List of number one hits in the UK charts (2015)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts for 2015. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 100 and Albums Chart Top 100 as determined by the Official Charts Company .

The UK charts are published immediately after the sales week ends and are valid for the week following the sales week. The issue date is the last day of the week, i.e. the Saturday one week after the end of the sales week. Until the beginning of July, sales counted from Monday to Sunday, then Global Release Day was introduced on July 10th . There were new releases worldwide on Friday and the UK charts were shifted by three days. The chart week starting on July 5th has therefore been shortened to four days.

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Singles

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Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 28, 2014 - February 7, 2015 6 weeks (total 7) 7th Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk! Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker , Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence Right at the beginning, the unusual funk number topped one of the biggest hits of the year. It has been awarded triple platinum . February 8, 2015 - March 7, 2015 4 weeks 4th Ellie Goulding Love Me like You Do Max Martin , Savan Kotecha , Ali Payami, Tove Nilsson , Ilya Salmanzadeh The song owes its success to the much-discussed film Fifty Shades of Gray . For Goulding it was the second number one single after Burn in 2013. With 2.58 million views, it set a new streaming record in its debut week . March 8, 2015 - March 14, 2015 1 week 1 Years & Years King Olly Alexander , Emre Turkmen, Michael Goldsworthy, Mark Ralph, Andy Smith The top candidates for the breakthrough of the year according to the Sound of 2015 fulfilled the prophecy after just a few weeks. March 15, 2015 - March 28, 2015 2 weeks 2 Sam Smith feat. John Legend Lay Me Down James Napier , Sam Smith, Elvin Smith The performers of two of the biggest hits of the previous year got together and re-recorded Sam Smith's first solo single. For Smith it was the fourth and for John Legend the first number one position in the single charts. March 29, 2015 - April 18, 2015 3 weeks 3 Jess Glynne Hold My Hand Janee Bennett, Jess Glynne, Jack Patterson, Ina Wroldsen As a guest singer, the British had already been number one twice, the third own single brought her the first own number one. April 19, 2015 - May 2, 2015 2 weeks 2 Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth See You Again Justin Franks, Cameron Thomaz , Andrew Cedar, Charles Puth The second film number one of the year (from Fast & Furious 7 ) clearly surpassed Ellie Goulding's streaming record with 3.68 million views. As a guest at Payphone by Maroon 5 US rapper in 2012 was already at number one in the UK. May 3, 2015 - May 30, 2015 4 weeks 4th Granny Cheerleaders (Felix Jaehn Remix) Omar Samuel Pasley, Clifton Dillon, Mark Bradford, Ryan Dillon, Sly Dunbar The song had been in the charts for a full 14 weeks and had already reached number 37 before the official single release took place. After that, it first spent two weeks in second place before finally making it to first place. May 31, 2015 - June 27, 2015 4 weeks 4th Jason Derulo Want to Want Me Ian Kirkpatrick, Sam Martin , Lindy Robbins, Mitch Allan, Jason Desrouleaux The tenth UK top 10 single was the US singer's fourth number one hit in five years. With four weeks at the top, it was also his most successful hit. June 28, 2015 - July 4, 2015 1 week 1 Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne Not Letting Go Jermaine Jackson, Janee "Jin Jin" Bennett, Gareth Keane, Jess Glynne, Krishane Murray, Lewis Jankel, Patrick Junior Okogwu The UK rapper started his career in 2010 with two number one hits, and it took five years until his third number one song. In between he had also been successful as a guest rapper three times, so that he was now able to show Tinie Tempah half a dozen number one placements in the single charts. For Jess Glynne it was also the fourth top spot, the second this year. July 5, 2015 - July 11, 2015 1 week 1 Lost Frequencies Are You with Me Tommy Lee James, Shane McAnally, Terry McBride Felix De Laet, the DJ behind the name Lost Frequencies, was the first Belgian to reach number one on the British charts. The song is the dance version of a country song by Easton Corbin and achieved top placements across Europe. July 12, 2015 - July 16, 2015 1 week 1 David Zowie House Every Weekend Zack Toms, David Zowie Since the Global Release Day was introduced on July 10th and the chart week was postponed, the DJ from Kent had four sales days to achieve his number one position with this club track. However, its success was limited to the British Isles. July 17, 2015 - August 6, 2015 3 weeks 3 Little Mix Black Magic Ed Drewett, Camille