The UK Dance Singles Chart is a weekly music chart compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) from sales of songs in the dance music genre (house, drum and bass, dubstep, etc.) in record stores and digital downloads. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday.

This is a list of the songs which were number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart during 2016.

Chart history +KeyBest-performing dance single of the year Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) References 7 January "Sweet Lovin" Sigala featuring Bryn Christopher 14 January 21 January 28 January "The Girl Is Mine" 99 Souls featuring Destiny's Child & Brandy 4 February "Fast Car" Jonas Blue featuring Dakota 11 February 18 February 25 February 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 March "Say You Do" Sigala featuring Imani Williams & DJ Fresh 7 April "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" Mike Posner 14 April 21 April 28 April 5 May 12 May "This Is What You Came For" Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna 19 May 26 May 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June "This Girl" Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners 30 June 7 July 14 July 21 July "Don't Let Me Down" The Chainsmokers featuring Daya 28 July "Perfect Strangers" Jonas Blue featuring JP Cooper 4 August "Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ 11 August 18 August 25 August 1 September 8 September "Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 15 September 22 September 29 September 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 October 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 November 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29 December

– the single was simultaneously number-one on the singles chart.

Number-one artists PositionArtistWeeks atnumber one1 The Chainsmokers 182 Jonas Blue 93 Calvin Harris 64 Major Lazer 54 Mike Posner 55 Sigala 45 Kungs 45 Cookin' on 3 Burners 46 99 Souls 16 DJ Fresh (as featuring) 1

See also

List of number-one singles of 2016 (UK) List of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2016

References

External links Dance Singles Top 40 at the Official Charts Company UK Top 40 Dance Singles at BBC Radio 1