Posted December 1, 201014 yr Can any of you post artists that have has more then 5 singles peak at number 2? These are the only artists i can find right now, also Madonna, Kylie and Boyzone have all released 3 consecutive singles that all peaked at number 2 in the uk charts!!! Is there any artist that has released 4 consecutive singles peaking at number 2? 1 . MADONNA = 12 08/06/1985 Madonna Crazy For You 2 25-9-3-{2}-3-3-5-6-12-15-19-24-31-42-59->15 03/08/1985 Madonna Holiday {1985} 2 32-5-{2}-3-6-14-23-33-42-50->10 25/01/1986 Madonna Borderline {1986} 2 15-4-3-{2}-6-11-23-41-63->9 26/04/1986 Madonna Live To Tell 2 10-4-{2}-5-10-17-23-40-55-65-72-75->12 21/07/1990 Madonna Hanky Panky 2 14-4-{2}-6-8-19-26-37-52->9 08/12/1990 Madonna Justify My Love 2 9-{2}-3-7-8-11-24-38-63-65->10 02/03/1991 Madonna Crazy For You {1991} 2 {2}-2-4-14-23-34-55-74->8 09/05/1998 Madonna Ray Of Light 2 {2}-8-12-13-22-33-40-49-59-75R(2)->10 19/06/1999 Madonna Beautiful Stranger 2 {2}-4-8-10-10-14-18-21-21-21-25-33-40-48-59-72->16 26/04/2003 Madonna American Life 2 {2}-12-20-25-35-43-50-67-70-48-45->11 19/07/2003 Madonna Hollywood 2 {2}-15-22-33-48-60-60->7 22/11/2003 Britney Spears Featuring Madonna Me Against The Music 2 {2}-6-11-20-30-41-40-36-45-55-59-75->12 Twice Madonna had 3 consecutive singles peaking at number 2 - Hanky Panky, Justigy My Love and Crazy For You! Then American Life, Hollywood and Me against the Music!! Crazy For You - Crime this gem just failed (twice on hitting the numer 1 spot)!! 2. Kylie Minogue = 11 14/05/1988 Kylie Minogue Got To Be Certain 2 15-4-{2}-2-2-6-12-19-27-37-46-65->12 06/08/1988 Kylie Minogue The Loco-Motion 2 {2}-2-2-2-3-9-18-26-40-44-60->11 22/10/1988 Kylie Minogue Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 2 11-{2}-2-2-3-10-21-27-35-48-48-53-66->13 ^ consecutive number 2 hits 05/08/1989 Kylie Minogue Wouldn't Change A Thing 2 {2}-2-3-6-10-14-26-36-48->9 12/05/1990 Kylie Minogue Better The Devil You Know 2 5-{2}-2-3-6-15-24-31-40-62->10 25/01/1992 Kylie Minogue Give Me Just A Little More Time 2 5-{2}-3-7-12-25-45-67->8 10/09/1994 Kylie Minogue Confide In Me 2 {2}-4-6-15-26-38-46-62-73->9 23/09/2000 Kylie Minogue On A Night Like This 2 {2}-11-18-25-40-49-59-75R(10)->8 21/10/2000 Robbie Williams And Kylie Minogue Kids 2 {2}-4-6-16-21-30-38-33-35-37-44-44-50-61-71-73R(2)-66R(2)-74-66->19 22/06/2002 Kylie Minogue Love At First Sight 2 {2}-8-11-21-33-40-46-44-51-46-52-74->12 18/12/2004 Kylie Minogue I Believe In You 2 {2}-3-4-3-11-23-30-35-41-45-52-56->12 3. Michael Jackson = 7 (8 with Jackson 5) 15/10/1983 Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson Say Say Say 2 25-10-13-14-3-{2}-2-3-12-18-25-25-29-33-50->15 25/02/1989 Michael Jackson Leave Me Alone 2 4-{2}-5-11-15-20-31-41-67->9 05/12/1992 Michael Jackson Heal The World 2 3-{2}-2-2-2-2-5-12-28-38-43-62-60-69-68->15 27/02/1993 Michael Jackson Give In To Me 2 6-{2}-3-5-9-16-31-33-46->9 24/08/1996 3T Featuring Michael Jackson Why 2 {2}-6-12-21-30-43-48-62-72->9 20/10/2001 Michael Jackson You Rock My World 2 {2}-6-8-16-24-32-47-58-70-66-57-53-44-34-70-60R(389)->16 01/11/2008 Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror {2007} 2 55-11R(35)-{2}-3-8-16-22-33-40-52-60-66-70-59R(7)-58-64R(5)->16 31/01/1970 The Jackson Five I Want You Back 2 42-30-12-4-4-{2}-4-4-12-12-20-30-39->13 4. Oasis = 6 26/08/1995 Oasis Roll With It 2 {2}-2-5-10-21-36-43-53-60-67-72-66R(9)-65-75-55R(43)-67-62R(6)-73->18 11/11/1995 Oasis Wonderwall 2 {2}-3-4-5-8-11-10-7-6-5-6-9-18-22-25-32-30-43-59-67-60R(22)-74-71-75-72-36R(8)-52-60-61-63-68-61-50-62->34 04/10/1997 Oasis Stand By Me 2 {2}-5-13-22-37-40-39-44-46-61-64-67-62-50-53-53-56-66->18 29/06/2002 Oasis Stop Crying Your Heart Out 2 {2}-4-13-23-28-39-48-56-62-75-71R(376)-72R(33)-50R(14)->13 05/10/2002 Oasis Little By Little/She Is Love 2 {2}-7-10-17-27-32-47-65->8 10/12/2005 Oasis Let There Be Love 2 {2}-9-20-36-45-48-56-72-71-75->10 4. Queen = 6 26/10/1974 Queen Killer Queen 2 23-5-3-{2}-2-5-9-29-35-35-39-39->12 27/11/1976 Queen Somebody To Love 2 4-4-{2}-3-4-4-6-13-32->9 22/10/1977 Queen We Are The Champions 2 30-13-6-6-{2}-2-2-7-10-22-22-32->12 20/10/1979 Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2 33-21-10-5-3-{2}-2-7-12-26-26-32-44-75->14 04/02/1984 Queen Radio Ga Ga 2 4-{2}-2-4-7-16-28-37-60->9 04/11/1995 Queen Heaven For Everyone 2 {2}-4-8-18-32-34-31-32-27-36-51-67->12 4. Rihanna = 6 03/09/2005 Rihanna Pon De Replay 2 {2}-2-6-8-10-16-25-34-44-46-57-59-65-72R(2)-74R(4)-72R(18)->16 22/04/2006 Rihanna S.O.S. 2 5-{2}-2-5-5-7-9-12-24-21-20-21-27->13 22/07/2006 Rihanna Unfaithful 2 16-{2}-3-2-4-9-14-18-21-26-29-39-42-49-52-70->16 15/11/2008 T.I. Featuring Rihanna Live Your Life 2 39-{2}-4-3-7-10-23-16-12-13-20-25-32-39-49-65-60-63-59-65->20 05/12/2009 Rihanna Russian Roulette 2 6-{2}-3-8-8-8-13-19-25-24-31-37-46-50-54-61-62-65-58-72->20 30/01/2010 Rihanna Rude Boy 2 52-28-20-10-6-3-{2}-2-3-4-6-8-13-17-19-24-30-37-43-42-46-58-59-59-69-73-73-73-69-72R(13)->30 Not bad since she has only been releasing music for 5 years!! 4. Robbie Williams = 6 (7 with Take That) 10/08/1996 Robbie Williams Freedom 2 {2}-3-14-26-43-65-60-61-65-67-56R(2)-60-59-70->14 26/04/1997 Robbie Williams Old Before I Die 2 {2}-8-17-29-45-58-57-65-73-72R(2)-69R(2)->11 21/10/2000 Robbie Williams And Kylie Minogue Kids 2 {2}-4-6-16-21-30-38-33-35-37-44-44-50-61-71-73R(2)-66R(2)-74-66->19 15/10/2005 Robbie Williams Tripping 2 {2}-2-4-5-7-10-14-16-20-28-36-44-47-53-67->15 24/10/2009 Robbie Williams Bodies 2 {2}-4-9-23-22-37-57-55R(5)->8 16/10/2010 Robbie Williams And Gary Barlow Shame 2 {2}-7-20-32-40-43-31-53->8 20/02/1993 Take That Why Can't I Wake Up With You 2 {2}-2-8-13-29-40-53-57-57-59->10 4. Boyzone = 6 10/12/1994 Boyzone Love Me For A Reason 2 10-4-3-4-{2}-3-5-10-16-26-42-56-61->13 25/11/1995 Boyzone Father And Son 2 8-4-5-3-{2}-3-2-2-3-6-16-23-28-37-39-56->16 22/03/1997 Boyzone Isn't It A Wonder 2 {2}-8-15-23-37-58-68-67R(2)-62-57-44-57-55-63->14 02/08/1997 Boyzone Picture Of You 2 {2}-7-10-14-17-24-39-51-58-56-51-54-57-68-55-67-53-55->18 06/12/1997 Boyzone Baby Can I Hold You/Shooting Star 2 {2}-6-7-9-9-11-14-20-26-29-39-41-58-74->14 ^ Consecutive number 2 hits 05/12/1998 Boyzone I Love The Way You Love Me 2 {2}-6-10-15-8-13-17-25-35-39-45-53-63->13 9. George Michael = 5 (7 with Wham) 24/10/1987 George Michael Faith 2 10-{2}-2-5-12-21-31-42-63-54-50-67->12 31/08/1996 George Michael Spinning The Wheel 2 {2}-6-11-17-22-27-29-35-39-47-62-75->12 10/05/1997 George Michael Star People '97 2 {2}-14-32-37-43-59-58-62-74-59R(2)-63-59-75->13 20/09/1997 George Michael You Have Been Loved 2 {2}-6-19-34-51-67-71-71->8 31/10/1998 George Michael Outside 2 {2}-2-7-13-27-35-36-37-43-42-45-48-60-73-66R(2)-61->16 14/05/1983 Wham! Bad Boys 2 37-12-5-{2}-2-3-5-9-16-24-36-45-54-75->14 15/12/1984 Wham! Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 2 {2}-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67->13
December 1, 201014 yr Remember though all those acts have had number 1s as well- so if your looking for a king of number 2s and just that, it would be Sash! who has never had a number 1 yet I think hit number 2 5 or 6 times
December 1, 201014 yr You've forgotten the biggest selling single of the year for Rihanna! :lol: 'Love The Way You Lie' also peaked at number 2 :P But they're not really the "kings and queens" of number 2's though as they've all had one (or more) number 1's... Surely SASH! Is the winner, with 5, to not have had a number 1? :unsure: 'Encore Une Fois' {2}-4-4-5-6-9-9-14-15-20-33-38-48-52-72->15 'Ecuador' {2}-2-6-6-11-16-18-23-28-37-56-74->12 'Stay' {2}-4-4-5-9-15-21-26-33-44-48-44-54-70->14 'Mysterious Times' {2}-5-6-11-16-20-22-32-43-55-67-59->12 'Adelante' {2}-4-8-16-28-36-43-51-57-70->10
December 1, 201014 yr MOST UK NUMBER 2 SINGLES (WEEKS AT No.2 IN BRACKETS) (To W/E 4th December 2010) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 17 (Includes 8 Re-Issues, from 2005) (27W) 2) MADONNA - 12 (1 with Britney Spears) (1 Week with Britney Spears) (13W) 3)=CLIFF RICHARD - 11 (23W) 3)=KYLIE MINOGUE - 11 (1 with Robbie Williams) (1 Week with Robbie Williams) (20W) 5)=SHADOWS - 7 (6 with Cliff Richard) (10 Weeks with Cliff Richard) (12W) 5)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 7 (1 with Paul McCartney, & 1 with 3T) (2 Weeks with Paul McCartney, & 1 Week with 3T) (12W) 5)=RIHANNA - 7 (1 with T.I., & 1 with Eminem) (1 Week with T.I., & 4 Weeks with Eminem) (14W) 8)=PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 6 (1 No.2 - 2 Weeks with Michael Jackson. 11 No.2 Hits over-all - 5 with The Beatles) (10W) 8)=QUEEN - 6 (11W) 8)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 6 (1 with Kylie Minogue, & 1 with Gary Barlow) ((1W with Kylie Minogue & 1W with Gary Barlow) (7W) 8)=OASIS - 6 (7W) 8)=BOYZONE - 6 (8W) 8)=JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - 6 (1 (1W), with Snoop Dogg & Charlie Wilson, 1 (1W) T.I., & 1 (1W), with 50 Cent & Timbaland) (7W) 14)=BEATLES - 5 (11W) 14)=TOM JONES - 5 (10W) 14)=SWEET - 5 (13W) 14)=U2 - 5 (1 with Mary J. Blige, & 1 with Green Day) (1 Week with Mary J. Blige, 1(W) with Green Day) (6W) 14)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 5 (NOT counting his 2 No.2 Hits in Wham!) (14 Weeks with his 7 No.2 Wks in Wham!) (7W) 14)=SASH! - 5 (1 No.2 - 2 Weeks, with Rodriguez, 1 - 1 Week, with La Trec, & 1 - 1 Week with Tina Cousins) (6W) ### 14)=STEPS - 5 (5W) 14)=S CLUB 7 - 5 (Their 5th & final No.2 Hit was as S Club) (8W) 22)=DEAN MARTIN - 4 (6W) 22)=PAT BOONE - 4 (17W) 22)=EVERLY BROTHERS - 4 (5W) 22)=HOLLIES - 4 (7W) 22)=STEVIE WONDER - 4 (4W) 22)=T. REX - 4 (10W) 22)=DAVID BOWIE - 4 (4W) 22)=SLADE - 4 (7W) 22)=GARY GLITTER - 4 (9W) 22)=LEO SAYER - 4 (4W) 22)=SHOWADDYWADDY - 4 (4W) 22)=BROS - 4 (7W) 22)=MANIC STREET PREACHERS - 4 (4W) 22)=RONAN KEATING - 4 (1 with Yusuf - Cat Stevens. 