UK Number 1 Singles 2020

Here we present an ever-growing list of the No.1 singles in the UK during 2020. This includes not only the official No.1 but also the No.1 streamed track and the No.1 sales single for the same week, as we think this is an interesting comparison. We start the list from the charts released on 10th January and dated 16th January as this is the first one with sales wholly from 2020.

95% of "sales" included in the Official chart come from streaming. You might therefore expect the Official No.1 to generally reflect the Streaming No.1 but we can see that's not the case. It's also relatively rare for all three No.1s to be the same - we've marked these occasions in bold.

Data from OCC charts. Updated to 7/1/2021.

Chart Date	Official	Streaming	Sales
16/1	Own It - Stormzy ft Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy	Dance Monkey - Tones & I	Dance Monkey - Tones & I
23/1	Own It - Stormzy ft Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy (2)	Dance Monkey - Tones & I (2)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
30/1	Godzilla - Eminem feat Juice Wrld	Godzilla - Eminem feat Juice Wrld	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (2)
6/2	Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi	Godzilla - Eminem feat Juice Wrld (2)	Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
13/2	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd	The Box - Roddy Ricch	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (3)
20/2	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (2)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (4)
27/2	No Time To Die - Billie Eilish	No Time To Die - Billie Eilish	No Time To Die - Billie Eilish
5/3	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (3)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (2)	On - BTS
12/3	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (4)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (3)	Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
19/3	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (5)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (4)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (5)
26/3	Roses - Saint Jhn	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (5)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (6)
2/4	Roses - Saint Jhn (2)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (6)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (7)
9/4	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (6)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (7)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (8)
16/4	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (7)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (8)	Thank You Baked Potato - Matt Lucas
23/4	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (8)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (9)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (9)
30/4	You’ll Never Walk Alone - Michael Ball/Capt Tom Moore	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (10)	You’ll Never Walk Alone - Michael Ball/Capt Tom Moore
7/5	Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home) - Live Lounge Allstars	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (11)	Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home) - Live Lounge Allstars
14/5	Toosie Slide - Drake	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (12)	Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home) - Live Lounge Allstars (2)
21/5	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (13)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (10)
28/5	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (2)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (11)
4/6	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (2)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
11/6	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (3)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (3)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (2)
18/6	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (4)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (4)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (3)
25/6	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (5)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (5)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (4)
2/7	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (6)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (6)	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo
9/7	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (7)	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo (2)
16/7	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo (2)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (8)	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo (3)
23/7	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo (3)	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo (4)
30/7	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK
6/8	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (2)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (2)	Lighter - Nathan Dawe feat KSI
13/8	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (3)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (3)	You Are My Sunshine - Gareth Malone’s Great British Home Chorus
20/8	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (4)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (4)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (2)
27/8	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (5)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (5)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (3)
3/9	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (6)	WAP - Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion	Dynamite - BTS
10/9	WAP - Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion	WAP - Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion (2)	Dynamite - BTS (2)
17/9	WAP - Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion (2)	WAP - Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion (3)	Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus
24/9	WAP - Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion (3)	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr	Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (2)
1/10	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (2)	Lasting Lover - Sigala & James Arthur
8/10	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (2)	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (3)	Spirit Of The Blues - Everton FC
15/10	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (3)	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (4)	Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (3)
22/10	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (4)	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (5)	Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (4)
29/10	Lemonade - Internet Money and Gunna  featuring Don Toliver	Mood - 24kGoldn feat Iann Dorr (6)	Head & Heart - Joel Corry feat MNEK (4)
5/11	Positions - Ariana Grande	Positions - Ariana Grande	Really Love - KSI feat. Craig David/Digital Farm Animals
12/11	Positions - Ariana Grande (2)	Positions - Ariana Grande (2)	Four Notes - Paul’s Tune - Paul Harvey & BBC Philharmonic
19/11	Positions - Ariana Grande (3)	Positions - Ariana Grande (3)	Four Notes - Paul’s Tune - Paul Harvey & BBC Philharmonic (2)
26/11	Positions - Ariana Grande (4)	Positions - Ariana Grande (4)	Stop Crying Your Heart Out - BBC Children In Need
3/12	Positions - Ariana Grande (5)	Positions - Ariana Grande (5)	Life Goes On - BTS
10/12	Positions - Ariana Grande (6)	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey	All You’re Dreaming Of - Liam Gallagher
17/12	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (2)	Live It Up - Mental As Anything
24/12	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (2)	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (2)	Keeping The Dream Alive - Rock Choir/Vocal Group/Lusher
31/12	Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ - Ladbaby	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (3)	Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ - Ladbaby
7/1/21	Last Christmas - Wham!	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4)	Comin’ Over Here - Asian Dub Foundation feat Stewart Lee

Chartwatch's summer hits list

The following were the most successful singles in the UK singles chart over the 2020 Summer period according to the Chartwatch scoring system. Singles are scored over 14 charts from the 11th June to the 10th September chart...

