List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s


The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. As of 10 July 2015, the chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Before this, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart date given as the following Saturday. During the 2010s, a total of 242 songs reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Joe McElderry was the first artist to top the chart in the decade, when "The Climb" replaced "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine. The final number-one of the decade was the novelty song "I Love Sausage Rolls" by LadBaby.
Digital downloads made up the majority of music sales at the start of the decade. In 2011, singles sales hit an all-time high, a record that was then surpassed in 2012. From July 2014, as download sales began to decline, audio streaming began to be counted at a rate of 100 streams equivalent to a sale, later increased to 150 streams, and later still to 300 streams once a song had spent a certain time on the charts and its consumption had declined.
The following singles were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.

Number-one singles

nth single to top the UK Singles Chart
reReturn of a single to number one
Best-selling single of the year
Best-selling single of the decade

Artists with the most number ones

Nineteen artists have all had at least four number-one singles during the 2010s. Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran have both had eight, more than anyone else.
ArtistNumber onesSongsNotes
8
  • Includes feature on "We Found Love"
8
  • Includes feature on "River"
    • 7
  • Includes feature on "Cold Water", "I'm the One" and "Despacito "
    • 7
  • Includes feature on "Rather Be", "My Love", "Not Letting Go" and "These Days"
    • 7
  • Includes feature on "La La La" and "Promises"
    • 7
  • Includes feature on "R.I.P.", "Tsunami ", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "Turn the Music Louder "
    • Rihanna6
  • Includes feature on "The Monster" and "Wild Thoughts"
    • 5
  • Includes feature on "Nothin' on You" and "Uptown Funk"
    • 5
  • Includes feature on "What's My Name?"
    • 5
    will.i.am5
  • Includes feature on "OMG" and "Hall of Fame"
    • 4rowspan="3"
    Clean Bandit4-
    4-
    4
  • Includes feature on "Club Can't Handle Me"
    • Little Mix4rowspan="3"
    4-
    One Direction4-
    Rita Ora4
  • Includes feature on "Hot Right Now"
    • 4
  • Includes feature on "Feels"
    • 4
  • Includes feature on "Get Lucky", "Blurred Lines" and "Feels"

    • Songs with the most weeks at number one

    The following songs spent at least six weeks at number one during the 2010s.
    ArtistSongWeeks at
    number one
    Drake featuring Kyla and Wizkid"One Dance"15
    Ed Sheeran"Shape of You"14
    Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber"Despacito "11
    Tones and I"Dance Monkey"11
    Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie"Rockabye"9
    Drake"God's Plan"9
    Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa"One Kiss"8
    Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber"I Don't Care"8
    Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars"Uptown Funk"7
    Lewis Capaldi"Someone You Loved"7
    Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris"We Found Love"6
    Justin Bieber"Love Yourself"6
    Ed Sheeran"Perfect"6
    Calvin Harris and Sam Smith"Promises"6
    Ariana Grande"Thank U, Next"6
    Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello"Señorita"6
    --6

    Artists with the most weeks at number one

    The following artists have all spent a total of nine or more weeks at the number-one spot during the 2010s.
    ArtistWeeks at
    number-one    		SongsNotes
    38
    • Includes feature on "Cold Water", "I'm the One" and "Despacito "
    38
  • Includes feature on "River"
    • Drake30
  • Includes feature on "What's My Name?"
    • 25
  • Includes feature on "We Found Love"
    • 15
    Wizkid15
    • Includes feature on "One Dance"
    Kyla15
    • Includes feature on "One Dance"
    15
  • Includes feature on "La La La"
    • 14
  • Includes feature on "Get Lucky", "Blurred Lines" and "Feels"
    • 13
  • Includes feature on "Nothin' on You" and "Uptown Funk"
    • Ariana Grande13
    12
  • Includes feature on "Rather Be", "My Love", "Not Letting Go" and "These Days"
    • Rihanna12
  • Includes feature on "The Monster" and "Wild Thoughts"
    • Luis Fonsi11rowspan="2"
    Daddy Yankee11
    		-
    11
    Tones and I11
    10
    • Includes feature on "One Kiss"
    10
  • Includes feature on "What About Us" and "Rockabye"
    • 9
  • Includes feature on "Rockabye"
    • 9
    9
  • Includes feature on "R.I.P.", "Tsunami ", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "Turn the Music Louder "

    • Record labels with the most weeks at number one

    Fourteen record labels have spent ten or more weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart so far during the 2010s.
    Record labelNumber onesWeeks at
    number-one
    Republic Records1258
    Syco Music2240
    Atlantic Records1435
    Interscope Records1427
    Def Jam Records1126
    Island Records1624
    Virgin Records1219
    Columbia Records1018
    Epic Records1117
    Warner Bros. Records817
    Cash Money Records216
    Polydor Records914
    Ministry of Sound1013
    RCA Records810

    Million-selling and Platinum records

    Since April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry has been classifying singles by the number of units shipped or by sales. The highest threshold is "Platinum record" and is currently awarded to singles that have shipped or sold over 600,000 units. From July 2014, BPI certifications include audio streaming at 100 streams equal to one unit; these are referred to as 'combined sales' or 'chart sales'. So for example, "All of Me" by John Legend was certified double Platinum in October 2014 and became a million-seller in January 2015.
    For million selling records see List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
    For Platinum singles see List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000