The UK Singles Chart was first compiled in 1969. As the many years passed, the recording trade concentrated more on album gross sales than singles sales. Musicians eventually expressed their artistic output in the type of full-size albums rather than singles, and by the Nineties many report firms stopped releasing singles altogether (see Album Cuts, beneath). Eventually, a track’s airplay points were weighted more so than its sales.
In phrases of a track’s working length, “All Around the World” by Oasis at 9 minutes and 38 seconds is the longest music to succeed in No.1. “What Do You Want?” by Adam Faith at 1 minute 35 seconds is the shortest. In addition, Ariana Grande is the first feminine artist to switch herself, and the first artist to replace herself at Number 1 for 2 consecutive weeks. The longest unbroken run at number one is “(Everything I Do) I Do It … Read More
