Talk:List of artists who reached number one on the UK singles chart

Multiple issues
Many of the acts on the following list may only be backing singers, additional vocalists, guest vocalists, instrumentalists and so on, therefore they might no be credited on the main artist's records, in reference guides, web pages etc. but please don't remove them in thinking that they're not supposed to be there without firstly talking to others about it on the discussion page.
 * I don't see why this is written in the article - it should be kept to the talkpage (which amazingly I am creating after over two years of edits to the main page). There are several problems with this article. First of all, I like the boxed out A section, but where is the rest - why start something that you're not going to finish? It even gives up before the end of the A section - with no mention of how many No.1s the later artists have had (Atomic Kitten for example).
 * Other inclusions seem ridiculous. It lists Ali and Robin Campbell as being uncredited vocalists on a No.1 - why mention them if they're uncredited? What about the three No.1s they had as part of UB40 if you're going to mention that. I also spotted John Barnes as part of Englandneworder. Why mention just him? If you're going to mention artists who have sung on a record, then you'd need to mention every member of every group that's reached No.1.
 * St Winifred's School Choir has had 2 No.1s? This is news to me. I am fully aware that they sung backing vocals on another - but how does that count? Including this would then necessitate the inclusion of everyone who's contributed to a No.1 song (backing singers, musicians, anonymous session vocalists, samples etc). This article has a number of issues. Not least the very first line: The following is a list of artists that have had 5 no.1's in the United Kingdom. Anyone explain?--Tuzapicabit (talk) 01:47, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree, this is an absolute mess. The introduction makes no sense at all, mentioning something about artists having 5 number ones. If anyone can save this then good luck to them! Cls14 (talk) 20:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Missed several artists
Important musicians like Little Mix and John Newman were missing, even though both have had two number ones each. I have added both, but work needs to be done still. Needs an expansion.--86.149.57.208 (talk) 22:46, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

keeping up to date
There doesn't seem to be any easy way of checking which number ones are missing because you can't sort them chronologically. Lots are missing. any ideas? Btljs (talk) 11:01, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

I've been back through 2015 and 2014 filling in the missing artists, working from http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/ My criterion is: if they're individually named ('featuring', 'with' etc. it doesn't matter) then they get an individual entry in the list. Uncredited as a note on the main artist's entry only. Btljs (talk) 08:24, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

uncredited artists
"NOTE: Do not remove uncredited artists without first discussing on the talk page."

OK I'm opening it for discussion but see the arguments against including uncredited artists here. Why have you got Paul McCartney under Band Aid but not Sting for example? Are you really intending to list every performer on every record? I thought not, so unless anybody objects I'm going to remove the uncredited artists and make this list manageable. Btljs (talk) 22:20, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Actually, the sentence in the lead: "Therefore, they might be uncredited on the main artist's records, in reference guides, web pages etc." means that this runs contrary to WP:OR policy. If you can't source it then it shouldn't be here. This clean up is going to take a while... Btljs (talk) 22:53, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

I Just removed Westlife's uncredited "Everybody hurts", no one is credited on that charity record as proceeds go to Haiti earthquake  DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 16:02, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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