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Your Points system looks like this: 1. Elvis Presley 16,577 2. Beatles 13,327 3. Ed Sheeran 12,957 4. Elton John 8,926 5. Madonna 8,858 6. Abba 7,946 7. Queen 7,930 8. Rolling Stones 7,923 9. Michael Jackson 7,874 10. Taylor Swift 7,766 11. Rod Stewart 7,414 12. Cliff Richard and the Shadows 6,516 13. Eminem 6,492 14. Cliff Richard 6,438 15. Fleetwood Mac 6,145 16. David Bowie 6,033 17. Shadows 5,627 18. Paul McCartney 5,552 19. Simon and Garfunkel 5,529 20. Robbie Williams 5,298 Note: The Musical "The Sound Of Music" accumulated 5,378 points using this system and would rank at No 20 if included.

Ed Sheeran: 22nd - 8 44 52, Depeche Mode just ahead of him...

Correct: no re-entries, re-releases or re-issues of the same song by the same artist.

The Most Prolific UK Top 20 Artists 1952-2024 inclusive Albums Singles Total 1 Elvis Presley 68 81 149 2 Cliff Richard 45 66 111 3 Madonna 25 64 89 4 David Bowie 49 34 83 5 Elton John 39 39 78 6 Rolling Stones 44 28 72 7 Status Quo 35 37 72 8 Rod Stewart 41 30 71 9 Kylie Minogue 25 44 69 10 Bob Dylan 56 10 66 11 Frank Sinatra 45 21 66 12 Queen 29 37 66 13 Paul McCartney 34 30 64 14 Iron Maiden 37 25 62 15 Michael Jackson 19 41 60 16 Beatles 29 30 59 17 Pet Shop Boys 21 38 59 18 Drake 14 45 59 19 U2 21 37 58 20 Prince 24 30 54 Note: Cliff Richard's total does not include his activity with the Shadows, which would add: 13 29 42.

Excellent question: I know that I am in a distinct minority but I prefer to recognise the Christmas No 1 as the song which was most popular in the week which includes 25th December, even if it means waiting to find out what it was. I do the same for birthdays, Easter Day, Valentine's Day or any other date!

Please add: 1955 - Dickie Valentine replaced by Bill Haley and His Comets 1956 - Johnnie Ray replaced by Guy Mitchell The rest above are perfect!

In order of popularity, so 20 points to Abba, etc. 1979 I HAVE A DREAM ABBA 2022 LAST CHRISTMAS WHAM! 1964 DOWNTOWN PETULA CLARK 2008 HALLELUJAH JEFF BUCKLEY 1969 RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN KENNY ROGERS AND THE FIRST EDITION 2014 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT. BRUNO MARS 1960 IT'S NOW OR NEVER ELVIS PRESLEY 1983 MY OH MY SLADE 1968 BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP THE FOUNDATIONS 1988 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU KYLIE AND JASON 2007 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD KATIE MELUA AND EVA CASSIDY 1976 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE SHOWADDYWADDY 2012 IMPOSSIBLE JAMES ARTHUR 1991 WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME DIANA ROSS 1963 SHE LOVES YOU THE BEATLES 1987 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK THE POGUES & KIRSTY MACCOLL 2006 PATIENCE TAKE THAT 1990 ICE ICE BABY VANILLA ICE 1955 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS 1956 SINGING THE BLUES GUY MITCHELL

I have tried to get reliable data but I failed. If I knew where it was available, I would happily do the research, it would be fascinating to compare the results to the chart based statistics. And, yes, how to compare downloads to actual sales? Nurse...

Yes, but weighted by the number of weeks spent in higher positions.

