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A number of artists have achieved either simultaneous number one singles or albums on the official charts in the UK and the US (Billboard in the United States and The Official UK Charts Company from the United Kingdom (also the BPI).

As of 2011, seven artists have achieved this feat in both the singles and albums chart: The Beatles, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Men at Work, Michael Jackson and Beyoncé. Six of these (barring Michael Jackson) have spent at least a week at number one in all four charts.

Simultaneous Number One Singles

1960s

• The Beatles — "Can't Buy Me Love", 2 - 16 April 1964 (three weeks)
• The Beatles — "A Hard Day's Night", 30 Jul - 6 August 1964 (two weeks)
• The Beatles — "I Feel Fine", 24 December 1964 - 7 January 1965 (three weeks)
• The Beatles — "We Can Work It Out", 6 - 13 January 1966 two weeks)
• The Beatles — "Paperback Writer", 23 June 1966 (one week)
• The Monkees — "I'm a Believer", 19 January - 9 February 1967 (four weeks)
• The Beatles — "Hello, Goodbye", 27 December 1967 - 10 January 1968 (three weeks)
• The Beatles with Billy Preston — "Get Back", 24 - 30 May (two weeks)

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)
• Elton John and Kiki Dee — "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", 7 - 28 August 1976 (four weeks)

1980s

• Men at Work — "Down Under", 29 January, 12 February 1983 (two weeks)
• USA for Africa — "We Are the World", 20 - 27 April 1985 (two weeks)

1990s

• "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" , 27 July - 7 September 1991 (seven weeks)
• Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You", 5 December 1992 - 12 February 1993 (ten weeks)
• Michael Jackson — "You Are Not Alone", 3 September 1995 (one week)
• Hanson — "MMMBop", 1 - 8 June 1997 (two weeks)
• 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 October 1997 (one week)
• Celine Dion — "My Heart Will Go On", 8 March 1998 (one week)

2000s

• Christina Aguilera/Lil' Kim/Mýa/Pink — "Lady Marmalade", 24 June - 1 July 2001 (two weeks)
• Eminem — "Lose Yourself", 8 December 2002 (one week)
• Beyoncé with Jay-Z — "Crazy in Love", 13 - 20 July 2003 (two weeks)
• Rihanna with Jay-Z — "Umbrella", 9 June - 21 July 2007 (seven weeks)
• Rihanna — "Take a Bow", 24 May 2008 (one week)
• Coldplay — "Viva la Vida", 29 June 2008 (one week)
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl", 10 August 2008 (one week)
• Lady Gaga — "Just Dance", 17 - 24 January 2009 (two weeks)
• Flo Rida with Kesha — "Right Round", 8 March 2009 (one week)
• Black Eyed Peas — "Boom Boom Pow", 17 May, 7 June 2009 (two weeks)
• Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling", 2, 16 August 2009 (two weeks)

2010s

• Katy Perry — "California Gurls", 3 - 10 July 2010 (two weeks)
• Bruno Mars — "Grenade", 22 January 2011 (one week)

Simultaneous Number One Albums

1960s

• The Beatles — Help!, 11 September - 9 October 1965 (five weeks)
• The Beatles — Rubber Soul, 8 January - 12 February 1966 (six weeks)
• The Beatles — Revolver, 10 - 24 September 1966 (three weeks)
• The Monkees — The Monkees, 4 February 1967 (one week)
• The Monkees — More of The Monkees, 13, 27 May 1967 (two weeks)
• The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1 July - 13 October 1967 (fifteen weeks)
• The Beatles — The Beatles, 28 December 1968 — 25 January 1969 (five weeks)
• The Beatles — Abbey Road, 1 November - 13 December 1969, 3 - 10, 24 January 1970 (ten weeks)

1970s

• Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water, 7 March - 9 May (ten weeks)
• Rod Stewart — Every Picture Tells a Story, 2 - 23 October 1971 (four weeks)
• Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here, 4 October 1975 (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)
• 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)
• Phil Collins — ...But Seriously, 30 December 1989 - 6 January 1990, 20 - 27 January 1990 (four weeks)

1990s

• Meat Loaf — Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, 30 October 1993 (one week)
• 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)
• 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)
• The Beatles — 1, 2, 23 December 2000 — 20 January 2001 (six weeks)
• 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)
• 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)
• Metallica — Death Magnetic, 27 September 2008 (one week)
• Eminem — Relapse, 6 June 2009 (one week)
• Barbra Streisand — Love Is the Answer, 17 October 2009 (one week)
• Susan Boyle — I Dreamed a Dream, 12 December 2009 - 2 January 2010 (four weeks)

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)

External Links

• Official Billboard website
• UK Official Charts Company