Who has the most Top 10 hits in the 80s in the UK?

Madness and The Police shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1980 with four hit singles each. Seven artists recorded three singles which reached the top 10 this year: ABBA, The Beat, Blondie, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Specials and UB40.

Who has the most hits in the 80s in the UK?

The Welsh rock 'n' roller, born Michael Barratt, was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s, and not just thanks to that festive perennial Merry Christmas Everyone. He had three other UK No. 1 singles, a chart-topping album and a track record proudly showing no fewer than 33 top 40 hits.

Who has the most Top 10 hits in the 80s?

Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs).

Who has had the most Top 10 hits in the UK?

This list shows the artists who have had the most top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart. Elvis Presley holds the record for most top 10 singles with 76, having first entered the chart in 1956 with his number two hit "Heartbreak Hotel".

Who has the most UK number 1 hits in the 80s?

Madonna had six number ones during the 1980s, more than any other artist.

The UK's Top 20 Hits of Each Year 1980-1984

What band had the most hits in the 80's?

Kool & the Gang

1 his, their ripples of popularity reached the Hot 100 on a regular basis. Earning that distinction 18 times with tracks like "Too Hot," "Joanna," and "Get Down on It," Kool & the Gang are a high quality 1980s mainstay.

What was the biggest UK hit of the 80s?

The 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid was the best-selling single of the decade, and also became the biggest selling single of all time in the UK.

Who has had the most Top 10 hits?

Madonna still holds the mark for the most Hot 100 top 10s in lead roles, encompassing her entire haul of 38 top 10s. Due partly to the collaborative nature of hip-hop, Drake has posted 25 top 10s as a lead and 15 as a featured artist.

Who has the most Top 10 singles ever?

Drake has broken the record for the most top 10 singles in the history of the US Billboard chart, overtaking previous record-holder Madonna. The Canadian rapper and singer scored his 39th and 40th top 10 hits on this week's countdown, as the vocalist on DJ Khaled's singles Popstar and Greece.

Who has the most Top 10 hits in the 90s?

Mariah Carey had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1990s (14 songs).

Who was the biggest selling artist of the 1980s?

As the decade's best-selling artist, it may come as a surprise to note that Michael Jackson only released two albums. However, it certainly helps out when one is the best-selling album of all time as his 1982 record Thriller has sold an astonishing 70 million copies worldwide.

Who sold the most albums in the 80s?

American singer Michael Jackson's 1982 Thriller became the best-selling record in the country for two consecutive years in the 1980s.

Who sold the most records in the 80s UK?

The biggest-selling album of the 1980s in the UK was Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits, which had sold more than 3.2 million copies by the end of 1989. Michael Jackson had the second and third best-selling albums of the 1980s, with Bad just overtaking Thriller by the end of the decade.

Who was the biggest band in the 80s UK?

Probably the most successful British pop band of the era were the duo Wham! with an unusual mix of disco, soul, ballads and even rap, who had eleven top ten hits in the UK, six of them number ones, between 1982 and 1986.

Who spent the most weeks in UK charts 80s?

This category contains chart weeks from 1980-1989. The single which was number one for the longest was Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, which spent a total of 9 weeks at number one during this decade.

Who has had the most number one hits in the UK?

The Beatles hold the record for the most number-ones singles by a group (with 17), while Madonna holds the record for a female artist (with 13).

What was the longest number 1 song in the UK?

The longest unbroken run at number one is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which spent 16 consecutive weeks in 1991.

Who is the best selling band of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales.

Who is the UK's most featured artist?

Today PPL announces its Most Played Charts of 2019, with Calvin Harris' track “Giant”, a collaboration with Rag 'n' Bone Man, the most played track of the year. The Scottish producer was also the second most played artist, behind Ed Sheeran.

What was the biggest 80S hit?

1. "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi (1986) "Livin' on a Prayer" is undeniably Bon Jovi's all-time greatest hit and a decade-defining rock classic.

What was the most played song in the 80's?