This is the Top 100 chart-performing artists from the Top 20 Singles charts, November 1952 to September 2024 inclusive, in the UK and the USA, combined. I have used the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the USA, mirroring the UK charts in time. There have been 4,754 different acts to have entered the UK Top 20; in the USA, they have had 3,117 different artists over the same period. 1,564 of those acts have made the Top 20 on both sides of the Atlantic. The Top 5 UK acts, in order of success in the UK, NOT to have registered a USA Top 20 hit single are: 1. Cliff Richard and the Shadows (Cliff made it as a solo artist); 2. Shadows; 3. Little Mix; 4. Robbie Williams; 5. Shakin' Stevens The Top 5 USA acts who have similarly failed in the UK are: Morgan Wallen (as a solo artist); 2. John Cougar (Mellencamp); 3. T.I.; 4. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band; 5. Linda Ronstadt The Top 5 acts to have made both charts for at least 1 week, least successfully, in order of least success, are: 1. Hipsway; 2= Pigmeat Markham and Ferko String Band; 4. Blind Melon; 5. Paul Russell In the list below, Elvis is the unsurprising winner, he has a huge lead over Madonna; there is a fair gap between Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson as well. Enjoy. If you are curious about other artists, let me know. Columns are: Ranking overall ** UK ranking ** USA ranking ** Artist. 1 ** 1 ** 1 ** Elvis Presley 2 ** 3 ** 6 ** Madonna 3 ** 10 ** 2 ** Taylor Swift 4 ** 8 ** 3 ** Drake 5 ** 4 ** 7 ** Beatles 6 ** 7 ** 5 ** Rihanna 7 ** 2 ** 21 ** Ed Sheeran 8 ** 25 ** 4 ** Mariah Carey 9 ** 9 ** 17 ** Michael Jackson 10 ** 53 ** 9 ** Maroon 5 11 ** 32 ** 12 ** Weeknd 12 ** 70 ** 8 ** Post Malone 13 ** 45 ** 13 ** Katy Perry 14 ** 19 ** 15 ** Elton John 15 ** 108 ** 10 ** Usher 16 ** 26 ** 16 ** Justin Bieber 17 ** 24 ** 19 ** Ariana Grande 18 ** 55 ** 14 ** Whitney Houston 19 ** 11 ** 28 ** Eminem 20 ** 33 ** 18 ** Beyoncé 21 ** 177 ** 11 ** Janet Jackson 22 ** 21 ** 25 ** Rolling Stones 23 ** 51 ** 20 ** Stevie Wonder 24 ** 34 ** 23 ** Perry Como 25 ** 36 ** 24 ** Lady Gaga 26 ** 27 ** 27 ** Bee Gees 27 ** 20 ** 38 ** Pat Boone 28 ** 14 ** 47 ** Everly Brothers 29 ** 35 ** 29 ** Black Eyed Peas 30 ** 75 ** 22 ** Bruno Mars 31 ** 18 ** 50 ** Rod Stewart 32 ** 60 ** 26 ** P!nk 33 ** 38 ** 40 ** Paul McCartney 34 ** 57 ** 42 ** Adele 35 ** 6 ** 766 ** Cliff Richard 36 ** 5 ** ** Cliff Richard and the Shadows 37 ** 95 ** 30 ** Chris Brown 38 ** 82 ** 37 ** Flo Rida 39 ** 104 ** 33 ** Supremes / Diana Ross and the 40 ** 102 ** 36 ** Justin Timberlake 41 ** 138 ** 31 ** Prince 42 ** 37 ** 84 ** Dua Lipa 43 ** 54 ** 64 ** Jason Derulo 44 ** 50 ** 72 ** Britney Spears 45 ** 48 ** 77 ** Connie Francis 46 ** 187 ** 35 ** Nelly 47 ** 129 ** 44 ** Jennifer Lopez 48 ** 62 ** 76 ** Harry Styles 49 ** 56 ** 86 ** Sam Smith 50 ** 15 ** 290 ** Calvin Harris 51 ** 87 ** 59 ** Phil Collins 52 ** 13 ** 360 ** Frankie Laine 53 ** 28 ** 164 ** Queen 54 ** 139 ** 46 ** Miley Cyrus 55 ** 125 ** 49 ** Brenda Lee 56 ** 85 ** 69 ** Nat King Cole 57= ** 77 ** 79 ** Beach Boys 57= ** 31 ** 176 ** David Guetta 59 ** 231 ** 41 ** Destiny's Child 60 ** 17 ** 358 ** Abba 61 ** 49 ** 117 ** Frank Sinatra 62 ** 109 ** 60 ** Céline Dion 63 ** 154 ** 51 ** Kanye West 64 ** 59 ** 118 ** Billie Eilish 65 ** 198 ** 48 ** Eddie Fisher 66 ** 76 ** 94 ** Diana Ross 67 ** 186 ** 52 ** Donna Summer 68 ** 521 ** 34 ** TLC 69= ** 265 ** 45 ** Kelly Clarkson 69= ** 155 ** 57 ** R Kelly 71 ** 41 ** 185 ** Roy Orbison 72 ** 638 ** 32 ** Boyz II Men 73 ** 113 ** 83 ** Paul Anka 74 ** 72 ** 115 ** Dean Martin 75 ** 12 ** 1468 ** Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group 76 ** 99 ** 93 ** Olivia Rodrigo 77 ** 402 ** 43 ** Chicago 78 ** 16 ** 1022 ** Kylie Minogue 79 ** 120 ** 88 ** Duran Duran 80 ** 159 ** 71 ** Jackson 5; Jacksons 81 ** 101 ** 99 ** George Michael 82 ** 44 ** 232 ** Wham! 83 ** 207 ** 62 ** Doja Cat 84 ** 29 ** 386 ** David Bowie 85 ** 266 ** 54 ** 50 Cent 86 ** 230 ** 58 ** Four Seasons; Wonder Who 87 ** 200 ** 65 ** Ricky Nelson 88 ** 52 ** 207 ** Bill Haley and his Comets 89 ** 43 ** 277 ** Lewis Capaldi 90 ** 117 ** 100 ** Bryan Adams 91 ** 299 ** 53 ** Marvin Gaye 92 ** 215 ** 70 ** Lil Nas X 93 ** 123 ** 101 ** Cher 94= ** 325 ** 55 ** Alicia Keys 94= ** 40 ** 330 ** Tom Jones 96 ** 2060 ** 39 ** Daryl Hall and John Oates 97 ** 339 ** 56 ** Olivia Newton-John 98 ** 112 ** 123 ** Bobby Darin 99 ** 315 ** 63 ** Carpenters 100 ** 22 ** 1535 ** Take That

