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{{UK number-one singles}}
[[File:Elvis_Presley_promoting_Jailhouse_Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Elvis Presley]] has achieved 21 number ones on the [[UK Singles Chart]], more than any other act.|alt=Black-and-white publicity photograph of Elvis Presley from the film Jailhouse Rock.]]
The [[UK Singles Chart]] is a weekly [[record chart]] which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. As of 8 May 2025, 1437 singles have reached number one. The chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dickins of ''[[New Musical Express]]'' (''NME''), who telephoned 20 record stores to ask what their top 10 highest-selling singles were. Dickins aggregated the results into a top 12 [[hit parade]], which was topped by "[[Here in My Heart]]" by [[Al Martino]]. ''NME''{{'}}s chart was published each week in its eponymous magazine.

The sources, in accordance with the official canon of the [[Official Charts Company]], are the ''[[New Musical Express]]'' chart from 1952 to 1960; the ''[[Record Retailer]]'' chart from 1960 to 1969; and the Official UK Singles Chart from 1969 onwards.

==Turnover of number ones==
The calendar year that has featured the most UK number ones is 2000, which featured 42 singles reaching the top spot; the year with the fewest number ones is 1952 with 1, followed by 2016 with 10. The act that has achieved the most number ones is American entertainer [[Elvis Presley]], who has topped the chart 21 times (including 3 re-releases of songs that had previously been number ones) – Presley's second number one, "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]", was the first single ever to debut at the top of the chart.<ref>{{cite journal|date=29 January 2005|title=Return of the king|journal=[[Music Week]]|issue=29.01.05|publisher=[[CMP Media|CMP]]|location=[[London]]|issn=0265-1548|oclc=60620772|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-128204894/return-king|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201175813/http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-128204894/return-king|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2014|access-date=5 April 2012}}</ref> The most successful band (and equal with Elvis based on unique songs) are [[The Beatles]], who have achieved 18 number ones. The Beatles' first chart-topper, "[[From Me to You]]", reached number one in May 1963, and their last in November 2023 – the longest span of number ones for any artist.

In the 1970s, the required number of sales needed to top the chart was roughly 150,000.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Martland|first1=Peter|editor1-first=Ruth|editor1-last=Edge|title=Since records began: EMI, the first 100 years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yD8UAQAAIAAJ|edition=illustrated|year=1997|publisher=[[Batsford Books|Batsford]]|location=[[London]]|isbn=9780713462074|oclc=37740500|page=253}}</ref> During 1992, when few releases were reaching number one, sales of CD singles were low: songs needed to sell only 60–70,000 each week to remain at the top.<ref name=Masterton/> In 2000, when turnover of number ones was high, tracks could often sell between 100,000 and 200,000 copies in a single week.<ref name=Masterton/> UK chart commentator [[James Masterton]] remarked in 2003: "When record sales are high, public interest in a song expires very quickly and this creates a need for ever more new product to take its place."<ref name=Masterton>{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/charts/commentary/content.asp|title=dotmusic.com – Chart Commentary|first=James|last=Masterton|author-link=James Masterton|date=31 March 2003|publisher=[[dotmusic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030401094446/http://www.dotmusic.com/charts/commentary/content.asp|archive-date=1 April 2003|url-status=dead|access-date=5 April 2012}}</ref> Sales figures improved in 2008 and continued into the early 2010s, peaking in 2013, before declining over the next few years as [[audio streaming]] became popular. Eventually, streaming was incorporated into the sales chart.

[[File:Numberones.JPG|thumb|right|Graph showing number of UK number-one singles for each year since 1953. The 2011 figure is projected.]]
[[File:Al Martino 1952.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Al Martino]]'s track "[[Here in My Heart]]" was the first single ever to top the UK Singles Chart, and the only single to reach number one during 1952.|alt=]]

