Thanks for info!

Halfway through the year, here’s some new lists for you all!

 

Songs with the most weeks to date in the UK Top 10 while on regular ACR

Since its introduction in July 2017

 

1=| 7 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021)

1=| 7 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito (2017)

1=| 7 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (2024)

4=| 6 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (2019)

4=| 6 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2020)

6=| 4 Alex Warren - Ordinary (2025) +

6=| 4 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile (2025)

6=| 4 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)

9=| 3 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss (2018)

9=| 3 Joel Corry featuring MNEK - Head & Heart (2020)

9=| 3 Miley Cyrus - Flowers (2023)

9=| 3 PinkPantheress - Boy's a liar (2023)

13=| 2 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2018)

13=| 2 George Ezra - Shotgun (2018)

13=| 2 Halsey - Without Me (2019)

13=| 2 Lola Young - Messy (2025)

13=| 2 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (2024)

13=| 2 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste (2024)

 

[18 songs with 1 week each]: APT., A Bar Song (Tipsy), Body, Cold Heart, Eastside, Escapism., God’s Plan, Havana, Mood, Paint The Town Red, rockstar, Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat), Shivers, Someone You Loved, Sprinter, STAY, Sweet But Psycho, We Don't Talk About Bruno

 

(years in brackets indicate first week in Top 10 on ACR)

 

Songs with the most weeks to date in the UK Top 10 while on permanent ACR

Since its introduction in July 2018

 

1| 33 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (2018)

2| 31 Wham! - Last Christmas (2018)

3| 21 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (2018)

4| 16 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (2021)

5| 13 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2018)

6| 12 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (2018)

7| 8 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2018)

8| 7 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (2022)

9=| 6 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (2022)

9=| 6 Elton John - Step Into Christmas (2018)

11| 4 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me (2023)

12=| 3 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2021)

12=| 3 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions (2018)

14| 2 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (2024)

 

[3 songs with 1 week each]: Driving Home For Christmas, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, One More Sleep

 

(years in brackets indicate first week in Top 10 on ACR)

 

Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 40 while on SCR

Since its introduction in July 2017

 

1| 46 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022: 18; 2023: 22; 2024: 6)

2=| 42 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (2024: 19; 2025: 23) +

2=| 41 Rema - Calm Down (2022)

4| 40 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021: 17+11; 2023: 12)

5| 39 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (2019: 1; 2023: 15+6; 2024: 11+6)

6| 37 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (2022: 17; 2023: 20)

7| 36 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams (2024: 13; 2025: 23)

8| 35 Teddy Swims - The Door (2024: 29; 2025: 6)

9=| 34 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (2024: 7; 2025: 27)

10=| 32 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019: 22; 2020: 10)

10=| 32 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (2021: 3+18; 2022: 7; 2023: 2; 2024: 2)

(years in brackets denote when each run on SCR began; for songs with multiple runs on SCR starting in the same year, the number of weeks in each run is shown, separated by +)

 

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 40 before first falling to ACR

Since its introduction in July 2017

 

1| 41 Rema - Calm Down (2022)

2| 30 Jax Jones featuring MNEK - Where Did You Go? (2022)

3| 29 Teddy Swims - The Door (2024)

4| 28 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru (2021)

5=| 27 Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (2018)

5=| 27 Harry Styles - Adore You (2019)

7=| 26 Benson Boone - Slow It Down (2024)

7=| 26 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! (2024)

7=| 26 Dasha - Austin (2024)

7=| 26 Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now (2019)

 

~ non-consecutive weeks

(years in brackets denote when run on SCR began)

Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 100 while on SCR

Since its introduction in July 2017

 

1| 56 Pinkfong - Baby Shark (2018: 31; 2020: 5; 2023: 20)

2| 53 Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (2024)

3| 50 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020: 27; 2021: 11; 2023: 12)

4=| 49 Gracie Abrams - Close To You (2024: 26; 2025: 23)

4=| 49 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen (2023)

