List of artists who have achieved simultaneous UK and US number-one hits

1950s

• Perry Como – "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", 6 February 1953 (one week)
• Pérez Prado – "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)", 29 April – 6 May, 27 May – 17 June 1955 (six weeks)
• Guy Mitchell – "Singing the Blues", 4, 18 January, 1 February 1957 (three weeks)
• Tab Hunter – "Young Love", 1 – 22 March 1957 (four weeks)
• Paul Anka – "Diana", 6 September 1957 (one week)
• Bobby Darin – "Mack the Knife", 16 – 23 October 1959 (two weeks)

1960s

• The Everly Brothers – "Cathy's Clown", 26 May – 16 June 1960 (four weeks)
• The Beatles – "Can't Buy Me Love", 2 – 16 April 1964 (three weeks)
• The Beatles – "A Hard Day's Night", 30 July – 6 August 1964 (two weeks)
• Roy Orbison – "Oh, Pretty Woman", 8 October 1964 (one week)
• The Beatles – "I Feel Fine", 24 December 1964 – 7 January 1965 (three weeks)
• Sonny & Cher – "I Got You Babe", 26 August 1965 (one week)
• The Rolling Stones – "Get Off of My Cloud", 4 – 11 November 1965 (two weeks)
• The Beatles – "We Can Work It Out", 6 – 13 January 1966 (two weeks)
• Nancy Sinatra – "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", 24 February 1966 (one week)
• The Beatles – "Paperback Writer", 23 June 1966 (one week)
• The Monkees – "I'm a Believer", 19 January – 9 February 1967 (four weeks)
• Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra – "Somethin' Stupid", 13 – 20 April 1967 (two weeks)
• The Beatles – "Hello, Goodbye", 27 December 1967 – 10 January 1968 (three weeks)
• The Beatles – "Get Back", 24–30 May 1969 (two weeks)
• The Rolling Stones – "Honky Tonk Women", 20 August 1969 (one week)

1970s

• Simon and Garfunkel – "Bridge Over Troubled Water", 28 March – 4 April 1970 (two weeks)
• Rod Stewart – "Maggie May", 9 – 30 October 1971 (four weeks)
• Tony Orlando and Dawn – "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", 21 April – 12 May 1973 (four weeks)
• Elton John and Kiki Dee – "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", 7 – 28 August 1976 (four weeks)
• Bee Gees – "Night Fever", 29 April – 6 May 1978 (two weeks)
• The Commodores – "Three Times a Lady", 19 August 1978 (one week)
• Gloria Gaynor – "I Will Survive", 19 March, 7 April 1979 (two weeks)

1980s

• Blondie – "Call Me", 26 April 1980 (one week)
• Barbra Streisand – "Woman in Love", 25 October – 8 November 1980 (three weeks)
• Men at Work – "Down Under", 29 January 1983 (one week)
• Michael Jackson – "Billie Jean", 5 March 1983 (one week)
• Stevie Wonder – "I Just Called to Say I Love You", 13 October 1984 (one week)
• Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is", 2 February 1985 (one week)
• USA for Africa – "We Are the World", 14 – 27 April 1985 (two weeks)
• Whitney Houston – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” 7 – 14 May 1987 (two weeks)
• Madonna – “Like A Prayer” 22 April – 6 May 1989 (three weeks)

1990s

• Bryan Adams – "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", 27 July – 7 September 1991 (seven weeks)
• Boyz II Men – "End of the Road", 31 October – 7 November 1992 (two weeks)
• Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You", 29 November 1992 – 12 February 1993 (ten weeks)
• Meat Loaf – "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", 6 November – 4 December 1993 (five weeks)
• Hanson – "MMMBop", 7 June 1997 (one week)
• Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You", 28 June – 12 July, 26 July – 9 August 1997 (six weeks)
• Elton John – "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997", 11 – 18 October 1997 (two weeks)

2000s

• Destiny's Child – Independent Women Part 1, 2 December 2000 (one week)
• Christina Aguilera/Lil' Kim/Mýa/Pink – "Lady Marmalade", 30 June 2001 (one week)
• Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland – "Dilemma", 26 October – 2 November 2002 (two weeks)
• Eminem – "Lose Yourself", 14 December 2002 (one week)
• Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z – "Crazy in Love", 12 – 26 July 2003 (three weeks)
• Usher – "Yeah!", 27 March – 3 April 2004 (two weeks)
• Usher – "Burn, 17 July 2004 (one week)
• Justin Timberlake – "SexyBack", 9 September 2006 (one week)
• Rihanna featuring Jay-Z – "Umbrella", 9 June – 21 July 2007 (seven weeks)
• Coldplay – "Viva la Vida", 28 June 2008 (one week)
• Katy Perry – "I Kissed a Girl", 16 August 2008 (one week)
• Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance", 17 – 31 January 2009 (three weeks)
• Flo Rida featuring Kesha – "Right Round", 14 March 2009 (one week)
• Lady Gaga – "Poker Face", 11 April 2009 (one week)
• Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow", 23 May, 13 June 2009 (two weeks)
• Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling", 8, 22 August 2009 (two weeks)

