List of number one hits in the UK charts (2008)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 2008. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 100 and Albums Chart Top 100 as determined by the Official Charts Company . There were 21 number one singles and 35 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 2007 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			2009 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 23, 2007 - January 12, 2008 3 weeks 3 Leon Jackson When You Believe Stephen Lawrence Schwartz - January 13, 2008 - February 16, 2008 5 weeks 5 Basshunter Now You're Gone Jonas Erik Altberg - February 17, 2008 - March 22, 2008 5 weeks 5 Duffy Mercy Stephen Andrew Booker, Aimee Ann Duffy - March 23, 2008 - April 19, 2008 4 weeks 4th Estelle feat. Kanye West American Boy William Adams , Keith Harris, Joshua Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Roger Stephens , Estelle Swaray, Kanye O. West, Kweliebon Washington - April 20, 2008 - May 17, 2008 4 weeks 4th Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland 4 Minutes Floyd Nathaniel Hills , Madonna Louise Ciccone , Timothy Z. Mosley , Justin R. Timberlake - May 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008 1 week 1 The Ting Tings That's Not My Name Katie, Rebecca White, Julian de Martino - May 25, 2008 - June 7, 2008 2 weeks 2 Rihanna Take a Bow Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen , Shaffer Smith - June 8, 2008 - June 21, 2008 2 weeks 2 Mint Royale Singin 'in the Rain Music: Nacio Herb Brown ; Text: Arthur Freed - June 22, 2008 - June 28, 2008 1 week 1 Coldplay Viva la Vida Guy Rupert Berryman , Jonathan Mark Buckland , William Champion , Christopher Anthony John Martin - June 29, 2008 - July 5, 2008 1 week 1 Ne-yo Closer Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen , Shaffer Smith , Bernt Rune Stray, Magnus Torkehagen Beite - July 6, 2008 - August 2, 2008 4 weeks 4th Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance wiv Me Dylan Kwabena Mills , Calvin Harris, Nicholas Andrew Detnon, Tyrone Emmanuel Paul - August 3, 2008 - August 9, 2008 1 week 1 Kid rock All Summer Long Edward C. King , Gary Robert Rossington , Ronnie Van Zant , Warren William Zevon , Robert T. Wachtel , Matthew L. Shafer , Robert J. Ritchie , Leroy P. Marinell - August 10, 2008 - September 13, 2008 5 weeks 5 Katy Perry I Kissed a Girl Max Martin , Lukasz Gottwald , Katy Perry, Cathy Dennis - September 14, 2008 - October 4, 2008 3 weeks 3 Kings of Leon Sex on Fire Anthony Caleb Followill, Ivan Nathaniel Followill, Michael Jared Followill, Cameron Matthew Followill - October 5, 2008 - October 25, 2008 3 weeks 3 pink So What Alecia B. Moore , Max Martin , Johan Karl Schuster - October 26, 2008 - November 1, 2008 1 week 1 Girls Aloud The Promise Nick Coler, Miranda Eleanor de Fonbrune Cooper, Brian Thomas Higgins, Kieran Rhys Jones, Timothy Martin Powell, Jason Peter Resch, Carla Maria Williams - November 2, 2008 - November 22, 2008 3 weeks 3 X Factor Finalists Hero Mariah Carey , Walter N. Afanasieff - November 23, 2008 - November 29, 2008 1 week 1 Beyoncé If I Were a Boy Tobias Gad, Brittany Jean Carlson - November 30, 2008 - December 6, 2008 1 week 1 Take that Greatest Day Jason Thomas Orange , Howard Paul Donald , Gary Barlow , Mark Anthony Owen - December 7, 2008 - December 20, 2008 2 weeks 2 Leona Lewis Run Gary Lightbody, Mark Peter McClelland, Jonathan Graham Quinn, Nathan Connolly , Iain Archer - December 21, 2009 - January 10, 2010 3 weeks 3 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah Leonard Cohen -
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Albums

