Elvis - The UK's 'Most Successful Chart Act'

ELVIS still Officially Number One in the UK! EIN contributor Brian Quinn informs us that ELVIS is still the UK's "Most Successful Chart Act" in 2015, over 37 years after his sad demise. Below we provide the statistical details from the 'Official Charts Company (UK)' for April 2015. EIN contributor Brian Quinn has provided us with this great list showing that even in 2015, 37 years after his death - ELVIS is still Number One in the UK charts...

ELVIS still Officially the Number One in the UK!

EIN contributor Brian Quinn informs us that ELVIS is still the UK's "Most Successful Chart Act" in 2015, over 37 years after his sad demise. Official Charts Company (UK) has recently published its "Most Successful UK Chart Acts" and in 2015 Elvis is still way ahead of the competition.   The result is calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

Below are the detailed results as of April 2015

1. Elvis – 2638 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1336 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2033 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (856 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1908 weeks (686 weeks for singles) (1222 weeks for albums)
4. Madonna – 1836 weeks (740 weeks for singles) (1096 weeks for albums)
5. The Beatles – 1832 (461 weeks for singles) (1371 weeks for albums)
6. Queen – 1826 weeks (439 weeks for singles) (1387 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1670 weeks (649 weeks for singles) (1021 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1590 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1114 weeks for albums)
9. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 weeks for albums)
10. David Bowie – 1419 weeks (459 weeks for singles) (960 weeks for albums)

ELVIS’ UK CHART SINGLES 21 No.1’s 76 Top 10’s 140 Top 40’s 165 Top 75’s 80 weeks at No.1 386 weeks in Top 10 1062 weeks in Top 40 1302 weeks in Top 75

ELVIS’ UK CHART ALBUMS 11 No.1’s 49 Top 10’s 92 Top 40’s 119 Top 75’s 63 weeks at No.1 523 weeks in Top 10 1004 weeks in Top 40 1336 weeks in Top 75

NO.1 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 21
2. Beatles - 17
3. Cliff Richard and Westlife - both with 14
4. Madonna - 13
5. Take That - 12
6. Abba and Spice Girls - (both with 9)
7. Rolling Stones; Rihanna; Oasis and Eminem (all with 8)
8. Elton John; Kylie Minogue; McFly; Michael Jackson; Robbie Williams; U2; George Michael and Calvin Harris (all with 7)
9. Rod Stewart; Slade; Queen; Britney Spears; The Shadows; Sugababes; Boyzone; Blondie and David Guetta (all with 6)
10. Beyoncé; Black Eyed Peas; Tinie Tempah; Police; David Bowie; All Saints; Bee Gees; Will.I.Am; Dizzee Rascal; Flo Rida; Cheryl Cole; Bruno Mars; JLS and NE-YO (all with 5)

TOP 10 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 76
2. Cliff Richard - 68
3. Madonna - 63
4. Michael Jackson - 43
5. Kylie Minogue - 34
6. U2 - 33
7. Robbie Williams - 31
8. Elton John - 29
9. Beatles - 28
10. Eminem 27

NO.1 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Beatles - 15
2. Elvis   + Madonna; Rolling Stones and Robbie Williams (all with 11)
3. Bruce Springsteen; U2 and Michael Jackson (all with 10)
4. Queen; Abba and David Bowie (all with 9)
5. Bob Dylan; Oasis; Rod Stewart; Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. (all with 8)
6. George Michael; Cliff Richard; Take That; Eminem; Elton John and Westlife (all with 7)
7. Coldplay; Boyzone; Pink Floyd; Phil Collins; Genesis; Prodigy and Police (all with 6)

TOP 10 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 49
2. Cliff Richard - 42
3. Frank Sinatra - 39
4. Rolling Stones - 37
5. Bob Dylan - 36
6. Beatles and Rod Stewart (both with 33)
7. Elton John - 31
8. David Bowie - 29
9. Queen - 25
10. Status Quo and Iron Maiden (both with 23)

MOST NO.2 SINGLES 1. Elvis - 17 (8 of these were posthumous re-issues of tracks which had previously risen to No.1) 2. Madonna - 12 3. Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue (both with 11) 4. Rihanna and Michael Jackson (both with 7) 5. Boyzone; Oasis; Queen; Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake (all with 6)

