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Best-selling singles of all time (since September 2002)

  1. China - Not Gonna Tell (755,213 copies)
  2. Jake & Yannik - Partners In Crime/Not Tonight Santa (741,022 copies)
  3. Ryan Simmonds - That Goes First (690,573 copies)
  4. Jake, Jon Farley, & Jack Stevens - Trendy Pop Boys (672,737 copies)
  5. Emblaze - Easy Target (652,736 copies)
  6. Ace*Teens - Die For You/Love In December (622,185 copies)
  7. Lucreacia - Reputation (617,822 copies)
  8. Ana Simpson - Turnaround (576,171 copies)
  9. Emblaze - Bit of Rough (576,157 copies)
  10. Claire Kitten - Glorified Pornstar (550,063 copies)

Best-selling albums of all time (since November 2002)

  1. China - Fortune Favours The Bold (2,170,955 copies)
  2. Buffi - Pill Queen (2,137,465 copies)
  3. Paulo Araujo - Jack Of Clubs (2,097,165 copies)
  4. Ryan Simmonds - Media (1,997,952 copies)
  5. Emblaze - What A Waste (1,944,723 copies)
  6. Emily Henning - Shattered Diamond (1,925,124 copies)
  7. Emily Henning - Seventeen Missing Kisses (1,829,081 copies)
  8. Jon Farley - Songs You Wish You Wrote (1,801,346 copies)
  9. Alesha - Alesha Is The Queen (1,792,817 copies)
  10. Indigo Peak - Long Live (1,755,593 copies)

Most number one singles

For further information, see Artists with multiple number one singles.

  • This record goes to the undisputed King of Urapopstar, Jack Stevens, who has amassed a whopping twenty-one' #1 singles including the massive selling collaboration "Trendy Pop Boys".
  • Lucreacia follows with fourteen consecutive #1s including the massive selling "Reputation"; she has the most number ones by a female artist.
  • Alesha has thirteen #1 singles.
  • Emily Henning has twelve #1 singles.
  • Indigo Peak (most number ones by a group) has charted at #1 with eleven of their singles and Yannik has also achieved a solo #1.
  • Jake has ten #1 singles.
  • Mars/Venus and Antony Jones have nine #1 singles.
  • Andrea Twain has released eight #1 singles.
  • Ryan Simmonds, ex.one, Emblaze and China have seven #1 singles under their belt.

Most consecutive number one singles

  • Jack Stevens scored sixteen consecutive #1 singles in 40 months, the first being 2005's "Shame On You" and the most recent being 2009's "Hands Up! Pants Down!", but broke his streak when "Mannequin Do..." peaked at #4.
  • Lucreacia managed to score fourteen consecutive #1 singles in the space of 35 months - the first being her duet with Tom Owen, "Where The Wild Roses Grow", and the most recent being her duet with Jack Stevens, "First, Last and Only".
  • Indigo Peak have had eleven consecutive number one singles; the streak started with 2008's Song 4 China/Forget Me and ended when Manhunt peaked at #3. In addition, IP member Yannik had a duet #1 with Jake, making it twelve consecutive number one singles for him.
  • Emily Henning's latest eleven singles have also all charted at #1.
  • Mars/Venus' first nine singles all debuted at #1.
  • Ryan Simmonds' first seven singles all debuted at #1, but sadly his collaboration with Gasp at Christmas stalled at #2.
  • All of Gasp's six number ones were also consecutive but "Trip Trip Trip/Finally" brought their run to an end.
  • Claire Kitten's last 6 singles all debuted at #1.

Most number one singles within a calendar year

  • In 2003, Lucreacia scored no less than seven #1 singles - the first being "Where The Wild Roses Grow" with Tom Owen in March, and the seventh being "Christmas" in December. Three of her seven #1 singles were duets; in addition to aforementioned, she also topped the chart with "Slut Trash Woman/I Want That Man" with Buffi as well as "Hoochified Disco Ball" with Miss Drips.
  • Jack Stevens matched this feat in 2008, beginning with "Reverend Stevens" in February and ending with "The Wolves" in December.
  • 2009 saw Indigo Peak also match this starting with their number one "Kissing A Cobra" and ending with the Christmas number one "Fire! Scream!"/"Pornographic."

