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Lists of UK singles chart number ones

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This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Singles Chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present. The sources are the New Musical Express chart from 1952 to the end of 1966, and the Record Retailer chart thereafter.

1952

1953

1954

1955

Record Mirror launched its chart on January 22.

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

Number one hits from "Record Retailer":

1968

1969


1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

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Over a year after his death, a remixed version Freddie Mercury's 1985 single "Living On My Own" tops the chart

1994

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In 1994, whilst using this symbol for his name, Prince had his only UK number one single

1995

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Céline Dion's "Think Twice" was number one for 7 weeks

1996

1997

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"Candle In The Wind '97", Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, became the best selling single of all time

1998

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"Frozen" was the first track taken from Madonna's Ray of Light album and became her eight chart-topping single in the UK

1999

Westlife started their career with four number ones in 1999

2000

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Ten years after her last chart topper, Kylie Minogue has sucess with "Spinning Around"

2001

2002

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George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" became the second single ever to top the chart in two seperate occasions

2003

tATu's "All the Things She Said"

2004

Britney Spears, who had two number one singles this year, "Toxic" and "Everytime"

See also