Leona Lewis breaks UK Chart Record! Most Top 5's from a British Female.
Leona has broken a UK chart record this week after her new single One More Sleep charted at 3 yesterday in the official charts, making it her 8th top 5 single.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a538691/leona-lewis-sets-new-uk-chart-record-with-christmas-single.html
It is surprising the figure is as low as that really, but still a well done to Leona for being the one too break it.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a538691/leona-lewis-sets-new-uk-chart-record-with-christmas-single.html
It is surprising the figure is as low as that really, but still a well done to Leona for being the one too break it.
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Now who has the best chance of equalling or beating her
Well from the list it would seem that Ellie Goulding and Jessie J have the best chance as they currently have six top 5 singles each. I imagine Adele will be in the mix too.
Most surprising for me though is that fellow x-factor winner Alexandra Burke has achieved five top 5 singles already from just eight releases, so she should be right in the mix too when she releases her new album next year:D
Still way behind Madonna who not only holds the record for the most top 5 singles ever for a female, but the most ever for any act in history- 46.
i am a massive madonna fan, but this about british females, just like you have already acknowledged. traditionally, international females have done better than our home grown acts, but i am pleased to see that finally starting to change.:)
Girlpower rules. :kitty:
You know, I was thinking surely Kate Bush must have had more Top 5 hits than 8 in her 35 year long career but, upon checking on Wiki I'm amazed that only 4 of her singles were Top 5! Incredible to think that so many classic songs of hers like Wow, Breathing, Army Dreamers, Cloudbusting, Hounds Of Love, The Sensual World and This Woman's Work didn't even get into the Top 10!! Craziness!
I was merely pointing out how astonishing Madonna's record is, I think that's a record that will be extremely hard to beat. I'd have thought that the record for a British female solo artist would be more than 8 top 5 singles, evidently I was wrong.
I too thought the record for the most top 5's by a British female would be a lot higher too. So many successful artists like Dusty Springfield, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Gabrielle, Kim Wilde - I thought they'd all have had way more than 8 Top 5's but clearly not. Surprising, and disappointing really. Anyway, well done to Leona, she's brilliant.
As for Madonna, definitely she's in a league of her own - her phenomenal success, when it comes to the amount of hit singles - will definitely be hard to beat by any female singer - anywhere!! She's amazing!
i appreciate that and it is indeed going to be difficult to beat.:) this is still a big achievement though for leona, because traditionally us brits have supported international female artists more for whatever reason. for instance, rihanna has already had 16 top 5 hits and over 20 top 5 appearances, if you count her featured credits.:o
according to that article, her closest opponents are olivia newton-john with 7 and petula clark, shirley bassey, cilla black, geri halliwell, louise,:o jessie j and ellie goulding all with 6 top 5 hits each. jessie and ellie seem the most likely challenge to her record, considering that line up.
Eerrr its 44 not 46:D
Well outside of the UK she is still
But no in fairness she seems to be getting back on track her next Studio Album proper will be an interesting one to watch, will she make it 9
Well it is, seeing as Olivia Newton John was the previous record holder it has obviously been a record that has taken some time to beat and Leona has done it. It is still an achievement and it was the Official Charts Company who wrote an article about it first.
Rihanna pushes an album out virtually every year though, Leona and Madonna don't do that.
Actually I was wrong, Elvis has the most top tens according to Wikipedia (54) and Madonna is second with 44.
I know for a fact that she holds the record for the most number 2 hits though!
Still surprised at the low number of top fives for British female solo artists all the same.
i never suggested either of them did. i just mentioned rihanna's successes as a recent international female example.
I never suggested that you said that either. That was a point I made separately.
well i am confused by the relevance of that point then.