UK Chart hits
1952-2019

The Spotify playlist is missing only the 'Man / Woman' double A-side by Rosemary Clooney & Jose Ferrer. Note that as a result of there being only one double A-side between 1952 and 1954 and there being only one re-entry, by Winifred Atwell in 1954, the maximum playlist total (given the inclusion of the aforementioned AA-side) is the same as the total number of chart entries.

The Spotify playlist is missing only 'Twenty Tiny Fingers' by The Coronets.

The Spotify playlist is missing only 'Tiger Tango', the B-side of 'The Happy Whistler' by The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra. B-sides from 7" vinyl "45" singles qualify for inclusion if they are listed in the title of the UK release on Discogs and are included in the AA-side totals on this page and in the UK Chart Hits database on Statjam.uk's At A Glance website.

Frank Sinatra's 'Come Dance With Me' consisted of three separate four-track releases with reference material suggesting their sales were combined when calculating its chart position. Therefore this is considered to be one single 'EP' release.

The chart as published/broadcast was expanded to a Top 50 this year resulting in a significant increase of entries from the previous year.

A significantly higher number of double A-sides and/or EP singles is listed for this year.

The chart is expanded to a Top 75 from May 1978 onwards, resulting in a higher total of entries annually. The maximum playlist total would be 482 but for the AA side of Heatwave's 'Always And Forever / Mind-Blowing Decisions' being excluded, having also charted as an A-side single earlier that year.

The given total of 877 chart entries for 1984 includes two re-entries in January of singles that first charted in 1983 and had re-entered the Top 75 just a few weeks after their original chart runs had ended. These two re-entries are excluded from the playlist total.

A full, verifiable record of entries between 76 and 100 after April 1991 is not yet available for this year, resulting in a lower given total of entries than likely occurred and compared to the immediately preceding years.

A full, verifiable record of entries between 76 and 100 is not yet available for this year, resulting in a lower given total of entries than actually occurred. However, a number of entries between these positions are included from between September and December that year, taken from information provided on the UK Mix online forum.

Entries between 76 and 100 are listed in the Hit Music newsletter published at the time and archived on the World Radio History website although these may not yet be recognised by officialcharts.com. Although some entries cannot be verified, 1993 saw the highest total of Top 100 chart entries in a calendar year.

Two tracks that first charted in the final weeks of 2000 but then entered or re-entered the Top 75 in 2001 are excluded from this year's list of chart entries.

27 entries in the Top 75 this year re-entered the Top 75 later the same year with those latter re-entries excluded from the final total of 1,316 entries in 2002. Also excluded from that total are 22 official UK releases of tracks which initially entered the Top 100 on Import.

The overall number of actual double A-side releases may be over-counted. One track that first charted in 2002 but re-entered the Top 75 in the first week of 2003, two weeks after its initial chart run within the Top 75 ended, is excluded from this year's list of chart entries.

The overall number of actual double A-side releases may be over-counted. Three tracks that first charted in the final weeks of 2004 but then re-entered the Top 75 in January 2005 are excluded from this year's list of chart entries.

*Two tracks entered the chart in 2007 both as 'AA sides' and individual downloads, meaning two deductions from the actual total of eligible entries for the year.

*Two tracks entered the chart in 2008 both as 'AA sides' and individual downloads, meaning two deductions from the actual total of eligible entries for the year.

The given total excludes a small number of re-entries in January 2014 of tracks that had departed the Top 100 in December 2013. The tracklist order may be slighly adjusted for instances where several tracks from the same album charted in the same week.

The given total excludes a small number of re-entries in January 2015 of tracks that had departed the Top 100 in December 2014. The tracklist order may be slighly adjusted for instances where several tracks from the same album charted in the same week.

The given total excludes a small number of re-entries in January 2016 of tracks that had departed the Top 100 in December 2015. The tracklist order may be slighly adjusted for instances where several tracks from the same album charted in the same week.

The given total excludes several re-entries in January 2017 of tracks that had departed the Top 100 in December 2016. The tracklist order is slighly adjusted for instances where several tracks from the same album charted in the same week.