List of artists who have achieved simultaneous UK and US number-one hits
A number of artists have achieved either simultaneous number one singles or albums on the official charts in the UK and the US.
, sixteen artists have achieved this feat in both the singles and albums chart: The Beatles, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Men at Work, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Adele, Zayn, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga. All of these have spent at least a week at number one in all four charts.
The single that has spent the longest period of time at number-one simultaneously in the UK and US is Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" in 2017, which spent 11 weeks number-one in both countries, while the longest serving album is the South Pacific cast's "South Pacific" album which spent 26 weeks number-one in both countries.
Simultaneous number-one singles
1950s
- Perry Como – "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", 6 February 1953
- Pérez Prado – "Cherry Pink ", 29 April – 6 May, 27 May – 17 June 1955
- Guy Mitchell – "Singing the Blues", 4, 18 January, 1 February 1957
- Tab Hunter – "Young Love", 1 – 22 March 1957
- Paul Anka – "Diana", 6 September 1957
- Bobby Darin – "Mack the Knife", 16 – 23 October 1959
1960s
- The Everly Brothers – "Cathy's Clown", 26 May – 16 June 1960
- The Beatles – "Can't Buy Me Love", 2 – 16 April 1964
- The Beatles – "A Hard Day's Night", 30 July – 6 August 1964
- Roy Orbison – "Oh, Pretty Woman", 8 October 1964
- The Beatles – "I Feel Fine", 24 December 1964 – 7 January 1965
- Sonny & Cher – "I Got You Babe", 26 August 1965
- The Rolling Stones – "Get Off of My Cloud", 4 – 11 November 1965
- The Beatles – "We Can Work It Out", 6 – 13 January 1966
- Nancy Sinatra – "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", 24 February 1966
- The Beatles – "Paperback Writer", 23 June 1966
- The Monkees – "I'm a Believer", 19 January – 9 February 1967
- Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra – "Somethin' Stupid", 13 – 20 April 1967
- The Beatles – "Hello, Goodbye", 27 December 1967 – 10 January 1968
- The Beatles – "Get Back", 24–30 May 1969
- The Rolling Stones – "Honky Tonk Women", 20 August 1969
1970s
- Simon and Garfunkel – "Bridge Over Troubled Water", 28 March – 4 April 1970
- Rod Stewart – "Maggie May", 9 – 30 October 1971
- Tony Orlando and Dawn – "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", 21 April – 12 May 1973
- Elton John and Kiki Dee – "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", 7 – 28 August 1976
- Bee Gees – "Night Fever", 29 April – 6 May 1978
- The Commodores – "Three Times a Lady", 19 August 1978
- Gloria Gaynor – "I Will Survive", 19 March, 7 April 1979
1980s
- Blondie – "Call Me", 26 April 1980
- Barbra Streisand – "Woman in Love", 25 October – 8 November 1980
- Men at Work – "Down Under", 29 January 1983
- Michael Jackson – "Billie Jean", 5 March 1983
- Stevie Wonder – "I Just Called to Say I Love You", 13 October 1984
- Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is", 2 February 1985
- USA for Africa – "We Are the World", 14 – 27 April 1985
- Whitney Houston – "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" 7 – 14 May 1987
- Madonna – "Like A Prayer" 22 April – 6 May 1989
1990s
- Bryan Adams – " I Do It for You", 27 July – 7 September 1991
- Boyz II Men – "End of the Road", 31 October – 7 November 1992
- Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You", 29 November 1992 – 12 February 1993
- Meat Loaf – "I'd Do Anything for Love ", 6 November – 4 December 1993
- Hanson – "MMMBop", 7 June 1997
- Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You", 28 June – 12 July, 26 July – 9 August 1997
- Elton John – "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997", 11 – 18 October 1997
2000s
- Destiny's Child – Independent Women Part 1, 2 December 2000
- Christina Aguilera/Lil' Kim/Mýa/Pink – "Lady Marmalade", 30 June 2001
- Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland – "Dilemma", 26 October – 2 November 2002
- Eminem – "Lose Yourself", 14 December 2002
- Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z – "Crazy in Love", 12 – 26 July 2003
- Usher – "Yeah!", 27 March – 3 April 2004
- Usher – "Burn", 17 July 2004
- Justin Timberlake – "SexyBack", 9 September 2006
- Rihanna featuring Jay-Z – "Umbrella", 9 June – 21 July 2007
- Coldplay – "Viva la Vida", 28 June 2008
- Katy Perry – "I Kissed a Girl", 16 August 2008
- Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance", 17 – 31 January 2009
- Flo Rida featuring Kesha – "Right Round", 14 March 2009
- Lady Gaga – "Poker Face", 11 April 2009
- Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow", 23 May, 13 June 2009
- Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling", 8, 22 August 2009
2010s
- Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg – "California Gurls", 3 – 10 July 2010
- Bruno Mars - "Just the Way You Are", 2 October 2010
- Bruno Mars – "Grenade", 22 January 2011
- Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris – "We Found Love", 19 November – 3 December 2011
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – "Thrift Shop", 16 February 2013
- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams – "Blurred Lines", 22 – 29 June, 20 July 2013
- Katy Perry – "Roar", 14 – 21 September 2013
- Lorde – "Royals", 2 November 2013
- Pharrell Williams – "Happy", 8 March 2014
- Magic! – "Rude", 9 August 2014
- Meghan Trainor – "All About That Bass", 11 October – 1 November 2014
- Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk", 17 January – 7 February 2015
- Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – "See You Again", 25 April – 2 May 2015
- Adele – "Hello", 14–21 November 2015
- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla – "One Dance", 21 May, 4 June - 23 July 2016
- The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – "Closer", 3–24 September 2016
- Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You", 28 January, 18 February - 15 April, 29 April 2017
- Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito", 27 May - 24 June, 8–22 July. 5–12 August 2017
- Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do", 16 September 2017
- Ed Sheeran – "Perfect", 23 December 2017 – 13 January 2018
- Drake – "God's Plan", 3 February - 31 March 2018
- Drake – "In My Feelings", 28 July - 18 August 2018
- Ariana Grande – "Thank U, Next", 17 November – 1 December, 15–22 December 2018
- Ariana Grande – "7 Rings", 2–16 February, 2 March 2019
2020s
- The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights", 11 April, 25 April 2020
- Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande – "Rain on Me", 6 June 2020
- DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch - "Rockstar", 13-20 June, 4 July 2020
Simultaneous artists with different songs
- ABBA, 9 April 1977 – "Knowing Me, Knowing You" in the UK and "Dancing Queen" in the US
- John Lennon, 10 – 24 January 1981 – "Imagine" in the UK and " Starting Over" in the US
- Phil Collins, 30 March - 6 April 1985 - "Easy Lover" in the UK and "One More Night" in the US
- Tiffany, 6 – 13 February 1988 – "I Think We're Alone Now" in the UK and "Could've Been" in the US
- Spice Girls, 15 March 1997 – "Mama" / "Who Do You Think You Are" in the UK and "Wannabe" in the US
- Ariana Grande, 23 February 2019 – "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" in the UK and "7 Rings" in the US
Simultaneous number-one albums
1950s
- The King and I cast – The King and I, 6 October 1956
- Nat King Cole – Love Is the Thing, 2 June 1957
- Elvis Presley – Loving You, 1 – 8 September 1957
- South Pacific cast – South Pacific, 23 November 1958, 26 May – 16 June 1959, 14 July 1959, 28 July 1959 – 5 January 1960
1960s
- Elvis Presley – G.I. Blues, 8 – 22 January, 9 April, 21 May – 4 June 1961
- Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii, 31 December 1961, 18 February – 29 April 1962
- West Side Story cast – West Side Story, 17 June – 15 July, 26 August, 9 September, 23 September – 7 October, 11 November, 9 December 1962, 6 January 1963
- The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night, 26 July – 25 October 1964
- The Beatles – Help!, 12 September – 3 October 1965
- The Sound of Music cast – The Sound of Music, 14 – 21 November 1965
- The Beatles – Rubber Soul, 9 January – 6 February 1966
- The Beatles – Revolver, 11 – 18 September 1966
- The Monkees – The Monkees, 29 January – 5 February 1967
- The Monkees – More of The Monkees, 7, 21 May 1967
- The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 2 July – 8 October 1967
- The Beatles – The Beatles, 29 December 1968 – 12 January, 26 January 1969
- Blind Faith – Blind Faith, 21 September 1969
- The Beatles – Abbey Road, 2 November – 7 December 1969, 3 – 10, 24 January 1970
1970s
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II, 7 February 1970
- Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water, 7 March – 9 May 1970
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III, 7 – 21 November 1970
- George Harrison – All Things Must Pass, 6 – 13 February 1971
- The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers, 22 – 29 May 1971
- Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story, 2 – 23 October 1971
- John Lennon – Imagine, 30 October 1971
- Neil Young – Harvest, 11 March 1972
- Elton John – Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, 3 – 10 March 1973
- Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 22 – 29 December 1973
- Elton John – Caribou, 13 – 20 July 1974
- Elton John – Greatest Hits, 30 November 1974 – 1 February 1975
- Wings – Venus and Mars, 19 July 1975
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here, 4 October 1975
- Bee Gees/Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever, 6 May – 1 July 1978
- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John/Grease cast – , 14 – 28 October 1978
- Bee Gees – Spirits Having Flown, 17 – 24 March 1979
- Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door, 15 September 1979
1980s
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy, 7 – 14 February 1981
- Men at Work – Business as Usual, 29 January – 19 February 1983
- Michael Jackson – Thriller, 5, 19 March, 21 May – 18 June 1983, 28 January 1984
- Phil Collins – No Jacket Required, 30 March 1985
- Madonna – True Blue, 16 August 1986
- Whitney Houston – Whitney, 27 June – 18 July 1987
- Michael Jackson – Bad, 26 September – 10 October 1987
1990s
- Phil Collins – ...But Seriously, 6 January 1990, 20 – 27 January 1990
- Meat Loaf – , 30 October 1993
- Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion, 3 – 10 March 1993
- Mariah Carey – Music Box, 5 – 12 March 1994
- Pink Floyd – The Division Bell, 23 – 30 April 1994
- R.E.M. – Monster, 15 October 1994
- Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill, 24 August – 7 September 1996
- The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land, 19–26 July 1997
- James Horner – Titanic, 15 February 1 – 8 March 1998
2000s
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP, 25 June, 9 July 2000
- Radiohead – Kid A 21 October 2000
- The Beatles – 1, 2, 23 December 2000 – 20 January 2001
- Eminem – The Eminem Show, 8 – 29 June 2002
- Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love, 12 July 2003
- Eminem – Encore, 27 November 2004
- Coldplay – X&Y, 25 June – 9 July 2005
- Eminem – , 24 – 31 December 2005
- Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, 5 – 12 July 2008
- Metallica – Death Magnetic, 27 September 2008
- Eminem – Relapse, 6 June 2009
- Barbra Streisand – Love Is the Answer, 17 October 2009
- Susan Boyle – I Dreamed a Dream, 12 December 2009 – 2 January 2010
2010s
- Eminem – Recovery, 10 – 17 July, 24 July – 14 August 4 – 11 September 2010
- Katy Perry – Teenage Dream, 11 September 2010
- Adele – 21, 12 – 19 March 7 – 28 May 2011
- Beyoncé – 4, 16 July 2011
- Madonna – MDNA, 7 April 2012
- Nicki Minaj – ', 21 April 2012
- Rihanna – Unapologetic, 1 December 2012
- Paramore – Paramore, 20 April 2013
- Katy Perry – Prism, 2 November 2013
- Ed Sheeran – x, 12 July 2014
- David Bowie – Blackstar, 30 January 2016
- The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, 27 February 2016
- Zayn – Mind of Mine, 1 April 2016
- Drake – Views, 21 May 2016
- Ed Sheeran – ÷, 25 March 2017
- Harry Styles -Harry Styles, May 2017
- Taylor Swift – Reputation, 21 November 2017
- Various Artists – ', 12 January 2018
- Drake - Scorpion, 13 July 2018
- Ariana Grande - Sweetener, 1 September 2018
- Eminem - Kamikaze, 15 September 2018
- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born, 15 October 2018
- Andrea Bocelli – Sì, 10 November 2018
- Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next, 23 February – 2 March 2019
- BTS - , 12–19 April 2019
2020s
- BTS - , 28 February 2020
- Lady Gaga - Chromatica, 5 June 2020
Simultaneous artists with different albums
- The Beatles, 16 February – 19 April 1964. With the Beatles in the UK and Meet the Beatles! in the US
- The Beatles, 10 – 24 January, 21 February 1965. Beatles for Sale in the UK and Beatles '65 in the US
- The Beatles, 8 – 15 August 1965. Help! in the UK and Beatles VI in the US
- The Beatles, 7 – 28 August 1966. Revolver in the UK and Yesterday and Today in the US
- The Beatles, 28 January 1968. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the UK and Magical Mystery Tour in the US