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Officially Number One In The UK

February 24, 2015 | Other

Elvis is still the UK's "Most Successful Chart Act" in 2015, over 37 years after his sad demise.

Official Charts Company (UK) has published its "Most Successful UK Chart Acts" as of 19th February, 2015
The result is calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined.
One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75: 

1. Elvis – 2636 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1334 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2033 weeks (1177 weeks singles) (856 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson–1906 weeks (686 weeks singles) (1220 weeks albums)
4. The Beatles – 1832 (461 weeks for singles) (1371 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1823 weeks (439 weeks singles) (1384 weeks for albums)
6. Madonna – 1822 (736 weeks for singles) (1086 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1670 weeks (649 weeks singles) (1021 weeks albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1590 weeks (476 weeks singles) (1114 weeks albums)
9. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 weeks for albums)
10. David Bowie – 1419 weeks (459 weeks singles) (960 weeks albums)    

ELVIS PRESLEY UK CHART SINGLES

21 No.1’s
76 Top 10’s
140 Top 40’s
165 Top 75’s
80 weeks at No.1
386 weeks in Top 10
1062 weeks in Top 40
1302 weeks in Top 75    

ELVIS PRESLEY UK CHART ALBUMS

11 No.1’s
49 Top 10’s
92 Top 40’s
118 Top 75’s
63 weeks at No.1
523 weeks in Top 10
1004 weeks in Top 40
1334 weeks in Top 75

The numbers are quite staggering knowing that Elvis has not recorded any new studio material since 1976!

