DanChartFan

I got this idea from a comment @Jade made on the most recent Friday Chart Show thread, asking if Sienna Spiro's birth year of 2005 was the most recent birth year for a UK charttopper. It got me wondering who the previous holders of this distinction were over time, so I've had a stab at compiling the list. Please feel free to offer any corrections, or any suggestions of who I may have overlooked etc. For the charttoppers of the 50s, 60s and 70s I'm indebted to the reasearch of a deathlist forum contributer called Ulitzer95 who has a very informative thread on there called UK Singles Chart. 1924 October 7th Al Martino #1 1952 1928 August 10th Eddie Fisher #4 1953 1931 January 15th June Marlow [Stargazers] #7 1953 1935 March 29th Ruby Murray #29 1955 1936 November 22nd Lee Turner [Dreamweavers] 1956 [NB: Fellow Dreamweaver Eddie Newson was born the same year, but I couldn't find a full birthdate, so he could be very slightly younger] 1942 September 30th Frankie Lymon #48 1956 [NB I couldn't find birthdates for some members of Lord Rockingham's XI, so potentially someone could be younger] 1943 March 2nd Tony Meehan [Drifters/Shadows] #88 1959 [NB I couldn't find birthdates for all members of The Pirate or of Temperance Seven, so there could be a younger person] 1946 September 28th Helen Shapiro #123 1961 1947 February 3rd Dave Davies [Kinks] #177 1964 1947 November 5th Peter Noone [Herman's Hermits] #178 1964 1948 May 12th Steve Winwood [Spencer Davis Group] #208 1966 1948 September 16th Kenney Jones [Small Faces] #223 1966 1949 December 22nd Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb [Bee Gees] #238 1967 1952 January 26th Maurice Bacon [Love Affair] #243 1968 1953 June 4th Jimmy McCulloch [Thunderclap Newman] #273 1969 [NB: I couldn't find birthdates for all members of Edison Lighthouse or of Matthews' Southern Comfort, so their could be someone younger there] 1957 December 9th Donny Osmond #316 1972 [NB: I had no real chance of finding names and birthdates for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, so ther could be a younger person amongst them maybe] 1963 April 16th Little Jimmy Osmond #324 1972 1973 July 8th Sally Lindsey [St Winifred's School Choir] #472 1980 [NB: I could only find names and birthdates for two members of the choir, so there could very well be younger members than Sally] 1974 February 13th Robbie Williams [Take That] #692 1993 1975 February 18th Gary Neville [Manchester United Football Squad] #708 [NB: Fellow squad members Chris Casper and David Beckham were slightly younger, but I couldn't confirm if they took part in the single or not] 1975 May 26th Lauryn Hill [Fugees] #741 1996 1976 January 21st Emma Bunton [Spice Girls] #743 1996 1977 March 3rd Ronan Keating [Boyzone] #738 1996 ca 1985 Mark Littlewood [Dunblane] #754 1996 [NB: Mark was the only Dunblane child on this single that I could find an age for in contemporary newspapers. There may very well have been a younger child amongst them] 1985 October 22nd Zac Hanson [Hanson] #769 1997 1986 March 20th Tommy-B [Blazin Squad] #934 2002 [NB: I couldn't find birthdates for all of the many members of Blazin Squad, so someone else may have been younger] 1986 March 21st Sam Nixon [Sam and Mark] #971 2004 1987 November 30th Douggie Poynter [McFly] #977 2005 1988 February 20th Rihanna #1058 2007 1990 February 3rd Sean Kingston #1062 2007 1992 July 12th Eoghan Quigg [X Factor Finalists 2008] #1082 2008 1992 December 14th Lloyd Daniels [X Factor Finalists 2009] #1114 2009 2001 December 13th Hayley Bird, as Peppa Pig [Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band] #1115 2009 [NB: The Commonwealth Band and the Justice Collective both featured children's choirs amongst their number, but I couldn't find any information, so there could be younger people on either single] 2001 Deecember 18th Billie Eillish #1366 2020 2002 November 4th Jawsh 685 #1373 2020 2003 February 20th Olivia Rodrigo #1383 2021 2004 June 10th Gayle #1394 2022 2005 September 28th Sienna Spiro #1458 2026

I was either 13 or 14 depending on what we count. I was 13 when the cover of Knockin' On Heaven's Door got to #1, which featured the voices of children from Dunblane on it, so I would expect a least one of them was younger than me. Otherwise Zac Hanson did for me (and a lot of other people too I'd guess) when he and his brothers got Mmmbop to number one when Zac was just 11!

Joining the list this week is Jamie Miller's Babydoll which has climbed up to #46.

Sienna Spiro does make the top spot this week, and her spot on this list last week drops down a place to #3 to Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Nate's Movin To The Sun, and the same track also gets a third week on this list this week, also at #3.

Tame Impala's Loser does indeed sneak into the Top 10 this week, and in the process gifts its four weeks eleswhere as follows: 20/08/2026 #15 Malcolm Todd - Earrings - 13 27/08/2026 #12 Katseye - Animal - 12 03/09/2026 #16 Malcolm Todd - Earrings - 13 10/09/2026 #15 Malcolm Todd - Earrings - 15 ADE;LA's Ain't in LA gets a new peak of #12 to join this list this week.

I genuinely didn't know there was any controversy until this thread today...

Alex Warren's Cry Wolf is a new entry at #49 to join this list.

Sienna Spiro's Great Expectation can't quite fend off Ella to the top spot and reins it in at number two to join this list. Will it make the top spot next week and be immediately removed again?

Yessssss! Finally the UK has chosen Texas (with a little help from ACR admittedly)! So happy for Ella!

To be fair she was always known for her two peaks.....

Tame Impala's Loser has dropped back to #12 but still gets it's 4th week on this list. Has it missed its chance to go to Top 10? Would anyone mind if it does miss out?

I felt an ABBA-esque quality to that Ashe track too, so I guess ABBA-esque must be in at the moment.

Partynextdoor's Some Of Your Love is a new entry at #41 and a new entry on this list. Top 40 next week?

They should be hard to read?

Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Nate's Movin' To The Sun reaches a new peak of #2 and joins this list.