My Top 5 favourites which peaked at No 3 between 1958 and 1961, in chronological order: All the Way / Chicago - Frank Sinatra Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka But I Do - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry (who recently passed away) Halfway to Paradise - Billy Fury

Duffy's Mercy was a pretty powerful No 1 that week, maybe Better in Time by itself would have toppled her...

75 EPs charted between 1956 and 2011. They contained individual songs, so I don't think one can simply add up their total times to say it's the longest Top 20 entry - but I can try?! I suspect Orb would still be longer...

OK. Then: 2008: Leona Lewis - Better in Time / Footprints in the Sand - charted between March and May inclusive Bandaged - Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth - late December for 2 weeks - so I suppose the next last double-A side unless that was a combination as well... McFly - Do Ya? / Stay with Me - early December for 1 week

Thank you: I did not look far enough down the spreadsheet for 1992, it ranked 115 out of 274 for that year. <_<

In 2010: the Glee Cast charted two double-A sides simultaneously in February - Halo / Walking on Sunshine at No 9 and It's My Life / Confessions Part II at No 14. They both lasted 2 weeks in the Top 20. There have been no other double-A sides since 2010. There were 320 double-A sides to reach the Top 20, the first in 1954 and the most with 21 in 2004. Thank you to all about Orb's longest single.

The average time of all 14,367 single to have made the UK Top 12 / Top 20 since 1952 - including today's chart is: 3 minutes 31 seconds. By decade: 1950's - 2 mins 36 secs 1960's - 2 mins 48 secs 1970's - 3 mins 35 secs 1980's - 4 mins 1 sec 1990's - 4 mins 5 secs 2000's - 3 mins 49 secs 2010's - 3 mins 38 secs 2020's - 3 mins 9 secs - so far 1959 was the year with the shortest songs at an average of 2 mins 23 secs 1957 had the shortest Top 20 song of all time with 1 min 27 secs: Elvis Presley's Let's Have A Party. 1998 has been the year with the longest average time of 4 mins 21 secs 1996 had the longest Top 20 song of all time with 7 mins 36 secs: Born Slippy by Underworld - although there are many different recordings of this track of lengths between 4 and 12 mins.

