List of UK top-ten singles in 2019
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. Since 2014, the singles chart has been based on both sales and streaming, with the ratio altered in 2017 to 150:1 streams and only three singles by the same artist eligible for the chart. From July 2018, video streams from YouTube Music and Spotify among others began to be counted for the Official Charts. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2019, as well as singles which peaked in 2018 and 2020 but were in the top 10 in 2019. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time.
One-hundred and six singles were in the top ten this year. Twelve singles from 2018 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi, "Own It" by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy, "River" by Ellie Goulding and "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas were all released in 2019 but did not reach their peak until 2020. "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey, "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus, "Rewrite the Stars" by James Arthur featuring Anne-Marie, "Sunflower" by Post Malone featuring Swae Lee and "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max were the singles from 2018 to reach their peak in 2019. Twenty-two artists scored multiple entries in the top ten in 2019. AJ Tracey, Billie Eilish, Lewis Capaldi and Troye Sivan were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2019.
The first number-one single of the year was "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max. Overall, eleven different singles peaked at number-one in 2019, with Ed Sheeran having the most singles hit that position. An asterisk in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.
Background
Non-mover top 12
The top 12 singles on the chart on 13 June 2019, were all non-movers. The singles included "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber at 1, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X at 2, "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi at 3, "Vossi Bop" by Stormzy at 4, "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish at 5, "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza featuring Goodboys at 6, "Hold Me While You Wait" by Lewis Capaldi at 7, "SOS" by Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc at 8, "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran featuring Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock at 9, "If I Can't Have You" by Shawn Mendes at 10, "All Day and Night" by Jax Jones, Martin Solveig and Madison Beer at 11 and "Location" by Dave featuring Burna Boy at 12.LadBaby back-to-back Christmas number-ones
vlogger LadBaby and his wife Roxy created a slice of chart history as they achieved a second successive Christmas number-one with their parody of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", re-titled "I Love Sausage Rolls". They had first topped the chart in 2018 with another parody single based on "We Built This City", raising money for the food charity Trussell Trust. They became only the second act after Spice Girls to score back-to-back Christmas chart toppers, and it was also the first time in history where two novelty singles reached Christmas number-one in successive years.On the flipside, the sales dropped off in its second week and the single fell to number 57, meaning they also joined Elvis Presley as only the second act to see two number-one singles fall out of the top 10 straight from the top spot. His reissued singles "One Night"/"I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never" from 2005 both dropped out of the top 10 the week after topping the chart. "We Built This City" had slipped from number-one to number 21 in the space of a week at the end of 2018).
As of December 2019, McFly’s "Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" from 2007, "A Bridge over You" by The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir and "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds are the only other songs to suffer this fate, with "I Love Sausage Rolls" the seventh single to join this list. "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir - released during the COVID-19 pandemic - became the 8th single to drop out of the top 10 straight from number-one in May 2020, falling to number 21 after one week.
Chart debuts
Forty-two artists achieved their first charting top 10 single in 2019. Four acts have had a second single reach the top 10: Russ, Tion Wayne, AJ Tracey, and Headie One. Aitch, Billie Eilish, and Burna Boy achieved two more chart hits in 2019. Lewis Capaldi had five more entries in his breakthrough year.The following table does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
Lewis Capaldi | 5 | "Someone You Loved" | 1 | "Hold Me While You Wait", "Grace", "Bruises", "Before You Go" |
Aitch | 3 | "Taste " | 2 | "Strike a Pose", "Buss Down" |
Billie Eilish | 3 | "Bury a Friend" | 6 | "Bad Guy", "Everything I Wanted" |
Russ | 2 | "Gun Lean" | 9 | "Keisha & Becky" |
Tion Wayne | 2 | "Options" | 7 | "Keisha & Becky" |
Burna Boy | 3 | "Location" | 6 | "Be Honest", "Own It" |
AJ Tracey | 2 | "Fashion Week" | 7 | "Ladbroke Grove" |
Headie One | 2 | "18Hunna" | 6 | "Audacity" |
Pinkfong | 1 | "Baby Shark" | 6 | — |
Gesaffelstein | 1 | "Lost in the Fire" | 9 | — |
J. Cole | 1 | "Middle Child" | 9 | — |
NSG | 1 | "Options" | 7 | — |
Jonas Brothers | 1 | "Sucker" | 4 | — |
Lauv | 1 | "I'm So Tired" | 8 | — |
Troye Sivan | 1 | "I'm So Tired" | 8 | — |
Steel Banglez | 1 | "Fashion Week" | 7 | — |
MoStack | 1 | "Fashion Week" | 7 | — |
Meduza | 1 | "Piece of Your Heart" | 2 | — |
Goodboys | 1 | "Piece of Your Heart" | 2 | — |
Lil Nas X | 1 | "Old Town Road" | 1 | — |
Chvrches | 1 | "Here With Me" | 9 | — |
Brendon Urie | 1 | "Me!" | 3 | — |
Madison Beer | 1 | "All Day and Night" | 10 | — |
PnB Rock | 1 | "Cross Me" | 4 | — |
Mist | 1 | "So High" | 7 | — |
Dominic Fike | 1 | "3 Nights" | 3 | — |
Social House | 1 | "Boyfriend" | 4 | — |
Lil Tecca | 1 | "Ransom" | 7 | — |
Joel Corry | 1 | "Sorry" | 6 | — |
Young T & Bugsey | 1 | "Strike a Pose" | 9 | — |
Regard | 1 | "Ride It" | 2 | — |
Tones and I | 1 | "Dance Monkey" | 1 | — |
Dermot Kennedy | 1 | "Outnumbered" | 6 | — |
Jorja Smith | 1 | "Be Honest" | 8 | — |
RANI | 1 | "Post Malone" | 10 | — |
ZieZie | 1 | "Buss Down" | 8 | — |
Lizzo | 1 | "Good as Hell" | 7 | — |
Arizona Zervas | 1 | "Roxanne" | 4 | — |
KSI | 1 | "Down Like That" | 10 | — |
Lil Baby | 1 | "Down Like That" | 10 | — |
Rick Ross | 1 | "Down Like That" | 10 | — |
S-X | 1 | "Down Like That" | 10 | — |
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Normani Kordei made her solo top 10 chart debut with "Dancing with a Stranger" by Sam Smith after following two top 10 hits with Fifth Harmony. Brendon Urie, the lead singer of Panic! At the Disco, had never previously achieved a top 10 single in over a decade career with his group, the closest to this milestone "High Hopes", peaked at number twelve in 2018. However, he made his solo top 10 debut by featuring on "Me!".
Songs from films
Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Sunflower" and "Don't Call Me Angel".Additionally, "Rewrite the Stars" by James Arthur and Anne-Marie also entered the top 10 at number 8, however despite being from The Greatest Showman, this entry was part of soundtrack. The original version was sung by Zac Efron and Zendaya in the film.
Best-selling singles
had the best-selling single of the year with "Someone You Loved". The song spent 21 weeks in the top 10, sold over 1,800,000 copies and was certified 3x platinum by the BPI. "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X came in second place, while Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's "I Don't Care", "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish and "Giant" from Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man made up the top five. Singles by Ava Max, Stormzy, Tones & I, Mabel and Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.Top-ten singles
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Entries | Artist | Country of origin | Weeks | Singles |
6 | Ariana Grande | 17 | "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", "Needy", "Boyfriend", "Don't Call Me Angel" | |
6 | Ed Sheeran | 33 | "I Don't Care", "Cross Me", "Beautiful People", "Take Me Back to London", "South of the Border", “Own It” | |
6 | Stormzy | 23 | "Vossi Bop", "Crown", "Take Me Back to London", "Own It", "Audacity", "Lessons" | |
5 | Lewis Capaldi | 39 | "Grace", "Someone You Loved", "Hold Me While You Wait", "Bruises", "Before You Go" | |
4 | Post Malone | 22 | "Sunflower", "Wow", "Goodbyes", "Circles" | |
4 | Dave | 7 | "18Hunna", "Streatham", "Disaster", "Location" | |
3 | Billie Eilish | 19 | "Bury a Friend", "Bad Guy", "Everything I Wanted" | |
3 | Burna Boy | 13 | "Location", "Be Honest", "Own It" | |
3 | Aitch | 11 | "Strike a Pose", "Taste ", "Buss Down" | |
2 | Taylor Swift | 5 | "Me!", "You Need to Calm Down" | |
2 | Khalid | 11 | "Talk", "Beautiful People" | |
2 | Miley Cyrus | 8 | "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart", "Don't Call Me Angel" | |
2 | George Ezra | 2 | "Shotgun", "Hold My Girl" | |
2 | George Michael | 4 | "Last Christmas", "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | |
2 | Russ | 3 | "Gun Lean", "Keisha & Becky" | |
2 | Tion Wayne | 3 | "Options", "Keisha & Becky" | |
2 | Jax Jones | 4 | "Play", "All Day and Night" | |
2 | Mabel | 10 | "Don't Call Me Up", "Mad Love" | |
2 | AJ Tracey | 15 | "Fashion Week", "Ladbroke Grove" | |
2 | Sam Smith | 13 | "Dancing with a Stranger", "How Do You Sleep?" | |
2 | Headie One | 2 | "18Hunna", "Audacity" | |
2 | Shawn Mendes | 13 | "If I Can't Have You", "Señorita" | |
2 | The Weeknd | 2 | "Lost in the Fire", "Heartless" | |
2 | Camila Cabello | 17 | "Señorita", "South of the Border" |