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Each country's performance by their average percentage of points scored for each year in which they have participated. The headings are: Ranking - Country - Percentage Points - Number of years of participation, out of a maximum of 69 - 1st Places - 2nd Places - Last Places Countries highlighted in green took part in 2025. Yugoslavia in blue does not exist anymore. Germany leads in total participation years; Ireland and Sweden in victories; the UK, massively, in 2nd places; Norway in Nul Points.

I found another one: Mark Knopfler: January 1997 - March 2024, partly disguised as Dunblane and Guitar Heroes. 27 years 2 months.

Yes, albeit as part of a duet in 2020. Thank you, I'll add him in...

Brilliant, thank you! There's always one that get's away - the Douglas Bader effect...

The 25 acts who experienced at least 25 years between visits to the UK Top 20 Singles Chart - José Feliciano being the most recent addition. 1 Bobby Helms 63 years 5 months 1958 - 2022 2 Vera Lynn 62.11 1957 - 2020 3 Ronettes 59.10 1964 - 2024 4 José Feliciano 56.2 1968 - 2025 5 Brenda Lee 53.2 1964 - 2017 6 Gerry and the Pacemakers 47.5 1964 - 2012 7 Neil Diamond 40.6 1981 - 2021 8 Leeds United FC / Team and Supporters 37.11 1972 - 2010 9 Perez Prado 36.7 1958 - 1995 10 Tony Christie 33.2 1972 - 2005 11 Wizzard 32.10 1975 - 2007 12 Lou Reed 31.1 1973 - 2004 13 Mamas and the Papas 29.11 1967 - 1997 14 Donny Osmond 29.10 1974 - 2004 15 Andy Stewart 28.4 1961 - 1989 16 Boney M 28.4 1993 - 2021 17 Bobby Vinton 27.11 1962 - 1990 18 Beatles 27.8 1996 - 2023 19 Yes 27.6 1977 - 2005 20 Arsenal Football Club 27.0 1971 - 1998 21 Sham 69 26.9 1979 - 2006 22 Eddie Cochran 26.6 1961 - 1988 23 Louis Armstrong 26.5 1968 - 1994 24 Nat King Cole 25.0 1962 - 1987 25 Andy Williams 25.0 1974 - 1999

Fairytale has uniquely visited every Top 20 position except for No 1. I guess it will never do it now.

Immaculate as always, thank you JW.

30 I get around Beach Boys 1964 29 You got what it takes Marv Johnson 1960 28 Home lovin' man Andy Williams 1970 27 Everybody hurts REM 1993 26 Visions Cliff Richard 1966 25 Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today) Temptations 1970 24 Pictures of matchstick men [2,000] Status Quo 1968 23 Elenore Turtles 1968 22 Gimme hope Jo'anna Eddy Grant 1988 21 Green onions Booker T and the MG's 1980 20 White lines (don't do it) Grandmaster (Flash) / (Melle Mel) 1984 19 For the good times Perry Como 1973 18 Lamplight David Essex 1973 17 Breaking up is hard to do [1972] Neil Sedaka 1962 16 I'll take you home again Kathleen Slim Whitman 1957 15 Shout [1986] Lulu / (Luvvers) 1964 14 Black Betty [1990] Ram Jam 1977 13 Seven drunken nights Dubliners 1967 12 California man Move 1972 11 Ben Michael Jackson 1972 10 Swinging on a star Big Dee Irwin 1963 9 It's my life Animals 1965 8 We didn't start the fire Billy Joel 1989 7 Arthur's theme (the best that you can do) Christopher Cross 1982 6 Funny familiar forgotten feelings Tom Jones 1967 5 Car 67 Driver 67 1979 4 Girls girls girls Sailor 1976 3 Love cats Cure 1983 2 Logical song Supertramp 1979 1 I get a kick out of you Gary Shearston 1974

Definitely No 9 from 2001 from my own database: moved No 9, No 15 in the Top 20 that November. I make it 721 different songs - or rather 718 because three titles all reached No 7 by two different artists...

Totally.

Good commentary. The only correction is that I do not count the actual number of performers in a group - each act has a value of 1 - so that Sharleen Spiteri (good lady) represented 25% of the four-piece Texas at the time they had their first hit single in 1989. The 29 performers on Band Aid 40 have a total value of 1, just the same as Elvis Presley has a value of 1.

