RITA ORA EQUALS RECORD FOR MOST UK TOP TEN HITS BY A BRITISH FEMALE ARTIST

As has been widely reported elsewhere, singer Rita Ora notches up her 12th UK Top 10 single this week, as "For You (Fifty Shades Freed)", her  collaboration with Liam Payne, climbs to Number 8 this week on the Official chart.

It now puts here in a three way tie for most UK Top 10 hit singles by a British female singer - tying Shirley Bassey & Petula Clark - although exactly half of the 12 have been in collaboration with other artists, Bassey & Clark's 12 were all solo efforts. (Although born in the former Yugoslavia (present day Kosovo), the family relocated to the UK when Rita was just a year old).

Here is the complete list of Ms Ora's Top 10 hits, compared with the other two joint record holders.

Columns from left to right - Date of Peak Position - Peak Position - Title - Artist

25th February 2012 - Number 1 - Hot Right Now - DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora

19th May 2012 - Number 1 - RIP - Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah

25th August 2012 - Number 1 - How Do We (Party)

17th November 2012 - Number 10 - Shine Ya Light

24th May 2014 - Number 1 - I Will Never Let You Down

13th September 2014 - Number 4 - Black Widow - Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora

28th February 2015 - Number 8 - Doing It - Charli XCX featuring Rita Ora

11th July 2015 - Number 3 - Poison

15th July 2017 - Number 7 - Your Song

28th October 2017 - Number 4 - Lonely Together - Avicii featuring Rita Ora

25th November 2017 - Number 2 - Anywhere

24th February 2018 - Number 8 - For You (Fifty Shades Freed) - Liam Payne & Rita Ora

(Rita Ora solo unless otherwise stated)

Here is Ms Ora with her debut hit from 6 years ago this very week

Shirley Bassey

30th March 1957 - Number 8 - The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

7th February 1959 - Number 3 - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me

21st February 1959 - Number 1 - As I Love You

29th October 1960 - Number 2 - As Long As He Needs Me

17th June 1961 - Number 6 - You'll Never Know

23rd September 1961 - Number 1 - Reach For The Stars/Climb Every Mountain

9th December 1961 - Number 10 - I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)

20th October 1962 - Number 5 - What Now My Love

26th October 1963 - Number 6 - I (Who Have Nothing)

15th August 1970 - Number 4 - Something

16th October 1971 - Number 6 - For All We Know

7th April 1973 - Number 8 - Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)

Here is Ms Bassey with her debut hit from 1957

Petula Clark

24th July 1954 - Number 7 - The Little Shoemaker

7th January 1956 - Number 7 - Suddenly There's A Valley

28th September 1957 - Number 4 - With All My Heart

14th December 1957 - Number 8 - Alone

25th February 1961 - Number 1 - Sailor

26th August 1961 - Number 3 - Romeo

23rd December 1961 - Number 7 - My Friend The Sea

19th December 1964 - Number 2 - Downtown

5th March 1966 - Number 4 - My Love

30th July 1966 - Number 6 - I Couldn't Live Without Your Love

18th February 1967 - Number 1 - This Is My Song

24th December 1988 - Number 10 - Downtown '88

Here is Ms Clark with her debut hit from 1954