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Paul McCartney is the most successful albums act in UK Official Chart history. The Liverpool-born ex-Beatle has achieved an incredible 22 Number 1s across his career, including collaborations with wife Linda, his band Wings, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, the Frog Chorus and Rihanna/Kanye West.

On 5 June 2026, Paul McCartney extended his lead as the most successful albums act of all time on the Official Chart, adding yet another Number 1 to his tally with The Boys of Dungeon Lane. With Paul’s 20th solo LP, he builds on his title, now boasting an incredible 24 Number 1 albums across a career spanning seven decades. 

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PAUL MCCARTNEY Songs stats

UK No1s
3
UK Top 10s
16
UK Top 40s
37
UK Top 75s
44
Weeks at No1
8
Weeks in the Top 10
69
Weeks in the Top 40
253
Weeks in the Top 75
371

PAUL MCCARTNEY Albums stats

UK No1s
8
UK Top 10s
23
UK Top 40s
31
UK Top 75s
38
Weeks at No1
17
Weeks in the Top 10
136
Weeks in the Top 40
316
Weeks in the Top 75
423

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Dan Gerous

0

Can you add all the 'Wings' hits into Sir Macca's list please as they used to in 'The Guiness Book Of Hits' books back in the day? Even Paul himself acknowledges 'Wings' as being part of his 'solo' discography as when Wings albums get reissued they are under the 'Paul McCartney Archive Collection' banner!

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Abe Cedenko

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So the songs he wrote with John Lennon (and without him) while he was with the Beatles don't count either?
Stupid useless list

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Oscar Kevin Bellott Portugal

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Wtf! McCartney has so much more hits, where are they!?

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Jeremy Dunford

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Why is Mull of Kintyre not on the list?

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Velvet Android

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It's credited as a Wings hit. Chart books (like the Guinness British Hit Singles series) traditionally grouped it all together under the same entry as McCartney's solo hits, as the billing of his '70s stuff tended to be a bit fluid – "Paul McCartney" » "Paul McCartney & Wings" » "Wings". On this site, though, the OCC have treated them as separate acts and hence the stuff credited purely as Wings (like Mull of Kintyre, Hi Hi Hi, My Love, Listen to What the Man Said, Silly Love Songs, Let 'Em In, most of their albums) only appears on their separate artist page.

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Jeremy Dunford

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Wrong Jeremy Dunford

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Velvet Android

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That's weird... Do you mean you're not the Jeremy Dunford who posted the comment that I replied to, even though both 'your' comments appear as the same person – like the other one's posting history has been merged into yours or something??

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Jeremy Dunford

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It seems so, their icon was an alien or something.

I haven’t made any comment on the subject.

Jeremy Dunford (but not that one).

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Jeremy Dunford

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Actually it was a South Park character looking at it with my glasses on.

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Jeremy Dunford

1

Looking it at the comment was a year ago. Now wondering if one of my sons got at my iPad. They roll their eyes when I bang on about Beatles/Macca stuff.

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Velvet Android

1

Haha, well that clears that one up! If they're still wondering about Mull of Kintyre, now you can let them know :)

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Paul

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Also artists who released singles and albums pre 1978 are at a disadvantage when it comes to the amount of weeks spent on the charts because there was only an official Top 50 then and only an official Top 20 before that. Where as since 1978 it became the Top 75 so it's a bit unfair when they calculate the amount of weeks spent on the charts.

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safemouse

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Paul is right but this is going to cause people to think McCartney has been far less successful than he has, as it splits Wings stuff into two. Anyway, in practice Wings were whatever quasi-session musicians Paul was working with at the time. It was always Paul plus whoever.

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Paul

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It's true. It can give the wrong impression and some reference books like Virgin's The Official Hit Singles group all the McCartney and Wings chart listings together.

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Martin Clarke

1

Partly true but you are giving Denny Laine a huge disservice in saying that it was only McCartney.

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Paul

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The Wings catalogue is a bit confusing. McCartney would often alternate between using the Wings name on it's own or as Paul McCartney and Wings. So the listings are in fact correct on here.

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markbradley

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This is just silly.If you are going to use 'Paul McCartney AND Wings',all Paul McCartney collaborations with the likes of Stevie Wonder AND Michael Jackson and even Kanye West .....why are you not using the 'Wings' alone?...which includes quite a few monster hits including possibly the biggest selling 'non charity'single in the history of the UK chart 'Mull of Kyntre' and was number one for months in 1977/1978...........strange logic

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Brian Quinn

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Fully agree. This is nonsense. Elvis and Madonna are the joint top solo artists with the Most UK No.1 albums with 12 each. One cannot add two separate chart acts together.

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Matt Eden

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Yeah and whilst you're at it why not include The Beatles as well!

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Vernon Smithjr

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Oh I see...yeh Live and Let Die is listed under Wings and under Paul McCartney, but Mull ain't....wrird

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Bengy

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Where is the 1972 RAM album?
Why are the WINGS singles and albums not included here?