List of UK top-ten singles in 2021

Fourteen singles from 2020 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Seventeen Going Under" by Sam Fender, "Coming for You" by SwitchOTR featuring A1 x J1, "Overseas" by D-Block Europe featuring Central Cee, "ABCDEFU" by Gayle, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee and "Come On Home for Christmas" by George Ezra were all released in 2021 but did not reach their peak until 2022.

The Kid Laroi, Mimi Webb, Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Fender and Tom Grennan were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2021.

's iconic festive classic "Last Christmas", written by the group's lead singer George Michael, finally reached the coveted number-one spot in the UK chart.

Prior to it reaching number one, "Last Christmas" had for many years held the record as the highest-selling single never to top the charts, with 1.9 million copies sold (not including streams).

[6][7][8] On 28 May 2021 (3 June 2021, week ending), American singer Olivia Rodrigo became the youngest solo artist to achieve the coveted UK chart double at 18 years and 3 months old.

Heartbreak Anthem, the trio's collaboration with Swedish music duo Galantis, and French DJ David Guetta, placed at number 7, marking their 100th week in the Top 10 across all of their releases.

[1] On 25 June 2021 (1 July 2021, week ending), rock group Måneskin, winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, became the first act from Italy to have two singles in the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously with "I Wanna Be Your Slave" at number six and "Beggin'" (a cover of the 1967 song by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons) at number ten.

Adele also set a new chart record with the single as "Easy On Me" racked up 24 million streams in the UK in its first week of release, the most streams for a song in one week – topping Ariana Grande's record of 16.9 million set back in January 2019 with "7 Rings".

[15] LadBaby made chart history this year when his song "Sausage Rolls for Everyone", a sausage roll-themed parody of Ed Sheeran and Elton John's number-one single "Merry Christmas", and also featuring Sheeran and John, debuted at number-one in the UK Singles Chart on 24 December 2021 (30 December 2021, week ending), giving the Nottingham-born YouTuber and musician his fourth consecutive Christmas number-one single.

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 10 solo single.

Songs by Dua Lipa, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, Glass Animals, The Weeknd ("Blinding Lights") and Russ Millions and Tion Wayne were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.

Ed Sheeran achieved a total of seven top 10 singles in 2021, the most of any artist during the year. Sheeran occupied the top spot of the UK chart for fifteen consecutive weeks between July and October with the singles " Bad Habits " (which became the year's best-selling single) and " Shivers ". In December, his festive collaboration with Elton John , " Merry Christmas ", entered the chart at number-one, and was knocked off the top spot two weeks later by Sheeran and John's collaboration with LadBaby , " Sausage Rolls for Everyone ", which became the 70th UK Christmas number-one single .
Olivia Rodrigo was this year's breakthrough artist, achieving four top 10 entries, including the number-one hits " Drivers License " and " Good 4 U ", which both feature in the list of this year's top 10 best-selling singles. Rodrigo also became the youngest solo artist to achieve the coveted UK chart double after "Good 4 U" climbed to number-one in the UK Singles Chart in the same week her debut album Sour entered the UK Albums Chart at number-one.
Adele made a return to the UK Singles Chart in 2021 after a five-year absence with " Easy on Me ", which spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number-one and scored the biggest opening week of the year. She achieved two further top 10 hits later in the year with " Oh My God " and " I Drink Wine ".
Elton John topped the UK Singles Chart three times this year with " Cold Heart (Pnau remix) " (a collaboration with Dua Lipa ), " Merry Christmas ", and " Sausage Rolls for Everyone " (both featuring Ed Sheeran and the latter featuring LadBaby ), bringing his tally of UK number-one singles to ten. When "Cold Heart" topped the chart, John achieved his first number-one single in the UK chart since 2005.
Former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson earned her first top 10 single independent of the group in October 2021 with " Boyz ", featuring guest vocals from Nicki Minaj , which peaked at number four. Additionally, her vocals are featured on Little Mix's " Sweet Melody ", which reached number-one in January.
KSI reached the UK top 10 three times this year with the singles " Don't Play ", " Patience " and " Holiday ", which all peaked within the top three.
Italian rock group Måneskin gained success following their win in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 , securing two UK top 10 entries: " I Wanna Be Your Slave " and " Beggin' ". They also became the first act from Italy to have two singles in the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously.