RITA ORA REPLACES CELINE DION IN LIST OF TOP 100 ARTISTS OF ALL TIME

2018 continues to be a great year for Kosovan-born singer Rita Ora.  Not only has she had her fourth consecutive Top 10 hit with "For You (Fifty Shades Freed), but her total of 262 weeks on the UK Singles chart puts here above the total of Canadian diva Celine Dion and onto the list of the Top 100 artists of all time (based on total weeks spent on the UK Singles chart).

She first hit the chart more than six years ago as guest vocalist of the DJ Fresh Number One smash, "Hot Right Now".  Her next two singles would also hit Number One that year - "RIP" (which featured Tinie Tempah) in May 2012 and "How Do We (Party)" in August 2012.

She has now totalled 18 UK hits, of which 12 have reached the Top 10 including four Number Ones - the three mentioned above plus "I WIll Never Let You Down" from 2014.

So well done to Ms Ora, and here she is with that debut hit, followed by her complete chart career.

25/02/2012	*	Hot Right Now	1	16
19/05/2012	*	RIP	1	22
04/08/2012		Hot Right Now (re-entry)	65	1
25/08/2012	*	How Do We (Party)	1	13
08/09/2012		Hot Right Now (2nd re-entry)	51	2
08/09/2012		Young Sexy And Single	54	1
10/11/2012	+	Shine Ya Light	10	7
17/11/2012		RIP (re-entry)	74	1
05/01/2013		Shine Ya Light (re-entry)	49	2
05/01/2013		How Do We (Party)(re-entry)	57	2
26/01/2013		Radioactive	18	8
23/03/2013		Lay Down Your Weapons	18	2
13/07/2013		Hot Right Now (3rd re-entry)	50	4
24/05/2014	*	I Will Never Let You Down	1	20
23/08/2014	+	Black Widow	4	17
03/01/2015		Black Widow (re-entry)	65	3
21/02/2015	+	Doing It	8	10
06/06/2015		New York Raining	29	4
11/07/2015	+	Poison	3	12
22/08/2015		Body On Me	22	12
21/11/2015		Coming Home	15	16
09/04/2016		Coming Home (re-entry)	74	1
10/06/2017	+	Your Song	7	25
26/08/2017	+	Lonely Together	4	19
04/11/2017	+	Anywhere	2	25
13/01/2018		Lonely Together (re-entry)	49	3
20/01/2018	+	For You (Fifty Shades Freed)	8	14

Hot Right Now credited to DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora

RIP features Tinie Tempah

Lay Down Your Weapons credited to K Koke featuring Rita Ora

Black Widow credited to Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora

Doing It credited to Charli XCX featuring Rita Ora

New York Raining credited to Charles Hamilton featuring Rita Ora

Body On Me features Chris Brown

Coming Home credited to Sigma featuring Rita Ora

Lonely Together credited to Avicii featuring Rita Ora

For You (Fifty Shades Freed) credited to Liam Payne/Rita Ora