1,000 Number One Smash Hits

Last night night the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was back on his throne as Elvis Presley‘s “One Night” became Britain’s 1,000th No.1 single, The Mirror reports. It is Elvis’s 20th No.1 and secures his place as the best-selling solo artist of all time. But Sir Paul McCartney can claim to have featured on more No.1s than any other artist – 23 in total. He’s hit the top spot as a solo artist and as part of a duet, trio, quartet and quintet.

The best-selling female artist is Madonna with 10 No.1 hits and the best-selling single of all time is Elton John’s Candle In The Wind ’97 which sold 4,864,611.

Here is a run-down of the Madonna entires in the history of British No.1s – with dates listed as the day the track reached No.1

01 – #554 July 28, 1985 (4 weeks)
• Into The Groove

02 – #573 July 6, 1986 (3 weeks)
• Papa Don’t Preach

03 – #577 October 5, 1986 (1 week)
• True Blue

04 – #589 April 19, 1987 (2 weeks)
• La Isla Bonita

05 – #594 July 19, 1987 (1 week)
• Who’s That Girl

06 – #625 March 19, 1989 (3 weeks)
• Like A Prayer

07 – #644 April 8, 1990 (4 weeks)
• Vogue

08 – #786 March 1, 1998 (1 week)
• Frozen

09 – #850 March 5, 2000 (1 week)
• American Pie

10 – #872 August 27, 2000 (1 week)
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From an article by Jon Kelly And Nick Webster, Mirro.co.uk