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Cher : 1st Top 10 in 1965, and the most recent in 2001 (36 years) Louis Armstrong : 1st Top 10 in 1952, and the most recent in 1994 (42 years)

Don't cry for me Argentina - Madonna / Mike Flower Pops F**k It / FURB - Eamon / Frankee You should really know - Pirates/Enya/Ama/Boss/Ishani vs. I don't wanna know - Mario Winans/P Diddy

3T / sons of Tito Jackson (from The Jackson 5)

Skyfall - Adele Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida

I'm surprised to see Shola Ama on this list... always thought she was in her mid to late twenties during the time of chart success!

I'd say Lil'Wayne... and previously Timbaland

BEST 1) Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be 2) Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C 3) Mark Ronson / Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk 4) Ella Henderson - Ghost 5) Magic! - Rude 6) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud 7) Sigma - Nobody to Love 8) Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love 9) Mr. Probz - Waves 10) Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass 11) 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect 12) Sigma feat. Paloma Faith - Changing 13) Ed Sheeran - Sing 14) Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang 15) Ariana Grande + Izzy Azalea - Problem -10 Gareth Malone's All Star Choir - Wake Me Up

+10 - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - I'm a Freak +9 - The Chainsmokers - #SELFIE +8 - will.i.am feat. Cody Wise - It's My Birthday + 7 - Aloe Blacc - The Man +6 - Katy Perry - This Is How We Do +5 - DJ Cassidy feat. Robin Thicke and Jessie J - Calling All Hearts +4 - Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg - Wiggle +3 - Maroon 5 - Animals +2 - Cheryl Cole feat. Tinie Tempah - Crazy Stupid Love +1 - Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross - New Flame

Enya's song Boadicea was Number 1 twice (albeit sampled) on Mario Winans' 'I Don't Wanna Know', and The Fugess' 'Ready or Not' ... not sure if this qualifies as a song being number 1 twice though

F*ck It ---- F.U.R.B. ... I think these should be added

I based mine on Hate, rather than on the songs which I actually think were the worst... there were worse than the below mentioned, yet somehow didn't bother me, as they weren't as played as the ones I listed... The worst thing about a 'Hated' song, is that occasionally, I wake up and with one of these bloody song in my mind, tormenting me for a whole day :drama: Enrique Iglesias Ft. Pitbull - I'm A Freak Taylor Swift - Shake It Off Aloe Blacc - The Man The Chainsmokers #SELFIE Zedd feat. Hayley Williams Stay The Night

Drake :puke2:

Drake needs to go... would have never imagined that he'd end up so high here!

Some examples though not very recent Speaking for the UK, I am surprised that Modern Talking never did anything over there. They are absolutely huge where I live (Malta) despite them being German, and had extremely catchy songs in the 80's and late 90's/early 2000's. Another one is Gigi D'Agostino... L'Amour Toujours, La Passion, The Riddle, Elisir, Bla Bla Bla, Another Way ... Don't know whether they were simply never released, or if they just failed to chart. Ultimately before Counting Stars came around, I would have mentioned One Republic... Many of their songs post-Apologize are a masterpiece, and IMO far better than CS

THIS ... If I am not mistaken, apart from Tina Turner (When The Heartache Is Over), even Diana Ross (Not Over You Yet) and Lionel Ritchie (Angel) tried the same formula shortly after Many recent attempts of artists trying to get a hit comes to mind... just flash plenty of skin, bootie, or use random brass instruments as a hook, and voila'

Drake again :-/

Drake needs to really go home!

My favourite chart week would be the one in autumn '98.. Gym and Tonic toppled from no. 1 and down to 6th position ... and a brand new top 5 - 5 - Thank u - Alanis Morissette : First single post the juggernaut, which was Jagged Little Pill 4 - I just want to be loved - Culture Club : Long awaited comeback single 3 - Sweetest Thing - U2 : First single (albeit having being recorded many years before) after their 'Pop' era 2 - Outside - George Michael - Comeback single after that scandal 1 - Believe - Cher : No comments needed

As next Sunday, Eminem & Rihanna will more than likely make it to the Top 3 for the 2nd time. Were there any other instances where 2 seperately known acts collaborated and scored more than 1 Top 3/5/10 hits with the exact same formation? I would exclude duos who are just/better well-known as being duets (example; Macklemore/Ryan Lewis, Robson/Jerome, Sonny/Cher, Nicole/Pussycat Dolls, etc) Coming to mind is Elton John & Kiki-Dee 'Don't go breaking my heart' and 'True Love'. No.1 and No.2 respectively? I am sure there will be many more, especially from the hip-hop scene., though most coming to mind, did not have the same exact formation.

Thanks for clarifying this... Never suspected what the original might actually sound like, although quite surprisingly it feels that I've heard the Maggie version before!

Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise sampled heavily Pastime Paradise of Stevie Wonder, yet few know the original even exists Everytime we touch by Cascada, copied the song of the same name originally* by Tixiana in 2001 (* not sure whether Tixiana's is the original, or if there was another before it) The Great Pretender by Queen, original by The Platters ... though maybe this is 50/50, in terms of people knowing, but I do hear Queen's version more often than the original Just a sample, but given it's popularity, very few people know Beyonce's Crazy in love samples THAT horn hook from Chi-Lites' "Are you my woman" Too many to mention; Elvis songs!

I am Maltese, and can confirm that we have never had proper local artists charting in the UK ... but apart from Sharleen Spiteri who is of Maltese descent, Baby D got us closest being half-Maltese and half-Jamaican, and Sister-2-Sister's parents are Maltese :lol: Not sure if the latter had any success in the UK though. But this tops them all (Taken from The Times 2008) The Times of London has traced Britney Spears' ancestry and it emerged that her great-great-grandfather, Edward Richard Portelli, was born in Malta circa 1873. :P

+30 Evanescence "My Immortal" +25 Keane "Everybody's Changing" +22 Linkin Park "In The End" +20 The Killers "Mr Brightside" +18 t.A.T.u. "Not Gonna Get Us" +16 Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends" +14 Mika "Happy Ending" +13 Muse "Knights of Cydonia" +12 Pendulum "Propane Nightmares" +11 Alizee "Moi... Lolita" +10 Blink 182 "I Miss You" +09 Pink "Don't Let Me Get Me" +08 Muse "Uprising" +07 REM "Imitation Of Life" +06 Coldplay "The Scientist" +05 The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" +04 Pink "U & Ur Hand" +03 Safri Duo "Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)" +02 Missy Elliot "Work It" +01 Coldplay "Clocks" -02 Shakira "Don't Bother"

+15 t.A.T.u. "All About Us" +12 Mika "Happy Ending" +10 Eminem "The Way I Am" +08 Madonna "Die Another Day" +06 Beyonce feat. Sean Paul "Baby Boy" +05 The Fratellis "Chelsea Dagger" +04 Christina Aguleria "The Voice Within" +03 Scissor Sisters "Comfortably Numb" +02 Coldplay "Yellow" +01 Train "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)" -02 Shakira "Don't Bother"

+15 Muse "Uprising" +12 Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" +10 Mika "We Are Golden" +08 Pink "Sober" +06 Kanye West "Heartless" +05 Chase & Status feat. Plan B "End Credits" +04 Daniel Merriweather "Change" +03 The Prodigy "Warrior's Dance" +02 Biffy Clyro "That Golden Rule" +01 Chuckie & LMFAO "Let the Bass Kick in Miami Girl" -02 Dizzee Rascal "Dirtee Cash"