The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2014, there were 20 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Highway to Hell" by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, which spent the last week of 2013 and the first of 2014 atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was a live version of Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast".
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2014 was "Centuries", the lead single from Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho, which spent a total of eleven weeks at number one during the year, including a single run of nine consecutive weeks. Royal Blood also spent eleven weeks at number one in 2014, ten of which were for "Little Monster" (the other one for "Out of the Black"). Twin Atlantic spent seven weeks at number one with "Heart and Soul" (five weeks) and "Brothers and Sisters" (two weeks), while The Pretty Reckless were number one for three weeks with "Heaven Knows". Six artists – Nickelback, Guns N' Roses, You Me at Six, Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters – were number one on the chart for two weeks in 2014.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.4 January"Highway to Hell"AC/DCColumbia11 January"Rockstar"NickelbackRoadrunner18 January25 January"Sweet Child o' Mine"Guns N' RosesGeffen1 February8 February"Lived a Lie"You Me at SixBMG Rights15 February22 February"Little Monster"Royal BloodWarner Bros.1 March"Fake Your Death"My Chemical RomanceReprise8 March"Little Monster"Royal BloodWarner Bros.15 March"Heaven Knows"The Pretty RecklessCooking Vinyl22 March29 March5 April"Little Monster"Royal BloodWarner Bros.12 April"The Edge"Tonight AliveSony19 April"Little Monster"Royal BloodWarner Bros.26 April3 May10 May17 May"Until It's Gone"Linkin Park24 May31 May"Little Monster"Royal BloodWarner Bros.7 June"Heart and Soul"Twin AtlanticRed Bull14 June21 June28 June5 July12 July"Enter Sandman"MetallicaVertigo19 July"Out of the Black"Royal BloodWarner Bros.26 July"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili Peppers2 August9 August"Here We Go"Lower Than AtlantisEasy Life16 August"The Negative One"SlipknotRoadrunner23 August"Brothers and Sisters"Twin AtlanticRed Bull30 August6 September"Little Monster"Royal BloodWarner Bros.13 September20 September"Centuries"Fall Out BoyIsland27 September4 October11 October18 October25 October1 November8 November15 November22 November"Something from Nothing"Foo FightersRCA29 November6 December"Centuries"Fall Out BoyIsland13 December20 December"Drown"Bring Me the HorizonRCA27 December"The Number of the Beast" (live)Iron MaidenEMI
See also 2014 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2014
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Singles at BBC Radio 1