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The UK singles chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, with the chart date given as the following Thursday.^[1]

Audio streaming data was incorporated into the chart in 2014, with 100 streams equivalent to one sale.^[1] In 2017, the OCC introduced an exception for songs that had spent a certain time on the charts and whose consumption had declined, whereby these songs are calculated at a rate of 300 streams equivalent to a sale.^[2] Ellie Goulding was the first artist to top the chart in the decade with her cover of Joni Mitchell's song "River".

The following singles have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s:^[3]^[4]

Number-one singles

Key
No.	nth single to top the UK Singles Chart
re	Return of a single to number one
†	Best-selling single of the year

Contents
← 2010s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

No.	Artist^[a]	Single^[a]	Record label^[b]	Week ending date^[a]	Weeks at number one^[a]
2020
1361	Ellie Goulding	"River"	Polydor	2 January 2020	1
1362	Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy	"Own It"	Atlantic/Merky	9 January 2020	3
1363	Eminem featuring Juice Wrld	"Godzilla"	Interscope	30 January 2020	1
1364	Lewis Capaldi	"Before You Go"	EMI	6 February 2020	1
1365	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" †	Republic	13 February 2020	2
1366	Billie Eilish	"No Time to Die"	Interscope	27 February 2020	1
re	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" †	Republic	5 March 2020	3
1367	Saint Jhn	"Roses"	B1/Hitco/Ministry of Sound	26 March 2020	2
re	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" †	Republic	9 April 2020	3
1368	Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	Decca	30 April 2020	1
1369	BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Allstars	"Times Like These"	BBC/Columbia	7 May 2020	1
1370	Drake	"Toosie Slide"	Republic/OVO	14 May 2020	1
1371	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch	"Rockstar"	Interscope	21 May 2020	2
1372	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande	"Rain on Me"	Interscope	4 June 2020	1
re	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch	"Rockstar"	Interscope	11 June 2020	4
1373	Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo	"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"	Columbia	9 July 2020	3
1374	Joel Corry and MNEK	"Head & Heart"	Asylum/Perfect Havoc	30 July 2020	6
1375	Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion	"WAP"	Atlantic	10 September 2020	3
1376	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior	"Mood"	Columbia	1 October 2020	4
1377	Internet Money featuring Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav	"Lemonade"	Internet Money/TenThousand	29 October 2020	1
1378	Ariana Grande	"Positions"	Republic	5 November 2020	6
1379	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Columbia	17 December 2020	2
1380	LadBaby	"Don't Stop Me Eatin'"	Frtyfve	31 December 2020	1
2021
1381	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	RCA	7 January 2021	1
1382	Little Mix	"Sweet Melody"	RCA	14 January 2021	1
1383	Olivia Rodrigo	"Drivers License"	Interscope	21 January 2021	9
1384	Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted	"Wellerman"	Polydor	25 March 2021	2
1385	Lil Nas X	"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"	Columbia	8 April 2021	5
1386	Tion Wayne and Russ Millions	"Body"	Atlantic	13 May 2021	3
1387	Olivia Rodrigo	"Good 4 U"	Geffen	3 June 2021	5
1388	Ed Sheeran	"Bad Habits" †	Asylum	8 July 2021	11
1389	Ed Sheeran	"Shivers"	Asylum	23 September 2021	4
1390	Elton John and Dua Lipa	"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"	EMI	21 October 2021	1
1391	Adele	"Easy on Me"	Columbia	28 October 2021	7
1392	Ed Sheeran and Elton John	"Merry Christmas"	Atlantic	16 December 2021	2
1393	LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John	"Sausage Rolls for Everyone"	Frtyfve	30 December 2021	1
2022
re	Ed Sheeran and Elton John	"Merry Christmas"	Atlantic	6 January 2022	1
re	Adele	"Easy on Me"	Columbia	13 January 2022	1
1394	Gayle	"ABCDEFU"	Atlantic	20 January 2022	1
1395	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	Walt Disney	27 January 2022	7
1396	Dave	"Starlight"	Dave/Neighbourhood	17 March 2022	4
1397	Harry Styles	"As It Was" †	Columbia	14 April 2022	10
1398	Kate Bush	"Running Up That Hill"	Fish People^[c]	23 June 2022	3
1399	LF System	"Afraid to Feel"	Warner Music UK	14 July 2022	8
1400	Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal	"B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)"	Rosebud/Warner Music UK^[d]	8 September 2022	2
1401	Lewis Capaldi	"Forget Me"	Vertigo	22 September 2022	1
1402	David Guetta and Bebe Rexha	"I'm Good (Blue)"	Warner Music UK	29 September 2022	1
1403	Sam Smith and Kim Petras	"Unholy"	EMI	6 October 2022	4
1404	Taylor Swift	"Anti-Hero"	EMI	3 November 2022	6
re	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Columbia	15 December 2022	1
re	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	RCA	22 December 2022	1
1405	LadBaby	"Food Aid"	Frtyfve	29 December 2022	1
2023
re	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	RCA	5 January 2023	1
1406	Raye featuring 070 Shake	"Escapism"	Human Re Sources	12 January 2023	1
1407	Lewis Capaldi	"Pointless"	Vertigo	19 January 2023	1
1408	Miley Cyrus	"Flowers" †	Columbia	26 January 2023	10
1409	Ed Sheeran	"Eyes Closed"	Asylum	6 April 2023	1
1410	Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding	"Miracle"	Sony	13 April 2023	2
1411	Lewis Capaldi	"Wish You the Best"	Vertigo	27 April 2023	1
re	Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding	"Miracle"	Sony	4 May 2023	6
1412	Dave and Central Cee	"Sprinter"	Live Yours/Neighbourhood	15 June 2023	10
1413	Billie Eilish	"What Was I Made For?"	Interscope	24 August 2023	1
1414	Dua Lipa	"Dance the Night"	Warner	31 August 2023	1
1415	Olivia Rodrigo	"Vampire"	Geffen	7 September 2023	1
1416	Doja Cat	"Paint the Town Red"	Ministry of Sound	14 September 2023	5
1417	Kenya Grace	"Strangers"	Warner	19 October 2023	3
1418	Taylor Swift	"Is It Over Now?"	EMI	9 November 2023	1
1419	The Beatles	"Now and Then"	Apple	16 November 2023	1
1420	Jack Harlow	"Lovin on Me"	Atlantic	23 November 2023	3
re	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	RCA	14 December 2023	4
2024
1421	Noah Kahan	"Stick Season"	Republic	11 January 2024	7
1422	Beyoncé	"Texas Hold 'Em"	Columbia/Parkwood	29 February 2024	4
1423	Benson Boone	"Beautiful Things"	Night Street/Warner	28 March 2024	2
re	Beyoncé	"Texas Hold 'Em"	Columbia/Parkwood	11 April 2024	1
1424	Hozier	"Too Sweet"	Rubyworks/Island/Columbia	18 April 2024	2
1425	Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone	"Fortnight"	EMI	2 May 2024	1
1426	Sabrina Carpenter	"Espresso"	Island	9 May 2024	5
1427	Eminem	"Houdini"	Interscope	13 June 2024	2
1428	Sabrina Carpenter	"Please Please Please"	Island	27 June 2024	3
re		"Espresso"	Island	18 July 2024	2
re		"Please Please Please"	Island	1 August 2024	2
1429	Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish	"Guess"	Atlantic	15 August 2024	1
1430	Chase & Status and Stormzy	"Backbone"	EMI	22 August 2024	2
1431	Sabrina Carpenter	"Taste"	Island	5 September 2024	9
1432	Gigi Perez	"Sailor Song"	Interscope	7 November 2024	1
1433	Gracie Abrams	"That's So True"	Interscope	14 November 2024	3

