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Christopher Wren. 10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [ 2] Colloquially known as Number 10, the building is in Downing Street, just off Whitehall, in the City of Westminster, London. It is over 300 years old, is Grade I listed, [ 1] and contains approximately 100 rooms.
Sabrina Carpenter made the UK top 10 for the first time in 2024, securing two consecutive number-one singles: "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".Carpenter also set records by becoming the youngest female artist to occupy the number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart simultaneously, as well as the first-ever female artist to occupy the top two spots of the chart for five ...
On 16 June 2023 (22 June 2023, week ending), Kylie Minogue entered the UK top 10 at number 9 with "Padam Padam", which became her 35th top 10 single, later peaking at number 8. The song was also her first top 10 since "Higher", which peaked at number 8 in February 2011. Minogue also became the fourth woman in UK Chart history to earn a top-ten ...
The calendar year that has featured the most UK number ones is 2000, which featured 42 singles reaching the top spot; the year with the fewest number ones is 1952 with 1, followed by 2016 with 10. The act that has achieved the most number ones is American entertainer Elvis Presley, who has topped the chart 21 times (including 3 re-releases of ...
The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.
The UK singles chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. [1] The chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dickins of New Musical Express (NME), who telephoned 20 record stores to ask what their top 10 highest-selling singles were.
On 10 September 2021 (16 September 2021, week ending), Swedish pop music legends ABBA returned to the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart for the first time in almost forty years when "Don't Shut Me Down" debuted at number nine, becoming their 20th top-ten single.
Taylor Swift earned three number-one singles in the 2020s with "Anti-Hero", "Is It Over Now?" and "Fortnight". All three singles achieved the prestigious Chart Double with the song's parent album simultaneously topping the UK Album Chart. In 2024, Beyoncé became the first female artist to earn a number one country single with "Texas Hold 'Em ...