Below is a list of acts with a cumulative total of 100 weeks or more in the top 10 of the UK singles chart.

However, I am fairly certain I have made some glaring omissions, so please holler! (Or let love lead the way…)

559 Elvis Presley

333 Cliff Richard 

323 Ed Sheeran 

267 Michael Jackson

267 Rihanna 

229 Madonna 

211 Calvin Harris 

208 Justin Bieber 

198 Drake 

194 The Beatles 

187 Frankie Laine 

167 Elton John 

167 George Michael / Wham!

155 Eminem 

152 Taylor Swift 

148 David Guetta 

143 The Shadows 

124 Paul McCartney / Wings

123 Ariana Grande 

122 Kylie Minogue 

120 U2

119 Beyonce 

116 Mariah Carey 

115 ABBA 

113 Lady Gaga

113 Dua Lipa

112 Everly Brothers

112 Bruno Mars

111 Lonnie Donegan

110 Take That

109 Rod Stewart 

108 The Rolling Stones 

108 Queen

106 Katy Perry

103 David Bowie

103 Little Mix

102 Perry Como

102 Justin Timberlake 

Edited Monday at 23:312 days by chartjack2

Wham! should join this list next year - currently on 92 weeks (half of them with the one song).

Sabrina Carpenter might get there first - currently on 87. Will have a think who else is close to joining.

Just seen The Weeknd is on 99! So I guess he'll be the next to join.

Edit: actually his OCC page doesn't include 'Rather Lie', so he should be on 100 weeks already! (This appears to be an error within the OCC database, as it is credited to "PLAYBOI CARTI/WEEKND", but clicking on that brings you through to the "PLAYBOI CARTI" page rather than their combined page.)

Edit 2: there's also 'Hurricane' where he isn't credited at all by the OCC, but I suppose that's a different matter.

Feels somewhat crazy that Sabrina is only 12 behind The Weeknd already!

Some 50s artists who have been missed off:

Lonnie Donegan, 111 weeks

Perry Como, 102 weeks

55 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Some 50s artists who have been missed off:

Lonnie Donegan, 111 weeks

Perry Como, 102 weeks

Cheers, added now :)

I'm surprised that Drake is still behind Calvin Harris & Justin Bieber but then I guess a lot of his were 1 or 2 weeks top 10s. Although by quantity he must vastly outnumber both of them.

1 hour ago, Dobbo said:

I'm surprised that Drake is still behind Calvin Harris & Justin Bieber but then I guess a lot of his were 1 or 2 weeks top 10s. Although by quantity he must vastly outnumber both of them.

Drake: 47

Calvin Harris: 31

Justin Bieber: 28

Do we reckon Elvis will ever be caught, gotta take decades at least

I imagine Taylor Swift will pass Eminem in the next couple of weeks.

Wings - 52

Paul McCartney - 69

Paul McCartney and Wings - 10

Combined total of 124 weeks.

(and 194 weeks for The Beatles gives 318 weeks!)

33 minutes ago, ben08 said:

Wings - 52

Paul McCartney - 69

Paul McCartney and Wings - 10

Combined total of 124 weeks.

(and 194 weeks for The Beatles gives 318 weeks!)

Thanks - amended OP - Wings are Paul McCartney solo IMO.

Also just combined George Michael and Wham to be controversial!

On 27/10/2025 at 23:29, chartjack2 said:

Thanks - amended OP - Wings are Paul McCartney solo IMO.

Also just combined George Michael and Wham to be controversial!

As a Wham! fan, I find this very controversial! But I’m not going to complain.