Purcell, Henrik Michelsen, Edvard Erfjord It is the third number one hit for the girl group after their first two singles in 2011 and 2012. August 7, 2015 - August 13, 2015 1 week 1 one direction Drag Me Down John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott The boy band that emerged from The X Factor in 2011 had a dozen top 10 singles, and was number one for the fourth time. August 14, 2015 - August 20, 2015 1 week 1 Charlie Puth feat. Meghan Trainor Marvin Gaye Charlie Puth, Julie Frost, Jacob Elisha Luttrell, Nick Seeley Puth was best known for singing the number one hit See You Again earlier in the year. With a retro song and support from Meghan Trainor, who had a big hit last year with the retro song All About the Bass , he was number one for the second time. However, the US singer was in hardly any other country with the song as successful as in Great Britain. August 21, 2015 - August 27, 2015 1 week 1 Jess Glynne Don't Be so Hard on Yourself Thomas Barnes, Jessica Glynne, Wayne Hector , Peter Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn For the third time this year, the singer was in first place (once as a guest singer), after taking the top spot twice in the previous year. August 28, 2015 - September 3, 2015 1 week 1 Rachel Platten Fight song Dave Bassett, Rachel Platten The song became known through US television series and was therefore particularly successful in English-speaking countries. It only reached number one in Great Britain. September 4, 2015 - September 10, 2015 1 week (total 5) 5 Justin Bieber What do you mean? Jason Boyd , Mason Levy, Justin Bieber Not only is the song the young Canadian star's first number one hit in the UK, with 3.2 million streaming views in its debut week, it beat the previous launch record by 60%. Wiz Khalifa set the total record of 3.68 million hits in one week earlier in the year. September 11, 2015 - September 17, 2015 1 week 1 Sigala Easy Love Freddie Perren , Deke Richards , Alphonzo Mizell, Berry Gordy Jr. The second number one debut with a club hit owes its success to a sample from the song ABC of the Jackson Five . September 18, 2015 - October 1, 2015 2 weeks (total 5) 5 Justin Bieber What do you mean? Jason Boyd, Mason Levy, Justin Bieber - October 2, 2015 - October 8, 2015 1 week 1 Sam Smith Writing's on the Wall Samuel Frederick Smith, James John Napier This year Sam Smith had the honor of singing the song for the current James Bond film Specter . Although it was the 24th film in the series, it was the first time in the UK that the film hit number one. October 9, 2015 - October 22, 2015 2 weeks (total 5) 5 Justin Bieber What do you mean? Jason Boyd, Mason Levy, Justin Bieber - October 23, 2015 - October 29, 2015 1 week 1 KDA feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) A typical English club hit by the London DJ became a number one hit with prominent singing. October 30, 2015 - November 19, 2015 3 weeks 3 Adele Hello Greg Kurstin, Adele Adkins Her Bond song Skyfall narrowly missed the top in 2012, but after a lengthy hiatus, she managed her second number one spot and set a streaming record (7.32 million views) that nearly doubled the previous record. In week two it was still the second best ever (5.78 million). November 20, 2015 - December 3, 2015 2 weeks 2 Justin Bieber Sorry Justin Bieber, Sonny Moore , Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels , Michael Tucker The Canadian had to stand behind Adele for three weeks before he finally overtook her with the release of his new album. The singles had appeared at the same time, he was a week ahead of her on the album, but it only reached number 2. December 4, 2015 - December 24, 2015 3 weeks (6 in total) 6th Justin Bieber Love Yourself Benjamin Levin , Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran - December 25, 2015 - December 31, 2015 1 week 1 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir A Bridge Over You The number one Christmas hit of 2015
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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) December 14, 2014 - January 3, 2015 3 weeks (total of 13) 13 Ed Sheeran × The best-selling album of 2014 survived into the new year. January 4, 2015 - January 10, 2015 1 week (4 in total) 4th George Ezra Wanted on Voyage Ezra's album was third in the 2014 annual evaluation and was able to add two number one weeks at the beginning of 2015. January 11, 2015 - January 17, 2015 1 week (8 in total) 8th Sam Smith In the lonely hour With Sam Smith, last year's top 3 are complete. In the absence of prominent new releases, the best of last year has been bought. January 18, 2015 - January 24, 2015 1 week (4 in total) 4th George Ezra Wanted on Voyage - January 25, 2015 - January 31, 2015 1 week 1 Mark Ronson Uptown special The breakthrough for Ronson came in 2007 with the number two album version and two number two singles. The first number one