List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

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This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks in the top 75 UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 38 artists have achieved this milestone. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company. [1]

Ed Sheeran has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1508 weeks. Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Drake and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Ed Sheeran has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks in the album chart followed by seventeen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Taylor Swift being the latest to pass this threshold. David Bowie passed the 1000-week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75. [2] ABBA's 'Gold' became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the top 100 UK albums chart in July 2021. Robbie Williams is the only artist to feature on the list twice: as a solo artist and with Take That.

Figures are as of chart week 23-29 August 2024.

ArtistSingles chart
(weeks)		Albums chart
(weeks)		Combined (weeks)Ref
Flag of the United States.svg Elvis Presley 131116452956 [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Sheeran 150814062914 [4]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Queen 46219722434 [5]
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jackson 72116712392 [6]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The Beatles 47217882260 [7]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elton John 79914142213 [8]
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Swift 69714462143 [9]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oasis 42116942115 [10]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cliff Richard 11829232105 [11]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fleetwood Mac 26118272088 [12]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Bowie 47615782054 [13]
Flag of the United States.svg Madonna 77211631935 [14]
Flag of the United States.svg Eminem 59211851777 [15]
Flag of Sweden.svg ABBA 27314761749 [16]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Drake 11605511711 [17]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rod Stewart 47111891660 [18]
Flag of Barbados.svg Rihanna 11514821633 [19]
Flag of Ireland.svg U2 36411041468 [20]
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Sinatra 4609321392 [21]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The Rolling Stones 3899301319 [22]
Flag of Jamaica.svg Bob Marley 19610971293 [23]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Coldplay 5846611245 [24]
Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Houston 3788561234 [25]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg The Weeknd 6975321229 [26]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arctic Monkeys 18310221205 [27]
Flag of the United States.svg Diana Ross 5696341203 [28]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adele 4717311202 [29]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Bieber 9242781202 [30]
Flag of the United States.svg Simon & Garfunkel 8710921179 [31]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dua Lipa 6275061133 [32]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Take That 4177091126 [33]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robbie Williams 4156551070 [34]
Flag of the United States.svg Beyonce 6793771056 [35]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pink Floyd 579931050 [36]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Collins 2517971048 [37]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Calvin Harris 8621861048 [38]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Michael 3097221031 [39]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kylie Minogue 5184911009 [40]

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  2. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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  5. ↑ "Queen=". Official Charts . Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Michael Jackson". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Beatles". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Elton John". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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  14. ↑ "Madonna". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Eminem". Official Charts . Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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  22. ↑ "The Rolling Stones". Official Charts . Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  23. ↑ "Bob Marley". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  24. ↑ "Coldplay". Official Charts . Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  25. ↑ "Whitney Houston". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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