Source:Elvis Information Network
marco31768 wrote on February 25, 2015
A singer from another planet.
Jerome the 5th wrote on February 26, 2015
But he is not a Sir.. And Cliff is!...
Natha wrote on February 26, 2015
The King rules!
DerekH wrote on February 26, 2015
King Elvis beats Sir Cliff, and the rest
dailyone wrote on February 27, 2015
He might not be a SIR but he is THE KING !!!
Gorse wrote on February 28, 2015
Interesting to see and nice to know but like life we don't remember the details of events and people but the overall charm, impact or otherwise. The legacy of our man is the emotional indelible footprint that has been eternally left for us all. For those not in the UK Sir Cliff is currently having a bit of a rough time.
Brian Quinn wrote on March 14, 2015
Updated List: OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 7TH MARCH, 2015 Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75: 1. Elvis – 2636 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1334 weeks for albums) 2. Cliff Richard – 2033 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (856 weeks for albums) 3. Michael Jackson – 1906 weeks (686 weeks for singles) (1220 weeks for albums) 4. The Beatles – 1832 (461 weeks for singles) (1371 weeks for albums) 5. Queen – 1826 weeks (439 weeks for singles) (1387 weeks for albums) 6. Madonna – 1826 weeks (738 weeks for singles) (1088 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1670 weeks (649 weeks for singles) (1021 weeks for albums) 8. Rod Stewart – 1590 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1114 weeks for albums) 9. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 weeks for albums) 10. David Bowie – 1419 weeks (459 weeks for singles) (960 weeks for albums). ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES 21 No.1’s 76 Top 10’s 140 Top 40’s 165 Top 75’s 80 weeks at No.1 386 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1302 weeks in Top 75. ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 11 No.1’s 49 Top 10’s 92 Top 40’s 118 Top 75’s 63 weeks at No.1 523 weeks in Top 10 1004 weeks in Top 40 1334 weeks in Top 75. NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 21 2. Beatles - 17 3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - both with 14 4. Madonna - 13 5. Take That - 12 6. Abba and Spice Girls - both with 9 7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8) 8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone and David Guetta (all with 6) 10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Tinie Tempah; Police; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole and NE-YO (all with 5). TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 43 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Robbie Williams - 31 8. Elton John - 29 9. Beatles - 28 10. Eminem 27. NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis; Madonna; Rolling Stones and Robbie Williams (all with 11) 3. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10) 4. Queen; Abba (both with 9) 5. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart and Led Zeppelin (all with 8) 6. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John and Westlife (all with 7) 7. Coldplay; Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins and Police (all with 6) 8. Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Stereophonics; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red and Blur (all with 5) 9. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai and Status Quo (all with 4) 10. N/A. TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 49 2. Cliff Richard - 42 3. Frank Sinatra - 39 4. Rolling Stones - 37 5. Bob Dylan - 36 6. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 33) 7. Elton John - 31 8. David Bowie - 29 9. Queen - 25 10. Status Quo 23. MOST NO.2 SINGLES 1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1) 2. Madonna - 12 3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11) 4. Rihanna - 7 5. Oasis and Queen (both with 6). TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 140 2. Cliff Richard - 124 3. Madonna - 71 4. Elton John - 65 5. David Bowie - 61 6. Diana Ross - 58 7. Status Quo - 57 8. Michael Jackson - 54 9. Queen - 53 10. Kylie Minogue - 49. TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 92 2. Frank Sinatra - 62 3. Cliff Richard - 60 4. Bob Dylan - 56 5. Beatles - 49 6. Rolling Stones - 48 7. David Bowie - 46 8. James Last - 45 9. Rod Stewart - 44 10. Elton John - 40 TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 165 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Elton John - 83 4. Diana Ross - 78 5. Madonna - 75 6. David Bowie - 72 7. Status Quo - 66 8. Rod Stewart - 64 9. Michael Jackson - 62 10. The Beatles - 56 TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 118 2. Beatles - 70 3. Frank Sinatra - 67 4. Cliff Richard; James Last (both with 65) 5. David Bowie; Bob Dylan (both with 60) 6. Rolling Stones - 54 7. Diana Ross - 52 8. Elton John; Rod Stewart (both with 46) 9. Status Quo; Neil Diamond - 42 10. The Beach Boys; Shirley Bassey (both with 39) ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 174 2. Elvis 63 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 45 5. Simon And Garfunkel - 40 6. Robbie Williams - 34 7. Michael Jackson - 31 8. Cliff Richard - 30 9. Elton John; Carpenters; Madonna and Take That (all with 29) 10. Rod Stewart - 28 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Abba - 31 5. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29) 6. Rihanna - 24 7. Elton John - 23 8. Spice Girls - 22 9. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21) 10.Westlife - 20 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Madonna - 228 4. Rihanna - 202 5. The Shadows - 143 6. Elton John - 130 7. Eminem - 122 8. Kylie Minogue - 118 9. Abba - 114 10. Rod Stewart - 113 ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 523 2. Beatles - 466 3. Cliff Richard - 333 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Michael Jackson - 265 6. Rolling Stones - 264 7. Rod Stewart - 251 8. Simon And Garfunkel - 240 9. The Shadows - 229 10. Abba - 224 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 568 4. Madonna - 516 5. Michael Jackson - 437 6. Elton John - 415 7. The Shadows - 378 8. The Beatles - 365 9. Rod Stewart - 338 10. David Bowie - 336 ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1004 2. Beatles - 958 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Frank Sinatra - 744 5. Michael Jackson - 718 6. Rod Stewart - 714 7. Queen - 683 8. Cliff Richard - 678 9. Elton John - 655 10. Madonna - 630 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1302 2. Cliff Richard - 1177 3. Rihanna - 905 4. Madonna - 738 5. Michael Jackson - 686 6. Elton John - 649 7. David Guetta - 515 8. Rod Stewart - 476 9. Beyoncé - 471 10. Kylie Minogue - 467 ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1387 2. Beatles - 1371 3. Elvis - 1334 4. Michael Jackson - 1220 5. Rod Stewart - 1114 6. Madonna - 1088 7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085 8. U2 - 1082 9. Abba - 1045 10. Elton John - 1021.
Brian Quinn wrote on March 24, 2015
