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Weeks in UK Singles Charts |
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The Boomtown Rats are one of the UK's most successful chart acts. I thought I'd make a comparison with some other well known artists. The Rats have spent a total of 123 weeks in the UK singles charts.
*In addition to the figures below, The Rats were in the charts for 26 weeks with Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. Bob Geldof has had 15 weeks of solo success, and has also appeared on 'We are the World' by USA for Africa(9 weeks), and 'Sun City' by AUAA(8 weeks). In total Bob Geldof has been in the UK singles charts for 181 weeks.
123 The Boomtown Rats (149 weeks if inc. Band Aid)
121 Commodores
121 INXS
120 Chris Rea
119 Dire Straits
116 Little Richard
114 Gerry and the Pacemakers
113 Three Degrees
112 Def Leppard
111 Bad Manners
110 Thompson Twins
109 Jamiroquai
107 Guns N' Roses
107 Soft Cell
106 Billy Idol
105 Smiths
104 Alice Cooper
104 James Brown
103 Marillion
101 Monkeys
100 Donovan
98 Lightning Seeds
97 Bing Crosby
96 All Saints
94 Eddy Grant
94 Osmonds
93 Louis Armstrong
90 New Kids on the Block
90 Eddie Cochran
89 Nik Kershaw
88 Sex Pistols
85 Deep Purple
83 Corrs
97 Grandmaster Flash
87 Simon and Garfunkel
87 Jimi Hendrix
86 James
85 Aerosmith
85 Go West
85 Echo and the Bunnymen
83 TLC
82 George Harrison
81 Sparks
81 Motorhead
78 Foreigner
77 Damned
72 Shania Twain
71 Chris De Burgh
70 Black Sabbath
70 Seal
70 Pulp
70 Pogues
68 Sade
68 Lenny Kravitz
65 Fugees
65 Faith No More
59 Metallica
57 Garbage
56 Eninem
56 Ian Dury and the Blockheads
53 Happy Mondays
52 Jesus Jones
51 Van Halen
51 Judas Priest
49 Primal Scream
43 Poison
41 Pearl Jam
39 Stiff Little Fingers
36 Nirvana
33 Dolly Parton
32 Foo Fighters
28 Iggy Pop
28 Motley Crue
24 Fun Lovin' Criminals
15 Bob Geldof
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