Number one singles in most calendar years

First to enter at number one

  • The first group to have a #1 hit single on Urapopstar were girl band Sparez who entered at the top on March 4th, 2001 with their first single "Never Get (What You Always Want)".
  • The first solo chart-topper came a week later - dance artist Nikita debuted at #1 with "Wishing You Weren't Here".

First to climb to number one

  • "Blown Over" by ex.one featuring Ryan Simmonds entered at #2 on February 3rd, 2002 - but the following week it climbed to #1 and became the 2nd biggest single of the year.
  • Ryan Simmonds debuted at #1 with "Can You See Where I'm Coming From" on August 5th, 2001 and fell to #5 the following week. But then on August 19th, it climbed back up to regain a second week at the top.
  • Four other singles repeated this feat: London's Spun! (On The Scene) (February 25, 2007), Emblaze's Bit Of Rough (November 18, 2007), Jake & Yannik's Partners In Crime/Not Tonight Santa (January 4, 2009), and Indigo Peak's Cold War (August 16, 2009).
  • Esmeralda Dimuzio's first three #1 singles climbed to the number-one position after debuting lower than #1.
  • Jack Stevens was the first to climb to #1 after debuting on downloads only with his single "Sexxxy Robots/Dodging Bullets".

Most weeks at number one

  • Emblaze went straight to #1 with their single "Easy Target" and spent four consecutive weeks there in August 2006.
  • The record was tied by Jake and Yannik's "Partners In Crime/Not Tonight Santa" in January 2009.
  • Rock band Androgyny went straight to #1 with their second single "Roadkill" and spent three consecutive weeks there in the months of June and July in 2004.
  • Emblaze's final single "Bit Of Rough" also spent three weeks at #1.

First to have two number ones

Gasp became the first act to have a second number one when their follow-up single Too Much Is On Your Mind hit #1 on May 13th, 2001. Ryan Simmonds did the same thing on August 5th with Can You See Where I'm Coming From.

Shortest gap between number ones

  • Nadia Walker hit the #1 spot with her collaboration with Innocent, "That's What A Man Should Be" in August 2004, the following week she knocked herself off of #1 as a member of Mars/Venus when "These Boots R Made 4 Walkin'" took over the #1 spot.
  • Elice Claire participated in the various artists project SAVE URAPS, which reached #1 with the single "Play The Game" beginning on March 29, 2009. After two weeks on top it was replaced by Elice's solo single, "Keepin' U Up".
  • Holly went to #1 on September 2nd, 2001 with her husband Pinky Bob on the hit "Rock My World". Two weeks later, she scored a second solo number one hit with "I Don't Need You".

Longest gap between number ones

Longest gap between top ten hits

  • Hailey Klass made the top 10 in October 2004 with SYNTH, but did not get another top 10 hit until January 2010, five years and three months later, with God Bless Disco.

Longest gap between hits

  • Edna Albaquerque charted several times in 2003 and 2004, with the streak ending in November 2004... after several DNC singles, she finally returned to the top 40 in July 2009 with "I'd Rather Believe In You".
  • 2gether charted in 2004 with their single "Too Much (Too Soon)", one of three singles released by the band that year and the only one to reach the top 40. But it wasn't until March 2009 - 4 years and 6 months later - when they charted again with their collaboration with China, "Bubble Pop Electric".
  • Brooke released four top 40 singles in 2004, but didn't chart again until April 2009 with her sixth single, "ONE NIGHT ONLY".
  • DJ Double Garage charted with eight singles in 2004 and 2005, but did not chart again until September 2009, 3 years and 10 months later with his comeback single "Blood Shot".
  • Vernie (as Vernie Bennett) charted in January 2003 with her second single, but it wasn't until June 2006, 3 years and 5 months later, when she'd chart again with "Guess What".
  • Riley Hart released six singles between 2004 and 2005, but never charted again until February 2009, 3 years and 5 months later, with her fifth top 10 hit "My Boyfriend Is A Psychopath".
  • Ana Simpson had four top 20 hits in 2005 and 2006, but waited 3 years and 4 months before returning with her #1 hit "Love Is A Game/Your Guardian".