For chart history anoraks' amusement. Note: Change at No 1 is not the same as Different No 1s: there have been 77 weeks when previous No 1s have returned to No 1, including re-issues, even if some of the lyrics have been altered. Here in my heart § Al Martino § USA § 1953 § 1st UK No 1 Single Living doll § Cliff Richard and the Drifters § England § 1959 § 100th change at No 1 § 1st of 2 versions to reach No 1 Do you mind? § Anthony Newley § England § 1960 § 100th different No 1 Lovesick blues § Frank Ifield § Australia § 1962 § 100th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 How do you do it? § Gerry and the Pacemakers § England § 1963 § 100th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 I feel fine § Beatles § England § 1965 § 200th change at No 1 Help! § Beatles § England 2 1965 § 200th different No 1 I'll never fall in love again § Bobbie Gentry § USA § 1969 § 300th change at No 1 My sweet Lord § George Harrison § England § 1971 § 200th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Knock three times § Dawn § USA § 1971 § 300th different No 1 Annie's song § John Denver § USA § 1974 § 200th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 Hold me close § David Essex § England § 1975 § 400th change at No 1 Don't cry for me Argentina § Julie Covington § England § 1977 § 400th different No 1 Show you the way to go § Jacksons § USA § 1977 § 100th song to fall from No 1 to No 3 Special A.K.A. Live! EP § Specials § England § 1980 § 300th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 § 2nd EP to reach No 1 Making your mind up § Bucks Fizz § England / Ireland § 1981 § 500th change at No 1 Oh Julie § Shakin' Stevens § Wales § 1982 § 100th song to climb from No 3 to No 1 Little peace § Nicole § Germany § 1982 § 500th different No 1 Rock me Amadeus § Falco § Austria § 1986 § 300th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 Every loser wins § Nick Berry § England § 1986 § 600th change at No 1 China in your hand § T'Pau § England § 1987 § 600th different No 1 Too many broken hearts § Jason Donovan § Australia § 1989 § 400th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Ain't no doubt § Jimmy Nail § England § 1992 § 700th change at No 1 Twist and shout § Chaka Demus and Pliers § Jamaica § 1994 § 700th different No 1 I'll be missing you § Puff Daddy and Faith Evans § USA § 1997 § 500th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 § 2nd of 2 versions to reach No 1 Something about the way you look / Candle in the wind § Elton John § England § 1997 § 800th change at No 1 § 30th double-A side to reach No 1 Freak me § Another Level § England / USA § 1998 § 100th song to enter the chart at No 1 Millennium § Robbie Williams § England § 1998 § 800th different No 1 Groovejet (if this ain't love) § Spiller § Italy § 2000 § 900th change at No 1 Black coffee § All Saints § England / Canada § 2000 § 200th song to fall from No 1 to No 3 Way to your love § Hear'Say § England / Wales § 2001 § 900th different No 1 Too close § Blue § England § 2001 § 200th song to enter the chart at No 1 Breathe § Blu Cantrell § USA § 2003 § 600th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Slow § Kylie Minogue § Australia § 2003 § 100th song to fall from No 1 to No 4 All this time § Michelle § Scotland § 2004 § 1,000th change at No 1 Get right § Jennifer Lopez § USA § 2005 § 1,000th different No 1 That's my goal § Shayne Ward § England § 2006 § 300th song to enter the chart at No 1 Now you're gone § Basshunter § Sweden § 2008 § 1,100th change at No 1 Holiday § Dizzee Rascal § England § 2009 § 1,100th different No 1 Nothin' on you § B.o.B. § USA § 2010 § 700th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 What's my name? § Rihanna § Barbados § 2011 § 400th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 Give me everything § Pitbull § USA § 2011 § 1,200th change at No 1 Young § Tulisa § England § 2012 § 400th song to enter the chart at No 1 Wings § Little Mix § England § 2012 § 1,200th different No 1 Tsunami § DVBBS and Borgeous § Canada / USA § 2014 § 1,300th change at No 1 Black magic § Little Mix § England 2 2015 § 300th song to fall from No 1 to No 3 Hello § Adele § England § 2015 § 1,300th different No 1 Closer § Chainsmokers § USA § 2016 § 800th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Shotgun § George Ezra § England § 2018 § 1,400th change at No 1 § 56th different song to return to No 1 Break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored § Ariana Grande § USA § 2019 § 500th song to enter the chart at No 1 § The only sandwich between another of the same artist's No 1 songs Food aid § LadBaby § England § 2023 § 1,400th different No 1 P.S. The year is when the song fell from No 1, not the year it reached the Top 20.