Artists with the most number ones

Thirteen artists have at least two number-one singles during the 2020s.

Artist	Number ones	Songs	Notes
Ed Sheeran	6	List "Own It" (2020) "Bad Habits" (2021) "Shivers" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Eyes Closed" (2023)	Includes a feature on "Own It" and "Sausage Rolls for Everyone".
Lewis Capaldi	4	List "Before You Go" (2020) "Forget Me" (2022) "Pointless" (2023) "Wish You the Best" (2023)	—
Taylor Swift	3	List "Anti-Hero" (2022) "Is It Over Now?" (2023) "Fortnight" (2024)
Olivia Rodrigo		List "Drivers License" (2021) "Good 4 U" (2021) "Vampire" (2023)
Billie Eilish		List "No Time To Die" (2020) "What Was I Made For?" (2023) "Guess" (2024)
Sabrina Carpenter		List "Espresso" (2024) "Please Please Please" (2024) "Taste" (2024)
LadBaby		List "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" (2020) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Food Aid" (2022)
Elton John		List "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021)	Includes a feature on "Sausage Rolls for Everyone".
Ariana Grande	2	List "Rain on Me" (2020) "Positions" (2020)	—
Ellie Goulding		List "River" (2020) "Miracle" (2023)
Dave		List "Starlight" (2022) "Sprinter" (2023)
Dua Lipa		List "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Dance the Night" (2023)
Eminem		List "Godzilla" (2020) "Houdini" (2024)
Stormzy		List "Own It" (2020) "Backbone" (2024)

Songs with the most weeks at number one

The following songs spent at least six weeks at number one during the 2020s.

