List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 37 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 on the albums chart with 1927 weeks followed by fifteen other artists with more than 1000 weeks, Ed Sheeran being the latest to pass this threshold in July 2021. 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 5-11 April 2024.

Artist	Singles chart (weeks)	Albums chart (weeks)	Combined (weeks)	Ref
Elvis Presley	1311	1625	2936	[3]
Ed Sheeran	1508	1385	2893	[4]
Queen	462	1951	2413	[5]
Michael Jackson	721	1651	2372	[6]
The Beatles	472	1765	2237	[7]
Elton John	799	1394	2193	[8]
Cliff Richard	1182	923	2105	[9]
Oasis	420	1641	2061	[10]
Fleetwood Mac	259	1787	2046	[11]
David Bowie	476	1558	2034	[12]
Madonna	770	1163	1933	[13]
Taylor Swift	636	1287	1923	[14]
ABBA	273	1456	1729	[15]
Eminem	570	1135	1705	[16]
Drake	1150	551	1701	[17]
Rod Stewart	471	1189	1660	[18]
Rihanna	1151	477	1628	[19]
U2	364	1104	1468	[20]
Frank Sinatra	460	932	1392	[21]
The Rolling Stones	389	927	1316	[22]
Bob Marley	196	1077	1273	[23]
Coldplay	571	661	1232	[24]
Whitney Houston	378	836	1214	[25]
The Weeknd	697	512	1209	[26]
Diana Ross	569	634	1203	[27]
Justin Bieber	924	278	1202	[28]
Adele	471	725	1196	[29]
Arctic Monkeys	183	998	1181	[30]
Simon & Garfunkel	87	1092	1179	[31]
Take That	417	708	1125	[32]
Robbie Williams	415	655	1070	[33]
Dua Lipa	596	473	1069	[34]
Pink Floyd	57	992	1049	[35]
Phil Collins	251	793	1044	[36]
Calvin Harris	849	184	1033	[37]
George Michael	309	702	1011	[38]
Kylie Minogue	517	491	1008	[39]

See also[edit]

• List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart

References[edit]