MOST NO.2 ALBUMS
1. Rolling Stones - 10
2. Elvis + Elton John and Bon Jovi - (all with 7)
3. Madonna; Cliff Richard; Queen; Paul Weller; Smiths and Frank Sinatra - (all with 5)
4. Rod Stewart; David Bowie; Britney Spears; Iron Maiden; J.A.M.; Manic Street Preachers; Pet Shop Boys; Status Quo; The Who and Tom Jones (all with 4)


TOP 40 SINGLES ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 140
2. Cliff Richard - 124
3. Madonna - 71
4. Elton John - 65
5. David Bowie - 61
6. Diana Ross - 58
7. Status Quo - 57
8. Michael Jackson - 54
9. Queen - 53
10. Kylie Minogue - 49

TOP 40 ALBUMS ARTISTS
1. Elvis - 92
2. Frank Sinatra - 62
3. Cliff Richard - 60
4. Bob Dylan - 56
5. Beatles - 49
6. Rolling Stones - 48
7. David Bowie - 46
8. James Last - 45
9. Rod Stewart - 44
10. Elton John - 40

TOP 75 SINGLES ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 165 2. Cliff Richard - 135 3. Glee Cast - 100 4. Elton John - 83 5. Diana Ross - 78 6. Madonna - 75 7. David Bowie - 72 8. Status Quo - 66 9. Rod Stewart - 64 10. Michael Jackson - 62 TOP 75 ALBUM ARTISTS 1. Elvis - 119 2. Beatles - 70 3. Frank Sinatra - 67 4. Cliff Richard; James Last (both with 65) 5. David Bowie; Bob Dylan (both with 60) 6. Rolling Stones - 54 7. Diana Ross - 52 8. Neil Young - 50 9. Elton John; Rod Stewart (both with 46) 10. Status Quo; Neil Diamond - 42

ALBUM ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1
1. Beatles - 174
2. Elvis 63
3. Abba - 57
4. Rolling Stones - 45
5. Simon And Garfunkel - 40
6. Robbie Williams - 34
7. Michael Jackson - 31
8. Cliff Richard - 30
9. Elton John; Carpenters; Madonna and Take That (all with 29)
10. Rod Stewart - 28

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS AT NO.1 1. Elvis - 80 2. Beatles - 65 3. Cliff Richard - 46 4. Frankie Laine - 32 5. Abba - 31 6. Madonna; Take That (Both with 29) 7. Rihanna - 24 8. Elton John and Wet Wet Wet (both with 23) 9. Spice Girls - 22 10. Queen; The Shadows (both with 21)

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 386
2. Cliff Richard - 333
3. Madonna - 228
4. Rihanna - 212
5. Beatles - 188
6. Frankie Laine - 187
7. Michael Jackson - 154
8. The Shadows - 143
9. Elton John - 130
10. Eminem - 122

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 10
1. Elvis - 523
2. Beatles - 466
3. Cliff Richard - 333
4. Frank Sinatra - 316
5. Michael Jackson - 265
6. Rolling Stones - 264
7. Rod Stewart - 251
8. Simon And Garfunkel - 240
9. The Shadows - 229
10. Abba - 224

SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40
1. Elvis 1062
2. Cliff Richard - 970
3. Rihanna - 580
4. Madonna - 516
5. Michael Jackson - 437
6. Elton John - 415
7. The Shadows and Diana Ross - (both with 378)
8. The Beatles - 365
9. Rod Stewart and Frank Sinatra (both with 338)
10. David Bowie - 336

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 40 1. Elvis - 1004 2. Beatles - 958 3. Simon And Garfunkel - 816 4. Frank Sinatra - 744 5. Michael Jackson - 718 6. Rod Stewart - 714 7. Queen - 683 8. Cliff Richard - 678 9. Elton John - 655 10. Madonna - 636 SINGLES ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75 1. Elvis - 1302 2. Cliff Richard - 1177 3. Rihanna - 917 4. Madonna - 740 5. Michael Jackson - 686 6. Elton John - 649 7. Diana Ross - 569 8. David Guetta - 524 9. Kanye West - 516 10. Jay Z - 479

ALBUMS ARTISTS - WEEKS IN TOP 75
1. Queen - 1387
2. Beatles - 1371
3. Elvis - 1336
4. Michael Jackson - 1222
5. Rod Stewart - 1114
6. Madonna - 1096
7. Simon And Garfunkel - 1085
8. U2 - 1082
9. Abba - 1045
10. Elton John - 1021.

Spotlight info supplied by Brian Quinn.
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