10 No.2 Singles - 6 with Boyzone) (4W) 22)=GIRLS ALOUD - 4 (5W) ### = THE ONLY ACT IN THE LIST TO NEVER HAVE HAD A NO.1 SINGLE Edited December 1, 201014 yr by zeus555
December 1, 201014 yr Crazy For You - Crime this gem just failed (twice on hitting the numer 1 spot)!! Interestingly, I watched an old ITV Chart Show top 10 that had been uploaded to YouTube from early 1991 and 'Crazy For You' was the no. 1 single rather than The Clash. I suspect the sales between The Clash and Madonna in the week they occupied the top 2 must've been quite close.
December 1, 201014 yr 2 members of The Saturdays have had 4 #2 hits (2 with the Saturdays, 2 with S Club Juniors) and no #1s but they don't really count
December 1, 201014 yr Remember seeing this a while ago ... Depeche Mode have had most Top 40 hits without making No. 1 (43 of them up to Apr 2009). In fact, they've never risen above No. 4. Billy Fury has spent 231 weeks on the Top 40. No other artist has spent longer on the chart without making No. 1. His best chart placing was Number 2 for "Jealousy" in 1961. Special mention must also go to Sash! who has made Number 2 on five occasions. No other artist has been 'runner up' with so many singles without ever making it to Number 1. (Jon) Bon Jovi has featured on twenty Top 10 singles but never made the number 1 position. Three hits behind, Janet Jackson has appeared on seventeen Top 10 singles without reaching the top spot.
December 1, 201014 yr The ITV Chart Show used to broadcast the 'Official' Top 10 on a Saturday morning. The Sales went up to Friday, (inclusive). If 'Crazy For You' was No.1 in the Chart Show Top 10, on a Saturday in 1991, it was clearly not No.1 by Midnight on the Saturday - The Clash overtook it during that day. It was always wise to look at the Chart Show Top 10 as a sort of 'Friday Mid Week Chart'. It was what happened on the Saturday, that finally decided what would be No.1 in Sunday's Top 40.
December 1, 201014 yr Remember seeing this a while ago ... Depeche Mode have had most Top 40 hits without making No. 1 (43 of them up to Apr 2009). In fact, they've never risen above No. 4. Billy Fury has spent 231 weeks on the Top 40. No other artist has spent longer on the chart without making No. 1. His best chart placing was Number 2 for "Jealousy" in 1961. Special mention must also go to Sash! who has made Number 2 on five occasions. No other artist has been 'runner up' with so many singles without ever making it to Number 1. (Jon) Bon Jovi has featured on twenty Top 10 singles but never made the number 1 position. Three hits behind, Janet Jackson has appeared on seventeen Top 10 singles without reaching the top spot. Depeche Mode *did* have the record for most top 75 hits without a #1 as well, until Glee Cast beat that record within a few months. Glee Cast hardly count though.