An opinion with much merit... Statistics are just the bonus after the song.

No: Abba is 50% male and 50% female. If a mixed band has, say, 3 men and 1 woman, that's 75% male and 25% female. As an extreme example, 6 of the 29 performers on Band Aid 40 were ladies, so 21% and 23 were gentlemen 79%. I do the same for nationalities: on Band Aid 40 25 (86%) were English, 3 (10%) were Irish and 1 (4%) was from Kosovo (where she was born).

That's a good question: if a song is registered to an artist "featuring" another artist, I only give the credit to the first artist - Lady Gaga - and not to the featured artist - Colby O'Donis. For a song to be credited with all mentioned artists, the performers have to be joined by "and" or "with" or "X". I recognise that this is simply my interpretation of linguistic semantics and I have no problem with others crediting everybody associated with a song, named or not, even to the extent of someone like George Martin who played the piano on several Beatles' tracks without getting performing credits. I just like to draw the line somewhere and to be consistent. It's worked for me for 56 years and counting... sorry 57 years now!!

The gender of the artists who reach the Top 20 charts for singles and albums in the UK. An artist who has one hit is treated the same as another who has had, for example, 50 hits. The Singles Top 20 has seen 4,785 different acts up to the end of 2024; the Albums 2,762. An artist who reaches the Top 20 album chart has an average career of 3 years 8 months and 3 days. An artist who reaches the Top 20 singles chart has an average career of 2 years 2 months and 28 days. The singles hitmakers can expect an average of 3.01 Top 20 hits. For the albums, the average is 3.60 hits.

I think it's great that the ladies have had a stellar 2024 in the UK charts. The media's excitement is justified for the Singles chart but for the Albums, the 2020's still have a way to go to catch up the fairer species from the 1980's. Here are the percentages for each decade. I have split up mixed groups according to how many boys and girls were in each ensemble. Solo, all male and all female are self-explanatory. Albums: 1950's M 80 F 20 1960's M 75 F 25 1970's M 78 F 22 1980's M 70 F 30 1990's M 78 F 22 2000's M 76 F 24 2010's M 77 F 23 2020's M 76 F 24 All time: M 73 F 27 Singles: 1950's M 78 F 22 1960's M 81 F 19 1970's M 79 F 21 1980's M 73 F 27 1990's M 74 F 26 2000's M 74 F 26 2010's M 72 F 28 2020's M 68 F 32 All time: M 74 F 26 (Numeric totals are available).

1. Fairytale of New York Pogues 20 times 2. All I want for Christmas is you Mariah Carey 19 3. Last Christmas Wham! 12 4. Merry Christmas everyone Shakin' Stevens 9 5. Do they know it's Christmas? Band Aid 8 6. Rockin' around the Christmas tree Brenda Lee 8 7. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Michael Bublé 8 8. I wish it could be Christmas everyday Wizzard 7 9. Step into Christmas Elton John 7 10. Driving home for Christmas Chris Rea 7 11. Merry Xmas everybody Slade 6 12. Santa tell me Ariana Grande 6 13. One more sleep Leona Lewis 5 14. It's the most wonderful time of the year Andy Williams 5 15. Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney 4 16. Happy Christmas (war is over) John Lennon / (Plastic Ono Band) 4 17. Underneath the tree Kelly Clarkson 4 18. Merry Christmas Ed Sheeran and Elton John 3 19. Jingle bell rock Bobby Helms 3 20. Little donkey Beverley Sisters 2 No others more than once.

I'm guessing that's the order you want rather than the points awarded?! Merry Christmas!

I should add that in 1990, Iron Maiden charted 10 quasi albums in the Top 20, which were really 12" singles, too long to be included in the Singles chart - plus one genuine album. So, technically, they equalled Jim Reeves' record.

Actually, the record is held by Jim Reeves with 11 new albums to the UK hitting the Top 20 in 1964, the year of his death in a plane accident.

