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UK Charts

One and done The 10 biggest one-hit wonders in pop music history

One and done: The 10 biggest one-hit wonders in pop music history

Flash in the pan.

Callum MacHattie
May 7, 2026
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

The song that dominated the summer of 1984 with nine weeks at number one

A new world.

Callum MacHattie
May 3, 2026
Why on earth did 'EastEnders' dominate the music charts in 1986?

Why on earth did ‘EastEnders’ dominate the music charts in 1986?

Freak event…

Lauren Hunter
Apr 23, 2026
What is the best-selling single in Irish history?

Who was the first Irish act to go to number one in the UK?

Just across the water.

Lauren Hunter
Apr 14, 2026
What song held the number one spot for the longest in 1989?

The massive UK number one from 1979 that failed to break the US top 40

The one that got away.

Lauren Hunter
Mar 22, 2026
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What is the biggest UK city to have never produced a number one single?

Not on the musical map.

Reuben Cross
Mar 11, 2026
March 2017 The day the charts truly died forever

March 2017: the day the charts truly died forever

Never a fair fight.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 5, 2026
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What are the three fastest-selling singles in UK chart history?

Flying off the shelf.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 3, 2026
The first-ever top ten songs of the UK Singles Chart

The only band to sell over 100m record and never have a number one

A chart oddity.

Tom Taylor
Feb 26, 2026
The US smash hit number one that failed to break the UK top 20

The US smash hit number one that failed to break the UK top 20

A lost classic.

Kelly Murphy
Feb 26, 2026
The first year in chart history when women got more number ones than men

The first year in chart history when women got more number ones than men

Tipping the scales.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 21, 2026
Nancy Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - 1957

Who had the most number ones: Nancy or Frank Sinatra?

Father and daughter duel.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 17, 2026

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