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Who was the first Black artist to have a UK number one hit?
Looking back at a pivotal moment in UK singles chart history, when Black pianist Winifred Atwell became the first Black artist to have a number one hit.
Who was the first musician to have a number one single as a solo artist and a band?
Among a litany of Billboard Hot 100 milestones and achievements, the first artist to reach number one in a band and later solo may surprise you.
Pulp score first UK number one album in 27 years with More
Over in the singles chart Alex Warren’s Ordinary has been knocked from the top spot by Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild.
The artists with the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100
Taylor Swift earned her 12th chart-topper in 2024, tying Madonna and The Supremes for the seventh-most No. 1 hits in ...
Pulp celebrates first number one album in 27 years
Rock band Pulp have achieved their first official number one album in 27 years with their new release More. The Sheffield band have not topped the album chart since they released This Is Hardcore in ...
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Alex Warren claims longest-running number one by US male solo artist in 70 years
YouTube star Alex Warren has claimed the longest-running number one single in the UK chart from a US solo artist in 70 years ... Ordinary is his only number one single in the UK chart, and ...
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Alex Warren’s Ordinary becomes joint longest-running Number 1 single of 2020s
It’s an Alex Warren takeover on this week’s Official Singles Chart, as the Cali-born breakout star takes Ordinary to an unprecedented 11th consecutive week at Number 1. In doing so, Ordinary ...