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK) MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS AS OF 21ST MARCH, 2015 Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75: 1. Elvis – 2637 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1335 weeks for albums) 2. Cliff Richard – 2033 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (856 weeks for albums) 3. Michael Jackson – 1907 weeks (686 weeks for singles) (1221 weeks for albums) 4. The Beatles – 1832 (461 weeks for singles) (1371 weeks for albums) 5. Madonna – 1832 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1092 weeks for albums) 6. Queen – 1826 weeks (439 weeks for singles) (1387 weeks for albums) 7. Elton John – 1670 weeks (649 weeks for singles) (1021 weeks for albums) 8. Rod Stewart – 1590 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1114 weeks for albums) 9. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 weeks for albums) 10. David Bowie – 1419 weeks (459 weeks for singles) (960 weeks for albums). ELVIS’ CHART SINGLES 21 No.1’s 76 Top 10’s 140 Top 40’s 165 Top 75’s 80 weeks at No.1 386 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1302 weeks in Top 75. ELVIS’ CHART ALBUMS 11 No.1’s 49 Top 10’s 92 Top 40’s 119 Top 75’s 63 weeks at No.1 523 weeks in Top 10 1004 weeks in Top 40 1335 weeks in Top 75. NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 21 2. Beatles - 17 3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - both with 14 4. Madonna - 13 5. Take That - 12 6. Abba and Spice Girls - both with 9 7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8) 8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael and Calvin Harris (all with 7) 9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6) 10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Tinie Tempah; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars and NE-YO (all with 5). TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 76 2. Cliff Richard - 68 3. Madonna - 63 4. Michael Jackson - 43 5. Kylie Minogue - 34 6. U2 - 33 7. Robbie Williams - 31 8. Elton John - 29 9. Beatles - 28 10. Eminem 27. NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Beatles - 15 2. Elvis; Madonna; Rolling Stones and Robbie Williams (all with 11) 3. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10) 4. Queen; Abba and David Bowie (all with 9) 5. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8) 6. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John and Westlife (all with 7) 7. Coldplay; Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins and Police (all with 6) 8. Chemical Brothers; Radiohead; Arctic Monkeys; Barbra Streisand; Stereophonics; Celine Dion; Kylie Minogue; Bon Jovi; Simple Minds; Keane; Paul McCartney; Erasure; Prince; Simply Red and Blur (all with 5) 9. Pavarotti; Kings Of Leon; Muse; The Killers; Roxy Music; Ronan Keating; Wet Wet Wet; Fleetwood Mac; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Dire Straits; Kasabian; Frank Sinatra; Rihanna; The Shadows; Jamiroquai and Status Quo (all with 4) 10. N/A. TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 49 2. Cliff Richard - 42 3. Frank Sinatra - 39 4. Rolling Stones - 37 5. Bob Dylan - 36 6. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 33) 7. Elton John - 31 8. David Bowie - 29 9. Queen - 25 10. Status Quo 23. MOST NO.2 SINGLES 1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1) 2. Madonna - 12 3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11) 4. Rihanna - 7 5. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen and Justin Timberlake (all with 6). MOST NO.2 ALBUMS 1. Rolling Stones - 10 2. Elvis; Elton John and Bon Jovi - 7 3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen and Frank Sinatra - 5 4. Rod Stewart; David Bowie; Britney Spears and Tom Jones (all with 4) 5. The Shadows; Kylie Minogue; U2; Pink Floyd; Stevie Wonder; Paul McCartney; Beach Boys; Depeche Mode and Beautiful South (all with 3). TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 140 2. Cliff Richard - 124 3. Madonna - 71 4. Elton John - 65 5. David Bowie - 61 6. Diana Ross - 58 7. Status Quo - 57 8. Michael Jackson - 54 9. Queen - 53 10. Kylie Minogue - 49. TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 92 2. Frank Sinatra - 62 3. Cliff Richard - 60 4. Bob Dylan - 56 5. Beatles - 49 6. Rolling Stones - 48 7. David Bowie - 46 8. James Last - 45 9. Rod Stewart - 44 10. Elton John - 40 TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 165 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Elton John - 83 4. Diana Ross - 78 5. Madonna - 75 6. David Bowie - 72 7. Status Quo - 66 8. Rod Stewart - 64 9. Michael Jackson - 62 10. The Beatles - 56 TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 119 2. Beatles - 70 3. Frank Sinatra - 67 4. Cliff Richard; James Last (both with 65) 5. David Bowie; Bob Dylan (both with 60) 6. Rolling Stones - 54 7. Diana Ross - 52 8. Elton John; Rod Stewart (both with 46) 9. Status Quo; Neil Diamond - 42 10. The Beach Boys; Shirley Bassey (both with 39) ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Beatles - 174 2. Elvis 63 3. Abba - 57 4. Rolling Stones - 45 5. Simon And Garfunkel - 40 6. Robbie Williams - 34 7. Michael Jackson - 31 8. Cliff Richard - 30 9. Elton John; Carpenters; Madonna and Take That (all with 29) 10. Rod Stewart - 28 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Abba - 31 5. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29) 6. Rihanna - 24 7. Elton John - 23 8. Spice Girls - 22 9. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21) 10.Westlife - 20 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 386 2. Cliff Richard - 333 3. Madonna - 228 4. Rihanna - 209 5. Beatles - 188 6. Michael Jackson - 154 7. The Shadows - 143 8. Elton John - 130 9. Eminem - 122 10. Kylie Minogue - 118 ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10 1. Elvis - 523 2. Beatles - 466 3. Cliff Richard - 333 4. Frank Sinatra - 316 5. Michael Jackson - 265 6. Rolling Stones - 264 7. Rod Stewart - 251 8. Simon And Garfunkel - 240 9. The Shadows - 229 10. Abba - 224 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis 1062 2. Cliff Richard - 970 3. Rihanna - 575 4. Madonna - 516 5. Michael Jackson - 437 6. Elton John - 415 7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378) 8. The Beatles - 365 9. Rod Stewart - 338 10. David Bowie - 336 ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1004 2. Beatles - 958 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Frank Sinatra - 744 5. Michael Jackson - 718 6. Rod Stewart - 714 7. Queen - 683 8. Cliff Richard - 678 9. Elton John - 655 10. Madonna - 634 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1302 2. Cliff Richard - 1177 3. Rihanna - 912 4. Madonna - 740 5. Michael Jackson - 686 6. Elton John - 649 7. Diana Ross - 569 8. David Guetta - 521 9. Kanye West - 508 10. Jay Z - 479 ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Queen - 1387 2. Beatles - 1371 3. Elvis - 1335 4. Michael Jackson - 1221 5. Rod Stewart - 1114 6. Madonna - 1092 7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085 8. U2 - 1082 9. Abba - 1045 10. Elton John - 1021.