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Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) November 18, 2007 - January 5, 2008 7 weeks 7th Leona Lewis Spirit - January 6, 2008 - January 12, 2008 1 week 1 Radiohead In rainbows - January 13, 2008 - January 19, 2008 1 week 1 Amy Macdonald This is the life - January 20, 2008 - February 2, 2008 2 weeks 2 Scouting for girls Scouting for girls - February 3, 2008 - February 9, 2008 1 week 1 Adele 19th - February 10, 2008 - February 23, 2008 2 weeks 2 Jack Johnson Sleep through the static - February 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008 1 week 1 The feeling Join with Us - March 2, 2008 - March 8, 2008 1 week 1 Amy Winehouse Back to Black - The Deluxe Edition - March 9, 2008 - April 5, 2008 4 weeks (total 5) 5 Duffy Rockferry - April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008 1 week 1 SEM Accelerate - April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008 1 week (total 5) 5 Duffy Rockferry - April 20, 2008 - April 26, 2008 1 week 1 The Kooks Conc - April 27, 2008 - May 3, 2008 1 week 1 The Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement - May 4, 2008 - May 10, 2008 1 week 1 Madonna Hard candy - May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008 1 week 1 Scooter Jumping All Over the World - May 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008 1 week 1 Neil Diamond Home Before Dark - May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008 1 week 1 The Ting Tings We Started Nothing - June 1, 2008 - June 7, 2008 1 week 1 Usher Here I stand - June 8, 2008 - June 14, 2008 1 week 1 Paul Weller 22 dreams - June 15, 2008 - July 19, 2008 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - July 20, 2008 - July 26, 2008 1 week 1 Basshunter Now You're Gone - The Album - July 27, 2008 - August 2, 2008 1 week (6 in total) 6th Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - August 3, 2008 - August 16, 2008 2 weeks (8 in total) 8th ABBA ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits - August 17, 2008 - August 30, 2008 2 weeks (total 3) 3 The Script The Script - August 31, 2008 - September 13, 2008 2 weeks 2 The Verve Forth - September 14, 2008 - September 27, 2008 2 weeks 2 Metallica Death Magnetic - September 28, 2008 - October 11, 2008 2 weeks (4 in total) 4th Kings of Leon Only by the night - October 12, 2008 - October 18, 2008 1 week 1 Oasis Dig Out Your Soul - October 19, 2008 - October 25, 2008 1 week 1 Keane Perfect symmetry - October 26, 2008 - November 1, 2008 1 week 1 AC / DC Black Ice - November 2, 2008 - November 8, 2008 1 week 1 pink Funhouse - November 9, 2008 - November 15, 2008 1 week 1 Girls Aloud Out of control - November 16, 2008 - November 22, 2008 1 week 1 Il Divo The Promise - November 23, 2008 - November 29, 2008 1 week 1 Leona Lewis Spirit: Deluxe Edition - November 30, 2008 - December 6, 2008 1 week 1 The killers Day & Age - December 7, 2008 - January 10, 2009 5 weeks 5 Take that The Circus -
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Annual hit parades

← 2007 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			2009 →
Singles position# Albums Hallelujah Alexandra Burke Leonard Cohen 1 Rockferry Duffy Hero X Factor Finalists Mariah Carey , Walter N. Afanasieff 2 The Circus Take That Mercy Duffy Stephen Andrew Booker, Aimee Ann Duffy 3 Only by the Night Kings of Leon I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry Max Martin , Lukasz Gottwald , Katy Perry, Cathy Dennis 4th Spirit Leona Lewis Rock star Nickelback Chad Robert Kroeger , Ryan Anthony Peake , Michael Douglas Henry Kroeger , Daniel Patrick Adair 5 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay American Boy Estelle feat. Kanye West William Adams , Keith Harris, Joshua Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Roger Stephens , Estelle Swaray, Kanye O. West, Kweliebon Washington 6th Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna Sex on Fire Kings of Leon Anthony Caleb Followill, Ivan Nathaniel Followill, Michael Jared Followill, Cameron Matthew Followill 7th Day & Age The Killers Now You're Gone Basshunter Jonas Erik Altberg 8th Out of Control Girls Aloud 4 Minutes Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland Floyd Nathaniel Hills , Madonna Louise Ciccone , Timothy Z. Mosley , Justin R. Timberlake 9 Funhouse Pink Black & Gold Sam Sparro Jesse Rogg, Samuel F. Falson 10 Scouting for Girls Scouting for Girls
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The figures are based on the official UK Charts Company sales hit parades for the United Kingdom. The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

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• The Official UK Charts Company: Archive
• Annual hits: singles / albums

See also: Number one hits 2008 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , Mexico , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Sweden , the Switzerland , Slovakia , Spain , South Korea , Czech Republic , Hungary and the United States .