album now came along with the number one hit Uptown Funk . February 1, 2015 - February 7, 2015 1 week 1 Meghan Trainor Title The song All About That Bass had been one of the biggest hits of the past year. The US singer's debut album followed the single at number one. February 8, 2015 - February 14, 2015 1 week 1 Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night A frequently covered musician has his eighth British number one album with a cover album of Frank Sinatra classics. There are more than 50 years between the first chart topper The Freewheelin 'Bob Dylan and Shadows in the Night . February 15, 2015 - February 21, 2015 1 week (8 in total) 8th Sam Smith In the lonely hour - February 22, 2015 - February 28, 2015 1 week 1 Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors With the debut album Night Visions , which had reached number two, and the single Radioactive , the US band had been in the charts for more than two years from 2012. The successor made it straight to the top of the chart. March 1, 2015 - March 7, 2015 1 week (8 in total) 8th Sam Smith In the lonely hour - March 8, 2015 - March 14, 2015 1 week 1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday Gallagher's Oasis follow-up project seamlessly builds on the successes with the band with the second number one album. March 15, 2015 - March 21, 2015 1 week (8 in total) 8th Sam Smith In the lonely hour - March 22, 2015 - March 28, 2015 1 week 1 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Until then, the US rapper had only appeared in the UK with one top 20 album and one top 20 single. Then To Pimp a Butterfly was not only released a week earlier than expected, but also set a new worldwide streaming record with 9.6 million views on the first day and then rose to number one. March 29, 2015 - April 4, 2015 1 week 1 James Bay Chaos and the Calm The singer has been under contract since 2012 and the breakthrough was predicted by Sound of 2015 . His song Hold Back the River was already released at the end of 2014 , after the election it became an international hit and came in second. The debut album reached number one in England and Switzerland and the top 10 in many other countries. April 5, 2015 - April 11, 2015 1 week 1 The Prodigy The Day Is My Enemy The techno band releases their studio albums at large intervals of five to seven years. Most recently, she was number one in 2009 with Invaders Must Die . April 12, 2015 - April 18, 2015 1 week 1 All time low Future Hearts The American pop-punk band was in the UK charts three times and rose to number one. April 19, 2015 - April 25, 2015 1 week 1 Paul Simon The Ultimate Collection 25 years after The Rhythm of the Saints and 50 years after his debut album, the US musician topped the British album charts for the fourth time with the best-of album. At the same time he toured Great Britain with Sting at the age of 74 . April 26, 2015 - May 2, 2015 1 week 1 Josh Groban Stages In eight attempts, the American did not get past number 8 in England, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's country he made it to the top of the chart with this album of musicals. May 3, 2015 - May 9, 2015 1 week 1 Blur The Magic Whip The former Britpop band broke up in 2004 after five number one albums. Later they performed together again and again, but only twelve years after the last album did they go back to the studio for album recordings. May 10, 2015 - May 23, 2015 2 weeks 2 Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind For the first two albums, the folk rock band had received 13 platinum awards in England and the USA alone. May 24, 2015 - May 30, 2015 1 week 1 Brandon Flowers The Desired Effect The American was already extremely successful with the Killers in Great Britain, even more than in his home country. His second solo album in five years was also the band's second UK number one album. May 31, 2015 - June 6, 2015 1 week 1 Will Young 85% proof As the winner of Pop Idol , Will Young helped trigger the casting show boom 13 years ago, the success of the sixth studio album was unbroken and for the fourth time it was at the top of the charts. For the first time, however, no single song could be placed in the single charts. June 7, 2015 - June 13, 2015 1 week (total 2) 2 Florence + the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful The singer's third studio album also reached number one in her home country and for the first time she also achieved this in the USA and Switzerland, among others. June 14, 2015 - June 27, 2015 2 weeks 2 muse Drones Five studio albums in a row brought the southern English band to the top of the charts in twelve years. June 28, 2015 - July 4, 2015 1 week (total 2) 2 Florence + the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - July 5, 2015 - July 9, 2015 1 week 1 Lionel Richie & the Commodores The Definitive Collection After Lionel Richie's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival , sales of the 12-year-old best-of album skyrocketed, and in 2003 the album had reached number 10. The US singer had already been number one in the album charts in England twice before, most recently in 1993 with the sampler Back to Front . July 10, 2015 - July 16, 2015 1 week (total of 13) 13 Ed Sheeran × - July 17, 2015 - July 30, 2015 2 weeks 2 Years & Years Communion The London band was already considered the biggest new discovery at Sound of 2015 and proved this with their debut album. Before that, they had a number one and number two single in the same year. July 31, 2015 - August 6, 2015 1 week 1 Chemical Brothers Born in the Echoes The drum-and-bass duo had been successful for 20 years and, apart from the debut album, every studio album reached number one. August 7, 2015 - August 13, 2015 1 week 1 The Maccabees Marks to Prove It The indie rockers rose with each album and with their fourth album in eight years they made it to the top of the charts. August 14, 2015 - August 20, 2015 1 week 1 Dr. Dre Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre 16 years earlier, one of the rapper's rare albums was released in 2001 , it reached number four, was in the charts for more than two years and was awarded triple platinum. The big name and the hype surrounding Compton , which was announced as the last album, brought Dre the first and thus probably only number one placement. August 21, 2015 - August 27, 2015 1 week 1 Cilla Black The very best of The singer who was successful in the 1960s (including two number one hits in 1964) died on August 1. The best-of album was released in 2013 for her 70th birthday. August 28, 2015 - September 3, 2015 1 week 1 Jess Glynne I Cry When I Laugh After five number one songs in just one and a half years, three of them as a guest singer, the debut album follows at number 1 on the album charts. September 4, 2015 - September 10, 2015 1 week 1 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Two years ago, the Canadian's debut album did not go beyond number 12, with the second album he was at the top, at least in English-speaking countries. September 11, 2015 - September 17, 2015 1 week 1 Iron Maiden The Book of Souls For the fifth time in total and for the second time in a row, the metal band is number one at home. In 35 years Iron Maiden, including all publications, has 40 chart positions. September 18, 2015 - September 24, 2015 1 week 1 Stereophonics Keep the Village Alive The Welsh have been successful in the UK for almost 20 years. After 2007, the streak broke from five number one albums, and with this album they returned to the top. September 25, 2015 - October 1, 2015 1 week 1 David Gilmour Rattle That Lock Gilmour had a number one placement as the head of Pink Floyd in 2006 with the solo album On an Island . Officially, this fourth solo studio album falls into the post-Pink Floyd era, as there are no more new releases by the band. October 2, 2015 - October 8, 2015 1 week 1 Disclosure Caracal - October 9, 2015 - October 15, 2015 1 week 1 Rudimental We the generation After the debut album two years earlier, the second album by the electro quartet from London also reached the top position. October 16, 2015 - October 22, 2015 1 week 1 Faithless Faithless 2.0 In 2011 the band had already broken up, to return this year they released this best-of album with additional remixed versions of their hits by Avicii and Armin van Buuren, among others . For the third time they reached number one on the British album charts. October 23, 2015 - October 29, 2015 1 week 1 Jamie Lawson Jamie Lawson The singer from the south coast of England had his breakthrough in Ireland in 2011. As the first musician to sign Ed Sheeran's new label, great success also followed in his home country. October 30, 2015 - November 5, 2015 1 week 1 5 seconds of summer Sounds good, feels good - November 6, 2015 - November 19, 2015 2 weeks 2 Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra If I Can Dream Even 38 years after his death, the "King" was still setting records. With his 12th number one album, he became the most successful male artist in the British charts, only surpassed by the Beatles . November 20, 2015 - November 26, 2015 1 week 1 one direction Made in the AM In the favor of young fans, the boy band back home was just ahead of Canadian Justin Bieber , who had released his album at the same time. The boy band made their fourth number one album in as many years. November 27, 2015 - January 14, 2016 7 weeks (total of 13) 13 Adele 25th With just over 800,000 copies sold in the first week of the chart, Adele set a new record. If you don't go to chart weeks but to the first seven days of sales, Oasis was still ahead with 813,000 copies of the album Be Here Now . However, that was 18 years ago. At that time the band got platinum for 600,000 copies, whereas Adele was already approaching triple platinum (3 × 300,000).
