United World Chart

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The United World Chart is a worldwide chart issued every week by Media Traffic, using both sales (digital and physical) and airplay to determine the most popular albums and singles in "the world". The United World Chart uses the same system as the Billboard Hot 100, in which the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; meanwhile the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday. The newest weekly chart is therefore issued every Thursday.

As of November 25, 2006 Media Traffic began displaying charts that traced back to 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago.

In March 2007, Media Traffic ranked "Candle in the Wind 1997" as the most successful song in music history.

Since its start in 1999, the first song to reach number one was "Believe" by Cher. As of March 10, 2007, the United World chart has had 106 number one hits.

The current number-one single is "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani featuring Akon.

The current number-one album is AI am BEST by Ai Otsuka.

Contents 1 Countries 2 Number one singles 3 Number one albums 4 Records: singles 4.1 Artists with the most number-one hits in the UWC history 4.2 Artists with most weeks at #1 4.3 Most number-one songs from an album 4.4 Artists with the most consecutive number-one hits 4.5 Artists with the most number-one hits in the same year 4.6 Artists with the most number-two hits 4.7 Most Number-One Singles in the 1960s 4.8 Most Number-One Singles in the 1970s 4.9 Most Number-One Singles in the 1980s 4.10 Most Number-One Singles in the 1990s 4.11 Most Number-One Singles in the 2000s 4.12 All Time Charts (Singles) 4.13 Most Successful Tracks (1999-2006) 4.14 Songs with most weeks at number one 4.15 Most time spent at the number-one spot by an artist in a year 4.16 Artist with most consecutive weeks at #1 4.17 Tracks with most weeks in the Top 10 4.18 Tracks with most weeks in the Top 40 4.19 Tracks with most points in a week 4.20 Artists with more than one single of the year 4.21 Artists to replace themselves at the number-one spot 4.22 Artists who have simultaneously occupied the top two positions at the track chart 4.23 Highest Debut 4.24 Artists who hit number one posthumously in the UWC 4.25 Additional Achievements 5 Cover Art of Biggest Single of the Year 5.1 1960s 5.2 1970s 5.3 1980s 5.4 1990s 5.5 2000s 6 Records: albums 6.1 Artists who have simultaneously occupied the top two positions at the album chart 6.2 Additional Records 7 Notes 8 See also 9 External link

[edit] Countries

Media Traffic consults the charts of various countries, namely:

Albania Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Belarus Brazil Bolivia Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia

Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador El Salvador Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Guam Hong Kong

Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Macedonia Malaysia

Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russia Serbia Singapore

Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Venezuela Ukraine United Kingdom United States

[edit] Number one singles

List of number-one hits (World)

[edit] Number one albums

Number-one albums on the United World Chart

[edit] Records: singles

[edit] Artists with the most number-one hits in the UWC history

1. Madonna (10)

2. Britney Spears (7)

3. Christina Aguilera (5)

4. Jennifer Lopez (5)

5. Celine Dion (4)

6. Destiny's Child (4)

[edit] Artists with most weeks at #1

1. 66 weeks - Madonna (with 10 Number One Singles)

2. 39 weeks - Beyoncé (with 6 Number One Singles)

3. 28 weeks - Britney Spears (with 7 Number One Singles)

3. 28 weeks - Shakira (with 2 Number One Singles)

4. 26 weeks - Celine Dion (with 4 Number One Singles)

5. 24 weeks - Christina Aguilera (with 5 Number One Singles)

[edit] Most number-one songs from an album

• 3 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1999-2000)
• 3 Madonna — Music (2000-2001)
• 3 Destiny's Child — Survivor (2001)
• 3 Britney Spears — In the Zone (2003-2004)

[edit] Artists with the most consecutive number-one hits

• 3 — Madonna (2000-2001)
• 3 — Destiny's Child (2001)
• 3 — Britney Spears (2003-2004)

[edit] Artists with the most number-one hits in the same year

• 3 — Destiny's Child (2001)

