UK charts
Beyoncé has first UK No 1 in 14 years with Texas Hold ’Em
Singer last topped the UK singles chart in 2010 with Lady Gaga duet Telephone
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
23, Feb, 2024 @6:00 PM
‘It’s all magic’: Sophie Ellis-Bextor back at No 2 after 20 years with Murder on the Dancefloor
In 2001, the song reached No 2. As it gets there again – thanks to hit film Saltburn and the power of Gen-Z and TikTok – the singer talks about privilege, second chances and Liam Gallagher dancing in the nude
Laura Snapes
12, Jan, 2024 @6:03 PM
Female pop stars celebrate record-breaking year on UK singles chart
Women claimed an unprecedented 31 weeks atop the Top 40 and accounted for 48.5% of all songs that reached the Top 10 – plus seven of the year’s 10 biggest songs
Laura Snapes
03, Jan, 2024 @12:01 AM
Who is the only person to sing their own name in Do They Know It’s Christmas? Try our 2023 festive No 1s quiz
Big on Band Aid? Mad for Mad World? As much a savant of sausage rolls as LadBaby? It’s time to put your festive chart knowledge where your mouth is with our quiz
Eamonn Forde
23, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM
Wham!’s Last Christmas finally reaches Christmas No 1, 39 years after release
‘Mission accomplished!’ says Andrew Ridgeley, while Cher becomes oldest woman to score a UK Top 40 hit
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
22, Dec, 2023 @5:40 PM
‘One kid barfed on my feet’: how There’s No One Quite Like Grandma became a Christmas No 1
‘I have no problem with it being included in Worst Christmas Songs Ever lists. But, even though it’s sort of dreadful, there’s an ear-worm quality. And we had such a good time’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
18, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM
Tatty, naff and cheesy: why can’t Britain have a decent Christmas No 1? | Barbara Ellen
Now that LadBaby has passed on the charity baton, let’s return to the days when real talents held sway. Like, erm, Mr Blobby and Benny Hill, writes Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen
17, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM
Not a penny to pay for better hearing | Brief letters
Letters: Hearing aids | British pop bangers | Identifying ministers | Murder in Midsomer | Plant life
16, Nov, 2023 @6:14 PM
The Beatles set record 54-year gap between No 1 singles as Now and Then tops UK chart
Paul McCartney says success of band’s ‘final’ song together has ‘blown my socks off’, as it becomes the fastest-selling vinyl single this century
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
10, Nov, 2023 @6:00 PM
Christmas arrives in UK charts earlier than ever with entries for Wham! and Mariah Carey
Christmas classics enter at No 37 and No 40 respectively, ahead of increasing ubiquity over the festive season
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
10, Nov, 2023 @6:00 PM
Mitski: how the US songwriter scored the year’s quietest global chart smash
An outlier amid pop stars and club bangers, My Love Mine All Mine is getting millions of streams a day. Its singer is reaching new fans – and repairing her relationship with old ones
Laura Snapes
13, Oct, 2023 @10:00 AM
Kylie Minogue ‘bursting with joy’ as new single Padam Padam soars up charts
Track shunned by BBC Radio 1 and Capital when released finds singer a new audience via social media
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
31, May, 2023 @3:30 PM
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