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

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This is a list of artists who have spent more than one thousand weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined. 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]

Elvis Presley has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1,302 weeks for 165 singles. Cliff Richard is the only other artist to record over one thousand weeks in the singles chart. Rihanna has the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000, with 951 between 2005 and 2015 – an average of nearly two singles per chart week during this ten year period.

Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with over 1,400 weeks, followed by ten other artists with more than a thousand weeks. David Bowie passed the thousand week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75.[2]

Artists with over 1000 weeks combined on singles and albums charts

Figures are as of week ending 21 January 2016.

Artist Singles chart
(weeks)		 Albums chart
(weeks)		 Combined (weeks) Ref
Elvis Presley 1302 1357 2659 [3]
Cliff Richard 1177 870 2047 [4]
Michael Jackson 687 1251 1938 [5]
Madonna 740 1141 1881 [6]
Queen 440 1415 1855 [7]
The Beatles 461 1384 1845 [8]
Elton John 651 1029 1680 [9]
Rod Stewart 480 1133 1613 [10]
David Bowie 476 1004 1480 [11]
U2 363 1082 1445 [12]
Frank Sinatra 440 928 1368 [13]
Rihanna 951 408 1359 [14]
ABBA 260 1069 1329 [15]
The Rolling Stones 385 854 1239 [16]
Fleetwood Mac 229 983 1212 [17]
Diana Ross 569 629 1198 [18]
Simon & Garfunkel 87 1085 1172 [19]
Oasis 409 712 1121 [20]
Take That 408 646 1054 [21]
Robbie Williams 403 603 1006 [22]

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