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This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks in the top 75 UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 39 artists have achieved this milestone. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company.[1]

Ed Sheeran has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1508 weeks. Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Drake and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Ed Sheeran has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks in the album chart followed by seventeen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Taylor Swift being the latest to pass this threshold. David Bowie passed the 1000-week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75.[2] ABBA's 'Gold' became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the top 100 UK albums chart in July 2021. Robbie Williams is the only artist to feature on the list twice: as a solo artist and with Take That.

Figures are as of chart week 25-31 October 2024.

Artist Singles chart
(weeks)		 Albums chart
(weeks)		 Combined (weeks) Ref
United States Elvis Presley 1311 1654 2965 [3]
United Kingdom Ed Sheeran 1508 1419 2927 [4]
United Kingdom Queen 462 1981 2443 [5]
United States Michael Jackson 721 1680 2401 [6]
United Kingdom The Beatles 472 1798 2270 [7]
United States Taylor Swift 716 1507 2223 [8]
United Kingdom Elton John 799 1423 2222 [9]
United Kingdom Oasis 436 1724 2160 [10]
United Kingdom Fleetwood Mac 261 1845 2106 [11]
United Kingdom Cliff Richard 1182 923 2105 [12]
United Kingdom David Bowie 476 1583 2059 [13]
United States Madonna 775 1163 1938 [14]
United States Eminem 595 1212 1807 [15]
Sweden ABBA 273 1485 1758 [16]
Canada Drake 1161 551 1712 [17]
United Kingdom Rod Stewart 471 1189 1660 [18]
Barbados Rihanna 1151 484 1635 [19]
Republic of Ireland U2 364 1105 1469 [20]
United States Frank Sinatra 460 932 1392 [21]
United Kingdom The Rolling Stones 389 930 1319 [22]
Jamaica Bob Marley 196 1106 1302 [23]
United Kingdom Coldplay 606 664 1270 [24]
Canada The Weeknd 707 541 1248 [25]
United States Whitney Houston 378 864 1242 [26]
United Kingdom Arctic Monkeys 183 1032 1215 [27]
United Kingdom Adele 471 738 1209 [28]
United States Diana Ross 569 634 1203 [29]
Canada Justin Bieber 924 278 1202 [30]
United States Simon & Garfunkel 87 1092 1179 [31]
United Kingdom Dua Lipa 629 506 1135 [32]
United Kingdom Take That 417 709 1126 [33]
United Kingdom Robbie Williams 415 655 1070 [34]
United Kingdom Calvin Harris 870 195 1065 [35]
United States Beyonce 679 377 1056 [36]
United Kingdom Pink Floyd 57 993 1050 [37]
United Kingdom Phil Collins 251 798 1049 [38]
United Kingdom George Michael 310 731 1041 [39]
Australia Kylie Minogue 519 492 1011 [40]
United States Kanye West 655 349 1004 [41]

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References

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  1. ^ "View your favourite artist's chart history". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 15 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley". Official Charts. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Ed Sheeran". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Queen=". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Michael Jackson". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "The Beatles". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Taylor Swift". Official Charts. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Elton John". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Oasis". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Fleetwood Mac". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Cliff Richard". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  13. ^ "David Bowie". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Madonna". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Eminem". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Abba". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Drake". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Rod Stewart". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Rihanna". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  20. ^ "U2". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Frank Sinatra". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  22. ^ "The Rolling Stones". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Bob Marley". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  24. ^ "Coldplay". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  25. ^ "The Weeknd". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Whitney Houston". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  27. ^ "Arctic Monkeys". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Adele". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  29. ^ "Diana Ross". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  30. ^ "Justin Bieber". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  31. ^ "Simon & Garfunkel". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  32. ^ "Dua Lipa". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  33. ^ "Take That". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  34. ^ "Robbie Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Calvin Harris". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  36. ^ "Beyonce". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  37. ^ "Pink Floyd". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  38. ^ "Phil Collins". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  39. ^ "George Michael". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  40. ^ "Kylie Minogue". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  41. ^ "Kanye West". Official Charts. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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