Longest time before first number one

  • Ana Simpson first made the top 40 in July 2005 with her debut single, "Come With Me", but didn't reach #1 for the first time until exactly four years later, with "Love Is A Game/Your Guardian".
  • Shell Ruin first made the top 40 in August 2004 as a member of Voguegirl, but it wasn't until August 2008 when "In For The Kill" became her first #1 hit... 48 months later!
  • CeCe Winston first made the top 40 in April 2001, but it took her 45 months to get her first #1 hit, "Shiny Disco Balls", in January 2005.
  • Malena first charted in January 2002, but it took her 43 months to get her first #1 hit, "Make My Flaps Slap/He Came On The Frame", in August 2005.
  • There were other long waits for a number one:

Longest time before first top five

  • Didinanana first charted in October 2001 with "Lover", but it wasn't until seven years later when they earned their first top 5 hit with "Geisha Dreams" in November 2008.
  • DJ Double Garage first charted in February 2004 with "Haunted Mouse" but didn't reach the top 5 until 6 years later with "Wall Street Pornography", a collaboration with Sandi Cohen.
  • Kazimiera first charted in April 2005, but did not reach the top five until March 2010, with Shut Up.
  • 2gether first charted in September 2004, but waited 4 years and 6 months to earn their first top 5 with their collaboration with China, "Bubble Pop Electric", in March 2009.
  • Natasha Hilton first charted in April 2006 with "Fairytale Disaster", but waited 3 years and 10 months before earning her first top 5 single with "The Nth Degree".
  • CeCe Winston first charted in April 2001, but had to wait 43 months before earning her first top five single with "Till Death Do Us Disco".

Longest time before first top ten

  • 2gether first charted in September 2004, but waited 4 years and 6 months to earn their first top 10 with their collaboration with China, "Bubble Pop Electric", in March 2009.
  • Ellen Fitzpatrick first charted in March 2005, but waited 4 years and 5 months to reach the top 10 for the first time with You Called The Wrong Name.
  • Vernie first charted in October 2002, but didn't make the top 10 until July 2006, with her single "Can Do Better".
  • CeCe Winston is in second; she first charted in April 2001, and did not get a top 10 hit until Til Death Do Us Disco, her fifteenth single, entereted the top five in November 2004!
  • Shy is in third, first charting in July 2004, and not hitting the top 10 until the spring of 2007.
  • Spike and Fifth Element come in a distant fourth; Spike first charted in February 2003, and didn't get a top 10 hit until "(Hooray For) Hollywood" in January 2005, while Fifth Element first charted in February 2004, and finally reached the top 10 in February 2006 with "Coffee/Go-Go Boots". Each took 102 weeks to get their first top 10.

Most successful act never to have a number one single

  • Out Boyz had released 25 singles by August 2006 but none of them ever climbed above #2.
  • Paul has also released 25 singles to date, but none of them have charted higher than #3.
  • Although Britney Aguilera has featured on "Make It Happen/Purr Baby", a #1 single with Rap, none of her 18 solo singles have hit the top.
  • Lindsay Belle has had 16 singles to date, but never charted higher than #2.

Most successful act never to have a top ten single

  • Jaakko released 14 singles up to November 2005, of which ten made the top 40, but none of them charted higher than #11.
  • Alicia Jones has had 9 top 40 hits up to February 2010, and despite several top 10 albums, the highest she's reached on the Singles Chart is #11 (twice).

Least successful top 40 acts

  • Z, Dark Cloudz, Jersey, Alan and Stella McCartney all made the top 40 with one single each... with a single week at #40 in the chart.
  • The lowest selling artist of all time is Stephen Hack, who sold 1,002 copies of his only top 40 hit "Yellow".

