List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

The following is a list of artists that have had 5 no.1's in the United Kingdom. The amount of no.1s which each artist/group scored can be found in brackets next to the name of that act.

Please note:

*Although listed alphabetically, some of the same acts have appeared at No.1 under different names. For example, 'Cliff Richard' had 7 no.1s, 'Cliff Richard and The Drifters' had 1 no.1, 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows' had 6 no.1s and 'The Shadows' had 5 no.1s.

*Many of the acts on the following list may only be backing singers, additional vocalists, guest vocalists, instrumentalists and so on, therefore they might no be credited on the main artist's records, in reference guides, web pages etc. but please don't remove them in thinking that they're not supposed to be there without firstly talking to others about it on the discussion page.

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B

*Melanie B (1)
*B. Bumble and the Stingers (1)
*B*Witched (4)
*Baby D (1)
*Babylon Zoo (1)
*Baccara (1)
*The Bachelors (1)
*Backstreet Boys (1)
*Baddiel and Skinner (2)
*Philip Bailey (1)
*Long John Baldry (1)
*Band Aid (1)
*Band Aid II (1)
*Band Aid 20 (1)
*The Bangles (1)
*Pato Banton (1)
*Gary Barlow (2)
*John Barnes (1 - as 'Englandneworder')
*JJ Barrie (1)
*Vicki Brown (1 - with JJ Barrie, although rarely credited)
*Shirley Bassey (2)
*Basshunter (1)
*Bay City Rollers (2)
*The Beach Boys (2)
*The Beatles (17)
*Beats International (1)
*The Beautiful South (1)
*Robin Beck (1)
*Daniel Bedingfield (3)
*Natasha Bedingfield (1)
*The Bee Gees (5)
*Lou Bega (1)
*Harry Belafonte (1)
*Tony Bennett (1)
*Berlin (1)
*Chuck Berry (1)
*Nick Berry (1)
*Beyoncé (3)
*Jane Birkin (1)
*Cilla Black (2)
*Black Box (1)
*The Black Eyed Peas (1)
*Black Legend (1)
*Blazin' Squad (1)
*The Bleach Boys (1)
*Blondie (6)
*Blue (3)
*The Bluebells (1)
*James Blunt (1)
*Blur (2)
*Bob The Builder (2)
*Bombalurina (1)
*Boney M (2)
*The Boomtown Rats (2)
*Pat Boone (1)
*Ken Boothe (1)
*David Bowie (5)
*Boy George (1)
*Boyz II Men (1)
*Boyzone (6)
*Billy Bragg (1)
*Brian and Michael (1)
*Britney Spears (5)
*Steve Brookstein (1)
*Bros (1)
*Brotherhood of Man (3)
*Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (1)
*Bucks Fizz (3)
*The Buggles (1)
*Emma Bunton (1)
*Kate Bush (1)
*Busted (4)
*The Byrds (1)

C

*Melanie C (2)
*Eddie Calvert (2)
*Ali Campbell (1 - with Pato Banton, although uncredited)
*Robin Campbell (1 - with Pato Banton, although uncredited)
*Blu Cantrell (1)
*Captain Sensible (1)
*Irene Cara (1)
*Mariah Carey (2)
*Belinda Carlisle (1)
*David Cassidy (2)
*Eva Cassidy (1)
*Charlene (1)
*Ray Charles (1)
*Tina Charles (1)
*Charles and Eddie (1)
*Oliver Cheatham (1)
*Chef (1)
*The Chemical Brothers (2)
*Cher (3)
*Neneh Cherry (1)
*Chicago (1)
*Chicane (1)
*Chico (1)
*Chicory Tip (1)
*The Children Of The Revolution (1 - With KLF)
*The Christians (1)
*Christie (1)
*Tony Christie (1)
*Chrome (musician) (1)
*Ciara (1)
*Eric Clapton (1)
*Petula Clark (2)
*The Dave Clark Five (1)
*The Clash (1)
*Rosemary Clooney (1)
*Rosemary Clooney and the Mellomen (1)
*Eddie Cochran (1)
*Joe Cocker (1)
*Alma Cogan (1)
*Coldplay (1)
*Dave and Ansil Collins (1)
*Phil Collins (3)
*Color Me Badd (1)
*The Commodores (1)
*The Communards (1)
*Perry Como (1)
*Perry Como with the Ramblers (1)
*Billy Connolly (1)
*Russ Conway (2)
*Coolio (1)
*Alice Cooper (1)
*Don Cornell (1)
*Cornershop (1)
*The Corrs (1)
*Julie Covington (1)
*Floyd Cramer (1)
*Crazy Frog (1)
*Creedence Clearwater Revival (1)
*The Crickets (1)
*The Crooklyn Clan (1)
*Lorraine Crosby a.k.a. Mrs. Loud (1 - with Meatloaf, although uncredited)
*The Crowd (1)
*Culture Beat (1)
*Culture Club (2)

