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

This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 37 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 on the albums chart with 1927 weeks followed by seventeen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Ed Sheeran being the latest to pass this threshold in July 2021. 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.

Artist	Singles chart (weeks)	Albums chart (weeks)	Combined (weeks)	Ref
Elvis Presley	1311	1645	2956	^[3]
Ed Sheeran	1508	1406	2914	^[4]
Queen	462	1972	2434	^[5]
Michael Jackson	721	1671	2392	^[6]
The Beatles	472	1788	2260	^[7]
Elton John	799	1414	2213	^[8]
Taylor Swift	697	1446	2143	^[9]
Oasis	421	1694	2115	^[10]
Cliff Richard	1182	923	2105	^[11]
Fleetwood Mac	261	1827	2088	^[12]
David Bowie	476	1578	2054	^[13]
Madonna	772	1163	1935	^[14]
Eminem	592	1185	1777	^[15]
ABBA	273	1476	1749	^[16]
Drake	1160	551	1711	^[17]
Rod Stewart	471	1189	1660	^[18]
Rihanna	1151	482	1633	^[19]
U2	364	1104	1468	^[20]
Frank Sinatra	460	932	1392	^[21]
The Rolling Stones	389	930	1319	^[22]
Bob Marley	196	1097	1293	^[23]
Coldplay	584	661	1245	^[24]
Whitney Houston	378	854	1232	^[25]
The Weeknd	697	532	1229	^[26]
Arctic Monkeys	183	1022	1205	^[27]
Diana Ross	569	634	1203	^[28]
Adele	471	731	1202	^[29]
Justin Bieber	924	278	1202	^[30]
Simon & Garfunkel	87	1092	1179	^[31]
Dua Lipa	627	506	1133	^[32]
Take That	417	709	1126	^[33]
Robbie Williams	415	655	1070	^[34]
Pink Floyd	57	993	1050	^[35]
Phil Collins	251	797	1048	^[36]
Calvin Harris	862	186	1048	^[37]
George Michael	309	722	1031	^[38]
Kylie Minogue	518	491	1009	^[39]

References

^ "View your favourite artist's chart history". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Elvis Presley". Official Charts. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Ed Sheeran". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Queen=". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Michael Jackson". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "The Beatles". Official Charts. 17 October 1962. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Elton John". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Taylor Swift". Official Charts. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "Oasis". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Cliff Richard". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Fleetwood Mac". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "David Bowie". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ "Madonna". Official Charts. 14 January 1984. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Eminem". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ "Abba". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Drake". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Rod Stewart". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Rihanna". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "U2". Official Charts. 8 August 1981. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Frank Sinatra". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "The Rolling Stones". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
^ "Bob Marley". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Coldplay". Official Charts. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Whitney Houston". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "The Weeknd". Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "Arctic Monkeys". Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "Diana Ross". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ "Adele". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Justin Bieber". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ "Simon & Garfunkel". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Dua Lipa". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Take That". Official Charts. 23 November 1991. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
^ "Robbie Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ "Pink Floyd". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Phil Collins". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Calvin Harris". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ "George Michael". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Kylie Minogue". Official Charts. 16 January 1988. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

UK music charts

UK singles

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Number one artists Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Scottish One-hit wonders in Scotland Instrumental Simultaneous UK and U.S. Simultaneous with album
Top tens	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Most top tens
Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 1900s 21st century All time Yearly Most-downloaded (2000s) Most streamed Million-sellers Platinum singles (pre-2000) Platinum singles (post-2000) Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders Records and statistics

UK albums

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Most number ones Number-one in most decades Christmas Posthumous Simultaneous UK and U.S. Simultaneous with single
Top tens	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Most top tens
Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 21st century All time Yearly Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders

Genre charts

Number ones	Afrobeats Singles Americana Albums Christian & Gospel Albums Classical Artist Albums Country (albums/airplay) Dance (singles/albums) Indie (singles/albums) Indie Breakers (singles/albums) Jazz & Blues Albums R&B (singles/albums) Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Specialist Classical Albums

Other charts

Current	Album Downloads Albums Streaming Audio Streaming Compilations Midweeks Progressive Record Store (2010s/2020s) Singles Downloads (2000s/2010s/2020s) List of UK Singles Sales Chart number ones UKHot40 Vinyl Albums Vinyl Singles The Official Big Top 40
Former	1952–1969 1Xtra Classical Singles Number-one EPs Fab 40 Fresh 40 Hit40UK Mersey Beat The Network Chart Show NME Official Subscription Plays Chart Pepsi Chart Pick of the Pops Record Mirror Top Pops