2010s

• Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg – "California Gurls", 3 – 10 July 2010 (two weeks)
• Bruno Mars – "Grenade", 22 January 2011 (one week)
• Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris – "We Found Love", 19 November – 3 December 2011 (three weeks)
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – "Thrift Shop", 16 February 2013 (one week)
• Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams – "Blurred Lines", 22 – 29 June, 20 July 2013 (three weeks)
• Katy Perry – "Roar", 14 – 21 September 2013 (two weeks)
• Lorde – "Royals", 2 November 2013 (one week)
• Pharrell Williams – "Happy", 8 March 2014 (one week)
• Magic! – "Rude", 9 August 2014 (one week)
• Meghan Trainor – "All About That Bass", 11 October – 1 November 2014 (four weeks)
• Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk", 17 January – 7 February 2015 (four weeks)
• Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – "See You Again", 25 April – 2 May 2015 (two weeks)
• Adele – "Hello", 14 November – 21 November 2015 (two weeks)
• Zayn – "Pillowtalk", 5 February 2016 (one week)
• Drake – "One Dance", 21 May 2016 (ten non-consecutive weeks)
• The Chainsmokers – "Closer", 10 September 2016 (four weeks)
• Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You", 19 January 2017 – 20 April (ten non-consecutive weeks)
• DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne – "I'm the One", 20 May 2017 (one week)
• Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito", 27 May 2017 (eleven non-consecutive weeks)
• Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do", 16 September 2017 (two weeks)
• Ed Sheeran – "Perfect", 21 December 2017 (five weeks)
• Drake - "God's Plan" 3 February 2018 (nine weeks)
• Drake - "Nice for What" 21 April (one week)
• Drake - "In My Feelings" 28 July (three weeks)

Simultaneous artists with different songs

The following artists have achieved simultaneous weeks at number one in both charts but with different songs.

• ABBA, 9 April 1977 – "Knowing Me, Knowing You" in the UK and "Dancing Queen" in the US (one week)
• John Lennon, 10 – 24 January 1981 – "Imagine" in the UK and "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the US (three weeks)
• Tiffany, 6 – 13 February 1988 – "I Think We're Alone Now" in the UK and "Could've Been" in the US (two weeks)
• Spice Girls, 15 March 1997 – "Mama" / Who Do You Think You Are" in the UK and "Wannabe" in the US (one week)

1950s

• The King and I cast – The King and I, 6 October 1956 (one week)
• Nat King Cole – Love Is the Thing, 2 June 1957 (one week)
• Elvis Presley – Loving You, 1 – 8 September 1957 (two weeks)
• South Pacific cast – South Pacific, 23 November 1958, 26 May – 16 June 1959, 14 July 1959, 28 July 1959 – 5 January 1960 (26 weeks)

1960s

• Elvis Presley – G.I. Blues, 8 – 22 January, 9 April, 21 May – 4 June 1961 (seven weeks)
• Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii, 31 December 1961, 18 February – 29 April 1962 (twelve weeks)
• West Side Story cast – West Side Story, 17 June – 15 July, 26 August, 9 September, 23 September – 7 October, 11 November, 9 December 1962, 6 January 1963 (thirteen weeks)
• The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night, 26 July – 25 October 1964 (fourteen weeks)
• The Beatles – Help!, 12 September – 3 October 1965 (four weeks)
• The Sound of Music cast – The Sound of Music, 14 – 21 November 1965 (two weeks)
• The Beatles – Rubber Soul, 9 January – 6 February 1966 (five weeks)
• The Beatles – Revolver, 11 – 18 September 1966 (two weeks)
• The Monkees – The Monkees, 29 January – 5 February 1967 (two weeks)
• The Monkees – More of The Monkees, 7, 21 May 1967 (two weeks)
• The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 2 July – 8 October 1967 (fifteen weeks)
• The Beatles – The Beatles, 29 December 1968 – 12 January, 26 January 1969 (four weeks)
• Blind Faith – Blind Faith, 21 September 1969 (one week)
• The Beatles – Abbey Road, 2 November – 7 December 1969, 3 – 10, 24 January 1970 (nine weeks)