4=| 49 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (2021: 12+4+18; 2022: 7; 2023: 4; 2024: 4)

7| 48 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017: 16; 2020: 32)

8| 47 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022: 18; 2023: 22; 2024: 7)

9=| 43 Alex Warren - Carry You Home (2024: 20; 2025: 23)

9=| 43 Rema - Calm Down (2022)

 

(years in brackets denote when each run on SCR began; for songs with multiple runs on SCR starting in the same year, the number of weeks in each run is shown, separated by +)

 

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 before first* falling to ACR

Since its introduction in July 2017

 

1| 53 Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (2024) ~ *

2| 49 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen (2023) ~ *

3| 43 Rema - Calm Down (2022)

4| 39 Campbell & Alcemist - Would You (Go To Bed With Me) (2023) ~

5| 38 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (2017)

6| 36 Lewis Capaldi - Grace (2018) ~

7| 34 Teddy Swims - The Door (2024)

8=| 33 Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (2018)

8=| 33 Polo G - Martin & Gina (2020) ~

10| 32 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang (2023) ~

11| 31 Pinkfong - Baby Shark (2018)

 

~ non-consecutive weeks

(years in brackets denote when run on SCR began)

* 'The Sound Of Silence' and (probably) 'Evergreen' spent these weeks in the Top 100 after being reset to SCR and before falling back to ACR: they have been included in this list as their first tenures on ACR began by default. Ed Sheeran - Perfect spent 32 weeks in the Top 100 in one run on SCR in 2020 after being reset, however as it had already fallen to ACR, it does not qualify for this list. 'Evergreen' perhaps may have fallen back to ACR and needed a second reset between its first and second weeks on chart (30 weeks apart) which would thus disqualify it from the list altogether.

+ most recent week at date last updated

Last updated w/e 24/07/25

And for my 1000th post, these lists are as featured in my recent chart quiz but these are the versions I’ll keep up to date.

 

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 40

 

1=| 33 | Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994): 1-6, 8, 10-14, 16-25, 27-31, 34-38, 40

1=| 33 | Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987): 2-20, 22-24, 26-27, 30-34, 36, 38-40

1=| 33 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): 1-2, 4-5, 7-14, 16-18, 20-26, 29-36, 38-40

1=| 33 | Wham! - Last Christmas (1984): 1-11, 13-14, 16, 18-21, 23-24, 26-29, 32-40

5| 32 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019): 1-4, 6-11, 13-15, 18-31, 34, 36-38, 40

6| 31 | Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (2024): 1-14, 16, 18-28, 30-31, 33, 35, 40

7=| 29 | Bill Haley and his Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955): 1-9, 12-15, 17-20, 22, 24-27, 29-33, 35, 38

7=| 29 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): 1-8, 10, 12-14, 16-20, 23-26, 28-32, 34-35, 38

7=| 29 | Harry Styles - As It Was (2022): 1-10, 12-14, 16, 18-22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32-34, 36-38

7=| 29 | John Legend - All Of Me (2014): 2-6, 8-11, 13-15, 17-20, 22-24, 26, 28-29, 31, 33-34, 36-37, 39-40

7=| 29 | Noah Kahan - Stick Season (2023): 1-2, 4-12, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22, 24, 27-28, 30-33, 35, 37-40

 

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 50

 

1| 42 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): as Top 40 plus: 41-42, 44-48, 50

2| 41 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019): as Top 40 plus: 42-50

3| 40 | Wham! - Last Christmas (1984): as Top 40 plus: 41-45, 47, 50

4=| 39 | Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994): as Top 40 plus: 44-48, 50

4=| 39 | Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987): as Top 40 plus: 41, 44, 46-49

6| 38 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): 1, 3-7, 11-13, 16, 18-19, 22-26, 28-29, 31-38, 40-50

7| 37 | Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969): 5-7, 9, 16-18, 20-46, 48-50

8| 36 | Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985): 1-3, 6-10, 12-18, 20-23, 25-26, 28-29, 33, 35-36, 38, 40, 42, 44-50