D

* (1)
*Rui Da Silva (1)
*Vic Damone (1)
*Dana (1)
*Bobby Darin (2)
*Darius (1)
*Craig David (2)
*The Spencer Davis Group (2)
*Dawn (2)
*Doris Day (2)
*Chris De Burgh (1)
*Dead or Alive (1)
*Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich (1)
*Kiki Dee (1)
*Deep Blue Something (1)
*Desmond Dekker and The Aces (1)
*Chaka Demus and Pliers (1)
*John Denver (1)
*Destiny's Child (2)
*The Detroit Spinners (1)
*Dexys Midnight Runners (2)
*Tony Di Bart (1)
*Jim Diamond (1)
*Barbara Dickson (1)
*Dido (1 - a sample for an Eminem song)
*Celine Dion (2)
*Dizzee Rascal (1)
*DJ Casper (1)
*DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (1)
*DJ Ötzi (1)
*DJ Pied Piper and The Masters Of Ceremonies (1)
*DJ Sammy (1)
*Do (1)
*Doctor and The Medics (1)
*Dr. Hook (1)
*Ken Dodd (1)
*D.O.E. (1)
*Joe Dolce Music Theatre (1)
*Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group (3)
*Jason Donovan (4)
*Doop (1)
*Carl Douglas (1)
*Craig Douglas (1)
*The Dreamweavers (1)
*Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent (1)
*Duffy (1)
*Dunblane (1)
*Clive Dunn (1)
*Duran Duran (2)
*Ian Dury and The Blockheads (1)

E

*East 17 (1)
*Edison Lighthouse (1)
*Dave Edmunds' Rockpile (1)
*Tommy Edwards (1)
*Eiffel 65 (1)
*Electric Light Orchestra (1)
*Missy "Misdeameanor" Elliott (1)
*Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1)
*The Emerald Express (1 - With Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen")
*Eminem (7)
*Emma Bunton (1)
*England World Cup Squad (2 - the 2nd was as 'Englandneworder')
*Enigma (1)
*Enya (2)
*The Equals (1)
*Erasure (1)
*David Essex (2)
*Don Estelle (as BSM Williams) and Windsor Davies (as Gunner Sugden a.k.a. Lofty) (1)
*Estelle (1)
*Eternal (1)
*Europe (1)
*Eurythmics (1)
*Evanescence (1)
*Faith Evans (2 - the 2nd was a sample for a Fatman Scoop song)
*The Everly Brothers (4)

F

*Fairground Attraction (1)
*Adam Faith (2)
*Falco (1)
*Georgie Fame (1)
*Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (2)
*Chris Farlowe (1)
*Fatboy Slim (1)
*Fatman Scoop (1)
*Ferry Aid (1)
*The Firm (1)
*Eddie Fisher (2)
*5ive (3)
*Fleetwood Mac (1)
*The Floaters (1)
*The Flying Pickets (1)
*Emile Ford and The Checkmates (1)
*Tennessee Ernie Ford (2)
*Foreigner (1)
*The Foundations (1)
*The Four Pennies (1)
*The Four Seasons (1)
*The Four Tops (1)
*Fragma (1)
*Connie Francis (2)
*Frankee (1)
*Frankie Goes to Hollywood (3)
*Aretha Franklin (1)
*Fugees (2)
*Nelly Furtado (2)

G

*Gina G (1)
*Gabrielle (2)
*Serge Gainsbourg (1)
*Boris Gardiner (1)
*Art Garfunkel (2)
*Barbara Gaskin (1)
*Gareth Gates (4)
*Marvin Gaye (1)
*Gloria Gaynor (1)
*Bobbie Gentry (1)
*Gerry and The Pacemakers (3)
*Girls Aloud (3)
*Gary Glitter (3)
*Gnarls Barkley (1)
*Jack Good presents Lord Rockingham's XI (1)
*Goombay Dance Band (1)
*Gorillaz (1)
*Fedde Le Grand (1)
*Eddy Grant (1)
*Norman Greenbaum (1)

