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As Ariana Grande has now had her 3rd UK 'Double Top', I've done much work on the Female Solo Acts
who have achieved it. Not many have and only a tiny number have done it more than once.
THE SOLO FEMALES WHO HAVE HAD THE ‘DOUBLE TOP’ IN THE UK CHARTS
Since the UK Album Chart began, on W/E 28th July 1956, only 16 Solo Females have achieved it. The first was
not achieved until November 1980 - Barbra Streisand. I’m aware, that the UK Singles Chart, began much earlier
than the Albums Chart – W/E 15th November 1952. But, you could not have a UK ‘Double Top’, if the Album Chart
had yet to begin. Just 5 of the 16 Solo Females have managed it more than once. Madonna is the only Solo Female
– so far – to reach 4 ‘Double Tops’. Adele has spent a massive 37 Weeks, at No.1, in the UK Album Chart, with her
3 No.1 Albums. It is a surprise, (for many People), that she has ‘only’ had 2 No.1 Singles, with 8 No.1 Weeks on top,
between them. That’s why she’s ‘only’ had 2 ‘Double Tops’, for a Total of 5 Weeks. That was way back in 2011. Both
with the same Single, (‘Someone Like You’), and Album, (‘21’).
08/11/1980 (1) Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love // Guilty
12/07/1986 (3) Madonna - Papa Don't Preach // True Blue
13/06/1987 (1) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) // Whitney
01/04/1989 (2) Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer (Album)
26/02/1994 (3) Mariah Carey - Without You // Music Box
04/02/1995 (5) Celine Dion - Think Twice // The Colour Of My Love
13/10/2001 (2) Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head // Fever
12/07/2003 (3) Beyonce - Crazy In Love // Dangerously In Love
26/11/2005 (2) Madonna - Hung Up // Confessions On A Dancefloor
16/06/2007 (1) Rihanna - Umbrella (Featuring Jay-Z) // Good Girl Gone Bad
24/11/2007 (4) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love // Spirit
15/03/2008 (2) Duffy - Mercy // Rockferry
10/05/2008 (1) Madonna - 4 Minutes (Featuring Justin Timberlake) // Hard Candy
21/02/2009 (1) Lily Allen - The Fear // It’s Not Me It’s You
11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - Poker Face // The Fame
07/11/2009 (1) Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love // 3 Words
27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - Telephone (Featuring Beyonce) // The Fame
15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake) // Loud
26/02/2011 (4) Adele - Someone Like You // 21
02/04/2011 (1) Adele - Someone Like You // 21
03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris) // Talk That Talk
19/10/2013 (1) Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball // Bangerz
01/11/2018 (1) Lady GaGa (& Bradley Cooper) - Shallow // A Star Is Born (OST) @@@
21/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored // Thank U, Next
28/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - 7 Rings // Thank U, Next
12/11/2020 (1) Ariana Grande - Positions // Positions (Album)
@@@ = The OCC do not regard this as a Lady GaGa 'Double Top'. They only credit the Single to
her, even though she Sings on 27 of the 34 Songs, on the Film Soundtrack Album.
THE 5 SOLO FEMALES WHO HAVE HAD MORE THAN 1 ‘DOUBLE TOP’
12/07/1986 (3) Madonna - Papa Don't Preach // True Blue
01/04/1989 (2) Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer (Album)
26/11/2005 (2) Madonna - Hung Up // Confessions On A Dancefloor
10/05/2008 (1) Madonna - 4 Minutes (Featuring Justin Timberlake) // Hard Candy
16/06/2007 (1) Rihanna - Umbrella (Featuring Jay-Z) // Good Girl Gone Bad
15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake) // Loud
03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris) // Talk That Talk
11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - Poker Face // The Fame
27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - Telephone (Featuring Beyonce) // The Fame
01/11/2018 (1) Lady GaGa (& Bradley Cooper) - Shallow // A Star Is Born (OST) @@@
26/02/2011 (4) Adele - Someone Like You // 21
02/04/2011 (1) Adele - Someone Like You // 21
21/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored // Thank U, Next
28/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - 7 Rings // Thank U, Next
12/11/2020 (1) Ariana Grande - Positions // Positions (Album)
@@@ = This ‘Double Top’ is not accepted by The OCC.
SUMMARY OF THE 5 SOLO FEMALES WHO’VE ACHIEVED IT MORE THAN ONCE
(How many Times//Runs they achieved it - and for how many Weeks//Charts)
01).. MADONNA - 4 TIMES//RUNS - 8 WEEKS//CHARTS
02)= RIHANNA - 3 TIMES//RUNS - 3 WEEKS//CHARTS
02)= ARIANA GRANDE - 3 TIMES//RUNS - 3 WEEKS//CHARTS
04)= ADELE - 2 TIMES//RUNS - 5 WEEKS//CHARTS
04)= LADY GAGA - 2 TIMES//RUNS - 2 WEEKS//CHARTS @@@
@@@ = LADY GAGA would be in 2nd= Place, (between Rihanna and Ariana Grande), if her 3rd ‘Double Top’ were counted
by The Official UK Charts Company. (She’d be between Rihanna and Ariana, based on her ‘Double Tops’ Weeks and the Date
of her 1st UK Chart Hit).
Thanks for that Colin. Great info as ever.
LEWIS CAPALDI's NEW UK CHART RECORDS...
This Week - W/E 12th November Charts - Lewis Capaldi takes 2 UK Chart Records from Ed Sheeran.
A).. 'Someone You Loved', (2018), is at No.59 this Week. It is its 96th Consecutive
Week, in the UK Top 100. It beats the 95 Consecutive Top 100 Weeks of Ed Sheeran's
'Thinking Out Loud', (2014). However, all 96 Top 100 Weeks, of 'Someone You Loved'
have been in the Top 75. In the matter of 'Thinking Out Loud', 81 Weeks were in the
Top 75, with 73 of them Consecutive Top 75 Weeks.
B).. Lewis's 1st Album - 'Divinely Inspired, To A Hellish Extent', (2019), reaches 77
Consecutive Top 10 Weeks. That beats the 76 Consecutive Top 10 Weeks of 'Divide'.
It means that Lewis is now the Solo Artist, with the 'Most Consecutive Top 10 Weeks',
in the UK Album Chart.
Only 7 Albums, have had more Consecutive Top 10 Weeks, than the Lewis Capaldi Album.
4 of them are Film Soundtrack Albums. 1 is a Broadway Stage Cast Album. 1 is a BBC TV
Cast Album. The only Artist Album, in front of Lewis, is 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', by
Simon and Garfunkel. (1970). That Album had 92 Consecutive Top 10 Weeks and a huge
135 Top 10 Weeks over-all...
THE 6 SOLO ARTIST ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 WEEKS
01).. DIVINELY INSPIRED, TO A HELLISH EXTENT –- LEWIS CAPALDI –- (2019) -– 77 WEEKS
02).. ÷ (DIVIDE) -- ED SHEERAN -- (2017) -- 76 WEEKS
03).. X -- ED SHEERAN -- (2014) -- 74 WEEKS
04).. 21 -- ADELE -- (2011) -- 71 WEEKS
05).. IN THE LONELY HOUR -- SAM SMITH -- (2014) -- 69 WEEKS
06).. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS -- EMELI SANDE -- (2012) -- 66 WEEKS
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