9=| 35 | Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021): 1, 3-6, 8-9, 11-12, 15, 17-20, 22-29, 34-35, 37, 39, 41-47, 49-50

9=| 35 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): as Top 40 plus: 42, 45-47, 49-50

9=| 35 | George Ezra - Shotgun (2018): 1-4, 7-8, 10, 14, 16-17, 20, 22, 24, 26-33, 35, 37-39, 41-50

9=| 35 | Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021): 5-8, 10, 18-39, 41-48

9=| 35 | Harry Styles - As It Was (2022): as Top 40 plus: 41, 43-45, 49-50

9=| 35 | Teddy Swims - Lose Control (2023): 2-8, 14, 17, 19-21, 23-33, 35-37, 40-45, 48-50

9=| 35 | Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973): 4, 6, 10, 12-13, 15-19, 22-31, 33-39, 41, 43-46, 48-50

 

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 75

 

1| 65 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019): as Top 50 plus: 51-63, 65-75

2| 58 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): as Top 50 plus: 51-53, 55-62, 64-66, 69-71, 73-75

3| 57 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): as Top 50 plus: 51-52, 56, 62-70, 72-74

4| 54 | Wham! - Last Christmas (1984): as Top 50 plus: 51-57, 61, 63, 65, 67-68, 71, 75

5=| 53 | Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020): as Top 50 plus: 51-54, 57-61, 63-68, 72-74

5=| 53 | Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987): as Top 50 plus: 51, 53, 55, 57-58, 62-64, 66-69, 71, 75

5=| 53 | Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985): as Top 50 plus: 51-56, 58-60, 62, 67-68, 71-75

5=| 53 | Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006): 6-10, 12-17, 20-21, 23-29, 31-32, 35, 39, 44-45, 47-61, 63-72, 74-75

9| 52 | Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994): as Top 50 plus: 51-52, 55-56, 58-60, 62, 64-65, 68-69, 72

10| 51 | Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021): as Top 50 plus: 51-53, 55-59, 61, 66-68, 70, 73-75

 

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 100

 

1| 90 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2018): as Top 75 plus: 76-100

2| 82 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): as Top 75 plus: 76-84, 86-100

3| 76 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): as Top 75 plus: 77-78, 80-82, 84-89, 91-92, 95-100

4| 74 | Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006): as Top 75 plus: 76, 78-80, 82-88, 90-91, 93-100

5| 73 | Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (2008): 1-2, 4-6, 11-19, 21-23, 26-27, 29-31, 33, 37-40, 43, 45, 47, 49-57, 60-62, 66-68, 70-74, 77-95, 97-100

6| 69 | Bastille - Pompeii (2013): 2-5, 9, 12-13, 15, 19-20, 22, 24-27, 30, 32-34, 37-39, 41, 43-44, 47-48, 50-51, 53-55, 57-69, 71-74, 76-79, 81-88, 90, 93-96, 98-100

7| 68 | George Ezra - Shotgun (2018): as Top 50 plus: 51-54, 57, 63, 66, 68, 71-84, 86-89, 91-93, 95-97, 100

8=| 67 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): as Top 50 plus: 51-52, 55, 57-59, 62-64, 68-71, 73-74, 78-79, 81-83, 85-88, 92-96, 98-100

8=| 67 | Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020): as Top 75 plus: 76, 79, 81, 84-85, 88-92, 94-95, 97, 99

8=| 67 | Vance Joy - Riptide (2013): 10, 12-15, 18, 27, 30, 34-35, 37-43, 45, 47, 49-53, 55-59, 61-62, 64-81, 83-100

 

(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

 

new position held at date last updated

Last updated w/e 24/07/25

Perfect and Someone You Loved both getting new positions this week. Perfect now only 1 behind Chasing Cars overall.

It may now forever be assigned to ACR and therefore stay short of My Way's 124 weeks in the Top 75, but Perfect had already done enough to take the record for weeks in the Top 82, 83 and 84... and more importantly, with #94 now added to its collection, it now has an outright record of 75 different positions in the Top 100!