H

*Hale and Pace and The Stonkers (1)
*Bill Haley and his Comets (1)
*Geri Halliwell (4)
*Hanson (1)
*Paul Hardcastle (1)
*Duane Harden (1)
*Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1)
*Calvin Harris (1)
*Jet Harris and Tony Meehan (1)
*Rolf Harris (1)
*George Harrison (2)
*Chesney Hawkes (1)
*Richard Hawley (1) (guitar on Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade)
*Hear'Say (2)
*The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1)
*Herman's Hermits (1)
*The Highwaymen (1)
*Benny Hill (1)
*Keri Hilson (1)
*Ronnie Hilton (1)
*Michael Holliday (2)
*The Hollies (2)
*Buddy Holly (1)
*The Honeycombs (1)
*Mary Hopkin (1)
*Hot Chocolate (1)
*The Housemartins (1)
*Whitney Houston (4)
*Human League (1)
*Engelbert Humperdinck (2)
*Tab Hunter (1)
*Steve “Silk” Hurley (1)
*Chrissie Hynde (2)

I

*Frank Ifield (4)
*Enrique Iglesias (1)
*Julio Iglesias (1)
*Iron Maiden (1)

J

*Ja Rule (1)
*Terry Jacks (1)
*Leon Jackson (1)
*Michael Jackson (7)
*The Jacksons (1)
*Jagged Edge (1)
*Mick Jagger (1)
*The Jam (4)
*Tommy James and The Shondells (1)
*Jamiroquai (1)
*Jay-Z (3)
*Wyclef Jean (1)
*Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers (3)
*Billy Joel (1)
*Elton John (8)
*Holly Johnson (1)
*The Johnston Brothers (1)
*Jimmy Jones (1)
*Tom Jones (2)
*Gary Jules (1)
*Junkie XL (1 – as JXL)

K

*KC and The Sunshine Band (1)
*The KLF (1)
*KWS (1)
*Kaiser Chiefs (1)
*Kajagoogoo (1)
*The Kalin Twins (1)
*Kanye West (2)
*Katy Perry (1)
*Kitty Kallen (1)
*Eden Kane (1)
*Peter Kay (one as Brian Potter) (2)
*Ronan Keating (3)
*Gene Kelly (1) (vocal on Mint Royale number one)
*R. Kelly (3)
*Chaka Khan (1)
*Kid Rock (1)
*Johnny Kidd and The Pirates (1)
*Nicole Kidman (1)
*Ben E. King (1)
*Sean Kingston (1)
*Kings Of Leon (1)
*The Kinks (3)
*Fern Kinney (1)
*Kleerup (1)
*Kraftwerk (1)
*Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas (2)
*Lenny Kravitz (1)
*The Kumars (1)

L

*LL Cool J (3)
*LMC (1)
*L.V. (1)
*Frankie Laine (4)
*Las Ketchup (1)
*Cyndi Lauper(3)
*Lindy Layton (1)
*John Lennon (3)
*Jerry Lee Lewis (1)
*Leona Lewis (2)
*Leon Jackson (1)
*John Leyton (1)
*Liberty X (1)
*Lieutenant Pigeon (1)
*The Lightning Seeds (2)
*Lil' Jon (1)
*Lil' Kim (1)
*Limp Bizkit (1)
*Livin' Joy (1)
*Johnny Logan (1)
*Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1)
*Jennifer Lopez (2)
*Los Lobos (1)
*Love Affair (1)
*Matt Lucas (as Andy Pipkin) (1)
*Ludacris (1)
*Baz Luhrmann (1)
*Lulu (1)
*Frankie Lymon (1)
*Vera Lynn (1)

