The Independent Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling Independent songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each song's weekly physical sales, digital downloads (since 2007) and streams (since 2015), and is currently published every Friday. The chart was first published on 18 October 1997, when American boy band Backstreet Boys was number one with the "As Long as You Love Me" single. As of the chart ending on 13 August 2026, a total of 533 songs have topped the Independent Singles Chart. 7 artists have topped the chart with eight or more different songs. The most successful is British rapper Dizzee Rascal who has reached number one with 11 different songs followed by British Indie singer Adele, British band Arctic Monkeys and American singer Britney Spears who have all reached number one with 9 different songs, Morrissey, Steps and DJ Fresh have 8. The Current Number-One is "Movin' to the Sun" by Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Naté.
Artists The following artists have been credited on at least eight different number one songs, as recognised by the OCC. +KeyIndicates that the song reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart ArtistNumber-onesongsTotal weeks atnumber oneSongsRecord label(s)First reachednumber oneWeeks atnumber oneRef.Dizzee Rascal1137"Jus' A Rascal"XL1"Stand Up Tall"1"Dream"1"Pussyole (Old Skool)"1"Flex"2"Dance Wiv Me"Dirtee Stank9"Bonkers"7"Holiday"5"Dirtee Cash"1"Dirtee Disco"3"The Power"Ministry of Sound"5Adele957"Chasing Pavements"XL5"Make You Feel My Love"10"Rolling in the Deep"4"Someone Like You"13"Skyfall"13"Hello"9"When We Were Young"1"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"1"Water Under the Bridge"1Britney Spears925"...Baby One More Time"Jive4"Sometimes"4"Born to Make You Happy"3"Oops!... I Did It Again"5"Lucky"3"I'm a Slave 4 U"3"Overprotected"1"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"1"Boys"1Arctic Monkeys919"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"Domino4"When the Sun Goes Down"3"Leave Before the Lights Come On"1"Brianstorm"4"Fluorescent Adolescent"3"Teddy Picker"1"Crying Lightning"1"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"1"Body Paint"1Morrissey810"Irish Blood, English Heart"Attack2"First of the Gang to Die"2"Let Me Kiss You"1"I Have Forgiven Jesus"1"Redondo Beach"/"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"1"You Have Killed Me"1"In the Future When All's Well"1"I Just Want to See the Boy Happy"1Steps811"5,6,7,8"Jive2"One for Sorrow"1"Heartbeat/Tragedy"8"Better Best Forgotten"1"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"2"Say You'll Be Mine"/"Better the Devil You Know"3"It's the Way You Make Me Feel"2"Chain Reaction"/"One for Sorrow" 3DJ Fresh838"Louder"Ministry of Sound6"Hot Right Now"10"The Power"6"Earthquake"3"Dibby Dibby Sound"5"Make U Bounce"2"Flashlight"1"Gravity"8
See also List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones List of artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones
References
External links Official UK Indie Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Indie Singles at BBC Radio 1