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 2026, as well as singles which peaked in 2025 and 2027 but were in the top 10 in 2026. 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).
Seventy-six singles have been in the top ten so far this year (as of 8 October 2026, week ending). Eighteen singles from 2025 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, "Where Is My Husband!" by Raye, "So Easy (To Fall in Love)" by Olivia Dean, "Opalite" by Taylor Swift, "Raindance" by Dave featuring Tems, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey, "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms and "Step into Christmas" by Elton John were the songs from 2025 to reach their peak in 2026. Bella Kay, Tame Impala and Ella Langley are among the many artists who have achieved their first top 10 single so far in 2026.
"Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, returned to number-one in the first week of 2026. The first new number-one single of the year was "Where Is My Husband!" by Raye. Overall, thirteen different songs have peaked at number-one so far in 2026, with Taylor Swift (3) having the most songs hit that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.
Background
Multiple entries Seventy-six singles have charted in the top 10 so far in 2026 (as of 8 October 2026, week ending), with sixty-eight singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Fairytale of New York", "Step into Christmas" and "Merry Christmas Everyone", which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
2024 top-ten hits witness a chart resurgence On 9 January 2026 (15 January 2026, week ending), "End of Beginning", written and recorded by actor Joe Keery under his stage name of Djo, rose to number-one in the UK singles chart, one week after re-entering the top-ten following the premiere of the Stranger Things season 5 finale. Originally released in September 2022 as a track on Keery's album Decide, the song was issued as a single in 2024 after gaining popularity on TikTok, and it had originally peaked at number four in the UK in March of that year. When the song finally hit the top spot, it enjoyed its biggest week on streaming in the UK, having 5.4 million combined streams.
On 11 September 2026 (17 September 2026, week ending), Dua Lipa witnessed a similar resurgence with her 2024 single "Training Season". The song, which originally peaked at number 4 in February 2024, re-entered the top ten at number 7 following a viral social media trend.
Harry Styles receives two number ones in 2026 and claims second Chart Double On 30 January 2026 (5 February 2026, week ending), Harry Styles's "Aperture" debuted at number-one in the UK singles chart becoming his third number-one single as a solo artist, and his first since "As It Was" debuted at the top of the charts in April 2022. Additionally, on the UK Albums Chart, Styles' former One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson had the number one album with How Did I Get Here?. This became the second time One Direction received the UK Chart Double, the first in November 2012 when the single "Little Things" and the album Take Me Home simultaneously topped the UK Charts.
On 13 March 2026 (19 March 2026, week ending), Styles claimed the Chart Double for the second time in his career, after his single "American Girls" and the parent album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally simultaneously debuted atop the UK singles chart and UK Albums Chart, respectively.
Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl continues to dominate, earns sixth Chart Double and more On 13 February 2026 (19 February 2026, week ending), Taylor Swift received her sixth number-one single on the UK singles chart with "Opalite". The song had originally debuted and peaked at number two in October 2025, following the release of the parent album The Life of a Showgirl, which eventually became the first album by Swift to spawn at least two UK number-one singles after "The Fate of Ophelia" spent seven weeks at number-one.
On 12 June 2026 (18 June 2026, week ending), Swift had her seventh number-one single on the UK Singles Chart with "I Knew It, I Knew You" from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack. This also became the first time in Swift's career where she received multiple number-one singles in a chart year, and she became the first international artist to secure multiple number-ones in 2026. On 19 June 2026 (25 June 2026, week ending), during the song's second week at number one, Swift claimed the biggest week of single sales in three years, with 71,000 units being achieved, surpassing the opening week of sales for "Aperture" by Harry Styles.
On 2 October 2026 (8 October 2026, week ending), Swift achieved the coveted Chart Double for the sixth time in her career after "Patient Zero" debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming her eighth UK number-one single, whilst The Life of a Showgirl returned to number-one in the UK Albums Chart following the release of its expanded edition, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore. Swift also debuted in the top 5 of the singles chart with "Cleveland!" and "Babylon" at numbers three and four, respectively.
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's "Rein Me In" becomes longest-running number-one single On 20 February 2026 (26 February 2026, week ending), Sam Fender achieved his first UK number-one single with "Rein Me In", a duet with Olivia Dean, during the song's 18th week in the top 10. The song also set the new record for the most consecutive weeks in the top 40, with a 35-week climb to the top spot, a record previously held by Ed Sheeran with "Thinking Out Loud" in November 2014, which spent 19 consecutive weeks in the top 40.
