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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 worldwide. 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.

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

Starting in 1999, the first song to reach number one was "Believe" by Cher. As of June 16, 2007, the United World Chart has had 108 number one hits.

Media Traffic began displaying charts that traced back to 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

• The current number-one single is "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic.
• The current number-one album is Noël by Josh Groban.

Contents 1 Countries 2 Number one singles 3 Number one albums 4 Album records 4.1 All Time Highest Selling Albums 4.2 Additional Records 4.3 Artists who have simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 positions on the United World Chart 5 Records: singles 6 Most Successful Artist 7 Artists with the most number-one hits in the UWC history 8 Artists with the most Top 10 singles 9 Artists with most weeks at #1 10 Artists with the most number-two hits 11 10 Highest selling Singles of all-time 12 Top 10 most successful tracks (1998-present) 13 Most time spent at the number one spot by a song 14 Songs with most weeks at number two 15 Most time spent at the number-one spot by an artist in a year 16 Artist with most consecutive weeks at #1 17 Tracks with most weeks in the Top 10 18 Tracks with most weeks in the Top 40 19 Tracks with most points in a week 20 Artists with three or more number-one hits in the same year 21 Artist with most number one singles from one single album 22 Artists to replace themselves at the number-one spot 23 Highest Debut 24 Artists who hit number one posthumously in the UWC 25 Biggest single of the year 25.1 1960s 25.2 1970s 25.3 1980s 25.4 1990s 25.5 2000s 26 Artists with more than one single of the year 27 Notes 28 References 29 External links

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

Main article: List of number-one hits (World)

Main article: Number-one albums on the United World Chart

1. Michael Jackson – Thriller – Epic – 1983
2. Eagles – Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 – Asylum – 1976
3. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – Atlantic – 1971
4. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon – Harvest –1973
5. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours – Warner Bros. – 1977
6. Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – Parlophone / Capitol – 1967
7. AC/DC – Back In Black – Atlantic – 1980
8. soundtrack – Saturday Night Fever – RSO – 1978
9. Shania Twain – Come on Over – Mercury – 1997
10. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – Maverick / Sire – 1995

• Norah Jones' debut album "Come Away with Me" is the most successful album on the chart with 18,734,000 copies sold.
• Both Dido and Evanescence hold the record for most weeks at #1, with "Life for Rent" and "Fallen," respectively.
• 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.

Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki is the only artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 positions on the United World Chart for her compilation albums "A Best 2 -White-" and "A Best 2 -Black-", March 17, 2007.

1. Madonna (Warner Bros) [2]
2. Britney Spears (Jive)
3. Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
4. Christina Aguilera (RCA)
5. Eminem (Aftermath / Interscope)
6. Shakira (Epic)

1. Madonna (12)
2. Britney Spears (7)
3. Christina Aguilera & Jennifer Lopez (5)
4. The Beatles, Céline Dion, George Michael, Destiny's Child, Avril Lavigne & Pink (4)

1. Madonna (22)
2. Britney Spears (16)
3. Mariah Carey & Christina Aguilera (14)
4. Jennifer Lopez (12) & Celine Dion (12)

1. 74 weeks - Madonna (with 12 Number One Singles)
2. 39 weeks - Beyoncé (with 2 Number One Single Solo & 4 Number One Singles Group)
3. 28 weeks - Britney Spears (with 7 Number One Singles) & Shakira (with 2 Number One Singles)
4. 26 weeks - Celine Dion (with 4 Number One Singles)

1. Mariah Carey (4): ("Always Be My Baby","My All", "When You Believe","Heartbreaker")
2. Madonna (4): ("Causing a Commotion", "Frozen", "Ray of Light", "The Power of Goodbye")
3. Shakira (3) ("Underneath Your Clothes", "La Tortura", "Beautiful Liar")

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

1. Cher - Believe (10.455.000 points)
2. Shakira & Wyclef Jean- "Hips Don't Lie" (9.845.000 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)
7. Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" (8.301.000 points)
8. Lou Bega - "Mambo No.5" (8.262.000 points)
9. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" (8.182.000 points)
10. Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (7.964.000 points)

• 17 Weeks At Number 1
  • Los del Río - Macarena (1996) [3]

• 16 Weeks At Number 1
  • Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (1998)
  • Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie (2006)

• 15 Weeks At Number 1
  • Elton John - Candle in the Wind (1997-1998)
  • Cher - Believe (1998-1999)
  • Madonna - Hung Up (2005-2006)

• 14 Weeks At Number 1
  • Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (1996-1997)

• 12 Weeks At Number 1
  • Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
  • Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 - I'll Be Missing You (1997)
  • Madonna - Music (2000)
  • Shakira - Whenever,Wherever (2002)
  • Beyonce - Irreplaceable (2006-2007)

• 11 Weeks At Number 1
  • Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine - (1998)
  • Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk With My Heart (2005)
  • Eminem - Without Me (2002)
  • Destiny's Child-Lose My Breath (2004-2005)

• 12 weeks
  • Madonna — "Frozen" (1998)

• 20 Weeks
  • Madonna — "American Pie"(8 Weeks) and "Music"(12 weeks) in 2000.

• 17 Weeks
  • Los del Río — "Macarena" in 1996.

• 16 Weeks
  • Celine Dion — "My Heart Will Go On" in 1998.
  • Madonna — "Hung Up" (9 Weeks) and "Sorry"(7 Weeks) in 2006.
  • Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean — "Hips Don't Lie" (16 Weeks) in 2006.

