | "Rather Lie" | Playboi Carti & The Weeknd | 10 | 27 March 2025 | 1 | |||
3 April 2025 | 3 | "Carry You Home" | Alex Warren | 9 | 10 April 2025 | 1 | ||
10 April 2025 | 1 | "Twilight Zone" | Ariana Grande | 5 | 10 April 2025 | 1 | ||
1 | "Nokia" | Drake | 10 | 10 April 2025 | 1 | |||
17 April 2025 | 10 | "Azizam" | Ed Sheeran | 3 | 17 April 2025 | 3 | ||
8 | "Show Me Love" | WizTheMc & Bees & Honey | 3 | 8 May 2025 | 1 | |||
1 | "Caramel" | Sleep Token | 10 | 17 April 2025 | 1 | |||
24 April 2025 | 13 | "Love Me Not" | Ravyn Lenae | 2 | 15 May 2025 | 4 | ||
8 May 2025 | 2 | "Steve's Lava Chicken" | Jack Black | 9 | 8 May 2025 | 1 | ||
15 May 2025 | 8 | "Undressed" | Sombr | 4 | 29 May 2025 | 3 | ||
22 May 2025 | 13 | "Blessings" | Calvin Harris featuring Clementine Douglas | 3 | 24 July 2025 | 1 | ||
29 May 2025 | 6 | "Family Matters" | Skye Newman | 5 | 12 June 2025 | 1 | ||
5 June 2025 | 2 | "Bloodline" | Alex Warren & Jelly Roll | 9 | 5 June 2025 | 1 | ||
12 June 2025 | 1 | "Just Keep Watching" | Tate McRae | 6 | 12 June 2025 | 1 | ||
3 | "Back to Friends" | Sombr | 7 | 19 June 2025 | 1 | |||
19 June 2025 | 9 | "Manchild" | Sabrina Carpenter | 1 | 19 June 2025 | 2 | ||
9 | "Sapphire" [TT] | Ed Sheeran | 5 | 24 July 2025 | 1 | |||
26 June 2025 | 11* | "Dior" | MK featuring Chrystal | 1 | 17 July 2025 | 2 | ||
3 July 2025 | 5 | "Victory Lap" | Fred Again, Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax | 4 | 3 July 2025 | 1 | ||
3* | "Rein Me In" [UU] [AAA] | Sam Fender & Olivia Dean | 6 | 3 July 2025 | 1 | |||
10 July 2025 | 4 | "Survive" | Lewis Capaldi | 1 | 10 July 2025 | 1 | ||
24 July 2025 | 7* | "Daisies" | Justin Bieber | 1 | 31 July 2025 | 1 | ||
7* | "Golden" | Huntr/x [VV] | 1 | 7 August 2025 | 4 | |||
3* | "Nice to Each Other" [ZZ] | Olivia Dean | 7 | 4 September 2025 | 1 | |||
31 July 2025 | 1 | "Eternity" | Alex Warren | 3 | 31 July 2025 | 1 | ||
7 August 2025 | 1 | "Which One" | Drake featuring Central Cee | 4 | 7 August 2025 | 1 | ||
5* | "No Broke Boys" | Disco Lines & Tinashe | 2 | 28 August 2025 | 1 | |||
5* | "Your Idol" | Saja Boys [WW] | 6 | 28 August 2025 | 2 | |||
14 August 2025 | 4* | "The Subway" | Chappell Roan | 1 | 14 August 2025 | 1 | ||
4* | "Soda Pop" | Saja Boys [WW] | 3 | 28 August 2025 | 1 | |||
28 August 2025 | 2* | "Man I Need" | Olivia Dean | 2 | 4 September 2025 | 1 | ||
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2025, including singles that reached their peak in 2024. 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 2025 is also shown.