City with the most UK No.1s per population
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- Who
- Liverpool
- What
- 56 total number
- When
- April 2003
According to British Hit Singles, the city with the most No.1 hit singles on the UK chart per head of population is Liverpool (pop. 439,473) with local bands achieving 56 hits - 1 per 7,847 Liverpudlians.
In second place is London (pop.7,824,000) whose bands have had more No.1's with 102, but which calculates at 1 per 76,715 Londoners.