His 68 Albums; again, the chart position is its first week, not the peak. 08/11/1958 3 Elvis' golden records 08/11/1958 4 King Creole 04/04/1959 7 Elvis 04/07/1959 10 Date with Elvis 18/06/1960 10 Elvis golden records, Vol 2 23/07/1960 2 Elvis is back 10/12/1960 4 G. I. blues 20/05/1961 7 His hand in mine 04/11/1961 7 Something for everybody 09/12/1961 9 Blue Hawaii 07/07/1962 11 Pot luck 08/12/1962 14 Rock 'n' roll No 2 26/01/1963 11 Girls! Girls! Girls! 11/05/1963 16 It happened at world's fair 28/12/1963 15 Fun in Acapulco 11/04/1964 10 Elvis' golden records, Volume 3 04/07/1964 9 Kissin' cousins 02/01/1965 15 Roustabout 24/04/1965 15 Girl happy 18/09/1965 16 Flaming star and summer kisses 27/11/1965 8 Elvis for everybody 15/01/1966 18 Harem holiday 07/05/1966 18 Frankie and Johnny 06/08/1966 18 Paradise Hawaiian style 03/12/1966 18 California holiday 22/04/1967 18 How great Thou art 03/05/1969 4 Elvis - NBC TV special 05/07/1969 3 Flaming star 23/08/1969 2 From Elvis in Memphis 14/03/1970 5 Memphis to Vegas - Vegas to Memphis 01/08/1970 5 On stage 30/01/1971 15 That's the way it is 10/04/1971 6 I'm ten thousand years old 24/07/1971 10 Love letters from Elvis 07/08/1971 18 C'mon everybody 21/08/1971 20 You'll never walk alone 18/12/1971 12 Elvis' Christmas album 27/05/1972 19 Elvis now 15/07/1972 19 Elvis at Madison Square Garden 24/02/1973 18 Aloha from Elvis via satellite 15/09/1973 16 Elvis 09/03/1974 20 Legendary performer, Vol. 1 13/09/1975 18 Sun collection 20/12/1975 18 40 greatest hits 03/09/1977 6 Moody blue 03/09/1977 12 Welcome to my world 10/09/1977 12 Elvis in demand 19/11/1977 13 Elvis in concert 01/12/1979 5 Love songs 29/11/1980 13 Inspiration 29/08/1987 4 Presley - the all time greatest hits 22/02/1992 4 From the heart - his greatest love songs 10/09/1994 7 Essential collection 07/06/1997 5 Always on my mind - ultimate love songs 02/12/2000 12 50 greatest hits 05/10/2002 1 Elvis - 30 #1 hits 18/10/2003 4 2nd to none 12/02/2005 9 Love Elvis 28/05/2005 13 Elvis by the Presleys 25/08/2007 1 King 16/01/2010 8 Elvis 75 20/11/2010 19 Viva Elvis: the album 16/11/2013 7 Nation's favourite Elvis songs 12/11/2015 1 If I can dream 18/08/2016 16 Way down in the jungle room 03/11/2016 1 Wonder of you 07/12/2017 6 Christmas with Elvis 23/08/2018 9 Where no one stands alone

