Cliff Richard Achievements

* Cliff Richard has got fourteen No.1 singles in the UK.
* As an artist, Cliff Richard has made the most top 10 hits on the UK singles charts (70), the most top 20 hits (97) and the most top 40 hits (125). (Double A-sides count as two hits.
* Based exclusively on data used to accumulate the Official UK Singles Charts, Richard has sold more singles in the UK than any other take action, with sales more than twenty million copies. fascinatingly enough, he has scored only one million-selling single.
* Cliff Richard has had top ten hits in each of the last six decades.
* Cliff Richard is the only act in the UK to score a No.1 single in each of the first five decades since the inception of the UK Singles chart in 1952. His chart peak in the 2000s is No.2. The following list shows the number of chart toppers Richard has accomplished in each decade.
o 1950s - 2: "Living Doll", "Travellin' Light"
o 1960s - 7: "Please Don't Tease", "I Love You", "The Young Ones", "The Next Time / Bachelor Boy", "Summer Holiday", "The Minute You're Gone", "Congratulations"
o 1970s - 1: "We Don't Talk Anymore"
o 1980s - 2: "Living Doll", "Mistletoe and Wine"
o 1990s - 2: "Saviour's Day", "Millennium Prayer"

The acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts: Current rankings (days):

1. Elvis Presley (2,574)
2. Cliff Richard (1,983)
3. Queen (1,755)
4. The Beatles (1,749)
5. Madonna (1,660)
6. Elton John (1,626)