UK Albums Chart the most weeks on the charts is Queen's "Greatest Hits", which has spent over 1000 weeks on the chart by January 2018. See List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart for full details. In 1980, Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a number-one album in the UK with "Never for Ever", as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to "enter" the chart at number 1. In August 2014 she became the first female artist to have eight albums in the Official UK Top 40
Paloma Faith spawned the two UK top ten singles "Can't Rely on You" and "Only Love Can Hurt Like This", with the latter topping the charts in Australia. Faith won Best British Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards in 2015. Her fourth studio album, "The Architect" was released in 2017, and debuted at number one in the UK, becoming Faith's first number one album. In addition to her solo work, Faith has also collaborated with the duo Sigma on the 2012 track "Changing", which charted at number one in the UK, and DJ Sigala on "Lullaby" which reached the top ten