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Look back at all the Number 1 singles of 2020

Every song to reach the Official UK Chart Summit in 2020.
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2020 was an exciting year for singles, with a diverse selection of pop bops, huge charity releases and the rise and rise of TikTok hits. 

The year began with Stormzy at Number 1, who a week later scored the Official Chart Double with Own It and album Heavy Is The Head. "Honestly, I’m so grateful," the rapper said at the time. "Anyone who listens to me, supports me, buys my music, streams my music or comes to my shows, you lot have changed my life. Words aren’t enough, but thank you."

In February Billie Eilish debuted at Number 1 with No Time To Die, making her only the second artist to take a Bond theme to the top in UK chart history - and with impressive opening week chart sales of 90,000.

MORE: Every Official UK Number 1 single ever

2020 also saw TikTok make an impact on the Official Chart. Saint Jhn's Roses (Imanbek Remix), DaBaby's Rockstar ft. Roddy Ricch (the UK's Official Song of the Summer), and Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo's Savage Love were all boosted to the top spot, while more tracks including Doja Cat's Say So, Benee's Supalonely and Megan Thee Stallion's Savage were huge Top 10 hits thanks in part to the social media platform.

In December, Mariah Carey finally claimed the Number 1 with her festive favourite All I Want For Christmas Is You, while LadBaby scored the Official Christmas Number 1 - matching The Beatles and Spice Girls as the only other acts to land a trio of consecutive Christmas Number 1s.

DATE TITLE ARTIST WKS AT NO.1
09/01/2020 OWN IT STORMZY, ED SHEERAN & BURNA BOY 3
30/01/2020 GODZILLA EMINEM FT. JUICE WRLD 1
06/02/2020 BEFORE YOU GO LEWIS CAPALDI 1
13/02/2020 BLINDING LIGHTS THE WEEKND 2
27/02/2020 NO TIME TO DIE BILLIE EILISH 1
05/02/2020 BLINDING LIGHTS THE WEEKND 3
26/03/2020 ROSES SAINT JHN 2
09/04/2020 BLINDING LIGHTS THE WEEKND 3
30/04/2020 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE MICHAEL BALL & CAPTAIN TOM MOORE 1
07/05/2020 TIMES LIKE THESE BBC RADIO 1'S LIVE LOUNGE ALLSTARS 1
14/05/2020 TOOSIE SLIDE DRAKE 1
21/05/2020 ROCKSTAR DABABY FT. RODDY RICCH 2
04/06/2020 RAIN ON ME LADY GAGA & ARIANA GRANDE 1
11/06/2020 ROCKSTAR DABABY FT. RODDY RICCH 4
09/07/2020 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) JAWSH 685 & JASON DERULO 3
30/07/2020 HEAD & HEART JOEL CORRY FT. MNEK 6
10/09/2020 WAP CARDI B FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION 3
01/10/2020 MOOD 24KGOLDN FT. IANN DIOR 4
29/10/2020 LEMONADE INTERNET MONEY FT. DON TOLIVER, GUNNA, NAV 1
05/11/2020 POSITIONS ARIANA GRANDE 6
17/12/2020 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 2
31/12/2020 DON'T STOP ME EATIN' LADBABY 1

 

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Own It (7/12)
Godzilla (2/12)
Before You Go (-1/12) (WORST OF THE YEAR)
Blinding Lights (10/12)
No Time To Die (6/12)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (-1/12 for the song, 12/12 for the cause though)
Times Like These (same thing really, but this time the song gets a 5/10)
Roses (10/12)
Toosie Slide (0/12)
ROCKSTAR (5/12)
Rain On Me (10/12)
Savage Love (0/12)
Head & Heart (3/12)
WAP (11/12) (BEST OF THE YEAR)
Mood (6/12)
Lemonade (10/12)
Positions (9/12)
All I Want For Christmas Is You (5/12)

BEST 5:

1: WAP
2: Roses
3: Rain On Me
4: Blinding Lights
5: Lemonade

WORST 5 (not counting You’ll Never Walk Alone)

1: Before You Go
2: Savage Love
3: Toosie Slide
4: Godzilla
5: Head & Heart

Pretty good year for the charts in my opinion, I really liked the variety of different songs to get there.

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Piran

6

'Head & Heart' is an absolute favourite for me! :D

That song really made my summer, haha.

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PN

2

I kinda hoped that it would do what One Kiss did and be at least in the top 3 for the best-selling songs of the year, but I guess it was released too late for it to do something like that.
Hopefully it returns to the top 15 on Friday (if it wasn't for the Xmas songs, it would be somewhere near the top 20, so a top 15 return isn't a big prediction in my opinion)

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Piran

1

Yeah, time wasn't really on its side given that it came out in the middle of summer, but I'm hoping that it can somehow get an ACR reset after all of the Christmas songs inevitably drop out again next week! :P

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PN

2

It should do :)

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Piran

0

Awesome! I think 'Blinding Lights' could return to the Top 10 within the next week or two actually, haha. :)

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PN

2

I think so too. It's sad that there's no OCC update this week for us to find that out! Oh well, creates more suspense!