Most top 40 hits

  • The record belongs to Alesha who released 36 singles during her 7-year career, from 2003's "Predictable" to 2010's #1 "The Last Temptation".
  • Sophie Ramone follows with 30 top 40 hits, the most recent being "Fame Meet Francis" in February 2010.
  • The record for the highest number of charting singles by a band goes to Out Boyz who have had 25 out of 27 of their singles reach the top 40, although none of them have reached #1.
  • Esmeralda Dimuzio has had 26 top 40 hits, the most recent being "Now All That's Left (What's Going On)" in May 2010.
  • Jack Stevens has had 25 top 40 hits, the most recent being "Men On A Mission" in April 2010.
  • Paul has also had 25 top 40 hits, the most recent being "Webcam" in March 2009.
  • Emma Brown has had 23 top 40 hits, the most recent being "Shut Up" in November 2009.
  • Ace*Teens, Lucreacia, and Tom Owen have had 19 top 40 hits each.

Most singles released from an album

  • Excluding greatest hits packages, both DAMNED's Silent Killer and Splinter's Let's Get Drunk shares the record for the most tracks released, a total of 12 tracks from their albums respectively.
  • Tamika's album Love 4 Hailey has had all 11 of its tracks released at some point, including the top ten single "A Long Walk", the collaboration with One Timers and Tara Milano, "Hey DJ! (I Can't Dance)", which is on the album in an alternate version, and the shortest ever top 10 single, the 29-second "Introlube (Mmm, Mmm)".
  • Alesha released 9 tracks from Alesha Is The Queen on 6 singles.
  • Geri Halliswell released 8 tracks from her debut album on 6 singles (two of which are double A-sides) since February 2004; the album, entitled Double Trouble, however, didn't get released until March 2005!
  • Indigo Peak released 7 tracks from Long Live across five singles, all of which charted at number one in the chart.
  • Emily Henning released 7 tracks from Shattered Diamond on 6 singles, five of which charted at number-one in the Singles Chart.
  • Robin released 7 tracks from Tainted Butterfly on 6 singles, two of which charted at #1.
  • Phoenix Rising released 7 tracks from their debut album Eye Of The Beholder over 6 singles. An 8th album track appeared as a b-side to their debut single. Not one of the singles reached the top 5, however the album reached Diamond certification with a #4 peak.
  • Paulo Araujo released 7 singles from the Jack of Clubs album, one of them featuring an 8th album track as a b-side. Three of those reached #1, helping the project become the best selling album of all time by a male artist.
  • DAMNED released 7 tracks from their third album, Kill The Lights, Where's The Noise?, the 8th track "Mad Woman" wasn't included on the album.

Longest span of hits

  • Emma Brown first charted as a member of Vulpes in March 2001, has charted solo since November 2001, and was still charting in November 2009 with "Shut Up".
  • Neyssa first charted in November 2001, and was still charting as of February 2008, with her sixteenth single "Tell No One".
  • The longest lasting solo males is Paul, who first charted in May 2002, and was still charting in March 2009 with "Webcam".
  • The longest lasting group is Didinanana, who first charted in October 2001, and was still charting as of December 2008 with "Too Much Christmas/Uh La La La".

Most hit albums

  • Counting releases both as a solo artist and as a member of G-Squared, Edna Albaquorque has released a total of 15 albums; nine solo (four of which made the top 40) and six with G-Squared (two of which made the top 40).
  • Alesha has released nine albums, seven of which reached #1.
  • Paul has released nine albums.
  • Britney Aguilera has released eight albums, all of which made the top 10.
  • CHRIS has released eight albums, four of which made the top 5.
  • Esmeralda Dimuzio has released eight albums; six studio albums, one greatest hits and one live album. Aside from the live album, all of them reached the top two.

Youngest top 40 acts

  • Robin's debut single "Dreamin' My Dreams" charted when she was just 12 years old, making her the youngest chart star ever. She would also become the youngest artist to ever reach #1 when her collaboration with Destiny's Daughter, "The Look", reached #1 in June 2005.
  • Just Ginger began charting in 2009 when she was in her early teens. However it is uncertain just how early in her teens she was, and in fact, if she was even in her teens at all.

