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ROLLING STONES  (8 No 1s)
Week Ending ACT TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT
16 Jul 1964 Rolling Stones It's All Over now 1 1st No 1 The legendary rock group's first No 1 was written by Womack & Womack.
3 Dec 1964 Rolling Stones Little Red Rooster 1 2nd No 1 Originally a US soul hit in 1951.
18 Mar 1965 Rolling Stones The Last Time 3 3rd No 1 1st No 1 for the group's song writers Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
9 Sep 1965 Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 2 4th No 1 Recorded in Hollywood, it was their first US No 1.
4 Nov 1965 Rolling Stones Get Off Of My Cloud 3 5th No 1 Another US session. They were now international stars, second only to the Beatles.
26 May 1966 Rolling Stones Paint It Black 1 6th No 1 Drugs and other problems kept them off the top for the following two years.
19 Jun 1968 Rolling Stones Jumping Jack Flash 2 7th No 1 They returned to the top after 2 years with a Stones classic track.
23 Jul 1969 Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women 5 8th & last No 1 Their last, following the Beatles' last. They remained a global concert draw until the end of the century.

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KYLIE MINOGUE   (7 No 1s)
Week Ending ACT TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT
20 Feb 1988 Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky 5 1st No 1 Aussie soap star who made a successful music career with help from ace producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
7 Jan 1989 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan Especially For You 3 2nd No 1 They were popular co-stars in an Aussie soap, and this duet from the Stock, Aitken & Waterman team grabbed the Xmas/New Year sales.
13 May 1989 Kylie Minogue Hand On Your Heart 1 3rd No 1 Sticking to the same SAW formula, she got her hat trick of chart toppers.
27 Jan 1990 Kylie Minogue Tears On My Pillow 1 4th No 1 From her film "The Delinquents".  She continued making hits through the 90s, with a further seven Top 10s by 1994.
1 Jul 2000 Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 1 5th No 1 She returned to the top spot 10 years, 5 months after her previous No 1, and had a further three Top 10s by the end of 2000.
29 Sep 2001 Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out Of My Head 4 6th No 1 Consolidating her 2000s renaissance, she grabbed her 2nd chart topper of the decade.  One of the few acts to have had No 1s in three different decades.
15 Nov 2003 Kylie Minogue Slow 1 7th No 1 A sultry, moody track that marked a significant change in direction from her previous dance-based 21st century albums and singles.

 

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GEORGE MICHAEL  (7 No 1s)
Week Ending ACT TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT
18 Aug 1984 George Michael Careless Whisper 3 1st No 1 Despite Wham! success, George issued this solo track, which remains a love song classic.
19 Apr 1986 George Michael A Different Corner 3 2nd No 1 He was still with Wham!, but produced a further solo chart topper, and another love song classic.
7 Feb 1987 George Michael & Aretha Franklin I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) 2 3rd No 1 First No 1 for George that he did not write or produce.
7 Dec 1991 George Michael & Elton John Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 2 4th No 1 His first No 1 for nearly five years, and another duet!  This live recording and radio station favourite was a hit for Elton in 1974.
1 May 1993 George Michael & Queen with
Lisa Stansfield		 Five Live EP (Main Track: Somebody To Love). 3 5th No 1 He was in litigation with Sony at this time, so was not making studio recordings.  This was recorded live at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert of 1993.
20 Jan 1996 George Michael Jesus To A Child 1 6th No 1 His first hit for three years, after lengthy litigation with his record company.  From his come-back album "Older".
4 May 1996 George Michael Fastlove 3 7th & last No 1 His global success continued, despite controversial behaviour, with seven further Top 10 hits by 1999.

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MICHAEL JACKSON   (7 No 1s)
Week Ending ACT TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT
27 Jun 1981 Michael Jackson One Day In Your Life 2 1st No 1 Taken from the Motown archives, this gave Jackson his first solo No 1.  He had topped the chart with The Jacksons in 1977.
5 Mar 1983 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1 2nd No 1 From his multi-million selling album "Thriller".   This was his first No 1 away from Motown.
15 Aug 1987 Michael Jackson
with Siedah Garrett		 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 2 3rd No 1 First single release from his album "Bad".
23 Nov 1991 Michael Jackson Black Or White 2 4th No 1 The first single from his album "Dangerous".  The big-budget video included some incredible "morfing" sequences at the end.
9 Sep 1995 Michael Jackson You Are Not Alone 2 5th No 1 First of two chart toppers from his album "HIStory".   For his concurrent world tour, he dubbed himself the "King of Pop".
9 Dec 1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song 6 6th No 1 The first time he had scored two consecutive No 1s.  This hit, presented as a world conservation statement, was the 1995 Christmas No 1, and sold a million in the UK alone.
3 May 1997 Michael Jackson Blood On The Dance Floor 1 7th & last No 1 Track taken from his album of the same name.  One of his least successful albums of the previous 20 years.

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Decades Listings
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Music		 Record
Sales		 1960
-1964		 1965
-1969		 1970
-1974		 1975
-1979		 1980
-1984		 1985
-1989		 1990
-1994		 1995
-1999		 2000
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