Artist	Song	Weeks at number one
Ed Sheeran	"Bad Habits"	11
Harry Styles	"As It Was	10
Miley Cyrus	"Flowers"
Dave and Central Cee	"Sprinter"
Olivia Rodrigo	"Drivers License"	9
Sabrina Carpenter	"Taste"	9
The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	8
Adele	"Easy on Me"
LF System	"Afraid to Feel"
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding	"Miracle"
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	7
Wham!	"Last Christmas"
Noah Kahan	"Stick Season"
Sabrina Carpenter	"Espresso"
DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch	"Rockstar"	6
Joel Corry and MNEK	"Head & Heart"
Ariana Grande	"Positions"
Taylor Swift	"Anti-Hero"

Artists with the most weeks at number one

The following artists have all spent a total of six or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2020s.

Artist	Weeks at number one	Songs	Notes
Ed Sheeran	23	List "Bad Habits" (11 weeks) "Shivers" (4 weeks) "Own It" (3 weeks) "Merry Christmas" (3 weeks) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (1 week) "Eyes Closed" (1 week)	Includes features on "Own It" and "Sausage Rolls for Everyone".
Sabrina Carpenter	21	List "Espresso" (7 weeks) "Please Please Please" (5 weeks) "Taste" (9 weeks)	—
Olivia Rodrigo	15	List "Drivers License" (9 weeks) "Good 4 U" (5 weeks) "Vampire" (1 week)
Dave	14	List "Starlight" (4 weeks) "Sprinter" (10 weeks)
Harry Styles	10	List "As It Was" (10 weeks)
Miley Cyrus		List "Flowers" (10 weeks)
Central Cee		List "Sprinter" (10 weeks)
Ellie Goulding	9	List "River" (1 week) "Miracle" (8 weeks)
Taylor Swift	8	List "Anti-Hero" (6 weeks) "Is It Over Now?" (1 week) "Fortnight" (1 week)
The Weeknd		List "Blinding Lights" (8 weeks)
Adele		List "Easy on Me" (8 weeks)
LF System		List "Afraid to Feel" (8 weeks)
Calvin Harris		List "Miracle" (8 weeks)
Ariana Grande	7	List "Rain on Me" (1 week) "Positions" (6 weeks)
Noah Kahan		List "Stick Season" (7 weeks)
Carolina Gaitán		List "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (7 weeks)
Mauro Castillo		List "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (7 weeks)
Adassa		List "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (7 weeks)
Rhenzy Feliz		List "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (7 weeks)
Diane Guerrero		List "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (7 weeks)
Stephanie Beatriz		List "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (7 weeks)
Wham!		List "Last Christmas" (7 weeks)
Joel Corry	6	List "Head & Heart" (6 weeks)
DaBaby		List "Rockstar" (6 weeks)
MNEK		List "Head & Heart" (6 weeks)
Roddy Ricch		List "Rockstar" (6 weeks)	Includes a feature on "Rockstar".

Record labels with the most weeks at number one

Ten record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart during the 2020s.

Record label	Number ones	Weeks at number one
Columbia Records	9	42
Republic Records	5	24
Interscope Records	8	23
Island Records	4	23
Asylum Records^[e]	4	22
EMI	7	16
Geffen Records	3	15
Warner Music UK	6	14
Atlantic Records	5	13
Neighbourhood	2	13

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The artist, single, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.
^ The record labels are those given by the OCC.^[5]
^ This was originally issued as a single by EMI Records, the majority of whose catalogue was purchased along with Virgin Records by Universal Music Group (UMG). However, UMG did not purchase the catalogue of Kate Bush as the licence for her work was part of the Parlophone-deal arranged with Warner Music (WMG). Fish People^[6] is Kate Bush's record label, who also issued a version with a re-recorded vocal in 2012. Rhino, the catalogue division of WMG, held distribution rights only until February 2023, after which she moved distribution of her post-1980 recordings catalogue to the state51 Conspiracy.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
^ This was originally issued as a single by Rosebud, Eliza Rose's own independent record label and picked up by Warner Music UK a few weeks after charting.^[12] After being listed solely under the Warner Music UK banner, the record label credit was changed for a third time to Warner Records X One House^[13]^[14]^[15] during the record's stay in the UK charts.
^ Asylum Records was jointly credited alongside Perfect Havoc, a dance record label founded by Adam Griffin and Robert Davies, on Joel Corry's number one hit.^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

References

^ ^a ^b "Who We Are – How the Official Charts are compiled". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ Savage, Mark (7 July 2017). "Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules". BBC News. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ "The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
^ Kate Bush - Interview with Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2, 9 May 2011
^ "BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 09/05/2011, Kate Bush talks to Ken Bruce". 9 May 2011.
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^ "U.k. Midweeks: Kasabian for #1".
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^ "Eliza Rose | One House Artist".
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^ Garner, George (26 November 2020). "Independent dance label Perfect Havoc expands". Music Week.
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