"consecutive number-one hits. In addition, she became the first female artist to achieve four number-one singles from one album, ""Whitney"". To date, only four other albums by women have yielded four Hot 100 number-one hits; Paula Abdul's ""Forever Your Girl"" in 1988, Janet Jackson's ""Rhythm Nation 1814"" in 1989, Mariah Carey's self-titled debut in 1990 and Katy Perry's ""Teenage Dream"" in 2010. Houston also had the most number-one hits (7) by a female artist in the 1980s, a feat equaled only by Madonna. The song topped the chart for two weeks, and spent 18 weeks on the chart. It entered"
"the most weeks on the charts is Queen's ""Greatest Hits"", which has spent over 1000 weeks on the chart by January 2018. See List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart for full details. In 1980, Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a number-one album in the UK with ""Never for Ever"", as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to ""enter"" the chart at number 1. In August 2014 she became the first female artist to have eight albums in the Official UK Top 40"
"at number nine. With that, Rihanna became the fourth artist in UK chart history to make this achievement. On December 19, 2010, the song reached a new peak of number two, where it remained for three weeks before reaching number one on January 9, 2011. As a result, Rihanna became the first female artist in UK chart history to have a number-one single in five consecutive years and only the second artist overall to do so; the first was Elvis Presley, who posted number-one singles from 1959–63. It is also Rihanna's fourth number-one single in the UK. It was also"
"consecutive top-ten single since ""Like a Virgin"" (1984), which remains a record for any artist in British chart history. This string was broken by ""Take a Bow"", the second single which peaked at number 16 in the nation. However, it was a huge success in the US, topping the Hot 100 chart for seven weeks and is her longest-running number-one single on this chart. It was her 11th single to top the chart and her 23rd top five entry-both records for a female artist. She also replaced Carole King as the female who had written the most number one songs."
"Turn to You"", Melanie C achieved her tenth number-one UK single as a songwriter, equalling the record set by former bandmate Geri Halliwell. In addition, it made her the first woman to top the UK charts as part of a quintet, quartet, duo and as a solo artist. With ""Holler"", the Spice Girls' final UK number one, Melanie C became the first female songwriter to write at least 11 UK number-one singles. Melanie C held this record alone until Madonna achieved her eleventh number one with ""Hung Up"" in 2005, and then lost it when Madonna achieved her twelfth number"
"important that things are flawed ... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise"", and reiterated her prioritisation of her family life. Kate Bush Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer. Bush came to notice in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single ""Wuthering Heights"", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She"
"Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another chart topping hit in Switzerland and had a successful career as an Ivor Novello Award-winning composer, actress and television celebrity. Lyndsey Monckton Rubin was born to"
"gimmicks in Adele's music undermined the widespread perception that female performers have to conform to specific body-types, or imbue their music with gratuitous sexual imagery, in order attain success. In September 2011, Adele claimed ""Guinness World Records"" for becoming the first female artist to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five simultaneously. ""21"" also became the first album in UK chart history to reach sales of three million copies in a calendar year, and set records for the most consecutive weeks with a UK number-one album (solo female) with 11 weeks (overtaking Madonna's 1990 compilation ""The"
"Maiday Rachel Moulden, better known as Maiday (stylized as MΔîDΔY), is an English singer-songwriter from Worcestershire, now living in Bow, East London. Maiday has written for a number of other artists including Wretch 32, Leona Lewis, Girls Aloud and Josh Kumra. She co-wrote and produced the UK number one single ""Don't Go"" for Wretch 32 and her vocals have been featured on a number of international hits including ""Fade"" by Jakwob that became a top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart and on ""Skydive"" by Chuckie, a dance hit that has charted on European mainstream charts, notably in Belgium,"
"in the top two of the UK singles chart for over 6 years. Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera both headed their careers and released their début singles. February saw Britney start a phenomenon, her début single, ""...Baby One More Time"" sold 1.45 million copies in the UK, becoming the second largest selling single by a female solo artist and also the fastest selling single by a female solo artist, with 0.46 million copies shifted in its first week of sale. She became the youngest female artist to début at #1 on the singles and albums chart in the US. Her"
"Sarah Harding Sarah Nicole Harding (born Sarah Nicole Hardman; 17 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show """" on ITV. The programme announced that Harding had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls Aloud. The group has achieved massive success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six studio albums have all been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK, and"
"Kim Wilde Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith; 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author, DJ and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her debut single ""Kids in America"", which reached number two in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK number two hit with her version of the Supremes' song ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"", which also went on to be a major US hit, topping the charts there in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles"
"Kate Bush Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer. Bush came to notice in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single ""Wuthering Heights"", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She has since released twenty-five UK Top 40 singles, including the top-ten hits ""The Man with the Child in His Eyes"", ""Babooshka"", ""Running Up That Hill"", ""Don't Give Up"" (a duet with Peter Gabriel) and ""King of the Mountain"". She has released ten studio"