Here in my heart § Al Martino § USA § 1953 Broken wings § Stargazers § UK § 1953 Song from Moulin Rouge § Mantovani § Italy § 1953 Let's have another party § Winifred Atwell § Trinidad § 1955 Softly softly § Ruby Murray § Northern Ireland § 1955 Cherry pink and apple blossom white § Perez 'Prez' Prado and his Orchestra § Cuba § 1955 Cumberland gap § Lonnie Donegan § Scotland § 1957 Diana § Paul Anka § Canada § 1957 As I love you § Shirley Bassey § Wales § 1959 What do you want to make those eyes at me for? § Emile Ford and the Checkmates § St Lucia § 1960 Moon river § Danny Williams § South Africa § 1962 I remember you § Frank Ifield § Australia § 1962 Diane § Bachelors § Ireland § 1964 Cinderella Rockefella § Esther and Abi Ofarim § Israel § 1968 Baby come back § Equals § Jamaica / Guyana § 1968 Je t'aime…moi non plus § Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg § France § 1969 I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony) § New Seekers § Germany § 1972 Waterloo § Abba § Sweden § 1974 Bohemian rhapsody § Queen § Zanzibar § 1976 Roussos phenomenon EP § Demis Roussos § Greece § 1976 Mississippi § Pussycat § Netherlands § 1976 Yes sir, I can boogie § Baccara § Spain § 1977 Rivers of Babylon / Brown girl in the ring § Boney M § Aruba / Montserrat § 1978 Use it up and wear it out § Odyssey § Philippines § 1980 Sun always shines on TV § A-ha § Norway § 1986 Rock me Amadeus § Falco § Austria § 1986 Theme from S-Express § S-Express § Belgium § 1988 Ride on time § Black Box § Guadeloupe § 1989 Do they know it's Christmas? § Band Aid II § Congo § 1990 Sadness Part 1 § Enigma § Romania § 1991 Saturday night § Whigfield § Denmark § 1994 Killing me softly § Fugees § Haitii § 1996 Your woman § White Town § India § 1997 Perfect day § **Various Artists** - BBC Children in Need § St Kitts § 1997 Livin' la vida loca § Ricky Martin § Puerto Rico § 1999 Touch me § Rui da Silva § Portugal § 2001 Gotta get thru this § Daniel Bedingfield § New Zealand § 2001 All the things she said § t.A.T.u. § Russia § 2003 Hips don't lie § Shakira § Columbia § 2006 Grace Kelly § Mika § Lebanon § 2007 Umbrella § Rihanna § Barbados § 2007 What a wonderful world § Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua § Georgia § 2007 Number 1 § Tinchy Stryder § Ghana § 2009 Replay § Iyaz § British Virgin Islands § 2010 Heroes § X Factor Finalists 2010 § Brazil § 2010 R.I.P. § Rita Ora § Yugoslavia § 2012 Gangnam style § PSY § South Korea § 2012 Wake me up § Gareth Malone's All Star Choir § Kenya / Zimbabwe § 2014 Do they know it's Christmas? § Band Aid 30 § Benin § 2014 Bridge over troubled water § Artists for Grenfell § Nigeria § 2017 53 different nations. [Cross-checked against two different data bases, so should be correct...]

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Quite definitely from the USA, born and bred to two USA parents. She adopted Swiss nationality for tax reasons only, which did not change her quintessential American blood.

Yes, an interesting one, I remember, when I was doing the research, thinking: born in Switzerland but the kicker for me is that both his parents were Italian citizens plus they all moved back to Italy when piccolo Roberto was still a small child and he practiced as a DJ in Italy for most of his too short life. "Children".

All artists from Switzerland to have reached the Top 20 Singles: Heatwave (partially) Patrick Juvet Double Yello Oui 3 (partially) H2O PF Project; Tzant (partially) Shakedown Yves Larock Samim Oliver $ and Jimi Jules (partially)

Oliver $ and Jimi Jules had a No 15 hit in September 2014 with Pushing On: Jimi Jules is a Swiss DJ. Oliver Dollar is German.

Analysing and dissecting every act which has reached the Top 20 to the point of, for example, giving the Monkees 75% for the USA and 25% for England, here are the Top 20 countries for both disciplines: Albums: 1 England 1,254 different acts 46% of the total of 2,739 acts to have reached the Top 20. 2 United States of America 888 32% 3 Scotland 122 4% 4 Ireland 65 2% 5 Wales 56 2% 6 Canada 54 2% 7 Australia 45 2% 8 Germany 25 1% 9 Sweden 25 1% 10 Northern Ireland 23 1% 11 France 20 1% 12 Italy 14 0% 13 Netherlands 11 0% 14 New Zealand 9 0% 15 Norway 9 0% 16 Jamaica 9 0% 17 South Africa 7 0% 18 Denmark 7 0% 19 Spain 7 0% 20 Japan 6 0% Singles: 1 England 1,921 different acts 40% of the total of 4,750 acts to have reached the Top 20. 2 United States of America 1,631 34% 3 Scotland 155 3% 4 Canada 97 2% 5 Australia 82 2% 6 Germany 81 2% 7 Ireland 73 2% 8 Netherlands 72 2% 9 Italy 72 2% 10 Jamaica 69 1% 11 Wales 63 1% 12 Sweden 61 1% 13 France 52 1% 14 Northern Ireland 27 1% 15 Belgium 21 0% 16 Denmark 17 0% 17 Norway 15 0% 18 Spain 13 0% 19 South Korea 11 0% 20 South Africa 11 0%