February 22, 20205 yr Not sure of the numbers, but Brit Award winners Five Star :D seemed to always be in the charts for many years...
February 22, 20205 yr agree that it makes sense she wasn't credited cos it was a sample but the bizarre thing is that she did appear on the video cannot think of any other case when an artist was sampled but then appeared on the video :D You set me a challenge there. After a little think,I've remembered that Tony Hadley appeared at the end of the video for Set Adrift On Memory Bliss by PM Dawn which samples True by Spandau Ballet.
February 22, 20205 yr You set me a challenge there. After a little think,I've remembered that Tony Hadley appeared at the end of the video for Set Adrift On Memory Bliss by PM Dawn which samples True by Spandau Ballet. wow, good call, I didn't recall that
February 22, 20205 yr Sash! would’ve had two #1s to his name if Biggie and Di never died in 1997 I knew about Sunchyme but I didn't know there was another dance song that could have made #1 if it wasn't for Candle In The Wind's release.
February 22, 20205 yr Not sure of the numbers, but Brit Award winners Five Star :D seemed to always be in the charts for many years... Another good shout. 15 Top 40 hits with no #1!
February 22, 20205 yr Genesis (8 top 10 hits between 1978 and 1992 and 21 top 40 hits in all) Disclosure (5 top 20 hits from 2012 to 2015)
February 22, 20205 yr Genesis (8 top 10 hits between 1978 and 1992 and 21 top 40 hits in all) Disclosure (5 top 20 hits from 2012 to 2015) I think the benchmark for this is a minimum of 10 Top 40 hits so Disclosure wouldn't count, good shout on Genesis though
February 22, 20205 yr Jay Sean had 10 Top 40 hits but only 8 Top 20... however the biggest of these at #3 was a US #1, and ofc he was sampled on a huge #2 hit very recently. The Guinness Hit Singles 1994? edition had a similar list, I still have a copy in my loft (somewhere) but from memory I can only add Billy Fury from it (19 Top 20, 11 Top 10) to those already mentioned in this thread.
February 22, 20205 yr Updated to include all the artists previously mentioned, both in this thread and from that article on the official charts website, where an artist has at least 10 UK Top 20 singles without a #1; Brandy has 10 top 20 hits including "The Girl is Mine". She is credited (as are Destiny's Child) it just doesn't show up on her artist page https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-to...0160122/750140/
February 22, 20205 yr Bizarrely I was just listening to Now 9 earlier! and it prompted me to come and suggest Five Star and Genesis (both on the album) but I've been beaten to it. The same album also has Bon Jovi and Bananarama on it - so a real collection of these type of artists. The other two I thought of are Paul Weller (20 Top 20s) and Sting (13 Top 20s) although of course they both had number ones with the Jam and the Police. Do they count? ***Sorry - just noticed Paul Weller is on the list on Page 3! Edited February 22, 20205 yr by StoneDragon
February 22, 20205 yr agree that it makes sense she wasn't credited cos it was a sample but the bizarre thing is that she did appear on the video cannot think of any other case when an artist was sampled but then appeared on the video :D Didn't eventuate but I believe Lil Nas X did try to get Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails to appear in the video for "Old Town Road".
February 22, 20205 yr Joanna Law appeared on TotP for The Gift by Way Out West, so presumably if there's a video she'd have done that as well.
February 22, 20205 yr agree that it makes sense she wasn't credited cos it was a sample but the bizarre thing is that she did appear on the video cannot think of any other case when an artist was sampled but then appeared on the video :D "Rise & Fall" by Craig David samples "Shape of My Heart" by Sting, and he appears in the music video (and is a featured artist as well).