Pos	Title	Artist	HP	CW Chart Points
1	Rockstar	Dababy feat Roddy Ricch	1	480
2	Head & Heart	Joel Corry feat MNEK	1	454
3	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)	Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo	1	422
4	Rain On Me	Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande	1	314
5	Watermelon Sugar	Harry Styles	4	271
6	Breaking Me	Topic feat A7S	3	245
7	Secrets	Regard & Raye	6	229
8	Rover	Simba feat DTG	3	206
9	Dinner Guest	AJ Tracey feat Mostack	5	192
10	West Ten	AJ Tracey & Mabel	5	172
11	Lighter	Nathan Dawe feat KSI	3	169
12	WAP	Cardi B feat Megan Thee Stallion	1	168
13	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	1	156
14	Go Crazy	Chris Brown & Young Thug	10	146
15	I Dunno	Tion Wayne/Dutchavelli/Stormzy	7	143
16	Flowers	Nathan Dawe feat Jaykae	12	136
17	Savage	Megan Thee Stallion	3	135
18	This City	Sam Fischer	16	131
19	Don't Need Love	220 Kid & Gracey	9	127
20	Greece	DJ Khaled feat Drake	8	117

CW125 is now available online

Issue 125 of Chartwatch is now available via http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html.

The contents of the new issue are:

Decade 2010-2019

How Big Is A Big Win?

The Best Albums of the 2010s

France Singles Chart Analysis 2019

Music Video 2019

Compilations Chart 2019

Collectacharts Morris Stoloff-Strawbs

Year by Year 1949

Oldest Song to Chart Again

Top of the Flops

UK 1st Quarter 2020

Most Weeks at Number 1 - UK Albums Acts

MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ALBUMS ACTS

by Colin Hughes

 

(Number 1 Albums In Brackets)

 

(W/E 28^th July 1956 to W/E 2^nd July 2020)

 

01)   BEATLES - 176  (15)   @@@

 

02)   ELVIS PRESLEY – 66   (13)

 

03)   ABBA - 57  (9)

 

04)   ROLLING STONES - 46  (12)

 

05)   ED SHEERAN - 41  (4)

 

06)   SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40  (2)

 

07)   ADELE - 37  (3)

 

08)   ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 36  (13)

 

09)   ROD STEWART - 32  (10)

 

10)   MICHAEL JACKSON – 31   (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five)   (10)

 

11)= MADONNA - 30   (12)   (Includes 1 Week with the 'Evita' Soundtrack -1996)   (12)

11)= EMINEM - 30  (10)

11)= TAKE THAT - 30  (8)

11)= CLIFF RICHARD - 30  (7)

 

15)= THE CARPENTERS - 29  (3)

15)= ELTON JOHN - 29   (Includes 1 No.1 with PNAU)   (7) 

 

17)   DAVID BOWIE - 27  (11)

 

18)= BOB DYLAN – 26  (9)

18)= PHIL COLLINS - 26  (6)

18)= SIMPLY RED - 26  (5)

 

21)   DIRE STRAITS - 22  (4)

 

22)= THE SHADOWS – 21    (Excludes 21 Weeks with Cliff Richard)   (4)

22)= QUEEN - 21  (9)

22)= OASIS - 21  (8)

 

25)   BARBRA STREISAND - 20    (Includes 2 No.1 Weeks with the 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack = 1977)   (7)

 

26)   GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 19  (3)

 

27)= COLDPLAY - 18  (8)

27)= CELINE DION - 18  (5)

27)= SPICE GIRLS - 18  (2)

 

@@@   =   The Official UK Charts Company, give The Beatles 16 UK No.1 Albums, as they count one of their Re-issued No.1 Albums, as a ‘New’ No.1 for them. I’m not sure if they are counting ‘Sgt Pepper’s’ Return to No.1, (June 2017), as their 16^th No.1, or if it is ‘Abbey Road’s Return to No.1. (October 2019). I think that it is ‘Abbey Road’, that they counting, as 2 Beatles No.1 Albums.

Acts with the most UK Number 1 Albums

ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS

by Colin Hughes

(Weeks at No.1 in Brackets)

(W/E 28^th July 1956 to W/E 2^nd July 2020)

01)    BEATLES - 15  (176W)

02)=  ELVIS PRESLEY - 13  (66W)

02)=  ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 13  (36W)

04)=  THE ROLLING STONES - 12  (46W)

04)=  MADONNA - 12  (30W)

06)=  DAVID BOWIE - 11  (27W)

06)=  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 11  (17W)

08)=  ROD STEWART - 10  (32W)

08)=  MICHAEL JACKSON - 10   (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks)   (31W)

08)=  EMINEM - 10   (30W)

08)=  U2 - 10  (15W)

12)=  ABBA - 9  (57W)

12)=  BOB DYLAN - 9  (26W)

12)=  QUEEN - 9  (21W)

15)=  TAKE THAT  - 8  (30W)

15)=  OASIS - 8  (21W)

15)=  COLDPLAY - 8   (18W)

15)=  LED ZEPPELIN - 8  (14W)

15)=  REM - 8  (13W)

15)=  WESTLIFE - 8  (8W)

21)=  CLIFF RICHARD - 7  (30W)

21)=  ELTON JOHN - 7    (Includes 1 No.1 with Pnau)   (29W)

21)=  BARBRA STREISAND - 7  (20W)

21)=  PAUL McCARTNEY//WINGS - 7  (17W)

21)=  GEORGE MICHAEL - 7  (17W)

21)=  KYLIE MINOGUE - 7  (13W)

21)=  THE PRODIGY - 7  (12W)

21)=  STEREOPHONICS - 7  (11W)

29)=  PHIL COLLINS - 6  (26W)

29)=  POLICE - 6   (Includes 1 No.1, as Sting & The Police)   (17W)

29)=  ARCTIC MONKEYS -  6  (13W)

29)=  GENESIS - 6  (12W)

29)=  PINK FLOYD - 6  (11W)

29)=  RADIOHEAD - 6  (9W)

29)=  BLUR - 6  (8W)

29)=  MUSE – 6  (8W)

28)=  CHEMICAL BROTHERS - 6  (6W)