M

*Paul McCartney (3)
*Paul McCoy (1 - He contributed guest vocals to Evanescence's single "Bring Me to Life")
*George McCrae (1)
*Martine McCutcheon (1)
*Brian McFadden (1)
*Rachel McFarlane (1 - with LMC and U2, although uncredited)
*McFly (8)
*Tim McGraw (1)
*Maria McKee (1)
*Scott McKenzie (1)
*Don McLean (2)
*Madison Avenue (1)
*Madness (1)
*Madonna (13)
*Doug McClure (1)
*Manfred Mann (3)
*The Manhattan Transfer (1)
*Manic Street Preachers (2)
*Mantovani (1)
*The Marcels (1)
*Kelly Marie (1)
*Marmalade (1)
*M/A/R/R/S (1)
*Gerry Marsden (1)
*Lena Martell (1)
*Dean Martin (1)
*Ricky Martin (1)
*Al Martino (1)
*Hank B. Marvin (1)
*Lee Marvin (1)
*Mash (1)
*Johnny Mathis (1)
*Matthews' Southern Comfort (1)
*Maya (1)
*MC Kinky (1)
*Meat Loaf (1)
*Meck (1)
*Glenn Medeiros (1)
*Mel and Kim (1)
*Melanie B (1)
*Melanie C (2)
*Katie Melua (1)
*Men at Work (1)
*Freddie Mercury (1)
*George Michael (7)
*Michelle (1)
*Middle of the Road (1)
*Mika (1)
*Roger Miller (1)
*Steve Miller Band (1)
*Kylie Minogue (7)
*Mint Royale (1)
*Mr. Blobby (1)
*Mr. Oizo (1)
*Guy Mitchell (4)
*Modjo (1)
*The Monkees (1)
*Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus (1)
*The Moody Blues (1)
*Jane Morgan (1)
*Sarah Jane Morris (1)
*Mark Morrison (1)
*The Move (1)
*Mud (3)
*Mungo Jerry (2)
*Ruby Murray (1)
*Musical Youth (1)
*Mýa (1)
*My Chemical Romance (1)

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*Johnny Nash (1)
*Nelly (4)
*Phyllis Nelson (1)
*Nena (1)
*Jason Nevins (1)
*New Edition (1)
*New Kids on the Block (2)
*New Order (1 - as 'Englandneworder')
*The New Seekers (2)
*Anthony Newley (2)
*Olivia Newton-John (3)
*Ne*Yo (2)
*Nicole (1)
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*911 (1)
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*Notorious B.I.G. (1)
*Gary Numan (1)

O

*Oasis (8)
*Billy Ocean (1)
*Des O'Connor (1)
*Sinéad O'Connor (1)
*Odyssey (band) (1)
*Esther and Abi Ofarim (1)
*The Offspring (1)
*Olive (1)
*112 (1)
*Roy Orbison (3)
*Tony Orlando (1)
*Orson (1)
*Kelly Osbourne (1)
*Ozzy Osbourne (1)
*Donny Osmond (3)
*Little Jimmy Osmond (1)
*The Osmonds (1)
*Gilbert O'Sullivan (2)
*The Outhere Brothers (2)
*The Overlanders (1)
*Oxide & Neutrino (1)

P

*P Diddy (3)
*Petey Pablo (1)
*Elaine Paige (1)
*Paper Lace (1)
*The Simon Park Orchestra (1)
*Partners In Kryme (1)
*Sean Paul (1)
*Freda Payne (1)
*Katy Perry (1)
*Lee Perry (1 - with Baz Luhrmann, although uncredited)
*Pet Shop Boys (4)
*Peter and Gordon (1)
*Peters and Lee (1)
*Pilot (1)
*P!nk (3 - one with Christina Aguilera, Mya, and Lil' Kim on Lady Marmalade)
*Pink Floyd (1)
*Billie Piper (3)
*Gene Pitney (1)
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*The Police (5)
*Brian Poole and The Tremeloes (1)
*Perez "Prez" Prado and his Orchestra (1)
*Elvis Presley (16)
*Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires (17)
*Billy Preston (1)
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*The Pretenders (1)
*Prince (1)
*The Proclaimers (1)
*Procol Harum (1)
*The Prodigy (2)
*Eric Prydz (1)
*Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (1)
*Pussycat (1)
*The Pussycat Dolls (2)

Q

*Suzi Quatro (2)
*Queen (6)

