The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. Since 2014, the singles chart has been based on both sales and streaming, with the ratio altered in 2017 to 150:1 streams and only three singles by the same artist eligible for the chart. From July 2018, video streams from YouTube Music and Spotify among others began to be counted for the Official Charts. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2026, as well as singles which peaked in 2025 and 2027 but were in the top 10 in 2026. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Thirty-six singles have been in the top ten so far this year (as of 9 April 2026, week ending). Seventeen singles from 2025 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, "Where Is My Husband!" by Raye, "So Easy (To Fall in Love)" by Olivia Dean, "Opalite" by Taylor Swift, "Raindance" by Dave featuring Tems, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey, "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms and "Step into Christmas" by Elton John were the songs from 2025 to reach their peak in 2026. Bella Kay and Tame Impala are among the many artists who have achieved their first top 10 single so far in 2026.
"Last Christmas" by Wham!, originally released in 1984, returned to number-one in the first week of 2026. The first new number-one single of the year was "Where Is My Husband!" by Raye. Overall, six different songs have peaked at number-one so far in 2026, with Harry Styles (2) having the most songs hit that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is currently in the top 10.
Thirty-six singles have charted in the top 10 so far in 2026 (as of 9 April 2026, week ending) with twenty-nine singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Fairytale of New York", "Step into Christmas" and "Merry Christmas Everyone", which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
On 9 January 2026 (15 January 2026, week ending), "End of Beginning", written and recorded by actor Joe Keery under his stage name of Djo, rose to number-one in the UK Singles Chart, one week after re-entering the top-ten following the premiere of the Stranger Things season 5 . Originally released in September 2022 as a track on Keery's album Decide, the song was issued as a single in 2024 after gaining popularity on TikTok, and it had originally peaked at number four in the UK in March of that year. When the song finally hit the top spot, it enjoyed its biggest week on streaming in the UK, racking up 5.4 million combined streams.
On 30 January 2026 (5 February 2026, week ending), Harry Styles's "Aperture" debuted at number-one in the UK Singles Chart becoming his third number-one single as a solo artist, and his first since "As It Was" debuted at the top of the charts in April 2022. Additionally, on the UK Albums Chart, Styles' former One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson earned the number one album with How Did I Get Here?. This became the second time One Direction earned the UK Chart Double, the first in November 2012 when the single "Little Things" and the album Take Me Home simultaneously topped the UK Charts.
On 13 March 2026 (19 March 2026, week ending), Styles claimed the Chart Double for the second time in his career, after his single "American Girls" and the parent album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally simultaneously debuted atop the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart, respectively.
On 13 February 2026 (19 February 2026, week ending), Taylor Swift secured her sixth number-one single on the UK Singles Chart with "Opalite". The song had originally debuted and peaked at number two in October 2025, following the release of the parent album The Life of a Showgirl, which eventually became the first album by Swift to spawn at least two UK number-one singles after "The Fate of Ophelia" spent seven weeks at number-one.
On 20 February 2026 (26 February 2026, week ending), Sam Fender achieved his first UK number-one single with "Rein Me In", a duet with Olivia Dean, during the song's 18th week in the top 10. The song also set the new record for the most consecutive weeks in the top 40, with a 35-week climb to the top spot, a record previously held by Ed Sheeran with "Thinking Out Loud" in November 2014, which spent 19 consecutive weeks in the top 40.
Five artists achieved their first charting top ten single in 2026, either as a lead or featured artist.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top ten solo single.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2026, including singles that reached their peak in 2025. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2026 is also shown.