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Annual hit parades

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Singles position# Albums Uptown Funk! Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker , Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence 1 25 Adele Cheerleaders (Felix Jaehn Remix) Granny Omar Samuel Pasley, Clifton Dillon, Mark Bradford, Ryan Dillon, Sly Dunbar 2 × Ed Sheeran Take Me to Church Hozier Andrew Hozier-Byrne 3 In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith Love Me like You Do Ellie Goulding Max Martin , Savan Kotecha , Ali Payami, Tove Nilsson , Ilya Salmanzadeh 4th If I Can Dream Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra See You Again Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth Justin Franks, Cameron Thomaz , Andrew Cedar, Charles Puth 5 Purpose Justin Bieber Hello Adele Greg Kurstin, Adele Adkins 6th 1989 Taylor Swift Lean On Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. Mø Thomas Wesley Pentz , Karen Marie Ørsted , William Grigahcine , Philip Meckseper 7th I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne Hold Back the River James Bay Iain Archer, James Bay 8th Chaos and the Calm James Bay What do you mean? Justin Bieber Jason Boyd , Mason Levy, Justin Bieber 9 A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay Sorry Justin Bieber Justin Bieber, Sonny Moore , Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels , Michael Tucker 10 Wanted on Voyage George Ezra
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1. ↑ Wiz Khalifa claims fastest-selling single of 2015 with See You Again , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, April 19, 2015
2. ↑ OMI brings Cheerleader release forward due to popular demand , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, April 10, 2015
3. ↑ Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) in the UK charts
4. ↑ Reality hits number 1 spot in Belgium , Cloud 9 Holland Music Publishing, accessed September 27, 2015
5. ↑ Justin Bieber breaks Official Charts record with his first UK Number 1 What Do You Mean , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, September 5, 2015
6. ↑ Adele smashes Official Chart records with comeback single Hello , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, October 30, 2015
7. ↑ Adele says Hello to another week at Number 1 , Justin Myers, Official Charts, November 6, 2015
8. ↑ Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly breaks Spotify global streaming record , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, March 18, 2015
9. ↑ Paul Simon scores first Number 1 album in 25 years with The Ultimate Collection , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, April 19, 2015
10. ↑ Lionel Richie album sales soar following Glastonbury performance , The Telegraph, June 30, 2015
11. ↑ Jamie Lawson tops the Official Albums Chart: “I'm really over the moon,” Justin Myers, Official Charts, October 23, 2015
12. ↑ Elvis Presley scores new chart record with 12th UK Number 1 album , Justin Myers, Official Charts, November 6, 2015
13. ↑ Adele's 25 is officially the UK's biggest selling Number 1 album ever , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, November 27, 2015
14. ↑ Adele's 25 breaks Oasis' first week sales record , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, November 26, 2015
15. ↑ Certified Awards - A Timeline , BPI

Web links

• Current British Charts (Official Charts Company)
• Music Archives (Chart Archive Top 40)
• Biggest Songs / Biggest Artist Albums of 2015 (Official Charts Company)

See also: Number one hits 2015 in Australia , Belgium , Bulgaria , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , Mexico , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Poland , Portugal , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Spain , South Korea , Czech Republic , Hungary and the United States .