December 1, 201014 yr Sash! obviosuly has had a lot of bad luck, I don't know how close he was in sales all those times. What annoys me is how in the US charts (which are compiled in a weird way anyway) tend to see really huge rock hits like RHCP's "Under The Bridge", Linkin Park's "In The End", Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" etc. always stalling at #2.
December 1, 201014 yr Sash! obviosuly has had a lot of bad luck, I don't know how close he was in sales all those times. What annoys me is how in the US charts (which are compiled in a weird way anyway) tend to see really huge rock hits like RHCP's "Under The Bridge", Linkin Park's "In The End", Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" etc. always stalling at #2.I dunno, but... 01. 'Encore Une Fois' Was beat to number 1 by No Doubt 'Don't Speak' (2nd week out of 3 for ND) 02. 'Ecuador' Beat to number 1 by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans 'I'll Be Missing You' (2nd week out of 3 for Puff Daddy) 03. 'Stay' Beat to number 1 by Elton John 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight'/'Candle In The Wind' (5th week out of 5 for Elton) 04. 'Mysterious Times' Beat to number 1 by Boyzone 'No Matter What' (1st week out of 3 for Boyzone) 05. 'Adelante' beat to number 1 by Gabrielle 'Rise' (2nd week out of 2 for Gabrielle) So, Sash! was unlucky enough to be up against songs, which seemed to have been "Career Bests" for said artists, and have gone on to become classics! Poor Sash!! :o
December 1, 201014 yr I dunno, but... 01. 'Encore Une Fois' Was beat to number 1 by No Doubt 'Don't Speak' (2nd week out of 3 for ND) 02. 'Ecuador' Beat to number 1 by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans 'I'll Be Missing You' (2nd week out of 3 for Puff Daddy) 03. 'Stay' Beat to number 1 by Elton John 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight'/'Candle In The Wind' (5th week out of 5 for Elton) 04. 'Mysterious Times' Beat to number 1 by Boyzone 'No Matter What' (1st week out of 3 for Boyzone) 05. 'Adelante' beat to number 1 by Gabrielle 'Rise' (2nd week out of 2 for Gabrielle) So, Sash! was unlucky enough to be up against songs, which seemed to have been "Career Bests" for said artists, and have gone on to become classics! Poor Sash!! :o Although SATWYLT is the highest selling single of all time I wouldn't call it the best example of a classic by Elton John.
December 1, 201014 yr I guess Sash! are both king and queen of the #2s seeing that they never had a #1.
December 1, 201014 yr Sash! had a different 'queen' on each hit though so he is like the pop HenryVIII in that respect lol. Does anyone have sales figures for the weeks Sash! was at #2? I would be interested to see how close (or not?) Sash!'s misses were. I somehow doubt that many of them would have been selling enough to have been at #1 if they'd been out a different week since sales were somewhat higher in those days for most other singles. I also think Gabrielle 'career best' was probably Dreams not Rise to be fair. I'd also be interested to see what artists have been the closest to getting an only chart topper but not quite got it, for example I know Kate Nash was about a dozen copies short and Deelite about 7 copies. I wonder what other acts have missed charttopper status so finely and potentially suffered career wise as a result?
December 2, 201014 yr Author Thanks zeus for posting your info, i didnt do too badly just from memory and use of polyhex!!! Sash also joins madonna, boyzone and kylie with 3 consecutive number 2 hits!!
December 2, 201014 yr MOST CONSECUTIVE UK NUMBER 2 SINGLES (To W/E 4th December 2010) No Act has had more than 3 consecutive No.2 Singles. These 13 Acts have all had 3 each. Madonna is the only Act to achieve it twice. 1) ELVIS PRESLEY (All 2005 Re-Issues) @ 2) TOM JONES (1967 - 1968) 3) SWEET (1973 - 1974) 4) DARTS (1978) @ 5) MADONNA (1990 - 1991) 6) MADONNA (2003) (1 with Britney Spears) @ 7) KYLIE MINOGUE (1988) @ 8) SASH! (1997) @ 9) BOYZONE (1997) @ 10) FIVE (1998 - 1999) 11) S CLUB 7 (1999 - 2000) 12) S CLUB JUNIORS (2002) @ 13) GIRLS ALOUD (2003 - 2004) 14) MANIC STREET PREACHERS (2004 - 2007) @ = THE 3 No.2 SINGLES WERE IN A CALENDAR YEAR
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