List of UK top-ten singles in 2008

2000s in music in the UK
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Alexandra Burke achieved the biggest-selling single of 2008 with her X Factor winner's song "Hallelujah", the Christmas number-one for 2008.
Welsh singer Duffy had her breakthrough this year with two top 10 entries, including "Mercy", which peaked at number-one for five weeks and became the year's third best selling single.
Katy Perry made her chart debut in 2008 with her number-one hit "I Kissed a Girl". She also reached number 4 with follow-up single "Hot n Cold".
Estelle collaborated with Kanye West on her hit single "American Boy". It spent four weeks at number-one and became the sixth best-selling song of the year.

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2008, as well as singles which peaked in 2007 and 2009 but were in the top 10 in 2008. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

One-hundred and twenty-two singles were in the top ten in 2008. Nine singles from 2007 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Broken Strings" by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado was released in 2008 but did not reach its peak until 2009.[4] "Crank That" by Soulja Boy was the only song from 2007 to reach its peak in 2008.[5] Twenty-nine artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2008. Adele, Flo Rida, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, The Script and The Saturdays were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2008.

The 2007 Christmas number-one, "When You Believe" by 2007 X Factor winner Leon Jackson, remained at number-one for the first two weeks of 2008.[5] The first new number-one single of the year was "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz.[6] Overall, twenty different singles peaked at number-one in 2008, with Alexandra Burke (2) having the most singles hit that position (including her credit on "Hero" with The X Factor Finalists 2008).[7][8]

  1. ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Number one single for Lady GaGa". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Radiohead CD tops UK album chart". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 January 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "MacDonald tops the UK album chart". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ "X Factor single tops UK charts". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Christmas double for Hallelujah". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2017.