1970s

• Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II, 7 February 1970 (one week)
• Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water, 7 March – 9 May 1970 (ten weeks)
• Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III, 7 – 21 November 1970 (three weeks)
• George Harrison – All Things Must Pass, 6 – 13 February 1971 (two weeks)
• The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers, 22 – 29 May 1971 (two weeks)
• Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story, 2 – 23 October 1971 (four weeks)
• John Lennon – Imagine, 30 October 1971 (one week)
• Neil Young – Harvest, 11 March 1972 (one week)
• Elton John – Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, 3 – 10 March 1973 (two weeks)
• Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 22 – 29 December 1973 (two weeks)
• Elton John – Caribou, 13 – 20 July 1974 (two weeks)
• Elton John – Greatest Hits, 30 November 1974 – 1 February 1975 (ten weeks)
• Wings – Venus and Mars, 19 July 1975 (one week)
• Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here, 4 October 1975 (one week)
• Bee Gees/Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever, 6 May – 1 July 1978 (nine weeks)
• John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John/Grease cast – Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, 14 – 28 October 1978 (three weeks)
• Bee Gees – Spirits Having Flown, 17 – 24 March 1979 (two weeks)
• Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door, 15 September 1979 (one week)

1980s

• John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy, 7 – 14 February 1981 (two weeks)
• Men at Work – Business as Usual, 29 January – 19 February 1983 (four weeks)
• Michael Jackson – Thriller, 5, 19 March, 21 May – 18 June 1983, 28 January 1984 (eight weeks)
• Phil Collins – No Jacket Required, 30 March 1985 (one week)
• Madonna – True Blue, 16 August 1986 (one week)
• Whitney Houston – Whitney, 27 June – 18 July 1987 (four weeks)
• Michael Jackson – Bad, 26 September – 10 October 1987 (three weeks)

1990s

• Phil Collins – ...But Seriously, 6 January 1990, 20 – 27 January 1990 (three weeks)
• Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, 30 October 1993 (one week)
• Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion, 3 – 10 March 1993 (one week)^[2]
• Mariah Carey – Music Box, 5 – 12 March 1994 (two weeks)
• Pink Floyd – The Division Bell, 23 – 30 April 1994 (two weeks)
• R.E.M. – Monster, 15 October 1994 (one week)
• Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill, 24 August – 7 September 1996 (three weeks)
• The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land, 19 July – 26 July 1997 (one week)
• James Horner – Titanic, 15 February 1 – 8 March 1998 (three weeks)

2000s

• Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP, 25 June, 9 July 2000 (two weeks)
• Radiohead – Kid A 21 October 2000 (one week)^[3]
• The Beatles – 1, 2, 23 December 2000 – 20 January 2001 (six weeks)^[3]
• Eminem – The Eminem Show, 8 – 29 June 2002 (four weeks)
• Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love, 12 July 2003 (one week)
• Eminem – Encore, 27 November 2004 (one week)
• Coldplay – X&Y, 25 June – 9 July 2005 (three weeks)^[3]
• Eminem – Curtain Call: The Hits, 24 – 31 December 2005 (two weeks)
• Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, 5 – 12 July 2008 (two weeks)^[4]
• Metallica – Death Magnetic, 27 September 2008 (one week)
• Eminem – Relapse, 6 June 2009 (one week)
• Barbara Streisand – Love Is the Answer, 17 October 2009 (one week)
• Susan Boyle – I Dreamed a Dream, 12 December 2009 – 2 January 2010 (four weeks)^[5][6]

2010s

• Eminem – Recovery, 10 – 17 July, 24 July – 14 August, 4 – 11 September 2010 (eight weeks)
• Adele – 21, 12 – 19 March, 7 – 28 May 2011 (six weeks)
• Beyoncé – 4, 16 July 2011 (one week)
• Madonna – MDNA, 7 April 2012 (one week)
• Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 21 April 2012 (one week)
• Rihanna – Unapologetic, 1 December 2012 (one week)
• Paramore – Paramore, 20 April 2013 (one week)
• Ed Sheeran – x, 12 July 2014 (one week)
• David Bowie – Blackstar, 30 January 2016 (one week)
• The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, 27 February 2016 (one week)
• Zayn – Mind of Mine, 1 April 2016 (one week)
• Drake – Views, 21 May 2016 (two weeks)^[7]
• Ed Sheeran – ÷, 25 March 2017 (two weeks)
• Harry Styles -Harry Styles, May 2017 (1 week)
• Taylor Swift – Reputation, 21 November 2017 (one week)
• Various Artists – The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , 12 January 2018 (one week)
• Drake - Scorpion , 13 July 2018 (One week)
• Eminem - Kamikaze , 15 September 2018 (One week)

Simultaneous artists with different albums

The following artists have achieved number ones on the same week but with different albums.

• The Beatles, 16 February – 19 April 1964. With the Beatles in the UK and Meet the Beatles! in the US (ten weeks)
• The Beatles, 10 – 24 January, 21 February 1965. Beatles for Sale in the UK and Beatles '65 in the US (four weeks)
• The Beatles, 8 – 15 August 1965. Help! in the UK and Beatles VI in the US (two weeks)
• The Beatles, 7 – 28 August 1966. Revolver in the UK and Yesterday and Today in the US (four weeks)
• The Beatles, 28 January 1968. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the UK and Magical Mystery Tour in the US (one week)