In chronological order; after the date is the first week entry position, not the peak. 12/May/56 15 Heartbreak hotel Elvis Presley 26/May/56 16 Blue suede shoes Elvis Presley 18/Aug/56 20 I want you, I need you, I love you Elvis Presley 22/Sep/56 13 Hound dog Elvis Presley 17/Nov/56 15 Blue moon Elvis Presley 8/Dec/56 19 Love me tender Elvis Presley 11/May/57 13 Too much Elvis Presley 29/Jun/57 7 All shook up Elvis Presley 13/Jul/57 13 (Let me be your) Teddy bear Elvis Presley 31/Aug/57 16 Paralysed Elvis Presley 5/Oct/57 15 Party Elvis Presley 19/Oct/57 19 Got a lot o' livin' to do Elvis Presley 2/Nov/57 20 Trying to get to you Elvis Presley 9/Nov/57 20 Lawdy Miss Clawdy Elvis Presley 16/Nov/57 19 Santa bring my baby back to me Elvis Presley 25/Jan/58 1 Jailhouse rock Elvis Presley 1/Feb/58 20 Jailhouse rock [EP] Elvis Presley 1/Mar/58 13 Don't Elvis Presley 3/May/58 13 Wear my ring around your neck Elvis Presley 26/Jul/58 6 Hard headed woman Elvis Presley 4/Oct/58 9 King Creole Elvis Presley 24/Jan/59 3 One night / I got stung Elvis Presley 25/Apr/59 4 Fool such as I / I need your love tonight Elvis Presley 25/Jul/59 5 Big hunk o' love Elvis Presley 9/Apr/60 10 Stuck on you Elvis Presley 30/Jul/60 19 Mess of blues Elvis Presley 5/Nov/60 1 It's now or never Elvis Presley 21/Jan/61 19 Are you lonesome tonight? Elvis Presley 18/Mar/61 4 Wooden heart Elvis Presley 3/Jun/61 1 Surrender Elvis Presley 9/Sep/61 17 Wild in the country / I feel so bad Elvis Presley 4/Nov/61 4 (Marie's the name) His latest flame / Little sister Elvis Presley 3/Feb/62 12 Rock-a-hula baby / Can't help falling in love Elvis Presley 12/May/62 16 Good luck charm Elvis Presley 8/Sep/62 8 She's not you Elvis Presley 8/Dec/62 2 Return to sender Elvis Presley 9/Mar/63 18 One broken heart for sale Elvis Presley 13/Jul/63 10 (You're the) Devil in disguise Elvis Presley 2/Nov/63 13 Bossa nova baby Elvis Presley 28/Dec/63 16 Kiss me quick Elvis Presley 28/Mar/64 20 Viva Las Vegas Elvis Presley 4/Jul/64 17 Kissin' cousins Elvis Presley 29/Aug/64 20 Such a night Elvis Presley 7/Nov/64 17 Ain't that lovin' you baby? Elvis Presley 19/Dec/64 13 Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 20/Mar/65 19 Do the clam Elvis Presley 5/Jun/65 14 Crying in the chapel Elvis Presley 27/Nov/65 18 Tell me why Elvis Presley 16/Jul/66 14 Love letters Elvis Presley 5/Nov/66 18 All that I am Elvis Presley 10/Dec/66 20 If every day was like Christmas Elvis Presley 23/Mar/68 20 Guitar man Elvis Presley 25/May/68 18 U.S. male Elvis Presley 8/Mar/69 17 If I can dream Elvis Presley 21/Jun/69 9 In the ghetto Elvis Presley 6/Dec/69 10 Suspicious minds Elvis Presley 7/Mar/70 18 Don't cry Daddy Elvis Presley 11/Jul/70 20 Wonder of you Elvis Presley 28/Nov/70 9 I've lost you Elvis Presley 16/Jan/71 17 You don't have to say you love me Elvis Presley 27/Mar/71 19 There goes my everything Elvis Presley 29/May/71 16 Rags to riches Elvis Presley 1/Jan/72 16 I just can't help believin' Elvis Presley 8/Apr/72 18 Until it's time for you to go Elvis Presley 1/Jul/72 8 American trilogy Elvis Presley 7/Oct/72 11 Burning love Elvis Presley 6/Jan/73 13 Always on my mind Elvis Presley 1/Sep/73 18 Fool Elvis Presley 30/Nov/74 15 My boy Elvis Presley 25/Jan/75 13 Promised land Elvis Presley 2/Oct/76 13 Girl of my best friend Elvis Presley 22/Jan/77 20 Suspicion Elvis Presley 19/Mar/77 14 Moody blue Elvis Presley 27/Aug/77 4 Way down Elvis Presley 17/Dec/77 19 My way Elvis Presley 5/Jan/80 13 It won't seem like Christmas (without you) Elvis Presley 6/Sep/80 17 It's only love / Beyond the reef Elvis Presley 22/Jun/02 1 Little less conversation Elvis Presley / (JXL) 4/Oct/03 5 Rubberneckin' Elvis Presley 17/Jul/04 3 That's all right Elvis Presley 1/Sep/07 19 My baby left me Elvis Presley

No, in the same way I prefer not to credit Cliff with his Shadows collaborations. The Shadows were super successful in their own right and the Supremes continued to have hits after Diana Ross went solo.

21. Rihanna 5,281. I take the point about Cliff, which is why I always mention it. His combined totals would put him ahead of Elvis in total Top 20 entries and virtually tied with Ed Sheeran on points.

Simply the number of albums and singles which reached the UK Top 20 - nothing to do with weeks on the chart or sales.