This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1000 weeks in the top 75 UK singles chart and UK Albums Chart combined. Only 48 artists have achieved this milestone. It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005. Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company.

Ed Sheeran has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1595 weeks. Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, David Guetta, Justin Bieber, Drake and Rihanna are the only other artists to achieve over 1000 weeks in the singles chart. Ed Sheeran has had the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000.

Queen have the most weeks in the album chart followed by nineteen other artists with more than 1000 weeks. David Bowie passed the 1000-week mark following his death in January 2016, when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75. ABBA's 'Gold' became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the top 100 UK albums chart in July 2021. Robbie Williams is the only artist to feature on the list twice: as a solo artist and with Take That.

Figures are as of chart week 18 - 24 September 2026.

Artist Numbers of weeks RefSingles chart Albums chart Combined Ed Sheeran 1595 1635 3230 Elvis Presley 1316 1721 3037 Taylor Swift 835 1852 2687 Michael Jackson 774 1836 2610 Queen 464 2082 2546 Oasis 475 2026 2501 Fleetwood Mac 383 2043 2426 The Beatles 474 1901 2375 Elton John 823 1526 2349 David Bowie 479 1663 2142 Cliff Richard 1182 923 2105 Eminem 595 1385 1980 Madonna 786 1194 1980 Drake 1227 649 1876 ABBA 273 1584 1857 Rihanna 1163 574 1737 Rod Stewart 471 1191 1662 U2 364 1106 1470 Frank Sinatra 471 932 1403 The Weeknd 746 651 1397 Bob Marley 196 1182 1378 Arctic Monkeys 185 1162 1347 Whitney Houston 378 949 1327 The Rolling Stones 389 937 1326 Coldplay 643 675 1318 Justin Bieber 1007 303 1310 David Guetta 1042 241 1283 Calvin Harris 935 295 1230 Pink 570 660 1230 Adele 477 738 1215 Diana Ross 573 634 1207 Lady Gaga 730 477 1207 Dua Lipa 633 554 1187 Simon & Garfunkel 87 1092 1179 Bruno Mars 668 480 1148 George Michael 310 829 1139 Take That 417 709 1126 Robbie Williams 415 663 1078 Phil Collins 251 818 1069 Katy Perry 590 474 1064 Beyoncé 682 381 1064 Pink Floyd 57 1001 1058 Ariana Grande 673 381 1054 Kanye West 655 390 1045 The Killers 392 641 1033 Kylie Minogue 526 498 1024 Little Mix 523 492 1015 Dire Straits 133 879 1011

See also List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart

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