"is Laura Marling. Other successful acts have been Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Jake Bugg, Johnny Flynn, Noah and the Whale, Bon Iver, Ben Howard, and Alessi's Ark. English female soul singer Adele attained considerable popularity in Europe, Australia and United States in the early 2010s, where she had several number 1 hits during 2011 and 2015. Contemporary R&B, as well as classic soul, have defined much of the UK's mainstream music in the early to mid-2010s. Notable artists who encompass this sound include Jessie J and Adele. As with previous decades, pop has enjoyed chart domination, with popular instrumentalists, such"
"12 UK Number 1 singles, including the charity single as part of The Justice Collective, she is the second female artist – and the first British female artist – with most singles at number 1 in the United Kingdom, and with a total of 14 songs that have received the number 1 in Britain (including the double A-sides), Chisholm is the female artist with most songs at number 1 in the UK ranking history. Her work has earned her several awards and nominations, including a Guinness Book mention, three World Music Awards, five Brit Awards from 10 nominations, three American"
"Four Seven"", which was her last studio album to date. With a career spanning five decades, Turner has become one of the top-selling music artists of all time in rock music, having sold more than 200 million albums and singles to date worldwide.In the UK, she is the first female artist to have a top 40 hit in six consecutive decades. She has had a total of 34 top 40 hits. Tina Turner discography The following is a comprehensive discography of the American singer Tina Turner. Turner's overall discography consists of ten studio albums, two live albums, two soundtracks, and"
"were Anthony's last offerings. She eventually withdrew from show business, and with the birth of her daughter Jessica in 1968, she decided to concentrate on full-time motherhood. From then on she chose to live quietly in the north London area of Hornsey. In early 1991, Anthony lost consciousness after suffering a series of strokes and never recovered. She died in London's Whittington Hospital, Archway, on 5 January 1991, at the age of fifty-eight. Billie Anthony Billie Anthony (11 October 1932 – 5 January 1991) was a Scottish female singer. She is best known for her Top 10 hit version of"
"was interred with a Humanist funeral at Hendon Cemetery. She is listed on the official Grammy website under ""remembering the music people we lost in 2014–2015"". Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another"
"successful artist in the history of the chart, ranking her first in their list of the 100 top all time dance artists and Janet Jackson being the second most successful dance club artist of all-time; Madonna also holds the record for the most number-one songs, with 46. Katy Perry holds the record for having eighteen consecutive number-one songs. Perry's third studio album, ""Teenage Dream"" (2010), became the first album in the history of the chart to produce at least seven number-one songs between 2010-12, a record it held solely until Rihanna's eighth studio album ""Anti"" also produced seven chart toppers"
"kept out by poor sales in Northern Ireland. ABBA have reached the top spot in four ""consecutive"" decades, though this was with the same album (""Gold"") in the 1990s and the 2000s. For solo artists, Elvis Presley has scored UK number-one albums in five different decades (the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s and 2010s). In 1993, Cliff Richard became the first male solo artist to score UK number-one albums in four ""consecutive"" decades (the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s). In 2010, Kylie Minogue became the first female solo artist to have UK number-one albums in four consecutive decades (the 1980s, 1990s,"
"Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single ""Hot Right Now"", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studio album, ""Ora"", released in August 2012, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. The album contained the UK number-one singles ""R.I.P."" and ""How We Do (Party)"". Ora was the artist with the most number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart in 2012, with three consecutive singles reaching the top position. In January 2014, Adidas"
"(""Wind is autumn color"") reached the number-one spot on the Oricon charts. Haruomi Hosono also joined the production of her music. She eventually became the first artist to make 24 consecutive number-one singles, breaking Pink Lady's record. Other female idol singers achieved significant popularity in the 1980s, such as Akina Nakamori, Yukiko Okada, Kyōko Koizumi, Yoko Minamino, Momoko Kikuchi, Yōko Oginome, Miho Nakayama, Minako Honda, and Chisato Moritaka. Okada received the Best New Artist award from the Japan Record Awards in 1984. Nakamori won the Grand Prix award for two consecutive years (1985 and 1986), also at the Japan Record"
"Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single ""As Tears Go By"" and became one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States. Born in Hampstead, London, Faithfull began her career in 1964 after attending a Rolling Stones party where she was discovered by Andrew Loog Oldham. After the release of her hit single ""As Tears Go By"", she became an international star. Her debut album ""Marianne Faithfull"" (1965) (released simultaneously with her"
"three singles most highly but said that Bush would improve on the formula on later albums. Never for Ever Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer Kate Bush. Released in September 1980, it was Bush's first number 1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at number 1. It has since been certified Gold by the BPI. It features the UK Top 20 singles ""Breathing"", ""Army Dreamers"""
"Samantha Fox Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at age 16, she began appearing as a topless model on Page 3 of British tabloid newspaper ""The Sun"", and continued as a Page 3 girl until 1986. During this time, she became the most popular pin-up girl of her era, as well as one of the most photographed British women of the 1980s. In 1986, she launched a pop music career with her debut single ""Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"", which peaked at number-one in 17 countries."