• 14 Weeks
  • Elton John - " Candle In The Wind 1997" in 1997

• 13 Weeks
  • George Michael- "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" (6 weeks),"I Want Your Sex" (1 week) and "Faith" (6 weeks) in 1987.
  • Justin Timberlake - "Sexy Back" (10 Weeks) and "My Love" (3 Weeks) in 2006
  • Maroon 5 - "This Love" (10 Weeks) and "She Will Be Loved" (3 Weeks) in 2004

• 12 Weeks
  • Donna Summer - "I Feel Love" in 1977
  • Michael Jackson - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (6 weeks) and "Bad" (6 weeks) in 1987.
  • Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" in 2002
  • Black Eyed Peas - "Don't Phunk With My Heart" (11 weeks) and "Don't Lie" (1 Week) in 2005

• 11 Weeks
  • Brandy & Monica - "The Boy Is Mine" (11 Weeks) in 1998
  • Jennifer Lopez - "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (8 Weeks) and "Ain't It Funny"(3 Weeks)
  • Eminem - Without Me in 2002

• 22 weeks
  • Madonna (2005-2006) — With "Hung Up" and "Sorry"

• 16 Weeks
  • Celine Dion (1998) — With "My Heart Will Go On"
  • Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2006) — With "Hips Don't Lie"

• 15 Weeks
  • Elton John (1997-1998) — With "Candle in the Wind"
  • Cher (1998-1999) — With "Believe"

1. James Blunt - "You're Beautiful" (37 weeks)
2. The Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (31 weeks)
3. Harry Belafonte - "The Banana Boat Song" (30 weeks)
4. Coolio featuring L.V. - "Gangsta's Paradise" (29 weeks) / Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right" (29 weeks)
5. Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (28 weeks)
6. Cher - "Believe" (28 weeks)
7. Toni Braxton - "Un-Break My Heart" (28 weeks)
8. Maroon 5 - "This Love" (28 weeks)
9. R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly" (28 weeks)
10. Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah" (28 weeks)

1. Daniel Powter — "Bad Day" (54 weeks)
2. James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" (52 weeks)
3. The Rasmus — "In The Shadows" (47 weeks) / The Fray - "How To Save A Life" (47 weeks)
4. Kelly Clarkson — "Because of You" (45 weeks)
5. Nelly Furtado — "Say It Right" (43 weeks)

1. Madonna - "Hung Up" (548,000 points (December 7-14 2005))

• 1967
  • The Beatles (Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye)
• 1987
  • George Michael (I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me), I Want Your Sex, Faith)
  • Madonna (Open Your Heart, La Isla Bonita, Who's That Girl)

• 2001
  • Destiny's Child (Independent Women, Survivor, Bootylicious)

• 2003
  • Madonna (Die Another Day, American Life, Me Against The Music)

• 2004
  • Britney Spears (Me Against The Music, Toxic, Everytime)

• Madonna & Britney Spears both hold the record with three number one singles.

• Madonna holds three from her 1987 album True Blue (True Blue, La Isla Bonita and Open Your Heart).
• Britney Spears later tied up with Madonna's record with her 1999 album ...Baby One More Time (...Baby One More Time , (You Drive Me) Crazy and Born To Make You Happy); Later in 2004, Britney did it again, with 2003's In The Zone (Me Against The Music, Toxic and Everytime).

As rare as it is for an artist to earn two singles of the year, only three artists have had the distinction of replacing themselves at the number-one spot. Michael Jackson achieved the feat for the first time in 1987, in the height of his popularity when he released the follow-up to Thriller, Bad. Madonna accomplished the same achievement in 2006 followed by Justin Timberlake in the same year.

• Michael Jackson: "Bad" replaced "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" the week of October 3, 1987.
• Madonna: "Sorry" replaced "Hung Up" the week of March 11, 2006.
• Justin Timberlake "My Love" replaced "SexyBack" the week of November 25, 2006.

• #1 Elton John's Candle in the Wind 1997 became the only number-one debut on the chart on September 27, 1997.
• #2 Eminem's Without Me
• #3 George Michael's Jesus to a Child and Mariah Carey's Honey^[1]
• #7 Britney Spears's Gimme more.^[2]

• Elvis Presley is the only artist who has number one singles posthumously. The first time was with "Way Down" after his death in 1977 and then 25 years later with "A Little Less Conversation" (August 31, 2002).

• 1967: Scott McKenzie — "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" [4]

• 1977: Donna Summer — "I Feel Love" [5]

• 1987: Whitney Houston — "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" [6]

• 1996: Los del Río — "Macarena"
• 1997: Elton John — "Candle in the Wind 1997"
• 1998: Celine Dion — "My Heart Will Go On"
• 1999: Cher — "Believe"

• 2000: Madonna — "Music"
• 2001: Shaggy — "It Wasn't Me"
• 2002: Shakira — "Whenever, Wherever"
• 2003: Evanescence — "Bring Me to Life"
• 2004: Maroon 5 — "This Love"
• 2005: Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
• 2006: Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean — "Hips Don't Lie"
• 2007: Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella"

In the history of the chart (so far), only Sahkira has had the distinction of earning more than one single of the year.

• Shakira
  • 2002: "Whenever, Wherever"
  • 2006: "Hips Don't Lie" featuring Wyclef Jean

• It should be noted that the UWC only has charts available from 1957, 1966-1967, 1976-1977, 1986-1987, and 1996-present. [7][8][9][10][11]

• Media Traffic website
• Biggest single of the year reference