[edit] Artists with the most number-two hits

• 3 — Madonna (3) and Mariah Carey (3)
• 2 — Shakira (2)

[edit] Most Number-One Singles in the 1960s

1. The Beatles (2)

[edit] Most Number-One Singles in the 1970s

1. Abba (2)

[edit] Most Number-One Singles in the 1980s

1. Madonna (2)

[edit] Most Number-One Singles in the 1990s

1. Britney Spears (2)

1. Celine Dion (2)

1. Jennifer Lopez (2)

1. Christina Aguilera (2)

[edit] Most Number-One Singles in the 2000s

1. Madonna (8)

2. Britney Spears (5)

3. Destiny's Child (4)

[edit] All Time Charts (Singles)

1. Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
2. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
3. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
4. I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
5. Hey Jude - The Beatles
6. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
7. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
8. We Are The World - USA For Africa
9. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
10. Y.M.C.A. - Village People

[edit] Most Successful Tracks (1999-2006)

1. Cher - Believe (10,455,000 points)
2. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie" (9,769,000 points)
3. James Blunt - "You're Beautiful" (9,469,000 points)
4. Madonna - "Hung Up" (8,698,000 points)
5. Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (8,654,000 points)
6. Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" (8,541,000 points)

[edit] Songs with most weeks at number one

• 16 weeks

Los del Río - "Macarena" (1996)

Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998)

Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean- "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)

• 15 weeks

Elton John - "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997)

Cher - "Believe" (1999)

Madonna - "Hung Up" (2005)

• 14 weeks

Toni Braxton - "Un-Break My Heart" (1997)

• 12 weeks

Madonna - "Music" (2000)

Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" (2002)

Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable" (2007)

[edit] Most time spent at the number-one spot by an artist in a year

1. Madonna — 20 weeks with "American Pie" and "Music" in 2000 (8 and 12 weeks respectively.

2. Los del Río — 16 weeks with "Macarena" in 1996.

2. Celine Dion — 16 weeks with "My Heart Will Go On" in 1998.

2. Madonna — 16 weeks with "Hung Up" and "Sorry" in 2006.

2. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean — 16 weeks with "Hips Don´t Lie" in 2006.

[edit] Artist with most consecutive weeks at #1

1. Madonna 2005—2006 22 weeks with - "Hung Up" and "Sorry"

2. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean 2006 — 16 weeks with "Hips Don't Lie"

2. Los del Río 1996 — 16 weeks with "Macarena"

2. Celine Dion 1998 — 16 weeks with "My Heart Will Go On"

3. Elton John 1997 — 15 weeks with - "Candle in the Wind"

3. Cher 1999 — 15 weeks with "Believe"

4. Toni Braxton 1996 — 14 weeks with "Un Break My Heart"

[edit] Tracks with most weeks in the Top 10

1. James Blunt — "You´re Beautiful" (37 weeks)

2. Cher — "Believe" (28 weeks)

2. Maroon 5 — "This Love" (28 weeks)

3. Shakira - "Hips Don't Lie" (23 weeks)

4. Madonna - "Hung Up (22 weeks)

5. Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time" (20 weeks)

6. Beyoncé- "Irreplaceable" (19 weeks)

[edit] Tracks with most weeks in the Top 40

1. Daniel Powter — "Bad Day" (54 weeks)
2. James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" (52 weeks)
3. The Rasmus — "In The Shadows" (47 weeks)

[edit] Tracks with most points in a week

1. Madonna - "Hung Up" (548,000 points (week 51/2005))
2. Madonna - "Hung Up" (545,000 points (week 49/2005))
3. Madonna - "Hung Up" (541.000 points (week 50/2005))

[edit] Artists with more than one single of the year

Madonna and Shakira are artists with more than one single of the year on the year-end charts - Madonna with "True Blue" and "Music" in 1986 and 2000, and Shakira with "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie" in 2002 and 2006 respectively.