On 26 June 2026 (2 July 2026, week ending), almost a year after it had first debuted in the chart at number six, the single spent a fourteenth non-consecutive week at number-one, surpassing Alex Warren's "Ordinary" as the single with the most weeks at number-one in the UK in the 2020s.
On 10 July 2026 (16 July 2026, week ending), during its sixteenth non-consecutive week at the top spot, "Rein Me In" became the longest-running UK number-one single of all time by a British act, surpassing Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around", which spent fifteen weeks at number-one in 1994.
On 31 July 2026 (6 August 2026, week ending), "Rein Me In" surpassed Frankie Laine's 1953 hit "I Believe" to become the longest-running UK number-one single of all time, with nineteen non-consecutive weeks at the summit, eventually extending their record to twenty-three.
Olivia Rodrigo receives her fourth UK number-one single On 24 April 2026 (30 April 2026, week ending), Olivia Rodrigo received her fourth UK number-one single with "Drop Dead". The song became Rodrigo's first chart topper in three years, when "Vampire" topped the charts in September 2023.
Justin Bieber's chart resurgence following his Coachella performance On 24 April 2026 (30 April 2026, week ending), Justin Bieber entered the top-ten at number 3 with "Beauty and a Beat", a duet with Nicki Minaj, following Bieber's headline performance at Coachella 2026. Upon release, the song originally peaked at number 16 in October 2012 and became Bieber's 29th and Minaj's 16th UK top 10 singles, respectively. Bieber's song "Daisies" also returned to the top-ten at number 5, having originally peaked at number one in July 2025.
Michael Jackson's chart resurgence following the release of his biopic In May 2026, almost seventeen years after his tragic death, and following the release of the biopic Michael, Michael Jackson returned to the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart with several entries. On 8 May 2026 (14 May 2026, week ending), his 1983 hits "Billie Jean" and "Beat It", which originally peaked at numbers one and three, respectively, upon their initial releases, re-entered the top 10 at numbers four and ten, respectively. On 15 May 2026 (21 May 2026, week ending), Jackson's song "Human Nature" from the album Thriller, which had never been released as an official single in the UK, entered the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart at number six.
The Chemical Brothers return to the top ten following the release of Apex On 15 May 2026 (21 May 2026, week ending), The Chemical Brothers received their first UK top-ten single since 2005 when "Go", a song featured on their 2015 chart-topping album Born in the Echoes, rose to number seven in the UK Singles Chart almost 11 years after its initial release, after experiencing a surge in popularity due to its inclusion in the Netflix film Apex. When the song first charted in 2015, it had only peaked at number 46.
Ariana Grande has her first number-one in six years On 5 June 2026 (11 June 2026, week ending), "Hate That I Made You Love Me" by Ariana Grande debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grande's eighth number-one single. The song went on to become Grande's first number-one single in six years, since "Positions" topped the charts for six consecutive weeks in November 2020.
FIFA World Cup songs enter the top ten with Shakira securing first top-ten single in seventeen years On 17 July 2026 (23 July 2026, week ending), following England's defeat to Argentina in the semi-final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, three singles entered the top-ten amidst the short lived World Cup celebrations. This included "Wonderwall" by Oasis (2), "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds (3) and "Dai Dai" by Shakira and Burna Boy (5). "Dai Dai", which was the official anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, also became Shakira's first top-ten hit since September 2009, when "She Wolf" peaked at number 4. The next week, "Dai Dai" rose to a new peak of number 2 after Shakira and Burna Boy performed it alongside the Ghetto Kids during the 2026 FIFA World Cup final halftime show, making it the highest-charting official FIFA World Cup song in the UK.
Madonna and Kylie Minogue extend their respective chart records On 14 August 2026 (20 August 2026, week ending) Madonna and Kylie Minogue entered the top ten with their collaboration "Love Sensation", which debuted at number 8. The song became Madonna's 65th and Minogue's 37th top-ten single, respectively. The collaboration also became Madonna's highest-charting single since September 2009 when "Celebration" peaked at number 3, and became Minogue's second top-ten single in 2026 following "XMAS", which was the Christmas number-one of 2025.
Dolly Parton returns with three top 10 hits following her death as "9 to 5" becomes her highest-charting UK single ever On 28 August 2026 (3 September 2026, week ending), Dolly Parton posthumously returned to the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, following her death earlier that week at the age of 80, when "Jolene" re-entered at number 9 with a 364% surge in sales, having originally peaked at number 7 in June 1976.