Perfect #100 this week, now only missing 3 positions between #76 and #100, it’ll probably drop out next week but I’m sure it’ll be back after Christmas

To mark the re-appearance of two festive oldies in the Top 50 and the continuing presence of "Blinding Lights", here's an update of records by most weeks in the top 50

 

123 - "My Way" Frank Sinatra

80 - "Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi

79 - "Perfect" Ed Sheeran

76 - "Fairytale of New York" Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl

72 - "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU" Mariah Carey

68 - "Shotgun" George Ezra

66 - "Amazing Grace" Judy Collins

65 - "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran

61 - "Dance Monkey" Tones & I

60 - "Rather Be" Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne

58 - "All Of Me" John Legend

"Shape Of You" Ed Sheeran

57 - "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" Wizzard

"Rock Around The Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets

56 - "Release Me" Engelbert Humperdinck

55 - "LAST CHRISTMAS" Wham! *

"Stranger On The Shore" Mr Acker Bilk

54 - "Sex On Fire" Kings of Leon

"Take Me To Church" Hozier

53 - "Chandelier" Sia

"Happy" Pharrell Williams

"Someone Like You" Adele

"This Is Me" Keala Settle

51 - "BLINDING LIGHTS" The Weeknd

50 - "Let It Go" Idina Menzel

"Merry Xmas Everybody" Slade #

 

* - "Last Christmas" has 11 extra weeks as a Double A-side with "Everything She Wants"

# - "Merry Xmas Everybody" has 2 extra weeks in a version credited to Slade vs Flush

 

 

Surely ‘Last Christmas’ has to automatically count the extra 11 weeks?

Thanks fchd. That's one record Sinatra will be keeping for a while - if the Pogues reach the Top 40 next week, they'll end up taking his record for weeks in the Top 40 on January 1st.

 

I agree Steve, perhaps aside from 1 or 2 weeks in January 1985 when Everything She Wants was getting the airplay, people were buying the Wham! double A-side for Last Christmas, so I'd combine all its chart weeks.

All lists updated, forgot how long that took each week around Christmas last year :lol:

At least one song on permanent ACR due to being over 3 years old has now held every position in the Top 100 with the exception of #40 – maybe one day I’ll post a full list...

As it's my 1500th post, that day is today :magic: so here are the first songs to reach each position while on permanent ACR. #40 was finally taken thanks to the resurgence of Dreams a few weeks ago. The #1 position was one of the very first to be taken once the rule was introduced in July 2018, but it hasn't been touched since - maybe in a few weeks time:

 

#1 19/07/2018 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions

#2 03/01/2019 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

#3 03/01/2019 Wham! - Last Christmas

#4 27/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

#5 20/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

#6 13/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

#7 20/12/2018 Wham! - Last Christmas

#8 03/01/2019 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

#9 03/01/2019 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

#10 20/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

#11 27/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

#12 03/01/2019 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

#13 27/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

#14 13/12/2018 Wham! - Last Christmas

#15 20/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

#16 20/12/2018 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

#17 03/01/2019 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

#18 13/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

#19 27/12/2018 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

#20 27/12/2018 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

#21 20/12/2018 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

#22 20/12/2018 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

#23 27/12/2018 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

#24 12/07/2018 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions

#25 19/07/2018 Green Day - American Idiot

#26 13/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

#27 02/01/2020 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

#28 20/12/2018 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

#29 27/12/2018 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

#30 13/12/2018 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

#31 03/01/2019 Bing Crosby - White Christmas

#32 12/12/2019 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

#33 20/12/2018 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

#34 06/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

#35 13/12/2018 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

#36 13/12/2018 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

#37 03/01/2019 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

#38 03/01/2019 Mud - Lonely This Christmas

#39 13/12/2018 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

#40 05/11/2020 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

#41 19/07/2018 Fat Les - Vindaloo

#42 13/12/2018 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

#43 05/12/2019 Wham! - Last Christmas

#44 13/12/2018 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

#45 22/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#46 15/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#47 03/01/2019 Coldplay - Christmas Lights

