- List of songs by British artists which reached number-one on the Hot 100 (USA)
This is a list of number-one hits by British artists in the
United States on theBillboard Hot 100 (existent sinceAugust 3 ,1958 ).ee also
*List of songs by Australian artists which reached number one on the Hot 100 (US)
*List of songs by European artists which reached number one on the Hot 100 (US)
*List of songs by Canadian artists which reached number one on the Hot 100 (US) Notes
* N/A represents a single that wasn't released in the UK, or failed to chart
* £ represents a single that sold over a million copies in the UK# Billy Preston was American.
# The Bee Gees were born on theIsle of Man , aCrown dependency that is not part of the UK, and moved to the UK proper in their early childhood, but moved to Australia later in their childhood and resided there for about ten years before moving back to the UK.
# Linda McCartney was an American. It is unknown whether she chose to become British national too.
# Andy Gibb is the brother of the Bee Gees. He was born in the UK proper, but moved with the rest of his family to Australia as an infant, grew up mainly in Australia, and lived in the US for most of his recording career.
# Graham Russell of Air Supply is British, Russell Hitchcock is Australian.
# Paul McCartney is British, Stevie Wonder is American
# Joe Cocker is British, Jennifer Warnes is American
# The Police were Britons Sting andAndy Summers , and AmericanStewart Copeland .
# Paul McCartney is British, Michael Jackson is American.
# Phil Colins is British, Marilyn Martin is American.
# Dionne and Friends are Americans Dionne Warwick,Stevie Wonder ,Gladys Knight and BritonElton John .
# George Michael is British, Aretha Franklin is American.
# Rod Stewart and Sting are British, Bryan Adams is Canadian.Olivia Newton-John , who has five US chart toppers, was born in the United Kingdom but moved to Australia at the age of five. Despite moving back to the UK, and later the US, she still considers herself very much Australian.
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