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 2024, as well as singles which peaked in 2023 and 2025 but were in the top 10 in 2024. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One hundred singles were in the top ten this year. Fourteen singles from 2023 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar, "Luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms, "It Can't Be Christmas" by Tom Grennan, "Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson and "Messy" by Lola Young were all released in 2024 but did not reach their peak until 2025. "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan, "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Bublé were the songs from 2023 to reach their peak in 2024. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee charted in 2023 and re-entered the top 10 in 2024, but did not reach its peak until 2025. Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Artemas, Dasha, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Gracie Abrams were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2024.
Country music dominated the UK Singles Chart during the first half of 2024, with an unprecedented six country music songs entering the top ten in the space of four months, with "Texas Hold 'Em" by Beyoncé being the highest-charting of these, reaching number-one.
The 2023 Christmas number-one, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, remained at number-one for the first week of 2024. The song later returned to number-one in December 2024, and became the Christmas number-one for the second year in a row. The first new number-one single of the year was "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan. Overall, thirteen different songs peaked at number-one in 2024, with Sabrina Carpenter (3) having the most songs hit that position.
Background Multiple entries Ninety-nine singles charted in the top 10 in 2024, with eighty-six singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Merry Christmas" and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
"Murder on the Dancefloor" returns to the top-ten after use in Saltburn On 5 January 2024 (11 January 2024, week ending), Sophie Ellis-Bextor returned to the UK top-ten for the first time since 2007, when her 2001 hit "Murder on the Dancefloor" re-entered the chart at number 8. The song, which originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release, witnessed a resurgence in popularity following its use in the film Saltburn. The song also experienced its best ever streaming week, earning 293,000 weekly streams. "Murder on the Dancefloor" reclaimed its 2001 peak of number 2 the following week, and surpassed the previous week's best for Ellis-Bextor by earning the most one-week streams since its release, with 4.7 million UK streams over the previous seven days.
Madonna secures first UK top 10 single in fifteen years On 2 February 2024 (8 February 2024, week ending), Madonna secured her first UK top 10 single since "Celebration" in September 2009, thanks to her inclusion on "Popular", also featuring The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, after the song climbed to number 10 in the chart, having spent a total of 12 non-consecutive weeks inside the top 40 before finally breaking into the upper echelons of the chart. Madonna also earned her 64th top 10 hit in the process, extending her record as the female artist with the most UK top 10 singles.
Noah Kahan claims coveted Chart Double On 16 February 2024 (22 February 2024, week ending), Noah Kahan claimed the coveted Chart Double after his album Stick Season climbed to number-one in the UK Albums Chart while the album's title track of the same name spent its seventh consecutive week at number-one in the UK Singles Chart.
Beyoncé earns first UK number-one single in fourteen years and later secures second Chart Double On 23 February 2024 (29 February 2024, week ending), Beyoncé rose to the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Texas Hold 'Em" after debuting at number 9 the week before. The song became Beyoncé's fifth UK number-one as a solo artist (eighth overall) and her first number-one single in fourteen years, since "Telephone" (a collaboration with Lady Gaga) topped the charts in March 2010. The song initially spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, becoming Beyoncé's longest-running UK number-one single to date, before returning to number-one for a fifth non-consecutive week on 5 April 2024 (11 April 2024, week ending), after the album Cowboy Carter debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart, marking the second time that Beyoncé had secured the UK Chart Double.
Taylor Swift's chart dominance continues as she secures her third Chart Double Taylor Swift's dominance of the UK Singles Chart continued into 2024. On 26 April 2024 (2 May 2024, week ending), three tracks from her album The Tortured Poets Department debuted inside the top 5 of the chart, including her duet with Post Malone, "Fortnight", which became her fourth UK number-one single, whilst The Tortured Poets Department debuted at number-one in the UK Albums Chart, thus giving Swift her third Chart Double. "Fortnight" also became Malone's first number-one single in almost seven years, since "Rockstar" topped the charts in 2017. On 3 May 2024 (9 May 2024, week ending), a fourth track from The Tortured Poets Department, "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart", entered the top 10 at number 8.
Eminem achieves eleventh UK number-one single On 7 June 2024 (13 June 2024, week ending), Eminem's "Houdini" debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming his eleventh number-one single in the United Kingdom, making it on the par with Calvin Harris. During its first week of release, the single accumulated 104,800 chart units, including 13.3 million streams, the biggest opening week for a single of 2024 so far. The song remained at number-one the following week, and became Eminem's first single to spend two weeks at the top of the UK charts.