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Piran

0

Yeah, I think it's because today is a Bank Holiday due to Boxing Day falling on a Saturday this year. :)

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GS

2

Own it -Stormzy ft. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy (10/10)
Godzilla - Eminem ft. Juice WRLD (9/10)
Before you go - Lewis Capaldi (6/10)
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (9/10)
Roses [imanbek remix] - Saint Jhn (10/10)
No time to die - Billie Eilish (9/10)
You'll Never walk alone - Capt Tom Moore & Michael Ball (2/10 for the song 10/10 for the cause)
Times like these - R1 Live Lounge Allstars (4/10 for the song, but i appreciate it's for charity)
Toosie Slide - Drake (8/10)
ROCKSTAR - DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch (10/10)
Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (9/10)
Savage love - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo (6/10)
Head & Heart - Joel Corry & MNEK (8/10)
WAP - Cardi B & Meghan Thee Stallion (10/10)
Mood - 24KGOLDN ft. Iann Dior (10/10)
Lemonade - Internet Money ft. Don Toliver, Gunna & NAV (3/10 because it blocked aint it different)
Positions - Ariana Grande (7/10)
Don't Stop Me Eatin' - LadBaby (3/10)

BEST: Roses, WAP & Mood
WORST: You'll Never Walk Alone, Dont Stop Me Eatin & Lemonade

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JoeNak

2

19 #1's in one year. That's the most we've had in some time.

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GS

3

2020 & 2018 have been good years for #1 singles

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PN

1

If Don't Start Now hit number 1, and Positions wasn't number 1 for as long as it was, then this year would be absolutely perfect.
2018 was smashing as well - my favourite year of music (99/100 compared to 97.5/100 for 2020)

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Nomine Patris

-5

Another rubbish year. Music dies in 2010

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Tom Mix

-4

Yep, there or thereabouts.

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GS

4

No times have changed and music is different.

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Half Giant- Ethan

0

IK what you mean. Everything 2015 was for me where pop songs started blending in with each other, and then we saw the rise of rap a lot more, so for me I think -2014 is where it was at best, but these days I think it’s a case that the good songs now are better than the bad songs then, and the bad songs now are worse than the bad songs then, but music isn’t dead. These days, EDM, modern country and rap are very prevalent, and pop and RnB only get a small portion of the charts, but it doesn’t mean that music is dead.

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Nomine Patris

-3

You bored me as music since 2010 does

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Nomine Patris

-3

Now we have ugly sounds, not music. And lyrics are vulgar as ever.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

1

i’ll rank the number ones from trash, to pass, to smash! i won’t include the charity songs nor all i want for christmas is you.

- savage love is absolute GARBAGE. my worst song of 2020 and one of four 0/10 songs from this year.
- as for ladbaby... let’s not go there again.
- positions is annoying. i sense a load of talent in ari but she’s had a bad year. :/
- blinding lights and toosie slide... i liked them at first, but they aged really badly for me.
- head & heart and before you go are both decent. they haven’t aged as well as i would’ve liked but i still continue to stream them.
- rain on me is a vibe.
- own it and godzilla are both great, the latter is just mind blowing in the last verse!
- mood is another vibe.
- roses... one of the best edm songs of 2020!!
- rockstar and lemonade are both absolutely amazing trap bangers. i love dababy, roddy ricch and don toliver.
- no time to die blew me away, it’s one of eilish’s many 10/10s.
- oh, and how could i not forget about wap. you can’t deny it’s the greatest song of all time. the verses are fire, the beat is hard, and it’s been stuck in my head since august. 12/10.

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mic w

-7

Cetainly you have no taste if Wap is your favourite

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GS

2

You certainly have no taste if you get angry over other people's tastes

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Piran

4

Umm... I don't particularly like 'Wap' either, but having a taste different to mine is way better than being disrespectful to others. :/

Also, it's "certainly" not "cetainly". At least learn to spell before you troll other people (which is inexcusable anyway!).

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mic w

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I havent got angry on any reply unlike last christmas telling me to F Off. Geez some people are so one sided

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

1

bruh you can’t just come on here and say i have no taste for liking a song. it’s my opinion, everyone should be entitled to their own.

, i know a few people on here who don’t like that song but they still find my taste good! too bad you ain’t one of them.

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mic w

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You think i already did, but i aint gonna argue with you, you like WAP and i dont. We cant always like the same. And thats my opinion

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Piran

2

"oh, and how could i not forget about wap. you can’t deny it’s the greatest song of all time."

So much for 'When The Party's Over' having that title for you then! :P

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

1

lol i was being sarcastic, obviously it’s when the party’s over, but i do love wap 😂

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Piran

1

I think you misspelt 'Love Story'! ;)

Seriously though, I love 'When The Party's Over' too! I can't say the same about 'Wap' though, haha.

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Azra Memić

-6

OMG! So many trash songs.