February 22, 20205 yr ^ but in Rise and Fall, Sting also sings part of the song, besides his sample being used
February 22, 20205 yr Here's an updated list with everyone who's been mentioned, the benchmark being a minimum of 10 Top 20 singles without a #1 (although I would have set the benchmark at 15 as the list is a bit over-saturated from 10 up to 14): Depeche Mode - 35 UK Top 20 singles between 1981-2006 Bon Jovi - 33 UK Top 20 singles between 1986-2006 Janet Jackson - 33 UK Top 20 singles between 1986-2006 Morrissey - 21 UK Top 20 singles between 1988-2008 Nat King Cole - 21 UK Top 20 singles between 1952-1991 Paul Weller - 20 UK Top 20 singles between 1992-2008 ^ R.E.M. - 19 UK Top 20 singles between 1991-2004 Billy Fury - 19 UK Top 20 singles between 1959-1965 Texas - 18 UK Top 20 singles between 1989-2006 The Who - 18 UK Top 20 singles between 1965-1981 Tina Turner - 18 UK Top 20 singles between 1966-1999 Genesis - 16 UK Top 20 singles between 1977-1992 50 Cent - 16 UK Top 20 singles between 2003-2013 Bananarama - 16 UK Top 20 singles between 1982–2005 Mary J. Blige - 16 UK Top 20 singles between 1995–2008 Bob Marley - 14 UK Top 20 singles between 1977-2016 Dannii Minogue - 14 UK Top 20 singles between 1991-2006 Guns 'N Roses - 14 UK Top 20 singles between 1989-1995 Muse - 14 UK Top 20 singles between 2000-2010 Suede - 14 UK Top 20 singles between 1992-2003 Kim Wilde - 14 Top 20 hits between 1981-1993 Metallica - 14 Top 20 hits between 1988-2008 Kelis - 13 UK Top 20 singles between 2000-2011 M People - 13 UK Top 20 singles between 1993-1999 Radiohead - 13 UK Top 20 singles between 1993-2003 The Temptations - 13 UK Top 20 singles between 1966-1992 Alicia Keys - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 2001-2012 Ash - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1995-2007 The Stranglers - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1977-1990 Red Hot Chili Peppers - 12 Top 20 hits between 1994-2006 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - 12 Top 20 hits between 1980-1996 Bruce Springsteen - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1984-1997 Def Leppard - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1987-1996 Green Day - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1994-2007 Louise - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1995-2001 Roxette - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1989-2005 Travis - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1998-2007 Five Star - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1985-1988 Sting - 12 UK Top 20 singles between 1982-2004 *^ The Charlatans - 12 Top 20 hits between 1990-2001 Garbage - 11 Top 20 hits between 1995-2005 Linkin Park - 11 Top 20 hits between 2001-2009 Embrace - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1997-2006 Feeder - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1999-2006 Sash! - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1997-2008 Ocean Colour Scene - 11 Top 20 hits between 1996-2003 Shania Twain - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1998-2004 Tears For Fears - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1982-1993 The Cure - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1983-1996 Level 42 - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1983-1994 The Drifters - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1960-1977 Smokie - 11 UK Top 20 singles between 1975-1995 Placebo - 10 Top 20 hits between 1997-2006 Cast - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1995-1999 Dina Carroll - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1991-1999 Faithless - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1996-2005 Selena Gomez - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 2010-2019 The Killers - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 2004-2012 The Smiths - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1984-1992 INXS - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1988-2001 * Supergrass - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1995-2002 Dr. Dre - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1996-2011 * Bob Dylan - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1965-1978 Foo Fighters - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1995-2007 Brandy - 10 UK Top 20 singles between 1998-2015 * * including remixes or features ^ had number ones as part of a band The Foo Fighters have been pretty unlucky with Top 20 singles - even though they have 10 to their name, another 5 peaked at either #21 or #22. There's a big drop between Janet Jackson (33) and Morrissey (21) which makes me think that there must be others in between, more than likely an older artist from the 60s/70s. Edited February 23, 20205 yr by M4NGO
February 22, 20205 yr The Drifters had 11 top 20 hits between 1960 and 1977. Not to be confused with Cliff Richard's backing group of the same name who had to change their name to The Shadows to avoid confusion with The Drifters. Smokie had 11 top 20 hits (including one with Roy 'Chubby Brown' between 1975 and 1995
February 22, 20205 yr I mentioned Billy Fury earlier :P (19 Top 20 hits between 1959 and 1965). Metallica had 14 Top 20 hits between 1988 and 2008).
February 23, 20205 yr Here's an updated list with everyone who's been mentioned, the benchmark being a minimum of 10 Top 20 singles without a #1 (although I would have set the benchmark at 15 as the list is a bit over-saturated from 10 up to 14): Thanks M4NGO, I was just in the process of updating with all the suggestions this week but glad you got there first. I’ll leave you to make any future updates if there are any more to be added. I didn’t think the list would be as great as it has become in entries, so maybe a minimum of 15 would have been better but certainly I don’t regret making it a count of how many Top 40 singles an artist had or that would be into the hundreds surely! :lol: Maybe Bré can add your updated list to the opening post.
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