Sabrina Carpenter sets records On 21 June 2024 (27 June 2024, week ending), Sabrina Carpenter, at 25 years, 1 month, 1 week and 3 days old, became the youngest female artist to occupy the number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart simultaneously, after "Please Please Please" climbed to the top spot whilst her former chart-topper "Espresso" held at the runner-up position. "Please Please Please" was also the UK's most-streamed song of the week, totalling 9.8 million combined streams, whilst "Espresso" came second, with 8.1 million. On 5 July 2024 (11 July 2024, week ending), Carpenter set yet another record by becoming the first-ever female artist to secure three consecutive weeks at number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart concurrently. She also became only the second act to achieve this feat after The Beatles, who achieved the same feat on two occasions, managing three consecutive weeks at numbers one and two in 1963 with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" and again in 1967 with "Hello Goodbye" and Magical Mystery Tour (EP). She extended her record to four consecutive weeks on 12 July 2024 (18 July 2024, week ending), whilst "Please Please Please" was dethroned from the summit and "Espresso" rebounded to number-one for a sixth non-consecutive week, then set another record on 19 July 2024 (25 July 2024, week ending), when she became the first-ever female artist to occupy the top two spots of the UK chart for five consecutive weeks, and only the second to ever do so, after Ed Sheeran.
On 30 August 2024 (5 September 2024, week ending), Carpenter made history yet again by becoming the first-ever female artist to occupy the entire top three of the UK Singles Chart, after "Taste" debuted at number-one, becoming her third consecutive chart-topper, whilst "Please Please Please" and "Espresso" climbed back to numbers two and three, respectively. Carpenter also earned her first UK Chart Double as the parent album Short n' Sweet simultaneously debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 89,000 chart sales, the second highest first week sales for an album in 2024. Carpenter set yet another record on 6 September 2024 (12 September 2024, week ending), when she became the first female artist ever to occupy the top three spots of the chart concurrently for two consecutive weeks. On 20 September 2024 (26 September 2024, week ending), during "Taste"'s fourth week at the top spot, Carpenter made history again by becoming the female solo artist with the most combined weeks at number-one in the UK Singles Chart in a calendar year, with 16 in total, eventually extending her record to 21.
Charli XCX earns first number-one single in eleven years On 9 August 2024 (15 August 2024, week ending), Charli XCX debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Guess" which became her second UK number-one single, and first in eleven years since "I Love It" (with Icona Pop) reached the summit in 2013. The song also includes an appearance by Billie Eilish, who secured her third UK number-one single following 2020's "No Time to Die" and 2023's "What Was I Made For?".
Chase & Status secure first-ever number-one single On 16 August 2024 (22 August 2024, week ending), "Backbone", a collaboration by Chase & Status and Stormzy, debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, and became the first UK number-one single for Chase & Status and the fourth for Stormzy. "Backbone" was the most-streamed track in the UK during its first week of release, accumulating 6.4 million streams.
Oasis singles re-enter top-ten simultaneously after reunion announcement In August 2024, 15 years after their initial disbandment, Britpop legends Oasis announced that they would reform for performances in the UK and Ireland in July and August 2025 during their Oasis Live '25 Tour. In the wake of the announcement, sales and streams of their back catalogue increased significantly. On 6 September 2024 (12 September 2024, week ending), "Live Forever" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" re-entered the UK top-ten simultaneously, with "Live Forever" reaching a brand new peak of number 8, surpassing its original peak of number 10 in 1994.
Rosé becomes first K-pop female soloist to enter UK top-ten On 25 October 2024 (31 October 2024, week ending), Rosé of Blackpink became the first K-pop female solo artist to enter the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart with "APT.", featuring a guest appearance from Bruno Mars, which debuted at number four. The song later rose to a peak of number two.
One Direction singles return to the top-ten after death of Liam Payne Following the death of Liam Payne on 16 October 2024, two One Direction singles simultaneously returned to the top-ten on 25 October 2024 (31 October 2024, week ending). "Night Changes" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6, surpassing the song's original peak of 7 in November 2014. "Story of My Life" also charted at number 9, originally peaking at number 2 in December 2013.
"Last Christmas" claims Christmas number-one for the second year in a row