==Number ones in each year==
[[File:The Beatles members at New York City in 1964.jpg|thumb|upright|[[The Beatles]] topped the chart 17 times during the 1960s, more than any other act that decade|alt=Composite image of four black and white photographs showing the faces of The Beatles]]
[[File:Madonna at the premiere of I Am Because We Are.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Madonna]] is the most successful female solo artist in the UK, having achieved 13 number one singles]]
[[File:Bryan Adams Hamburg MG 0631 flickr.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bryan Adams]]' first number one, "[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]", spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one, longer than any other track]]
[[File:West life.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Westlife]] were the most successful band of the 2000s, with 11 number one singles in that decade and 14 overall]]
[[File:Tinie Tempah Toronto 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tinie Tempah]] (above) had seven UK number one singles in the 2010s]]
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|1950s}}1950s
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1952|1952]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|<ref name=1950s>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#1950s|title=All the Number 1 Singles|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=[[London]]|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1953|1953]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1954|1954]]
|align=center|11
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1955|1955]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1956|1956]]
|align=center|12
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1957|1957]]
|align=center|13
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1958|1958]]
|align=center|13
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|-bgcolor=#FFFF99
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1959|1959]]
|align=center|16 {{Dagger}}
|align=center|<ref name=1950s/>
|- class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|1960s}}1960s
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1960|1960]]
|align=center|16
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1960|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1960/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1961|1961]]
|align=center|21
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1961|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1961/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1962|1962]]
|align=center|12
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1962|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1962/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1963|1963]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1963|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1963/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1964|1964]]
|align=center|23
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1964|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1964/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#FFFF99
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1965|1965]]
|align=center|24 {{Dagger}}
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1965|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1965/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1966|1966]]
|align=center|20
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1966|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1966/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1967|1967]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1967|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1967/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1968|1968]]
|align=center|21
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1968|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1968/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s#1969|1969]]
|align=center|18
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1969|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1969/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|- class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|1970s}}1970s
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1970|1970]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1970|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1970/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1971|1971]]
|align=center|13
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1971|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1971/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1972|1972]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1972|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1972/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1973|1973]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1973|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1973/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#FFFF99
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1974|1974]]
|align=center|21 {{Dagger}}
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1974|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1974/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1975|1975]]
|align=center|20
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1975|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1975/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1976|1976]]
|align=center|16
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1976|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1976/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1977|1977]]
|align=center|18
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1977|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1977/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1978|1978]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1978|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1978/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s#1979|1979]]
|align=center|18
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1979|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1979/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|- class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|1980s}}1980s
|-bgcolor=#FFFF99
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1980|1980]]
|align=center|24 {{Dagger}}
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1980|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1980/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1981|1981]]
|align=center|19
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1981|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1981/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1982|1982]]
|align=center|21
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1982|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1982/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1983|1983]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1983|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1983/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1984|1984]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1984|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1984/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1985|1985]]
|align=center|19
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1985|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1985/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1986|1986]]
|align=center|20
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1986|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1986/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1987|1987]]
|align=center|19
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1987|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1987/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1988|1988]]
|align=center|19
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1988|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1988/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1989|1989]]
|align=center|18
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1989|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1989/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|1990s}}1990s
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1990|1990]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1990|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1990/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1991|1991]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1991|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1991/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1992|1992]]
|align=center|12
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1992|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1992/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1993|1993]]
|align=center|15
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1993|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1993/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1994|1994]]
|align=center|15
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1994|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1994/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1995|1995]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1995|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1995/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1996|1996]]
|align=center|24
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1996|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1996/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1997|1997]]
|align=center|24
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1997|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1997/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1998|1998]]
|align=center|29
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1998|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1998/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#FFFF99
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s#1999|1999]]
|align=center|36 {{Dagger}}
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1999|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1999/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|2000s}}2000s
|-bgcolor=lightblue
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2000|2000]]
|align=center|42 {{Double dagger}}
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2000|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2000/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2001|2001]]
|align=center|30
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2001|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2001/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2002|2002]]
|align=center|30
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2002|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2002/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2003|2003]]
|align=center|22
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2003|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2003/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2004|2004]]
|align=center|29
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2004|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2004/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2005|2005]]
|align=center|28
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2005|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2005/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2006|2006]]
|align=center|24
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2006|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2006/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2007|2007]]
|align=center|17
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2007|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2007/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2008|2008]]
|align=center|20
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2008|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2008/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s#2009|2009]]
|align=center|31
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2009|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2009/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|2010s}}2010s
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2010|2010]]
|align=center|35
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2010|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2010/|year=2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2011|2011]]
|align=center|30
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2011|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2011/|year=2011|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2012|2012]]
|align=center|36
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2012|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2012/|year=2012|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2013|2013]]
|align=center|29
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2013|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2013/|year=2013|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2014|2014]]
|align=center|38 {{Dagger}}
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2014|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2014/|year=2014|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2015|2015]]
|align=center|23
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2015|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2015/|year=2015|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2016|2016]]
|align=center|10
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2016|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2016/|year=2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2017|2017]]
|align=center|14
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2017|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/2017/|year=2017|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2018|2018]]
|align=center|16
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2018|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2018|year=2018|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2019|2019]]
|align=center|12
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2019|year=2019|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>
|-class=unsortable
!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|{{Anchor|2020s}}2020s
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s#2020|2020]]
|align=center|20
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2020s|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s#2021|2021]]
|align=center|13
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2020s|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s#2022|2022]]
|align=center|12
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2020s|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s#2023|2023]]
|align=center|15
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2020s|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>
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!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s#2024|2024]]
|align=center|13
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2020s|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s#2025|2025]]
|align=center|4
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/#2020s|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|location=London|access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[List of NME number-one singles of the 1970s|List of ''NME'' number-one singles of the 1970s]] – the original chart source continued to independently compile a chart
*[[List of NME number-one singles of the 1980s|List of ''NME'' number-one singles of the 1980s]] – the original chart source continued to independently compile a chart

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120126070211/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/singles-chart/ Official UK Singles Top 100] at the [[Official Charts Company]]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart] at [[BBC Radio 1]]
*[https://chartsingles.co.uk/ UK number 1 chart singles since 1952]

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