How many number one UK hit singles did The Who have?
UK Singles Chart topped the UK Singles Chart. The precise number of chart-toppers is debatable due to the profusion of competing charts from the 1950s to the 1980s, but the usual list used is that endorsed by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and subsequently adopted by the Official Charts Company. The company regards a selected period of the "New Musical Express" chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the "Record Retailer" chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts (none official) coexisted side by side. For example, the BBC
Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2006 Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2006 The Complete UK Hit Singles is a book that lists every single to have made it into the UK Singles Chart since its inception in 1952. As well as providing chart data on each of the hits, the book also provides a brief biography on each hit maker, together with facts and trivia about each hit, such as whether it qualified for a BPI sales award, was featured in a film or contains a sample of another track. The book was written by Graham Betts and is the companion volume to Complete UK Hit Albums.