The

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

is a weekly

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compiled by the

Official Charts Company The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...

(OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. As of 10 July 2015, the chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Before this, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart date given as the following Saturday. During the 2010s, a total of 242 songs reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.

Joe McElderry Joseph McElderry (; born 16 June 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. He won the sixth series of the ITV show ''The X Factor'' in 2009. His first single " The Climb" reached number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Single ...

was the first artist to top the chart in the decade, when " The Climb" replaced "

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" by

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. The final number-one of the decade was the novelty song " I Love Sausage Rolls" by

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. Digital downloads made up the majority of music sales at the start of the decade. In 2011, singles sales hit an all-time high, a record that was then surpassed in 2012. From July 2014, as download sales began to decline,

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began to be counted at a rate of 100 streams equivalent to a sale, later increased to 150 streams, and later still to 300 streams once a song had spent a certain time on the charts and its consumption had declined. The following singles were all number one in the

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during the 2010s.

Number-one singles

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Artists with the most number ones

Nineteen artists all had at least four number-one singles during the 2010s.

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and

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both had eight, more than anyone else.

Songs with the most weeks at number one

The following songs spent at least six weeks at number one during the 2010s.

Artists with the most weeks at number one

The following artists have all spent a total of nine or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2010s.

Record labels with the most weeks at number one

Fourteen record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the

during the 2010s.

Million-selling and Platinum records

Since April 1973, the

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has been classifying singles by the number of units shipped or by sales. The highest threshold is "

Platinum record Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

" and is currently awarded to singles that have shipped or sold over 600,000 units. From July 2014, BPI certifications (along with the Official Singles Chart) include audio streaming at 100 streams equal to one unit; these are referred to as 'combined sales' or 'chart sales'. So for example, " All of Me" by

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was certified double Platinum (1,200,000 combined sales) in October 2014 and became a million-seller in January 2015. ''For million selling records see

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'' ''For Platinum singles see

List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000 In the United Kingdom, singles are certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) when they pass 600,000 units as measured by the Official Charts Company. Since July 2013, this has been automatically applied by the BPI as a single ...

Notes

*A. The

and

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song " One Kiss" was jointly released by

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and WMG as the record featured Columbia Records artist Harris and Dua Lipa, signed to WMG's Warner Brothers label. *B. These totals do not include the instances when parent company Warner Music (WMG) is listed with group labels Atlantic or

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other notes

References

External links

Official UK Singles Top 100
at the

The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart
at

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