"200 and two singles in the top five of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, as well as the first woman in the history of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist with ""Rolling in the Deep"", ""Someone Like You"", and ""Set Fire to the Rain"", all of which also topped the chart. ""21"" is the longest-running number one album by a female solo artist in the history of the UK and US Album Charts. In 2012, Adele released ""Skyfall"", which she co-wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name."
"voted number 33 in the top 50 sexiest brunettes poll in ""Nuts"" magazine. Released: 2013 Released: 2018 Lisa Maffia Lisa Maffia (born ""Lisa Finch Maffia"", 16 June 1979) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, fashion designer, model and presenter, who originally came to the public's attention as the main female member of So Solid Crew. Whilst in So Solid, the singer notched up five top 20 hits, including a platinum-selling single ""21 Seconds"" and a platinum selling album ""They Don't Know"". As a solo artist, she has released two top 10 singles and an award-winning album including the platinum selling single"
"July 2012, Adele was listed at number six in ""Forbes"" list of the world's highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30, having earned £23 million between May 2011 and May 2012. On the week ending 3 March 2012, Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at the same time with ""Rolling in the Deep"", ""Someone Like You"", and ""Set Fire to the Rain"" as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the ""Billboard"" 200 and two singles in the"
"entered into the ""Guinness Book Of World Records"", for having the most consecutive Top 10 hits in the UK for an all-female group. In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins re-entered the chart at #17 after many years, due to its use in the new UK Cadburys Dairy Milk advert. On 30 September, Radio 1 held a special UK Singles Chart edition for 40 years of Radio 1. Bruno Brookes and Mark Goodier, past presenters of the UK Singles Chart, played the biggest singles ever in the singles chart and showed highest stats from artists including Britney Spears, Gnarls Barkley,"
"Tina Cousins Tina Patricia Cousins (born 20 April 1971) is an English singer, songwriter and former model. She has had five singles in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, including ""Mysterious Times"" with Sash!, which reached number 2 in the UK in 1998. She has also achieved popularity in several other countries, including four Top 30 hits in Sweden, six Top 30 hits in Australia and seven Top 20 hits in Finland. Her other hit singles include ""Pray"" (1998), ""Killin' Time"" (1999), ""Forever"" (1999), ""Just Around the Hill"""
"Hazell Dean Hazell Dean (born Hazel Dean Poole, 27 October 1952) is an English dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading Hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top ten hits in the United Kingdom ""Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)"", ""Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"" and ""Who's Leaving Who"". She has also worked as a songwriter and producer. Dean was born in Chelmsford, Essex. She started her career in the mid-1970s and came to prominence in the following decade after many years as a club performer and working on the gay"
"top 5 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 simultaneously. Adele topped the 2012 ""Sunday Times Rich List"" of musicians in the UK under 30 and made the Top 10 of ""Billboard"" magazine's ""Top 40 Money Makers"". ""Billboard"" also announced the same day that Adele's ""Rolling in the Deep"" is the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years, topping pop, adult pop and adult contemporary charts and that Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists being Judy Garland, Carole King, and Whitney Houston). At"
"Susan Fassbender Susan Fassbender (1959–1991) was an English singer, songwriter and musician best remembered for the single ""Twilight Café"", which reached No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1981. Born Susan Whincup in Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 1959, Fassbender began studying classical piano, clarinet and timpani (later also playing synthesizer) at age 13. Eventually she met guitarist Kay Russell, who would become her songwriting partner throughout her career. Both women wrote lyrics and melodies together. Prior to their collaboration, Russell was with poet Nick Toczek in a Bradford-based new wave outfit called Ulterior Motives. After impressing their"