#48 19/07/2018 New Order - World In Motion

#49 13/12/2018 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas

#50 06/12/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#51 30/08/2018 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer

#52 29/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#53 08/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#54 27/12/2018 Coldplay - Christmas Lights

#55 27/12/2018 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

#56 03/01/2019 Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song

#57 13/12/2018 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

#58 13/12/2018 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

#59 03/01/2019 Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas

#60 27/12/2018 Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

#61 27/12/2018 Bing Crosby - White Christmas

#62 30/08/2018 Aretha Franklin - Respect

#63 08/11/2018 Michael Jackson - Thriller

#64 13/12/2018 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

#65 29/11/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

#66 06/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

#67 22/08/2019 Dave and AJ Tracey - Thiago Silva

#68 20/12/2018 Coldplay - Christmas Lights

#69 20/12/2018 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

#70 20/12/2018 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

#71 27/12/2018 Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

#72 19/12/2019 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

#73 20/12/2018 Bing Crosby - White Christmas

#74 03/01/2019 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

#75 13/12/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#76 20/12/2018 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

#77 27/12/2018 Idina Menzel featuring Michael Bublé - Baby It's Cold Outside

#78 27/12/2018 Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

#79 30/08/2018 Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

#80 20/12/2018 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

#81 21/02/2019 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#82 13/12/2018 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

#83 15/11/2018 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

#84 13/12/2018 Coldplay - Christmas Lights

#85 13/12/2018 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

#86 20/12/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

#87 20/12/2018 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

#88 06/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

#89 22/11/2018 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

#90 01/08/2019 Killers - Mr. Brightside

#91 08/11/2018 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

#92 20/12/2018 Mud - Lonely This Christmas

#93 15/11/2018 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

#94 06/12/2018 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

#95 20/12/2018 Pretenders - 2000 Miles

#96 13/12/2018 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

#97 26/07/2018 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions

#98 27/12/2018 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine

#99 26/07/2018 Killers - Mr. Brightside

#100 06/09/2018 Killers - Mr. Brightside

Edited January 17, 20214 yr by jimwatts

Pretty class list for me that!

As alluded to above. The #1 position has now been held by 2 songs on permanent ACR.

Sinatra’s record weeks in the top 40 of 75 will also most likely fall to The Pogues this year, or at the very least be equaled.

Great news!

I've added a new list for the songs with: Most calendar years in which a new run started in the Top 20

Edited November 4, 20222 yr by jimwatts

I’m sure I’ve heard before but what happened Mariah in 2010?

I’m sure I’ve heard before but what happened Mariah in 2010?

There was a period at the height of the download era when the Christmas songs struggled to compete. I think it was a combination of people already having downloaded them in previous years and the non Christmas market being really strong. I remember thinking that in a few years they might not make the Top 40 at all.

Think they recovered a bit when the 2012 Now Christmas album came out due to cherry picking, and then of course as soon as streaming was counted they came back with a vengeance.

I think 2011 was also the start of Christmas songs being heavily discounted on iTunes every year iirc? Which definitely helped to combat the saturation.

I see this has been updated, but Perfect’s record for most weeks in top 82-84 is not in blue so I’m not sure if that needs addressing?

Thanks, I knew I'd forgotten something! Updated

 

Edit: and updated again for this week - poor Chasing Cars continues being attacked at both ends there.

Edited January 15, 20214 yr by jimwatts

2000th post (and they've all been in this forum)

 

I've shifted some of the lists so now all the Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top X ones appear in the OP, to which I've added most weeks at #1, with or without ACR. The other lists all appear on this page with all the Christmas ones together.

 

Within the lists themselves, Someone You Loved, which already had the most consecutive weeks in the Top 100, now makes the top ten for most weeks in total. At the same time, Thinking Out Loud, which still has the most consecutive weeks in the Top 50, drops out of the corresponding top ten. Shallow will become the 19th song to reach 100 weeks in total next week - it lands at its 62nd different position this week so needs one more to join the top ten for most positions visited.