Highest and lowest one-week sale for a #1 single

Best selling single not to top chart

  • Melanie Chi's "Forbidden Love (My Prayer)" was famously beaten to #1 by Ace*Teens' "Cruel Summer", but it ended up outselling it in the long run. With 462,935 copies sold, it was the most successful single ever not to get to #1.
  • Elice Claire's "Someone Else" was kept out of the #1 spot by Jake & Yannik's "Partners In Crime/Not Tonight Santa", but spent 11 weeks in the top 40 including three at the #2 position, and sold a total of 420,455 copies.
  • Claire Kitten's "Never Coming Home" was kept out of the #1 spot by Sophie Ellis-Beckham's "I Won't Change This Groove", but spent 19 weeks in the top 40, and sold 403,847 copies total.

Longest chart runs

Biggest chart climb

  • In September 2008, Stacy Hart entered at #36 on downloads with "Starcrossed" and climbed twenty-five positions to #11 the week after. Later that month, It's Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings entered at #38 on downloads only with their cover of Putanovska's "Bitch In Heat", also climbing twenty-five positions to #13 the week after.
  • Sophie Ramone somewhat surprisingly could only limp in at #38 with her single "The Gardener", featuring Kelly, in February 2005. However, after being severely overlooked in its first week, the sales picked up the following week, and the single climbed no less than twenty-four places to a new peak at #14!
  • If climbs from outside the top 40 are included, Duo missed the top 40 in their first week, only reaching #41 with their only single "Every Time". The following week, it climbed thirty-four places to reach #7!
  • On the album chart, Syd Wolfe climbed from #40 to #1 with her album Big Bad Wolfe on August 23, 2009.

Biggest chart drop

Biggest climb to #1

Biggest fall from #1

  • Kandi fell from #1 to #14 with "Nothing But The Video On", following her second week at #1.

Longest time to peak

  • Sophie Ramone originally debuted at #21 with her debut single "Luv Me". In her eighth week, however, she set a new peak of #18!
  • Meli Kleindienst achieved a new peak of #26 with her download-only single "Sorry Doesn't Fit My Suit" in its seventh week on the chart.

Most charting members of one family

  • The Simmonds family have spawned three chart-topping acts. Ryan Simmonds is of course the biggest, but his wife Jessika Berqvist-Simmonds (from Gasp) has also been #1, and later his long lost sister Charlie Simmonds hit the top with "Burning Up".
  • Tom Fletcher, his wife Malena and adopted daughter Robin have also all had top 2 hits. In addition, Robin's birth mother Neyssa, Neyssa's girlfriend Alesha, Alesha's ex-husband Ben Parker and Ben's half-sister Sophie Ramone have also had their own hits. Alesha's stepsister Phoebe Halliwell is also a member of rock band Innocent.
  • Brothers Nick Edwards and Mark Edwards both had hit singles in 2001.
  • Esmeralda Dimuzio's sister, Olivia Dimuzio had her own top five hit in 2006.
  • Emma Brown's younger brother Nate Brown also reached the top five.
  • Natasha Hilton and Grace Hilton have both released singles.
  • Sisters Ami Yuki and Tika Yuki have both earned top 5 hits.
  • London and Cindy Star have both earned #1s.
  • Lucreacia and younger sister Nikki have 20 #1s between them.
  • Syd Wolfe and her brother Taylor have both had numerous top 10 hits.
  • Antony Jones, Chris Jones, James Jones, and Matt Jones have all had top ten hits - but sadly they aren't related!
  • Violetta DiNozzo and Victor Strong of Phoenix Rising have each charted in the top 2; while bearing different surnames, they are in fact half-siblings due to sharing a mother. In a somewhat different case Alexei Monaghan has charted in the top 10 with Phoenix Rising while his brothers Sylar and Raphael charted in the top 10 as part of Schizophonic. Alexei was part of both groups however.

Most solo careers from one band

  • London, Lianna, Lola Elle, and Cindy Star of Venom have all charted as solo artists.
  • All three members of Gasp (Jessika, Kelli and Ciara) have had top ten hits by themselves. Between them, they have amassed an amazing 26 top 40 hits!
  • D', Nadia Walker, and MC Labels (all from Mars/Venus) have charted with their own singles.
  • Paul Walters, Ryan Starrlet and Gemma of Tainted Desire have all had solo hits.

Most collaborations

Other achievements

  • In June 2009, Sophie Ramone became the first act to have at least one single peak in every position in the top 10 when "Coming Up For Air" debuted at #3.
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