WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE IN THE UK BY DECADE

This week Justin Bieber tots up his 22nd career week at Number One in the UK, giving him the most weeks in a single decade since the 1970's.

Listed below is a breakdown of the most successful artists of each decade, in order of weeks spent at Number One.

2010's

22 - Justin Bieber (6 Number Ones)

17 - Ed Sheeran (3 Number Ones)

16 - Drake (2 Number Ones)

14 - Clean Bandit (2 Number Ones)

13 - Pharrell Williams (3 Number Ones)

2000's

15 - Westlife (11 Number Ones)

13 - Rihanna (3 Number Ones)

13 - Leona Lewis (3 Number Ones)

12 - Jay-Z (3 Number Ones)

12 - Peter Kay (3 Number Ones)

1990's

21 - Spice Girls (8 Number Ones)

21 - Take That (8 Number Ones)

19 - Wet Wet Wet (2 Number Ones)

16 - Bryan Adams (1 Number One)

13 - Cher (3 Number Ones)

13 - Robson & Jerome (3 Number Ones)

1980's

15 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (3 Number Ones)

14 - Madonna (6 Number Ones)

12 - Pet Shop Boys (4 Number Ones)

11 - David Bowie (4 Number Ones)

10 - Shakin' Stevens (4 Number Ones)

1970's

26 - Abba (7 Number Ones)

20 - Slade (6 Number Ones)

16 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (2 Number Ones)

16 - T. Rex (4 Number Ones)

15 - Rod Stewart (5 Number Ones)

1960's

69 - The Beatles (17 Number Ones)

44  - Elvis Presley (11 Number Ones)

33 - The Shadows (10 Number Ones)

20 - Cliff Richard (7 Number Ones)

18 - The Rolling Stones (8 Number Ones)

1950's

32 - Frankie Laine (4 Number Ones)

18 - Elvis Presley (4 Number Ones)

15 - Doris Day (2 Number Ones)

14 - Guy Mitchell (4 Number Ones)

13 - Eddie Calvert (2 Number Ones)

13 - Perry Como (2 Number Ones)