Most weeks at No.1 on the UK Official Singles Chart by a female artist (single song)

For 11 consecutive weeks between 10 October and 19 December 2019, “Dance Monkey” by the Australian singer/songwriter/producer Tones and I (b. Toni Watson) was No.1 on the UK Official Singles Chart. The catchy ditty’s 11th and final week in pole position took it clear of two 10-week chart champions: Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” (5 December 1992–6 February 1993) and Rihanna’s “Umbrella” (26 May–28 July 2007). “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus also joined the 10-week club in 2023 (26 January–30 March).

“Dance Monkey” was a chart-topper around the world, from Watson’s homeland (where it spent a record 24 weeks at No.1 on ARIA’s Top 100 Singles Chart) to Canada, Ukraine, Ecuador, Malaysia, France and Sweden.

“Dance Monkey” was the first track by a female artist to reach 3 billion streams on Spotify, and had been played 3.32 billion times by 15 September 2025, making it the 16th most streamed track on the platform. Its 120 days at No.1 on Spotify’s “Daily Top Songs Global” chart are second only to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die with a Smile” (201 weeks).

Just 22 songs had spent more weeks on the UK Official Singles Chart since its inception in 1952 than the 116 weeks accumulated by “Dance Monkey”, as of 18 September 2025. Of those tracks, only one was by a solo female artist: “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey (140 weeks and counting).