[edit] Artists to replace themselves at the number-one spot

As rare as it is for an artist to earn two singles of the year, only two artists have had the distinction of replacing themselves at the number-one spot. Madonna first accomplished this in 2006 followed by Justin Timberlake in the same year.

• Madonna: "Sorry" replaced "Hung Up" the week of March 11, 2006.
• Justin Timberlake "My Love" replaced "SexyBack" the week of November 25, 2006.

[edit] Artists who have simultaneously occupied the top two positions at the track chart

• Madonna and Justin Timberlake are the only artists to hold onto both the #1 and #2 positions.

• Madonna in March 11, 2006

1. "Sorry"
2. "Hung Up"

• Justin Timberlake in November 25, 2006.

1. "My Love"
2. "SexyBack"

[edit] Highest Debut

• Eminem's "Without Me" became a record breaker as well when it debuted at number 2 on the chart, making it the highest debut on the chart since its start.

• Beyonce and Shakira's 's "Beautiful Liar" came close after debuting straight to number 8.

[edit] Artists who hit number one posthumously in the UWC

• Elvis Presley is the only artist who has a number one single posthumously with "A Little Less Conversation" (August 31, 2002.)

[edit] Additional Achievements

• Cher's single "Believe" the best-selling single ever by a female artist and the best-selling single of all time since the chart's start.
• Artist with most Number One Singles
  • Madonna holds the record for most #1's (and female artist with the record), with 10 in total ("True Blue", "Open Your Heart", "American Pie", "Music", "Don't Tell Me", "Die Another Day", "American Life", "Me Against the Music", "Hung Up", "Sorry").
• Male artist with most Number One Singles
  • Justin Timberlake is the male artist with most #1's, with 3 in total ("Where Is the Love?", "SexyBack" and "My Love").
• Group with most Number One Singles
  • Destiny's Child are the group (and female group) with most #1's, with 4 in total ("Independent Women", "Survivor", "Bootylicious" and "Lose My Breath").

[edit] Cover Art of Biggest Single of the Year

[edit] 1960s

1966 Yellow Submarine so far [1] The Beatles

1967 I'm a Believer so far [2] The Monkees

[edit] 1970s

1976 If You Leave Me Now so far [3] Chicago

1977 Money, Money, Money so far [4][5] Abba

[edit] 1980s

1986 True Blue so far [6] Madonna

[edit] 1990s

1996 Macarena so far [7] Los del Río

1997 Candle in the Wind so far [8][9] Elton John

1998 My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion

1999 Believe Cher

[edit] 2000s

2000 Music Madonna	2001 It Wasn't Me Shaggy	2002 Whenever, Wherever Shakira	2003 Bring Me to Life Evanescence
2004 This Love Maroon 5	2005 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day	2006 Hips Don't Lie Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

[edit] Records: albums

[edit] Artists who have simultaneously occupied the top two positions at the album chart

• Ayumi Hamasaki is the only artist to hold onto both the #1 and #2 positions at the album chart.

• March 17, 2007:

1. "A Best 2 -White-"
2. "A Best 2 -Black-"

[edit] Additional Records

• Norah Jones' debut album "Come Away with Me" is the most successful album on the chart with 18,734,000 points.
• Both Dido and Evanescence hold the record for most weeks at #1, with "Life for Rent" and "Fallen."
• Norah Jones also holds the record for having an album stay the longest on the top ten, her debut album "Come Away with Me" stayed there for 61 weeks.
• Norah Jones also holds the record for having an album stay the longest on the top forty, "Come Away with Me" stayed there for 114 weeks.
• Norah Jones also holds the record for selling the most album units in a week, her album "Feels Like Home" sold 1,920,000 in its debut week.

[edit] Notes

It should be noted that the UWC only has charts available from 1966-1967, 1976-1977, 1986-1987, and 1996-present. [10][11][12][13][14]

[edit] See also

• List of official record charts

[edit] External link

• site