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 2015, there were 17 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Drown" by Bring Me the Horizon, the first single from the band's fifth studio album That's the Spirit, which spent the first two weeks atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was the 2003 release "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness, which reached number one for the week ending 17 December and remained there for the last three weeks of the year.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2015 was "Throne", the third single from Bring Me the Horizon's fifth studio album That's the Spirit, which spent a total of 14 weeks at number one during the year including a single run of 12 consecutive weeks. The band also topped the chart with three more singles, spending a total of 19 weeks at number one. Fall Out Boy's "Centuries" also spent 14 weeks at number one during the year, while the band spent seven more weeks at number one with the singles "Irresistible", "Uma Thurman" and "Immortals". Muse spent four weeks at number one with "Psycho", "Dead Inside" and "Mercy". "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness was number one for three weeks and AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" was number one for two weeks.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 January"Drown"Bring Me the HorizonRCA10 January17 January"Irresistible" Fall Out Boy Def Jam24 January"Uma Thurman"31 January"Centuries"Island7 February14 February21 February28 February7 March14 March21 March"Kids in the Dark"All Time LowHopeless28 March"Psycho" Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros.4 April"Dead Inside"11 April18 April"Centuries"Fall Out BoyIsland25 April2 May"Hallelujah"Panic! at the DiscoDCD2 Records/Fueled by Ramen9 May"Centuries"Fall Out BoyIsland16 May23 May30 May"Mercy"MuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.6 June"Centuries" Fall Out BoyIsland13 June"Immortals" Def Jam20 June"Uma Thurman"27 June4 July9 July"Thunderstruck"AC/DCColumbia16 July23 July"Happy Song"Bring Me the HorizonRCA30 July6 August"Throne"13 August20 August27 August3 September10 September17 September24 September1 October8 October15 October22 October29 October"Irresistible"Fall Out BoyDef Jam5 November"Bring Me to Life"EvanescenceEpic12 November"Throne"Bring Me the HorizonRCA19 November26 November"Centuries"Fall Out BoyIsland3 December"True Friends"Bring Me the HorizonRCA10 December"Sweet Child o' Mine"Guns N' RosesGeffen17 December"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"The DarknessMust Destroy24 December31 December
See also 2015 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2015
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