R

*Marvin Rainwater (1)
*Johnnie Ray (3)
*Rayvon (1)
*Razorlight (1)
*The Real Thing (1)
*Redman (1)
*Rednex (1)
*Jim Reeves (1)
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*Renée and Renato (1)
*Busta Rhymes (1)
*Cliff Richard (7)
*Cliff Richard and The Drifters (1)
*Cliff Richard and The Shadows (6)
*Wendy Richard (1)
*Lionel Richie (1)
*Right Said Fred (1)
*The Righteous Brothers (2)
*Rihanna (2)
*LeAnn Rimes (1)
*Smokey Robinson (1)
*Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1)
*Robson and Jerome (3)
*Robyn (1)
*Tommy Roe (1)
*Kenny Rogers (2)
*The Rolling Stones (8)
*Room 5 (1)
*Diana Ross (2)
*Demis Roussos (1)
*Kelly Rowland (1)
*Roxy Music (1)
*Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (1)
*Lita Roza (1)
*The Rubettes (1)
*Run-DMC (1)
*Jennifer Rush (1)
*Shaun Ryder (1)

*S Club 7 (4)
*S-Express (1)
*St. Winifred's School Choir (2 - the 2nd was backing vocals for Brian and Michael)
*Sam & Mark (1)
*Roger Sanchez (1)
*Mike Sarne (1)
*Peter Sarstedt (1)
*Telly Savalas (1)
*Leo Sayer (2)
*The Scaffold (1)
*Scissor Sisters (1)
*Seal (1 - with Adamski, although uncredited)
*The Searchers (3)
*Sebastian (1)
*The Seekers (2)
*The Shadows (5)
*Shaggy (4)
*Shakespear's Sister (1)
*Shakira (2)
*The Shamen (1)
*Shanks & Bigfoot (1)
*Del Shannon (1)
*Shapeshifters (1)
*Helen Shapiro (2)
*Feargal Sharkey (1)
*Sandie Shaw (3)
*Anne Shelton (1)
*Showaddywaddy (1)
*Simon and Garfunkel (1)
*Simple Minds (1)
*Simply Red (1)
*The Simpsons (1)
*Frank Sinatra (3)
*Nancy Sinatra (2)
*Slade (6)
*Sister Sledge (1)
*Slik (1)
*The Small Faces (1)
*Will Smith (1)
*Snap! (2)
*Jordin Sparks (1)
*David Sneddon (1)
*So Solid Crew (1)
*Soft Cell (1)
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*Britney Spears (5)
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*Spice Girls (9)
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*Sugababes (7) (1 with Band Aid 20 for Do They Know It's Christmas)
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*T. Rex (4)
*Take That (10)
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*10cc (3)
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*Justin Timberlake (4 - one with The Black Eyed Peas despite not being credited)
*The Timelords (1)
*The Ting Tings (1)
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*Tomcraft (1)
*The Tornados (1)
*T'Pau (1)
*John Travolta (2)
*The Tremeloes (1)
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*The Troggs (1)
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*Conway Twitty (1)
*2Pac (1)
*2 Unlimited (1)
*Bonnie Tyler (1)
*The Tymes (1)
*Typically Tropical (1)

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*UB40 (3)
*Union Gap (1 - as Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett)
*Unit Four Plus Two (1)
*Midge Ure (1)
*USA for Africa (1)
*Usher (3)
*U2 (7)

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*Holly Valance (1)
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*Dickie Valentine (2)
*Armand Van Helden (1)
*Vanilla Ice (1)
*Various Artists (1)
*Frankie Vaughan (2)
*The Vengaboys (2)
*The Verve (1)
*The Village People (1)

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*The Walker Brothers (2)
*Wamdue Project (1)
*Anita Ward (1)
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*Frank Weir, his Saxophone, Orchestra and Chorus (1)
*Kanye West (2)
*Westlife (14)
*Wet Wet Wet (3)
*Wham! (4)
*Caron Wheeler (1)
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*Barry White (1)
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*Slim Whitman (1)
*Andy Williams (1)
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*Robbie Williams (6)
*Jackie Wilson (1)
*BeBe Winans (1)
*Mario Winans (1)
*Wings (1)
*Wizzard (2)
*Stevie Wonder (2)
*The Wonder Stuff (1)
*The Wurzels (1)
*Tammy Wynette (1)

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Y

*Yanou (1)
*Yazz and the Plastic Population (1)
*Jimmy Young (2)
*Paul Young (1)
*Will Young (4)
*The Young Ones (1)

Z

*Zager and Evans (1)